ARRIVING BY AIR
The best "local" airport is Nice. Intercontinental flights use Paris - overnight stays advisable.
Flight information can change rapidly. Please do check for yourself directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.
Land by: Nice 15:00 for public transport connections to La Brigue (c. 3½ hrs) OR stay a night in Nice if arriving late (see Where you'll stay and Prices)
Return flight earliest: 11:00 for airport bus service from Menton (c.1 hr)
Flights from UK and Eire airports:
Birmingham bmibaby (not daily);
Belfast International Easyjet (not daily);
Bristol Easyjet;
Cork Aer Lingus (not daily);
Dublin Aer Lingus;
East Midlands Airport bmibaby (not daily);
Edinburgh Easyjet (not daily);
Gatwick Easyjet (daily);
Glasgow Jet2 (end May-Sept, not daily)
Heathrow BA;
Leeds-Bradford Jet2 (May-Sept, not daily);
Liverpool Easyjet;
London City BA;
Luton Easyjet;
Manchester Jet2 (May-Sept, not daily);
Newcastle Easyjet (not daily);
Southampton Flybe (not daily);
Stansted Easyjet; bmibaby (not daily)
See "Getting to the start of the walk" below for transfer information
ARRIVING BY TRAIN
Nearest railway station:
Start: La Brigue
Finish: Menton
Typical rail journey:
via Paris from London: Eurostar to Paris (N), transfer by RER to Gare de Lyon, then TGV to Nice and local train from there to La Brigue. ~10 hrs excluding crossing Paris.
via Lille from London (avoiding crossing Paris): Eurostar to Lille, transfer to TGV direct to Nice. Then onto a local train from Nice to La Brigue if you arrive before 19.30, or stay at our hotel in Nice ~10.5 hrs
Menton to London via Paris: TGV to Paris Gare de Lyon, change to Paris N for Eurostar to London St Pancras International. ~ 11hrs.
Look at www.seat61.com/France for times and other information on the stretch from London to Nice/Menton to London; visit www.bahn.de for local trains from Nice to La Brigue, or if your French is up to it, www.ter-sncf.com (you need the '06 Alpes Maritimes' department and 'Fiches/horaires' after that, choosing '05 Nice-Breil'). |