Explore the beautiful coast of the French Riviera by train – go east towards Italy or west towards the Esterel mountain range!
East: stop in Villefranche sur Mer, Beaulieu sur Mer, Eze sur Mer (bus n° 83 brings you uphill to Eze village – only 1 bus per hour!), Cap d’Ail, Monaco, Roquebrune Cap Martin (nice coastal walk around Cap Martin with views over Monaco), Menton, Ventimiglia in Italy (huge market on Fridays from 8h30 to 16h30)
West: stop in St. Laurent du Var, Cros de Cagne, Cagnes sur Mer, Villeneuve Loubet, Biot, Antibes (nice coastal walk around Cap d’Antibes -> take bus n° 2 from SNCF Antibes to Fontaine at Cap d’Antibes, walk to the beach Plage de la Garoupe), Juan les Pins, Cannes, Cannes La Bocca, Mandelieu La Napoule, Théoule sur Mer, Agay, Le Dramont, St. Raphaël, Fréjus
The “DAY PASS” provides you and other travellers with unlimited travel for one day from 1st June to 30th September. Pay 16€ for 1 department (ex : Alpes-Maritimes) or 32€ for 2 departments (ex : Alpes-Maritimes and Var) and 10€ for each additional traveller.
Vous pouvez également visiter l’arrière-pays en train. Il y a 3 possibilités au départ de Nice :
You may visit as well the back country by train. There are 3 possibilities with departure from Nice:
Le Train des Merveilles: https://www.tendemerveilles.com/train-des-merveilles.html
Take the train from the main station “gare Thiers” in Nice and climb up to Tende located more than 1000m asl passing by the Valley du Paillon and the Valley de la Roya-Bévéra. This journey is one of the most beautiful European railway trips and was officially inaugurated in 1928.
Le Train des Pignes: https://tourisme.trainprovence.com/
Discover the alpine area of Nice and the Provence by taking this train on the historical railway line between Nice and Digne-les-Bains in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. Don’t hesitate to stop on the way, visit the perched villages and go hiking. Departure from the station “gare des chemins de fer de Provence” behind the Pathé cinema in the “Libération” quarter (not to be confused with the main station “Thiers”)
Le Train des Pignes à vapeur: https://www.traindespignes.fr/en-gb
You may take this train from Puget-Théniers to Annot pulled by a steam locomotive of the 1920s, classified a historical monument. This steam train operates on Fridays and/or Sundays from May to October. A reservation is required.
Le Train des Neiges: https://www.tendemerveilles.com/train-des-neiges.html
Go on a winter sports day for only 15€! This train is available from end of January to end of March. The round-trip operates from Nice to Saint-Dalmas de Tende by train and then by shuttle bus to Castérino village.
