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I like to think I'm a pretty savvy traveller, so it came as a bit of a shock to find my wallet lifted while on a crowded 100 TAM bus returning from Villefranche Sunday. I've read the warnings, I've seen the posters, what I didn't feel is the hand expertly dip my pocket. They were very good and, with hindsight, I was quite unprepared. All Sunday night on the phone finding emergency phone numbers, cancelling credit cards, and changing locks.
The national police station is where you need to go, at No 1 av Marechal Foch, 200 metres east from Nice Etoile. The police station has a row of five multi-language computer terminals to allow you to report crime in your own language, an automated process. That tells you how often this happens. They print five copies in two languages, which the police sign. These are what you will need to produce to support any insurance claim.
There's an old saying I remember reading once: "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me". I won't be an easy mark again. Be warned that the Riviera is thick with thieves, as the bus driver, policeman, bank clerk, and everyone else confirmed.
It makes sense them targetting tourists - off-guard and wads of euros in their pockets. No good stealing from poor people is it?
My advice - learned the hard way - is to invest in a proper money belt to carry money under clothing. Carry no more money than you need for the day. Carry one credit card, not all of them. Keep wallet and keys separately - not linked together. Of course dont have pin numbers written down with the cards (You knew that already didn't you?). Have nothing with your address on it in the same wallet as your credit cards or keys.
Before you leave home take a precautionary record of all credit cards and their respective contact numbers - easiest way is to lay the cards all out face down on a photocopier and Bob's your auntie, you have a record which you can take with you whilst abroad. Another wise saying: "hope for the best, plan for the worst". Leave a Comment
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| | | | Pickpockets: Pickpockets are where the tourists/crowds are. | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Like every major touristical city, Nice also has pickpockets. They love big crowds, so be extra vigilant when walking on Avenue Jean Médecin, going to shops like H&M or taking the tram/bus.
Police stations:
- The main one is on 1 Avenue Maréchal Foch (on the corner of Boulevard Dubouchage) - open 24h/24.
Phone: 0492712222
- 4, rue Gabriel Fauré (near Hotel Méridien)
Phone: 04 93 53 53 53
USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS:
POLICE: 17
SAMU (ambulance, paramedics): 15
POMPIERS (firemen): 18
- 24h Pharmacies (24h chemist's, pharmacy): 7, rue Masséna, Nice - PHONE: 04 93 87 78 94. Another address: Aéroport, Terminal 1, Nice - PHONE: 04 93 21 39 92 Leave a Comment
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| | | | Pickpockets: pursesnatchers | | | | | |
3 days is really not enough time for Nice. 3 weeks, using Nice as a base for the riviera, is not enough time. But 3 days is a start. I would stay at one of the following hotels, Windsor, Villa Victoria, Le Cigales and there are many more....these three are very nice 3 star hotels, all in the same area, great location...easy to walk to the beachfront, the train station and the old town. It is a very nice, safe area generally called the composers district. As for safety, we walk all over Nice, never take a bus or a taxi. Just don't, if your a woman, wear a shoulder-strap purse and in fact try to avoid a purse that doesn't fit into a pocket. Also, don't carry more than 50-75 eu in your daily travels. Purse snatchers are the only real threat
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| | | | Pickpockets: La Fourche - beware of this one | | | | | |
Alright i'm only 16, but I thought I would advise you on this specific guy. Whilst in Paris with my parents and younger sister, on La Fourche underground station we witnessed a pickpocket rob from a man who was with his younger son. They both had suitcases, presumably the man had had his wallet taken. The robber had bleached blonde hair. About a week later we were on La Fourche station on our way to our hotel and we were all carrying suitcases, my dad carrying two. Just as the doors slid shut I saw a boy with bleached blonde hair slip out of the train, and then my dad shouted after him 'Voleur' or something like that, the French for thief. My dad had his wallet, credit cards, driving liscence etc. stolen, and that really was an anti-climax to the trip. The bleached blonde hair boy seems to be a local around La Fourche station, so look out if you are travelling as a family with suitcases then be on your guard, as heavily laden families seem to be the usual target for this boy. Hope this is a help to anybody using the Paris underground service.
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