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Cycling in Nice Côte d’Azur is now child’s play!

Nice Côte d’Azur by bike is a holiday off the beaten track, an experience you can enjoy on your own, with family or friends, while contributing to sustainable tourism.

  • 🚴🏼‍♀️ Pedal freely with over 125 km of cycling facilities in the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropolitan area ;
  • 🅿️ Park with a light heart: more than 8,200 parking spaces for two-wheelers in Nice Côte d’Azur, 37% of these spaces are allocated to bicycles.
Vélo sur la Promenade des Anglais
Vélo en ville
Vélo en ville

Self-service bicycles

Nice Côte d’Azur has a new self-service bicycle operator (replacing the Vélo Bleu scheme): Lime and Pony.

Hiring a bike couldn’t be easier! Download the Lime or Pony mobile application and follow the instructions. You’ll then be able to locate the bike nearest you and unlock it by scanning the QR code.

  • Lime ▶️
  • Pony ▶️

Discover the heritage cycling routes

Nissa Bicyclette has joined forces with the Ville d’art et d’histoire service to offer fun and sometimes sporty bike rides to discover Nice in a new light through the places that have marked its history.

There are four levels of difficulty: green, blue, red, and black.
The cycle routes are free and available at the Centre du Patrimoine-Le Sénat, 14 rue Jules Gilly, in Vieux-Nice.

  • Plan Panin” bicycle route: the first green route in the series. During this ride, which starts at the Cité du Parc (now the Cours Jacques Chirac) and ends at the Quai Rauba Capèu, you will learn more about the Nice Opera House, the Albert 1st garden, the Place Massena, the Lycée Masséna, the Place Garibaldi and the Place Ile de Beauté. The route has 8 stages to be discovered over 4 kms retracing the history of the places. It is also punctuated by heritage and anecdotal focuses.
  • ▶️ Download the PDF of the Plan Panin course
  • The “pau mai” bicycle tour: During this tour, which starts at the Monument du Centenaire and ends on the Promenade des Anglais, you will learn more about the Musée Masséna, the Hôtel Negresco, the Russian Cathedral, the Parc Imperial, the Saint-Paul church, the Gare du Sud… The route has 8 stages to be discovered over 6.8 kms retracing the history of the area. It is also punctuated by heritage and anecdotal focuses.
  • ▶️ Download the PDF of the “pau mai” course
Le vélo en ville
Vélo

How about an electric bike ride while visiting Nice and its region with a local guide?

Our partners will be able to seduce you thanks to the different themes of the walks they propose.

Explore Nice’s architecture, discover its parks and gardens or be surprised by the local art while listening to the anecdotes that have marked the history of “Nissa la Bella”.

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