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Visit Nice airport: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Nice airport is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department (Provence region) in the south-east of France at 6 km from Nice, the department capital. (General information: Nice airport is 687 km from Paris and 905 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Cagnes-sur-Mer at 5 km from Nice airport
Popular places to visit near Nice airport: these include Cagnes-sur-Mer at 5 km and Nice at 6 km.
Nice is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Jardin botanique is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 6km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Nice airport, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Nice airport
See France This Way travel guides for Alpes-Maritimes and Provence (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Nice airport.
Note that all distances from Nice airport shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Nice airport holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Nice airport (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Provence and Alpes-Maritimes gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Nice airport and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin botanique (6km) : Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild (10km) : Jardin botanique de la villa Thuret (12km) : Le Vallon du Brec (20km) : Jardin de la Villa Fort de France (24km) : Palais Carnolès (26km) : La citronneraie (26km) : Serre de la Madone (26km) : Parc du château de la Napoule (27km) : Arboretum Marcel Kroenlein (48km) :
- National Monuments: Trophy of Augustus (18km) : Saorge Monastery (45km) : Frejus Cathedral cloisters (46km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gourdon (20km) : Coaraze (23km) : Sainte-Agnes (25km) : Seillans (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Lerins (Cannes) (21km) : Eglise de St Raphaël (Saint-Raphael) (45km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) (46km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Nice (6km) : Cannes (21km) : Menton (26km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Grasse (23km) : Frejus (46km) :
Map of places to visit near Nice airport & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Nice airport
Canton: na
Arrondissement: na
Department: Alpes-Maritimes
Region: Provence
Postcode: na
Distance to Nice airport
from Nice: 6 km
from Paris: 687 km
from Calais: 905 km
from Nice: 6 km
from Bordeaux: 634 km
from Strasbourg: 548 km
* distances are direct not by road!
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Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Nice airport): Cagnes-sur-Mer, Nice and Saint-Laurent-du-Var.
Getting here
Alpes-Maritimes is in the south-east of France. Most visitors fly into Nice airport. Coming from the UK by car the route takes about 12 hours (can be busy in summer). For driving distances to Nice airport from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Nice airport