Nice to Cannes: things to see on the way
33 km · about 45 min without stops
Best stops
Google Maps will take you through them in order. The other places on the way are below.
- Musée national Fernand Léger — The national museum of Fernand Léger, with a giant mosaic on its façade. 17.1 km from the start, ~1 min detour
- Musée Bonnard — The world’s only museum of Pierre Bonnard, who lived in Le Cannet for a quarter of a century. 27.1 km from the start, ~1 min detour
- Croix-des-Gardes Cross — A hill with a cross above the Bay of Cannes. 33.1 km from the start, ~4 min detour
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And 13 more places on the way are hidden under the fog — the app will show them.
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All places on the way

Old Biot
A village of Templars, potters and glassblowers
16.8 km from the start · ~3 min detour
Musée national Fernand Léger
The national museum of Fernand Léger, with a giant mosaic on its façade
17.1 km from the start · ~1 min detour
Garoupe Beach
The start of the customs officers’ path around Cap d’Antibes
18.6 km from the start · ~14 min detourCap Gros
Here the trail comes out to the edge of the cliffs
18.6 km from the start · ~15 min detour
Napoleon’s Landing at Golfe-Juan
Here, on March 1, 1815, Napoleon landed after escaping from Elba
24.1 km from the start · ~8 min detour
Château de Vallauris and the War and Peace Chapel
A Romanesque chapel with Picasso’s War and Peace
24.4 km from the start · ~4 min detour
Valbonne
A village laid out with a ruler in 1519, like a Roman town
24.8 km from the start · ~12 min detour
Musée Bonnard
The world’s only museum of Pierre Bonnard, who lived in Le Cannet for a quarter of a century
27.1 km from the start · ~1 min detour
Rue Saint-Sauveur
The main street of a village founded by settlers from Liguria
27.1 km from the start · ~1 min detour
Notre-Dame-de-Vie Chapel
A chapel among cypresses, next to the house where Picasso spent his last twelve years
28.3 km from the start · ~2 min detour
Old Mougins
The hill village where Picasso brought his poet and artist friends
28.5 km from the start · ~4 min detour
Croix-des-Gardes Cross
A hill with a cross above the Bay of Cannes
33.1 km from the start · ~4 min detourCedar Viewpoint
The slopes where mimosa first grew in the south of France
33.1 km from the start · ~3 min detourSainte-Marguerite Island Pier
The start of a loop around the largest of the Lérins Islands
33.4 km from the start · ~8 min detour
Batéguier Pond
A salt pond where birds nest
33.4 km from the start · ~8 min detourAllée des Eucalyptus
An old avenue that takes the trail back to the pier
33.4 km from the start · ~10 min detour
Château de la Napoule
A medieval fortress that an American artist couple turned into a castle and studio
33.4 km from the start · ~13 min detour
Pointe de l’Aiguille
Needle-like rocks made of solidified lava
33.4 km from the start · ~15 min detour