Nice Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE) France
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Address: Nice
Côte d'Azur Airport, 06281 Nice cedex 3, France
Location: The airport is located 7km (4 miles)
west of the town centre
Website: www.nice.aeroport.fr
E-mail: StandardANCA@cote-azur.cci.fr
Telephone: (0)4 9321 3030
Country Dialing Code: 33
Timezone: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 between Apr-Oct)
Number of Terminals: 2
Transfer Between Terminals: A free airport shuttle links all
terminals and car parks.
Information desks can be found in Terminal 1 Arrivals and Departures areas and in Terminal 2 Arrivals.
Money
and communications: The airport has banks, bureau de
change facilities and ATMs in both terminals. Terminal 1 has
a full service post office
Eating and drinking: Restaurants, cafés and bars are
available in both terminals.
Shopping: There are gift shops, newsagents and duty-free
shopping in both terminals.
Other facilities: The airport has a pharmacy, medical centre
and doctors on call 24 hours a day (dial 13 on any courtesy phone)
Facilities for disabled
travellers available in both terminals include lifts, ramps, travelators,
accessible telephone booths and ATMs. Manual and electric wheelchairs
can be provided by airlines; disabled travellers are asked to notify
their travel agent of their special needs when booking. All car
parks provide at least one space for disabled drivers.
The business centre (tel: (0)4 9321 3073) is located on the second floor of Terminal 1 and provides eight rooms for business purposes, with facilities for video conferencing, Internet access, televisions, multi-standard video recorders, overhead, slide and video projectors, camcorders, paperboards, white boards, telephones and Minitels. There is also a conference room which can accommodate up to 250 people.
Car hire companies include Avis , Budget , Europcar , Hertz , Sixt , ADA and National Citer . The car rental zone is situated opposite Terminal 2; a shuttle service operates between the car rental zone and Terminal 1, and vice versa, providing transport every six minutes.
There are numerous car parks (tel: (0)4 9321 3086), providing facilities for short- and long-term parking. A free shuttle is provided by the airport, linking all terminals and car parks.
The airport has good road links to Nice, Monaco and Italy via the Promenade des Anglais; it is also linked to Cannes and Antibes via the Autoroute (motorway) A8, RN (national road) 98, or RN7, and to Digne and Grenoble via RN202.
Air:
Helicopter transfers to Cannes and St Tropez can be arranged at the airport.
Water:
Ferry: Car ferries from Nice central port to various towns in Corsica depart
three times a day during the height of the summer season and five times a week
during the rest of the year.
Rail:
Train: SNCF national train services run to/from the airport every 30 minutes
from Cannes Gare St Laurent du Var and every 45 minutes from Nice (Gare Nice
Ville).
Road:
Taxi: Taxis are readily available to all destinations; taxi stands are located
outside both terminals. Motorway tolls may be added to the fare. Bus: Buses provide
connections of varying frequency to all the main towns on the Riviera and in
southeast France, including Nice (every 15 minutes), Monaco, Cannes, Toulon (two
per day), Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Avignon
The following hotels offer a free shuttle service to/from the airport: the Holiday Inn Nice Arénas (tel: (0)4 9318 3400), the Novotel Arénas (tel: (0)4 9321 2250) and the Campanile Nice Côte d'Azur (tel: (0)4 9321 2020). Other Nice hotels include the Holiday Inn Nice (tel: (0)4 9703 2222) and the Novotel Nice Cap (tel: (0)4 9331 6115).