Reaching Eze and Monaco from Villefranche sur Mer

Here is link to another map of Villefranche sur Mer.

Thanks to a Susan on Cruise Critic, here are some instructions for taking the bus to Eze and Monaco. They are rather detailed and may be too much info, but at least there is a less expensive way to see the area:

The tenders stop at Port de la Sante. You can walk up to the Octroi bus stop ... on this map, it is in the bottom left corner, where the green area (park) is ... there's a TI, and two bus stops shown. You'll catch the bus on the same side of the street as the park. The orange area is the Citadel...with the bus stops above. It's an uphill climb...about 10 minutes. Walked towards the Citadel and then up.

Catch bus #100 in Villefranche and get off in Eze Bord du Mer at either Eze David or Gare SNFC stop. Great information, including maps and schedules are located here at the Ligne Azur. Enter the date that we'll be there, and once the schedule comes up, you can see different times by clicking on "earlier" or "later" and you can also get the opposite direction. The schedule with stop names, will help you track of the stops and then you'll know when to get off.

At Eze Bord du Mer, you'll transfer to Bus #83 which will take you up to Eze Village. #83 doesn't run that frequently, so I would try to co-ordinate your departure from Villefranche with #83 so that you aren't sitting at the bus stop in Eze Bord du Mer for an hour. You can find the schedule for #83 here: (see "Depart Eze Bord du Mer" in the 4th column of the chart for #83). I would aim for a bus from V.F. at around 9:15 and then the 9:55 bus to Eze Village.

From Eze Village, you'll take #112 to Monte Carlo (see the Ligne d'Azur site). Again, this bus doesn't run that frequently, but if you know the schedule, you'll avoid waiting around for it. Probably the 12:50 bus would be a good one, which would get you to Monte Carlo at approx. 1:15. The schedule doesn't show Monte Carlo in the list of stops (instead, I think it shows the last stop in France, however, the bus does go to Monte Carlo). You can also see a simplified schedule for #112 on the schedule I posted above for Eze). Getting off in Monte Carlo was a bit of a guess ... the bus travels on a road above (uphill) from the Casino.

Photo from Flckr user JerryGoure .