airport to the port area in Nice

I will be arriving in Nice in April and need to get to the port area . Is it too far to walk from the bus station with heavy suitcases and if so can I get a taxi from the bus station?Am I just better getting a taxi from the airport? There will be three of us - thanks for any advice

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It depends what you mean by Port area. If you are on the west side of the Port, have pull-along suitcases, then you *could* do it with the 98 express bus. However, the Port area does stretch out around the far east side of the Port towards Mont Boron, it would be too far to walk I think in that case...

For the last 2 or 3 summers, the express buses have continued on to the Port but I think April is too early, not seen any info about this yet...

I think, as much as I normally recommend using buses and trains, I would take a taxi this time and you can decide during your stay if you are close enough to the Bus Station to take the 98 back to the Bus Station at the end of your holiday.

I think the nearest taxi rank to the Bus Station is Place Garibaldi - unhelpfully on the far side furthest away from the Bus Station so by the time you%26#39;ve schlepped there with luggage from the Bus Station, you may be close to your apartment anyway, if it is located on the west side of the Port.

If you have an address for your stay or the road name, I might be able to think of the best option.

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It is only about a five/ten minute level walk from the bus station to the actual port. Place Garibaldi is still a mess and I am fairly sure the rank remains suspended. With heavy bags I would get a taxi from the airport or get off bus 98 when it turns off the promenade and go to the rank outside the Meridien hotel.

There are some exceptions but many Nice taxi drivers are aggressive, ill tempered people who may well refuse to take you for such a short trip. I escorted two Japanese, who had missed the last bus to Eze one evening in the summer, from the bus station to this rank. When I asked in French for the two people to be taken to Eze, the first driver grimaced and ignored me, the second shook his head and pointed to the taxi behind. When I told the third driver, a woman, that the two in front were not interested in the fare, she replied that some of her colleagues were pigs and that she would be delighted to go to Eze. The Japanese were staying in the best hotel in Eze, which is a fair distance.

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