PRACTICAL
Make the trip work.
Transport, arrival, booking rules, weather and the changing details worth checking before they become your problem.
THE ESSENTIALS
Sort the mechanics. Then forget about them.
Short, sourced and dated guidance for the decisions that become irritating when discovered on the platform.
Airport to your base
Tram, Saint-Augustin, TER (regional train), airport coaches and taxi.
Solve arrival → TRANSPORTTrain or bus?
Coastal TER, tram, ZOU!, tickets and useful passes.
Choose transport → BOOKINGWhat should you book?
Private beaches, boats, museums and what can safely wait.
See the rules →Still shaping the trip? Three decisions belong to Plan: do you need a car? · when to come · what five days really cost.
ON THE GROUND
The rules that change from one beach, or one border, to the next.
Swimming, opening hours, taxis, Monaco: the things people learn too late when they did not read them first.
Swimming without nasty surprises
Flags, lifeguarded beaches, jellyfish, sea temperature.
Read before the beach → OPENING HOURSWhen the Riviera closes
Public holidays, museums, Sundays, kitchen hours.
See closures → GETTING AROUNDTaxis, ride-hailing, parking
Airport fixed fares, Uber rules, real parking prices.
See the prices → MONACOMonaco is not France
Phones and roaming, ID, taxis, casino, dress rules.
Cross the border →
WEATHER BY SEASONWhen does the Riviera actually work for your trip?Spring, summer, autumn and winter: temperatures, rain, swimming, crowds and what changes by month.
See weather by season →Rain today rather than planning a season? Open the Nice rain plan → Before you overload the week: the Mametas have opinions →
BEFORE YOU GO
Save the numbers. Learn the words.
One card you hope never to use, one you will use at the first market.
Save the numbers once. Then forget this page unless you need it.
Open Safety & Emergencies →
SOURCES & STUDIES
Want the numbers behind the Riviera?
The tourism market is easy to oversimplify. Mametas keeps the scope and sources visible.
We timed exactly the same car-free itinerary from six Riviera bases, door to door on official timetables: 7 h 53 of travel from Nice, 13 h 57 from Menton.
See the study → 12m+tourists>50%internationalFRENCH RIVIERA TOURISM DATA · 2025–2026Tourism statistics, markets, nights and official sources.Côte d’Azur Observatory, INSEE and Nice Airport data, with the statistical scope stated rather than blended.
Open the studies & data →How Mametas checks practical information: see the Mametas method →
