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For groups of 12 or more, you may send us an inquiry at [email protected]. Although we do not guarantee bulk deals for all our tours, there are some tours for which we can offer discounted pricing. Ordinary hop-on-hop-off bus tickets are entitled to group savings. Attractions, pass items and combo tickets aren't.

Due the nature of this type of tour and varying demand, group travellers should be aware that there is no guarantee that the group will be able to travel altogether as the available seats vary from stop to stop and depends on demand each day. The group may need to split up and/or wait for the next bus(s).

As, we cannot guarantee that the group shall be able to travel together as one group, therefore we will reduce the group size down to 4-5 smaller groups per ticket (depending upon group size).

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Nice is the exotic blend of ancient Greek heritage and the 19th century lifestyle of the European high class. Experience the pebble stone beaches, the ancient architectures and the beautiful places of the French Riviera with the 12 prime locations in the Nice Open-top city sightseeing bus tour.

First Bus: 10:00am , Last Bus:  5:30pm Frequency: Every 45 minutes Full Loop: 1 hour 30 minutes  Starting Point:  Esplanade Georges Pompidou (99 Quai des Etats-Unis)

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Starting Point:  Esplanade Georges Pompidou (99 Quai des Etats-Unis), 06300 Nice However, You can board the bus at any stop and voucher can be exchanged directly with the driver. You will receive a ticket in exchange for your voucher, which you must keep until the expiry date/ tour. Please check your ticket to know when it expires. After exchanging your voucher for a ticket, your voucher will no longer be valid. In loss of voucher/ticket, company is not liable for any refund. Note: Tickets are valid for the date which you booked. Cruise Passengers:  Stop 7 - Port Lympia / Carnot, 10, Boulevard Carnot

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Explore the beautiful Mediterranean city of Nice along the French Riviera during your Hop-on, Hop-off Nice Bus Tour. The Hop-on, Hop-off Nice Bus Tour ticket makes it easy for you to discover the city, one stop at a time. Forego the headache of trying to figure out transportation in a new city and pick up a Hop-on, Hop-off Nice Bus Tour ticket for a seamless, stress-free Nice trip. A Nice sightseeing tour has never been so simple! Step off the bus to visit the Nice attractions that interest you. Then, hop back on and skip the ones that don’t. You can enjoy audio commentary in over 8 languages, supplying you with useful information as you head towards your next destination. Check out Promenade – Etats-Unis, Ile de Beauté Port, Croisière – Bleu Rivage, and more. Or, see Place Garibaldi, Acropolis – Barla, Musée Chagall, and other Nice points-of-interest. You can choose between a 1-day or 2-day Hop-on, Hop-off Tour of Nice that stops at 14 different places throughout the city. If you want to see the city without paying for those expensive taxi fares, then taking this tour is what to do in Nice!

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How to enjoy Nice on a budget: the best transportation tickets, meal deals, and cheap experiences

May 4, 2022 • 6 min read

From hitting the beach to staying somewhere on the cheap, you can have a fun time in Nice on a budget © Carol Yepes / Getty Images

The French Riviera might be known for its glitz and glam, its old-world opulence and its elegant villas, but Nice needn’t be an expensive destination to visit.

Getting around is easy and inexpensive, entry to the main sights and attractions doesn’t cost much (if anything at all), with plenty of free things to see and do. You can also dine on delicious Mediterranean and Niçoise cuisine without breaking the bank. Follow our tips to make the most of your visit to Nice on a budget.

Avoid traveling to Nice in peak season or during carnival

Summer – August especially – is the worst time to visit Nice if you want to remain budget conscious. Most of Europe is on vacation, and prices for flights and accommodations tend to skyrocket. Popular tourist spots get very crowded, and even the heat can get too much. You should also avoid visiting during carnival season in February (unless you’re specifically visiting to see Nice’s rightly famous Carnaval ) – flights might seem affordable but accommodations get booked up fast and prices tend to rise accordingly.

Visiting Nice in May, June, or September is a safer bet, with pleasant weather, fewer crowds and more wallet-friendly flight, food, and accommodation costs.

Consider staying in a hostel or self-catering apartment

Let’s be honest, hotels in Nice are seldom cheap, but there are ways to save. If your budget can stretch a little, there are many worthy boutique hotels and lovely hip places to stay – although a double room will often cost you at least € 50–100 per night at best.

Travelers on a tighter budget (think €20–40 a night) should opt for a cozy guesthouse such as La Maïoun Guesthouse , a stylish hostel like Ozz Hostel or Villa Saint Exupéry Beach Hostel , or a self-catering apartment with Airbnb .

Buy the transportation or sightseeing pass that’s right for you

Buy your pass wisely, factoring in how long you’re going to be in the city for, how you’re planning on getting around, and what sort of attractions you’re going to visit.

For example, if you’re only in town for 2 or 3 days and are thinking of packing in as many cultural attractions and activities as possible, you should consider getting a French Riviera Pass (1 day €26, 2 days €38, 3 days €56), which gives free access to many of the city’s top sights, including the MAMAC , the Musée Matisse , the Palais Lascaris and more – from walking tours to electric scooter hire. For an extra €4 per day, the pass can also cover unlimited travel on the city’s trams and buses. Alternatively, the Pass musées Ville de Nice is a steal, at only €15 for 3 days of unlimited access to the city’s museums and galleries.

If you're not much of a culture vulture and want to spend your time shopping or laying on the beach, you'll want to buy the €10 for 10 rides transport ticket from Lignes d’Azur . It's valid for transportation to and from the airport, as well as travel between different parts of the city using the local bus and tram network. If you’re staying for longer, then the €15 7-day transport pass is better value, with unlimited travel on the bus and tram network for a week.

Browse the stalls at local food markets for the perfect picnic

Head to the city’s famous Marché du Cours Saleya or Marché de la Libération to cobble together a tasty lunch for under €10. From colorful fruits and vegetables, to creamy cheeses, olives and breads, find the best local produce and treat yourself to a gorgeous picnic on the beach or in one of the city’s many green spaces.

At both markets, you can also buy cheap and delicious Niçois street snacks (under €5 a pop), including socca (chickpea-flour pancakes), pissaladière (caramelized onion and anchovy tart), and pan bagnat (round-shaped sandwich filled with tuna, raw veggies, eggs, and olive oil). Try Chez Thérésa at Cours Saleya and Kiosque Tintin at Libération.

Choose restaurants wisely

Generally, avoid restaurants in busy, touristy spots with lengthy menus and eye-watering prices. Prefer places favored by locals and anywhere with a Lonely Planet sticker. Lunch menus can often offer excellent value, too.

For a special treat, here are a few places with excellent grub and reasonable prices that are definitely worth checking out: Olive & Artichaut in the old town (excellent 3-course menu for €34), La Maison de Marie in the city center (3-course Niçois menu: €27.90; 2–3-course lunch menu: €17.90–21.90), and L’Uzine near the port (go at lunchtime for the great-value, 2–3-course lunch menu: €18–23).

Make the most of discounted happy-hour drinks

Most pubs and bars in Nice, especially those in the old town, by the beach, near place Garibaldi and in the port district, offer discounts on pints, bottled beers and cocktails during “happy hour”, which is usually between 5pm and 8pm (sometimes from 6pm to 9pm in summer). That’s a whole three hours to enjoy an “apéro” drink or three in the sunshine for around €5 a pop. We’ll cheers to that!

Avoid Nice’s private beaches

Nice’s seafront is split between 15 private beaches and 20 public ones (including two that are wheelchair accessible). The rows of perfectly lined comfy sun loungers on the private beaches may look appealing, but they will set you back a good €20 a day. If you’re budget-conscious, they’re not worth splashing your cash on.

Nice’s beaches are all pebbles, with the exception of a sandy beach-volleyball court at the eastern edge of the seafront. Our tip? Bring along a beach mat or a fold-up mattress. You can ask your accommodation if they could loan you one (hostels and hotels often do), or buy one for next to nothing in a tourist shop near the beach, most supermarkets or a sports store like Decathlon. Jelly shoes might come in handy too!

Make the most of Nice’s free sights and scenery

Nice is a lovely city to explore on foot, and taking in all the beautiful scenery along the way is of course completely free.

Stroll along the palm tree-lined Promenade des Anglais , climb up to the Colline du Château for unparalleled views of the city and the azure sea, explore every corner of the quaint old town and relax in the city’s many free parks and gardens.

Daily costs in Nice

Hostel room: €20–30 (dorm bed) Basic hotel room for two: from €50–60 Self-catering apartment (including Airbnb): from €30–40 Public transport ticket: €1.50 for 1 ride, €10 for 10 rides, €5 for 1-day pass, €15 for 7-day pass Coffee: €2–4 Sandwich: €4–5 Dinner for two: €40–60 Beer/pint at the bar: €7–8 (around €5 during happy hour)

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NICE Providing Round-Trip Shuttle Bus To Cricket World Cup

W ESTBURY, NY — As thousands descend on Nassau County for the World Cup cricket tournament, mass transit is an easier travel option to attend the matches.

NICE Bus is providing round-trip service to the Eisenhower Park venue.

Special shuttle service will bring fans to and from the stadium from the Westbury LIRR station. On match days, shuttles will operate two hours before the 10:30 a.m. match. Return service will resume at approximately 1 p.m.

Round-trip fare of $5.80 will be collected when boarding at Westbury. To accomodate out-of-town and international customers, the shuttle buses will have credit card terminals for quicker payments. Metrocard, coin (no bills) or the NICE GoMobile app can also be used.

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Unconventional Sex Let Anglerfish Conquer the Deep Ocean

During a chaotic period some 50 million years ago, the strange deep-sea creatures left the ocean bottom and thrived by clamping onto their mates.

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How did the ghoulish creatures known as anglerfish pull off the evolutionary feat that let them essentially take over the ocean’s sunless depths?

It took peculiar sex — extremely peculiar sex.

Scientists at Yale University have discovered that a burst of anglerfish diversification began some 50 million years ago as the ancestral line developed a bizarre strategy to ensure successful reproduction in the dark wilderness.

To mate, tiny males would clamp with sharp teeth onto the bellies of much larger females. Some males would let go after mating while others would permanently fuse into the females. The males that stayed attached became permanent organs for sperm production.

“We found that a cascade of traits, including those required for sexual parasitism, allowed anglerfishes to invade the deep sea,” Chase D. Brownstein , a graduate student in the ecology and evolutionary biology department at Yale who was the study’s lead author, said in a news release.

Today, there are more than 300 species of anglerfish, which makes them the most varied family of vertebrates in the ocean’s lightless zone. The region starts about 1,000 feet down — just beneath the photic zone, which gets enough sunlight to support photosynthesis and most of the sea’s plants — and descends for miles. The team’s study was published last week in the journal Current Biology.

Finding a mate in the deep sea can be extremely difficult because of the environment’s incomprehensibly vast size. By some estimates, the dark zone amounts to more than 97 percent of the planetary space inhabited by living things, mainly because the ocean plunges to a maximum depth of nearly seven miles. In contrast, land habitats make up less than 1 percent of the planet’s biosphere because the band of life is so narrow, making its volume quite small.

The anglerfish’s bizarre mating routine is seen as counteracting the otherwise slim chances of finding a mate in the world’s largest ecosystem. It is the only known vertebrate that employs sexual parasitism, and that gave it an evolutionary edge.

Over time, the male can physically fuse with the female, connecting to her skin and bloodstream. Eventually, he loses his eyes and all internal organs except for his testes. A female can carry several males on her body.

The Yale team documented how immune systems that attack foreign threats changed over time so the female hosts would not reject the parasitic males.

Anglerfish get their name from how females use rodlike appendages with glowing tips to lure prey into their needlelike teeth. They’re fish that fish . Their mouths are so large and their bodies so flexible that they can swallow prey up to twice their size.

The Yale team used fossils and genetic data from more than 100 living anglerfish species to determine that the burst of diversification came during a major global heat spike between 50 million and 35 million years ago. The world’s oceans were thrown into turmoil, and the bottom-walking ancestors of the anglerfish began to explore the wider oceanic world.

“It happened in the blink of an evolutionary eye about 50 million years ago,” Mr. Brownstein said in an interview. “It was like whales going back into the ocean. It was amazing.”

The team found that, simultaneously, the fish developed their unusual reproductive skills. It was unable to determine which came first — temporary or permanent attachment.

Some female anglerfish can grow quite large, reaching more than three feet in length, but most are smaller. The free-swimming males typically are a few inches long.

How do they find the females in the perpetual darkness of the deep sea?

Mr. Brownstein said the males have enlarged nasal organs that are thought to let them follow faint trails of female pheromones through the darkness in order to find their partner.

“You sniff out your mate, literally,” he said.

William J. Broad has reported on science at The Times since 1983. He is based in New York. More about William J. Broad

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