Nice to Monaco by Train is part of the Still The Best Trip Report.
With an afternoon to spare before my flight to Corsica, I went to Monaco to check off another country (see Where I’ve Been) and to see if it was worth the hype. The Nice train station is only a few minutes walk from the Holiday Inn Express. 
Arriving at the station, I found a massive queue of people trying to buy tickets to Monaco. I also found a train station with no a/c that was sweltering hot. The combination of the two made everyone ornery. It also did not help that one of the machines was out of service. Impatient, I tried to see if there were a way to buy a ticket online. It may be possible, but I couldn’t figure it out.
Standing in line, I pondered why I had not made enough money to go to Monaco the right way – via helicopter. Flying Blade, for 195 euros, I could be there in 7 minutes. Instead, I was stuck in a long line of sweaty tourists, reevaluating my life choices.
Rich or poor, I still advise taking the train. The views are great, the ride is only 31 minutes, and it costs $10 round-trip.
TPOL’s Trick*: Monaco isn’t worth going to more than once, effectively rendering the title of this post useless and necessitating the use of an asterisk (see Crapping Out in Monaco).
