Brilliance tender to Nice??

[George C]

Approx. how long will it take to tender to Nice? , going next week

[NETSEG]

The ship anchors in Villefranche, not Nice. The tender ride is about 10-15 minutes to the town. You can arrange transportation to Nice from there.

[celebrity]

How large are the tenders?

[George C]

The ship anchors in Villefranche, not Nice. The tender ride is about 10-15 minutes to the town. You can arrange transportation to Nice from there.

 

thanks

[gagirl7143]

You can easily catch the bus to Nice at the very top of the hill with no problem. Just watch your time.

 

 

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[rovermanv8]

You can also catch the train to Nice easily and to Monaco in the opposite direction. We have just got back from our cruise and did just that.

Edited September 23, 2016 by rovermanv8
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[Sequim88]

We walked (and rolled) up the hill to the train station and took train to Monaco in the morning then to Nice (passing Villefranche) for lunch (Niçoise Salad of course) and touring then train back. Very easy to use the trains, even with a wheelchair. Pleasant surprise was light rail within Nice from city center to the train station.

[cdwh1902]

In 2010, we were on the Brilliance and tendered into Villefranche. Had a lovely day in Monaco and Nice, where a storm quickly developed and played havoc with umbrellas etc. Upon our return to the ship about 3.30pm we noticed a ship sailing away into the distance..it was the Brilliance. What we had experienced was only the tip- there had been a natural disaster which decimated the port of Villefranche wiping out a number of boats (including the Police Boat) and the port itself. It was deemed unsafe for tendering and for the ship itself.

 

There were 3,000 of us (passengers and crew) stranded on the dock. RCI quickly arranged for all of us to be fed and watered at the local restaurants and later they arranged for 40+ buses (from Italy and France) to shuttle us to Provence, about 4 hours away. We finally boarded the ship about 1am and the last passengers arrived at 5am. Everyone was safe and sound.

 

Under such difficult and unexpected circumstances RCI did a marvelous job.