taxi to eze

How much would it cost for a taxi from villefranche to eze? We will be in villefranche for 1 day off our cruise.Any ideas what we could do

Thanks

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you can get the bus from villefranche to eze and it is about a ten min. hike. well worth seeing

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Susan,

If you can get from Eze Bord de Mer to Eze Village in ten minutes on foot you could make a fortune as a professional athlete. I am a former international cross country runner and, although old and weary, am still fairly fit but have never managed to get under 20 mins. (and I wasn%26#39;t hanging about!)

Benji,

Get the bus to Nice, check bus times to Eze and then have a stroll around Nice old town, which is just across the road from the bus station. From Eze you could consider going to Monaco (not my cup of tea but some people love it) and then train or bus to Villefranche. This would be a circular trip with absolutely spectacular views and not more than 5 miles between any of the places mentioned. The walk from Eze Bord de Mer to Eze Village is quite a bit longer and steeper than the climb from Belfast Castle to the top of the Cave Hill! Many years ago, I lived on the Antrim Road and often climbed up to McArts Fort on summer evenings.

Taxi direct to Eze Village would be around 30 euros but get a price from the driver before you set off.

On Tuesday I was approached by some very nervous Spaniards in Eze Bord de Mer whose cruise ship was leaving Villefranche at 7.00pm with or without them on it. I was confident they would make it easily but a missing bus and roadworks meant they arrived with about ten minutes to spare.

You will love the area. Just as spectacular as the Antrim coast but with better weather!

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LondonBob:

Last year I walked from Eze Bord de Mer to Eze Village. I%26#39;m no athlete, but I%26#39;m not a wimp either. A sign at the beginning of the rocky winding path up the hill stated an estimated walk of about one hour. I found that to be a reasonable estimate, though my walk was a bit shorter.

Question - is there another path (paved) that I missed? I found the climb more challenging on account of having to watch my step for fear of spraining an ankle.

Mike

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Hello Mike,

Curiously, having done the walk probably around 50 times, I spotted another path this week starting a few hundred yards further west but it was signposted Col D%26#39;Eze (I think) rather than Eze Village, so I just stuck to the normal route.

To answer your question, there is no alternative route, other than the road used by the bus which is probably three times longer. As I have said before on TA, I would be very interested to see what a young, fit athlete could do for this. I have seen one of the top Kenyan runners training in the area and I would be fairy sure that someone like that would get under ten minutes. Perhaps one of the local billionaires could offer a million or so for the first person to do so? I think that would stimulate quite a bit of interest.

I am gradually getting back to fitness after a couple of years of health problems caused by dishonest dentists. I am hoping by the autumn to be able to have a real go at getting up reasonably quickly!

Bob

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villefranche - eze village

by taxi = about 40 - 50 euros

By bus

First Bus n° 100 - Villefranche to Eze sur mer

second bus N°83 - Eze sur mer to Eze Village

About 15 - 20 min each bus

N° 100 is running every 20 min and n° 83 every hour

1,30 euro each bus

you can check timetable : www.lignedazur.com

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NFR, Are you sure a taxi would be that much? Airport to Villefranche is usually around 55 euros for 13 kms and V%26#39;franche to Eze is only 7 kms.

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the problem londonjob is the taxi in the french riviera and their cost !!

a lot of taxi doesn%26#39;t ask the right price

I%26#39;m sure a taxi from Eze village to Eze sur mer is 30 euros (less than 10 km !!)

a taxi from Eze village to Nice center is 45 / 50 euros

So may be a taxi villefranche to eze will be 35 / 45

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but the problem also it%26#39;s a people from cruise, if he doesn%26#39;t speak french...

it%26#39;s not a local people

cruise = $$$$ for local business

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Thanks for info.Im going to take your advise Londonbob and take the bus,we have around 9 hours so i think we ll have plenty of time even if we miss a bus.We leave in 3 weeks so not long to wait

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Interested to hear that LondonBob used to walk up to the top of the Cave Hill in Belfast. Many, many years ago our annual school cross country run used to follow part of that route. Even then I could just about make it.

My wife recently walked DOWN from Eze village to Eze Bord de Mer with a friend and advised me NEVER to try it in the other direction. She knows a coronary likely to happen when she sees one.