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VACATION FRENCH RIVIERA
www.vacationfrenchriviera.com
Tourist Information and Reservations (French Riviera: East of Nice and West of Nice, City of Nice, Cannes, Monaco, St Tropez, Menton.) We have hotels, airline flights, rental cars, trains and ferries. Actually, we can book a ferry for you anywhere in Europe! Except, there is no ferry to St Tropez BUT we tell you how to get there. And we have a whole section on public transportation in the area. We are a great place to go for golf holidays and golf equipment. Lots of information on nearby skiing.See us for Nice Corsica ferries arrivals and departures. Not only do we have the usual links other tourist sites (museums big events), but we have unusual attractions like the Train à vapeur and the Tramophiles. We have a site about business in Nice. We even tell you all about the towns in the Metropole Nice Côte d'Azur. We even tell you about earthquakes in the French Riviera (usually across the border in Italy, but can be felt slightly). |
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| Live WebCam from the beautiful Le Meridian Hotel in Nice, France | Live WebCam from the Nice, France Observatory at 400 meters above sea level |
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Other interesting sites you might enjoy are: an "Electronic Commerce Tool Box"; "Rapid Response Temporary Housing"; "All about Garbage Trucks". |
| Tourist Information and Reservations (French Riviera, Nice, Monaco, St Tropez, Saint Martin Vésubie and the Mercantour Park, |
There is always
something doing in Nice!
Check out all the festivals and events.
Plus the flea market and "Vieux Nice"
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| Golf on the French Riviera and around the World . |
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Traveling in Europe? You will probably need to make a FERRY RESERVATION. Stop by and see our Reservations Center. |
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Our Riviera reference site
Jazz and other entertainment, culture Sports, bicycling |
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| Tourist Information and Reservations (French Riviera): Full Index of All We Offer | ||||
| Towns East of Nice | Towns West of Nice | Nice, France | Entertainment and other attractions | Services |
| Monte Carlo, Monaco | St Tropez | Riviera Reference Guide | Culture | Public Transportation |
| Menton | Antibes | More about Nice | Golf on the Riviera | Nice Tramway |
| Villefranche | Villeneuve-Loubet | Business in Nice | Skiing on the Riviera | Hotels on the Riviera |
| Nice, France Tramway Map | Nice Bus Network | Interactive Map of Nice | Important Dates in Nice | Nice France Official Site |
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| In August 2010, 66 years after the Americans, British and Free French recaptured Nice, France from the Nazi's, there was a commemeration. Lots of old military vehicles! |
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| Confiserie at Port: looking in the window with port reflected in glass. Their candy is very popular all seasons, and especially for Nice Carnival. In France, Carnival (the celebration that culminates in Mardi Gras) is an occasion for festivals in towns across the nation. The carnival in Nice France is the biggest and most spectacular in the country. At the time of carnival Nice France erupts into a citywide party, with parades in the daytime and evening and a large bonfire and fireworks on Mardi Gras itself. Flower processions, floats, and parties make Nice the place to be for carnival in France. |
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FRANCE: NICE WILL OPEN TRAMWAY LINE 2 in YEAR 2016!
In a surprise move, Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi changed his mind about running Line 2 up the Promenade des Anglais and instead went with a plan that provides an 8.6 kilometer "tram/metro" with 3.6 kilometers below ground. It will cost €'450,000,000 and carry 110,000 - 140,000 daily passengers. It will run between Gare de Riquier and new? Gare Multimodal Saint-Augustin. Boulevard Rene Cassin / Avenue Californie at the Champion/Carrefour food market has a tramway in its future. Fifty-three years after the closure of the Tramway de Nice et du Littoral, the Tramway de Nice began to serve its Northern and Eastern sections. 2007 saw the completion of Line 1 serving the North-South needs of the city. Line 2 now addresses the East-West needs. This WebSite will be updated continuously until completion of Line 2 in Year 2016. |
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View of Nice from the Poste de Commandement Centralisé. The office tower provides a great view of the city of Nice. The tramway heads down Boulevard Comte de Falicon on it's 8.7 km path to Pont Michel. Initially, 20 trams will cover the 21 stations and are expected to carry 60,000 riders per day. The trams operate on overhead contact lines carrying 750 volt direct current. Exceptions at busy Place Masséna and Place Garibaldi require use of onboard batteries. The Las Planas Parcazur, connected to the Las Planas tram station, provides adequate park and ride facilities, plus connection to the bus system. |
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The Central Control Room
"Poste de Commandement Centralisé" or "P.C.C." is located in an office tower above the maintenance center. It is the true nerve center of the network, in operation 24 hours a day. It manages the tram and bus lines on a real time basis and is directly connected to the trams and the stations by an electronic communications system. Tram locations are obtained by GPS (Global Positioning Satellite). The Poste de Commandement Centralisé exercises real time flow of the trams (switches, signals, electric sub-stations, etc). The PCC manages communications with travellers (loudspeaker announcements, digital display boards for passenger information, answering calls from the telephones located in stations, etc). The Poste de Commandement Centralisé is connected to a network of video cameras, and is responsible for travellers' safety in both the trams and the stations. |
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150th Anniversary of Re-attachment of Nice to France. At left, an airshow; at right, Napoleon III Bridge renovated and re-dedicated. |
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Nice, France Weather |
Mexico City Weather |
Philadelphia Weather |
Saint Tropez Weather |
Montreal Weather |
| Find out more about vacations in Nice, France | Find out more about vacations in Mexico City | Find out more about vacations in Philadelphia | Find out more about vacations in Saint-Tropez | Find out more about vacations in Montreal and the Laurentian Mountains |
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Find
weather around the World
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Temperature and forecasts for hundreds of cities.
See adverse weather conditions. Upcoming storms, snow, tornados, hurricanes. Check out our special weather forecasts for the French Riviera!!! Visit our Travel Reservations and Information Center and see our CRUISE section. Make Hotel Reservations as well as vacation homes. Book a ferry from Nice to Corsica. |
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Our special section on
Nice, France including towns East of Nice, and West of Nice |
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Find out about the excellent public transportation on the French Riviera. See the new tram in Nice. |
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Cagnes-sur-Mer invites you to discover its authentic medieval village, but also its small picturesque fishing port and its Renoir Museum nestled in a magnificent estate planted with ancient olive trees. (Renoir's "les oliviers") |
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Monte Carlo Grand Prix is about the most famous race in the World.
The Casino is magical and crowded with the most famous and richest people in the world. All of them gather for one of
the major events of the year: the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix, which takes place in the streets of the city.
The nights are marvelous: charity dinner or gala organized by the Grimaldi family in its Palace, dancing in night-clubs
such as The Living Room, gambling in the Casino.
SEE Monte Carlo and Monaco |
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| Motorcycles enter Nice to protest bad news laws |
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| Nice and Tahiti are "sister cities". Tahiti put on a great show in 2010. |
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| Check out our other links | Major Golfing US Open, golf in France. Hand Tools great source for the best buys and the best products. KC Jones: Railroad History an extensive collection. Portable Shelters for emergency housing. Global Highway leads to everywhere. Ominous Weather is all about our environment. See the heros of the environment. Weathertopia weather around the World. EDI ToolBox a resource for electronic commerce. Mound Bayou, Mississippi a Movement to revive this historic city. Communauté d'Agglomération Nice Côte d'Azur Antibes Menton Castillon Nice Business Nice Gare SNCF Nice Tramway Everything you ever wanted to know about Nice and the French Riviera Nice Tramway Inauguration Nice Tramway Maintenance Center Villeneuve-Loubet and Marina Baie des Anges Cruises in the Mediterranean and Worldwide. |
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SKIING in QUEBEC's LAURENTIAN MOUNTAINS and ALPES-MARITIMES (SOUTHERN FRANCE) |
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| Check out our railroad history section |
Abandoned railroads;
Railroads around New York State and
railroads West of the Hudson River .
NY City West Side Rail Line.
Sharing the “Water Level Route” with the New York Central was the
West Shore;
first as a competitor; later a subsidiary.
New York Central section.
Midwest section.
New England and New Haven Railroad section.
Catskill Mountain Branch.
The Mighty O&W, A 1950's perspective of the
Ontario & Western.
The American Museum of Electricity (What! You never heard of it?)
stored its collection on the old
Troy & Schenectady Railroad.
Webb's Wilderness Railroad
opened up the
Adirondack wilderness. New York Central tracks reached into the Adirondacks. One
line even went across the Canadian border to Ottawa.
The 643-mile
Rome Watertown and Ogdensburgh became a part of the
New York Central in 1891.
Old Railroads of Connecticut.
Chicago: Rail Capital of the Nation.
Cape Cod.
Maybrook connections.
The Central New England Railway.
Over fifty years ago, Merle Armitage published a book called
"The Railroads of America". In it, he listed the
major railroads of the time.
I took his list and tried to see where they all went.
The Southern New York Railway: Interurban Electric
between Oneonta and the Mohawk Valley. Other railroads of
New York State. Even
more railroads!
The New Haven Railroad along with the
Central New England Railway.
I've got an old stock certificate
from the Warwick Valley
Rail Road Company which became the Lehigh & Hudson River RR. The L&NE carried
both anthracite and cement; but declines in the traffic caused the parent
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company to abandon the still-solvent road in 1960.
Once upon a time there was a
Boston & Maine Railroad. You won't want to miss the
biographical sketch of Bertrande H. Snell plus many of his railroading articles
provided by historian Richard Palmer. Stories on
New York Central milk trains,
the "Hojack Line", and the
Lincoln funeral train.
Other biographies.
In Boston, Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn was a three-foot narrow gauge
railroad. Union Freight Railroad. Boston's Metropolitan Transit Authority was created from
Boston Elevated Railway Company. It is now the MBTA.
The Essex Steam Train;
New steam comes to Essex. A Great tourist railroad in Connecticut.
Naugatuck Line to Winsted. Abandoned railroads in Connecticut.
All about the trolley and electric railroading
in Connecticut. The Connecticut Company was the biggest
and it was owned by the New Haven Railroad.
Even today, there are two trolley museums.
By Ken Kinlock at kenkinlock@gmail.com |
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Ceparou06 is a new travel resource for information about getting around the Alpes-Maritimes
See a presentation on the Nice, France tramway extensions including a movie based on Deputy-Mayor Estrosi's Tramway Line 2 presentation September 26, 2011. This East-West Tramway will be completed in 2016. |
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Christmas in Nice Côte d’Azur You will like Tramway de Nice |
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Ever wonder how your telecommuting colleagues really live? Turns out, many of them actually do work in their pajamas. They also tend to love their work-life balance – to the point where they’d take a pay cut to maintain the status quo. This is a “must read” for both remote workers and for their office-bound managers. |
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Now you can see the entire NICE, FRANCE TRAMWAY in GOOGLE EARTH!!!! | Yes! Open in Google Earth and follow the path of the Tramway station-by station. | ||||||
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Tramway Nice Côte d’Azur You will like Tramway de Nice History of the tram in Nice Open House at the Tramway Maintenance Center Startup of the Tram Extension of the tram Tramway Inauguration November 24, 2007 archeological sites The Tramways in the Mountains Other sites you will like are Nice, Côte d’Azur Communauté d'Agglomération Nice Côte d'Azur and Gare SNCF Nice Ville |
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| See KC Jones BLOG about Railroad History We cover New York Central, New Haven Railroad and other Eastern Railroads. |
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See Penney Vanderbilt BLOG about Golf and Vacations, especially on the French Riviera We have a lot about Nice, France. Not only do we cover golf on the French Riviera, but also Northwest France, Quebec, Golf Hotels and THE US Open |
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