We (me, husband %26amp; son) need to get from Paris to Nieuwpoort for a boat holiday this month. We have rail tickets from Paris to Brussels to Bruges. But how do we get from Bruges to Nieuwpoort? The boat rental company quoted 125 Euros one way for a car to pick us up in Bruges. Alternatively, they suggested we could go from Bruges to Ostend by train %26amp; they could pick us up there for 65 Euros. What they are quoting amounts to about 3 Euros per km, which seems quite high to me. I can%26#39;t find information about public transportation or taxis from Bruges to Nieuwpoort. Anyone have ideas?
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Train to Oostende costs €3.70 single. From there you could take the coast tram that stops at Oostende Station (NMBS = Belgian Railways), look just above the photo on this map: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Coast_Tram (it would be 24 stops to Nieuwpoort Kerk or church, for example - it must be about 20 km). However, the tram is really not intended for transporting people with large amounts of luggage, and I don%26#39;t know whether there is a stop near the exact address you need to get to in Nieuwpoort, so you might have to take a taxi.
The costs you have been quoted sound about right to me. There is a fixed amount per journey (€2.40) and then it costs up to €2.30 per km, different rates apply depending on the Region the taxi belongs to and those of the departure and destination (plus a night surcharge). I would have expected a taxi from Oostende to cost at least €50 but I might well be underestimating.
Here are some taxi companies if you want to ask for a quote:
Oostende:
Taxi Bond NV - 0032 (0) 597 028 88 website: www.taxibond.be, e-mail info@taxibond.be
Nieuwpoort:
Taxi Charlie - +32 (0)475 586 229
Taxi Merlijn - +32 (0)475 680 311
Taxi Marc Nieuwpoort +32(0)486 716 230
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