Getting to and around Cagnes-sur-Mer

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Between Nice and Cannes, Cagnes-sur-Mer is located in the heart of the Côte d’Azur.

✈️ Nice Côte d’Azur international airport is 5 km away.

Cagnes-sur-Mer is also an ideal base for visiting the Côte d’Azur:

  • Nice, Vence and Antibes 10 km away;
  • Saint-Paul-de-Vence 5 km away;
  • Cannes and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 20 km away;
  • Grasse 25 km away;
  • Monaco 35 km away;
  • Italy 50 km away (Ventimiglia);
  • Nice Côte d’Azur ski resorts 85 km away (Isola 2000, Auron, Saint-Dalmas-le-Selvage);
  • Cruise ports 10 km away (Nice or Villefranche-sur-Mer).

Getting to Cagnes-sur-Mer by road

🚗 By car, Cagnes-sur-Mer is just 20 minutes from Nice.

Via the A8 motorway:

  • From Nice: exit no. 48 Cagnes-sur-Mer ;
  • From Cannes: exit no. 47 Villeneuve-Loubet / Cagnes-sur-Mer.

🚕 By taxi, there are several taxi ranks throughout Cagnes-sur-Mer:

  • Cagnes-sur-Mer station (SNCF train station).
  • Square Bourdet station (town centre).
  • Square Balloux (Cros-de-Cagnes, seafront).
  • Avenue des Alpes station (Clinique Saint-Jean).

Cagnes-sur-Mer taxi centre: +33 (0)4 27 04 27 07.

Getting to Cagnes-sur-Mer by public transport

🚆 By train

The town of Cagnes-sur-Mer has 2 SNCF stations:

  • Cagnes-sur-Mer station, to get to the town centre, Haut-de-Cagnes, the Hippodrome…
  • Cros-de-Cagnes station, for the seaside and beaches.

These 2 stations are served by TER trains from the Nice and Antibes TGV stations.

🚌 By bus

From Parc Phoenix in Nice:
Line 9: Parc Phoenix ➔ Cagnes-sur-Mer town centre ➔ Polygone Riviera ➔ Vence (bus station)
More information on the Lignes d’Azur website.

Getting to Haut-de-Cagnes from Cagnes-sur-Mer town centre:
Line 44: Square Bourdet ➔ Château Vieux-Bourg
For more information, click here.

On site, opt for soft mobility

🚌 Free tourist shuttles:

  • Free shuttle no. 44: town centre – Haut-de-Cagnes. Free service provided between the town centre (stop “square Bourdet” at the bus station) and Haut-de-Cagnes all year round, 7 days a week, every 20 minutes from 7am to 10.30pm (0.30am in July/August) for easy access to the medieval village, its restaurants, its Grimaldi Castle-Museum…
  • Free shuttle no. 45: town centre – seafront. Free service to the beaches, with links to the town centre: in July and August, 7 days a week, continuous service from 10am to 8pm (for easy access to the beaches, private beaches, water sports centres, “Parc du Cros” car park, etc.).

🚲 Self-service bicycles:

🚲 Cycle / rosalie hire :

  • Energy Location offers a range of cycles such as rosalies, bicycles, electric bikes, go-karts, choppers…
  • Station Bee’s : discover the region on electric bikes with ready-to-go itineraries.

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