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Train Experience through the Alps (Full Day from Nice)

By Nice Creative Tours
9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is $197 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 13h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

⚠️ GOOD PHYSICAL CONDITIONS REQUIRED

Get this Off-the-Beaten-Tracks Mountain Train Experience, now! Through Alps, canyons, viaducts & tunnels, get fresh air following the great Var Valley. Explore hidden gems & breathtaking landscapes into picturesque medieval villages (1 labeled: “one of France's most beautiful villages”) & many more.

Lunch incl. in one of the best valley's restaurant.

Visit its medieval jewels, drawbridge, castle fortified by Vauban, great panoramic points & Museum of Moto (optional) - Short hike downhill possible.

The 2nd village is shaped by a singular history and natural wildlife with a optional hike through sandstone blocks, rock shelters, a unique geological site, the “King's Room”, a forest of hundreds years old chestnut trees.

⚠️ FROM MID-OCTOBER UNTIL END OF MARCH ITINERARY COULD CHANGE (get dark earlier and cold season):

Annot or Entrevaux + another alpine village and return at 7pm by bus (1H)

Return in Nice possible at 4pm visiting only one village

Activity location

  • Entrevaux
    • Entrevaux, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Chemin de Fer de Provence
    • 4bis Rue Alfred Binet
    • 06000, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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With Restaurant For Lunch
  • Activity duration is 13 hours13h
    13h
  • English

Best Local Food Restaurant: We select for you the Best restaurants in one of the villages

Starting time: 7:30am
Price details
$196.90 x 1 Adult$196.90
Total
Price is $196.90
Until Fri, Oct 31

What's included, what's not

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    Local guide
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    Professional guide
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    Driver/guide
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    Lunch
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    Fuel surcharge
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    Live commentary on board
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    Local taxes

Know before you book

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
  • Operates in all weather conditions (except if it rains all-day), please dress appropriately
  • The guide will send you a text message the day before the tour with the final details (temperature, weather, advises for clothing). If you want to check meteo forecast by yourself type on google: meteo Tende + day of tour)
  • There is only time departure at 8.30am from Gare de Nice-Ville, 12 avenue Thiers 06000 Nice (the big blue gate) (we don't organize pick-up at the hotel)
  • Good physical conditions required (there are some important uphills if you want to visit all the monuments)

Activity itinerary

4bis Rue Alfred Binet (Pass by)
Meeting point at 7.30am: At the big blue gate of Gare des Chemins de Fer de Provence, 4bis Rue Alfred Binet, Nice (2mn walk from Tramway (line 1) stop "Libération", the beautiful building on the square Place Charles de Gaulle is la Halle de la Gare du Sud. The small train station is just behind Nearby (2mn walk) the historical train station nowadays transformed in street food market. Very pleasant district with a very popular local food market
Southern French Alps (Pass by)
Historic Trainline passing through the southern Alps along the main river Var, antique frontier between France and Italian reign of Savoy. Great French civil engineering of the beginning of the XXst century. Small train. A must do! Beautiful scenery and landscapes 2hours uphill ; 2-hours downhill (or less)
Entrevaux
  • 2h
Classified Village : One of the most beautiful medieval village of France and the best of Nice countryside, with a Castle which was a natural and manmade stronghold of the French Kingdom. A must-see! The village offers spectacular views of the Alps and surrounding canyons. Possibility of walking uphill to the Castle (Quite sporty 150 meters) and short hike downhill Stories of wars & great history of borders and medieval monuments (Vauban's fortified town) The Cathedral is magnificent!
Cathedrale Notre Dame de l'Assomption d`Entrevaux
  • 15m
Baroque & gothic jewell, a very surprising monument!
La Citadelle d'Entrevaux
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
One of the most impressive perched medieval castle in France, fortified by Vauban (Louis XIVth minister). Optional: good physical conditions required for the uphill (stairs). Unpregnable fortress & wonderful panoramic point! Possibility of short hiking downhill (30 minutes)
Entrevaux
  • 1h
In Entrevaux or Annot a great Restaurant for lunch will be selected by the guide
Annot
  • 4h
Medieval authentic village, troglodyte caves, mystical forests, meteors showers, amazing hikings, nature and panoramic points (hiking option possible depending on weather and season) From Mid-October until beginning of April if the group is not taking the long hiking, the guide reserves the right to modify the itinerary to visit another village in the Alps and return earlier in Nice by bus (1H) with arrival at 7pm (instead 9pm)

Location

Activity location

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    Entrevaux
    • Entrevaux, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Chemin de Fer de Provence
    • 4bis Rue Alfred Binet
    • 06000, Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

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