Nice: Monaco, Cannes & Antibes Small Group Day Trip

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 8

LanguagesEN · FR

PickupAt your hotel

Driving the Corniche roads: five Côte d'Azur towns in one day

You spend the day in a small van with a driver who knows the Corniche, stopping to walk through Eze's medieval streets, Monaco's old town, and the glamorous promenades of Cannes and Antibes. Hotel pickup and drop-off mean you don't navigate or park; the air-conditioned minivan handles the winding roads while you watch the Mediterranean shift from one angle to another. Lunch is on your own, giving you the freedom to eat where you want.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore French Riviera highlights

Drive along Promenade des Anglais
Visit medieval Eze Village
Stroll Monaco Old Town
See Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo
Drive Monaco Grand Prix Circuit
Walk La Croisette in Cannes
Discover old streets of Antibes

The Experience

Hands grip the minivan door handle as it winds up the Corniche, and you realize you're climbing into postcard territory. The driver navigates these coastal roads like someone who knows every hairpin, and the Promenade des Anglais unfolds below—that long curve of pebble beach and palm trees that makes Nice look like it was designed for someone else's dream. But you're here, in a group of no more than eight, which means the van doesn't feel crowded and stops don't turn into a scrum. The route takes you east toward Monaco first, hugging the cliffs, and the Mediterranean stays visible the whole way.

Eze comes first—a medieval village perched on a ridge like something from a different century. You walk through narrow stone streets where the buildings lean in close, and the views back toward the coast make you stop without meaning to. Then it's down to Monaco's Old Town, where you wander the narrow lanes yourself, no guide narration, just the sound of the place: café chatter, shutters, the smell of something cooking. The driver points out the Grand Prix Circuit on the drive through, and then you're at Place du Casino in Monte-Carlo, where the Casino building itself sits like a monument to 19th-century ambition, and the square fills with the kind of cars most people only see in magazines—Ferraris, Bentleys, Rolls-Royces parked as casually as anyone else's sedan.

Cannes hits different. La Croisette runs along the water lined with designer shops and grand hotels, and the Palais des Festivals sits at the center with those famous red-carpet steps where the film festival happens every May. You walk it at your own pace, stop for coffee if you want, take photos. The final stop is Antibes, a working harbor town with actual fishing boats and superyachts moored side by side, narrow streets in the old quarter, and a daily Provençal market if you time it right. The Picasso Museum is there too (entry separate), housed in a castle where Picasso actually worked. Nine hours sounds long until you realize you've crossed five towns and two countries' worth of coastline without arranging a single detail yourself.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Nice.
transport in an air-conditioned minivan.
driver/guide for the full 9 hours.
stops in Eze village, Monaco Old Town, Monte-Carlo's Place du Casino, Cannes' La Croisette and Palais des Festivals, and Antibes' old town and marina.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Sunny Days Sightseeing

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the French Riviera's main towns in one day without renting a car or planning logistics—the small group size and fixed itinerary mean you get personal attention and someone else handles the winding Corniche roads.