On the Golden Square of Nice, the Grimaldi Hotel enjoys a central address. Its beautiful façade promises an authentic setting. Inside, the rooms are in tune. Freshly renovated, they evoke a large family home where the kitchen is open at all hours and each room has its own personality. Alone, as a couple or as a family, you will quickly be charmed by this timeless setting with the latest comfort.
By plane
Nice Airport is the preferred gateway to Southern Europe.
The airport is located on the Promenade des Anglais, on the west entrance of the city, 7 km from the city centre and close to the business district of Arénas and the areas of La Plaine 1, Saint-Isidore and Lingostière.
By car
Directions from Nice Côte d’Azur Airport or from the exit “Nice Centre/Promenade des Anglais” on the A8 highway:
Take the seaside road of the Promenade des Anglais, towards Nice. Take the first left at Hotel Le Méridien and turn left again on Avenue de Suède which becomes Rue Maccarani. Turn right (rue Maréchal Joffre) at the second traffic lights, then left at the next traffic lights after the post office (rue Alphonse Karr). Turn left at the first traffic lights and left again (rue Grimaldi). Hotel Le Grimaldi will be on your right.
We advise you to stop in front of the hotel to drop your luggage and to use the Louvre car park (located in front of the hotel, entrance on Rue Alphonse Karr).
Nice is connected to major European destinations by a dense highway network.
Distances:
Nice – Paris: 931 km
Nice –Bordeaux: 810 km
Nice –Lyon: 440 km
Nice –Marseille: 190 km
Nice –Strasbourg: 868 km
Nice –Athens: 2597 km
Nice –Brussels: 1280 km
Nice –Geneva: 485 km
Nice –Madrid: 1315 km
Nice –Rome: 695 km
By train
The SNCF provides 20 daily train connections from Nice to the major French cities and 11 regular foreign connections. The TGV (high-speed train) connects Paris to Nice in 6 hours 30 minutes – 2 trains per day from October to May, 3 from June to September.
www.voyages-sncf.com/
By boat
Located in the heart of the city, Nice harbour features 10 hectares of water surface, 7 hectares of ground surface and a dozen of wharfs. Important shipping companies and many cruise liners call into Nice harbour.
There is a regular car-ferry service to Corsica. Nice harbour offers many equipments and services: floating bridge mooring, finger pontoons, wharfs, ship dock, boat washing station, ice provision, fuel, showers, toilets, telephone, cable TV, daily weather forecast and boat rental.
Capitainerie du Port, 2 quai d’Entrecasteaux :
tel. : (+33) (0)4 93 89 50 85, fax : (+33) (0)4 92 04 95 93
Corsica connexions: SNCM, quai du commerce,
tel. : (+33) (0)4 93 13 66 66, fax : (+33) (0)4 93 13 66 81
Corsica Ferries, tel. : (+33) (0)4 93 55 55 55, fax : (+33) (0)4 93 55 22 12
