Villefranche was beautiful with a quaint city center in itself, however we walked straight to the train station and went into Nice. The trains station as a bit of a walk with some hills, and took about 25 minutes from the tender stop. It is about a 20 minute train ride to Niece from the Villefranche stop, however do make note of the train schedules. We arrived as the train was leaving, and the ...
Lovely little seaside town accessed by tender. You could spend a day on the beach here. Great small seaside restaurants. We easily took a train to Monaco and got the Hop on Hop Off Tour. See how the other folk live! ...
Take the train or bus to Monaco. Don't miss the changing f the palace guard at 11:55am and the palace tour. Then take the bus #1 to the Casino area. It rides along part of the Grand Prix route and the hairpin curve. ...
Went to train station (15 minutes walk from tender drop). Train took approx 30 minutes to Monaco, train cost about 5 euros. Villafranche tiny but Beautiful with a small beach. ...
This is a lovely port and very pretty - a good place to take the local train to either Nice (highly recommend Old Town) or Monaco. The train service is reliable, affordable and easy to use. ...
Unfortunately there was a public transport strike on the day we arrived and we were too late to book an excursion,otherwise we would have gone to Nice. Villefranche is nice enough with its old harbour but I would definitely take a tour elsewhere say to Nice, Eze or Monte Carlo. ...
This was a replacement stop for St Tropez, which was cancelled due to wind making tendering unsafe. Villefranche is small, with a citadel and a pleasant enough old town to wander. Of note was the “Rue Obscure”, an underground street which dates from the 13th century. Villefranche was also a tender port. There is a big tourist information centre near the tender drop off, which had free wi fi. ...
