car parking at or near Le royal and best car hire

I have just booked a 3 night stay at Le Royal in April, can anyone advise where to park?

what the parking costs might be?

who is best to hire a car from?

reviews i have read re the time delay obtaining the car at the airport make me wonder whether it is easier to use public transport to the hotel %26amp; hire a car at the hotel?

any advice would be appreciated,

Thank you

The Mush.

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definately catch the bus from the airport and get off at Le Royal , if passport control not on tea break, i can be in my room in Le Royal within 50 minutes of hitting the runway. There is a parking lot about 100m from the hotel, the staff at the hotel will help with booking a rental car.

Maybe we%26#39;ll bump into you as we are at the royal for a couple of weeks in April;

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Thanks for the advice Nice Regular - i owe you a beer.

could you advise which bus is best %26amp; where to get it from?

i am flying into Nice Cote d Azur on 18.04.07 - if you are staying at the same ill gladly let you claim your beer.

Thanks again,

The Mush.

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Get bus 98(Nice Centre Ville) from stand no.5 at the airport, pay the driver 4 euros per person and get off at the stop almost opposite Le Royal, Le Royal is 4 hotels after the Negresco (the big green and pink hotel). Buses run every 20 mins up until about 10pm after that you%26#39;ll probably need to get a taxi (about 30e).

I%26#39;m at Le Royal April 10-15th. before that i am there in Feb, 18-22.

Enjoy your visit.

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Should have said 1st to 15th but will still miss ya,

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Nice - Regular,

thanks again for the info - shame that we will not meet -

the purpose of my short visit is to take my elderly mother to see where my deceased father grew up - cannes, nice %26amp; monaco,

hers %26amp; our 1st visit to the south of france,

I intend to do any or all the driving during the days %26amp; get back to nice for dinner + a few sherberts or more in the evening,

may even use the train for monaco %26amp; leave the car in Nice?

can you suggest any reasonable priced restaurents within easy walking distance of le royal?

reading the threads including yours for le royal someone stated that le royal was a good reasonable priced restaurent, is that true?

as before, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again,

The Mush.

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If your mother is elderly and you want to visit Monaco from Nice and it is your first time here then you really should drive so that she can appreciate the views from whichever Corniche you take because you can stop whenever you like to take in the views. Also, the bus drivers tend not to worry too much about whether you have taken a seat before they speed off!

We are staying at Le Royal tomorrow night so we%26#39;ll check out the parking costs there. Meanwhile, check out www.interparking-france.com for costs at LeRuhl over a 3-4 day period.

Sounds like it%26#39;s going to a very emotional journey.

Regards

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In all my visits to Le Royal i have only eaten there twice, both times extremely satisfied, but we do like to wander off and try different restaurants, there are many within a five to 10 minute walk, some just a couple of minutes down the prom, if your mother is able to walk you should eat in the flower market (cours de saleya)at least once, to be honest there are so many eateries that they cannot afford to be poor or they wouldn%26#39;t survive.

Le Royal has the cheapest drinks in town but the bar closes at 10.30pm cos most of the clientele are quite elderly, if you return after about 11.30 from enjoying your sherberts you just ring the bell and the night porter lets you in.

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Nice - Regular, Thanks again for the info - your advice has been very helpfull.

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ZebFrance, thank you for the advice, it would br most helpfull if you could advise of the parking costs near to Le Royal,

thanks again,

The Mush.

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Sorry, in the end we left the car at the Ruhl-Meridien car park just a couple of blocks away. It was 23 euros for 24 hours.