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How to get to the Côte d’Azur?

The Côte d’Azur is in southern Europe in the extreme south-east of France. Plane, train, car… Wondering how to get to the Côte d’Azur? Different modes of transport are available! We explain everything here! Then, it’s up to you to choose.

Coming to the Côte d’Azur by air

Flying is the fastest way to get to the Côte d’Azur!

With 13.3 million passengers, Nice Airport is France’s leading international airport after Paris.

In the summer season, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport has connections to more than 117 direct destinations in 40 countries on 57 scheduled airlines.

The airport directly serves the major cities in France (Paris is 1h15 away), Europe (Brussels, Geneva, London, etc.) and internationally (New York, Dubai, Moscow, etc.).

The airport has a range of offers including classic regular airlines and low-cost airlines. The Air France KLM Group offers up to 349 weekly flights.

With 6 daily flights to the Charles de Gaulle Airport hub, Air France offers access to the Côte d’Azur from more than 225 cities around the world.

Toulon-Hyères Airport serves several French and European cities.

Among them: Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Brest, Ajaccio and Bastia directly, and Brussels, Geneva, London and more.

The Côte d’Azur has two other airports: Cannes – Mandelieu Airport et Saint-Tropez Gulf Airport.

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Coming to the Côte d’Azur by train!

Although slower than air travel, rail is a very practical means of transport!

SNCF’s high-speed and express trains (TGV, Coral Trains) connect the Côte d’Azur to all French regions and all major European cities. The Mediterranean TGV allows you to travel from Paris to Toulon in 4 hours, from Paris to Cannes in 5 hours and from Paris to Nice in 5 hours and 25 minutes. The Côte d’Azur TGV stations are as follows: Nice, Antibes, Cannes and Toulon. Would you like to know more about schedules and rates? Visit the website of SNCF Connect or contact by phone on 36 35 (from France) or (33) 1 84 94 36 35. Consider taking the Regional Express Trains (TER) from Avignon/Marseille.

Don’t hesitate to book your ticket using Trainline, a French travel agency devoted to the on-line sale of train and bus tickets in Europe. Trainline is positioning itself as the leading app in Europe for bus and train travel.

Coming to the Côte d’Azur by car or bus!

The Côte d’Azur, served by the A8 motorway, has an extremely well developed road network!

The Côte d’Azur is connected to the whole of Europe by a major network of motorways.

The A8 motorway, coming from Aix-en-Provence in the west and the Italian border in the east, serves the Côte d’Azur.

Nice is 930 kilometres from Paris, it is a 9h30 drive taking the A6, A7 and A8 motorways. Again from Paris to Hyères or Saint-Raphaël, allow 8 hours.

Here are some distances to Nice: Milan 320 kilometres, Geneva 630 kilometres, Barcelona 670 kilometres, Rome 710 kilometres, Munich 810 kilometres, Brussels 1220 kilometres and Amsterdam 1400 kilometres.

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As an indication, please note that bus companies also offer regular connections to the Côte d’Azur (Toulon, Hyères, Fréjus, Cannes, Nice, and more.), such as Eurolines, OuiBus or FlixBus.

Don’t hesitate to book your ticket using Trainline, a French travel agency devoted to the on-line sale of train and bus tickets in Europe.

Trainline is positioning itself as the leading app in Europe for bus and train travel.

Coming to the Côte d’Azur by sea

The Côte d’Azur has a multitude of ports between Menton and Hyères!

The ports of Nice, Cannes, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Monaco and Toulon are the Mediterranean ports of call for the major cruise lines. Their terminals, in the heart of the city, provide immediate access to the central shopping and walking areas. With nearly 40 marinas all along the Mediterranean coast, it is possible to book a berth in port on the Côte d’Azur during your stopover. Different types of contracts are available depending on the size of your boat and the length of stopover. Go to the website Riviera Ports.
From Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily, Corsica Ferries companies provide regular services to Nice and Toulon..

NEW: THE NICE SAINT-AUGUSTIN-AIRPORT MULTIMODAL HUB

Nice Saint-Augustin station is moving on Thursday, 1 September 2022.

A truly multimodal hub will be created in order to make travel to Nice easier! With this new station, several modes of transport will be brought together in the same place. In the first half of 2023, the connections hub will offer full intermodality and will allow for the following connections: tram-air (direct access to the airport), tram-bus (urban and interurban buses), tram-train (TGV [Intercity trains] and TER [Local/regional trains]), tram-car (700-space park & ride and carpooling stations), and tram-bicycle (Vélo Bleu).

In addition to a stop on tram line 2 (West-East) that is already operational, it will comprise two new bus and railway stations, and will open onto a large public esplanade. Less than 500 m apart, the multimodal connections hub and the airport will be linked by a wide lane dedicated to pedestrians, bicycles and public transport. This will allow for making connections easier and, in particular, giving direct access to Nice Côte-d’Azur Airport (free tram between the station and the airport).

FORTHCOMING:

2023: commissioning of the first phase of the bus station and the forecourt building
2024: start of works on the Nice Airport TGV/TER railway station and the second phase of the bus station
2028: commissioning of Nice Airport Station.

You can purchase your ticket/season ticket directly via the website: https://www.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur

Find all the information about this station here: https://www.ter.sncf.com/sud-provence-alpes-cote-d-azur