Paris to Nice road trip
≈ 950 km · ~9 h driving · ideal in 8 days · 6 stops
The classic north–south French road trip: Burgundy's vineyards, Lyon's bouchons, Roman Provence and a Riviera finale. The autoroute does it in nine hours; the point is to take a week.
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The route at a glance
- Paris — 1 night
- Beaune — 1 night
- Lyon — 1 night
- Avignon — 1 night
- Aix-en-Provence — 1 night
- Nice — 2 nights
The stops
- 1
Paris
One night to load up on the city, then south past Fontainebleau into wine country.
- 2
Beaune
Burgundy's wine capital: the Hospices' glazed roof, and grand cru villages ten minutes in either direction.
- 3
Lyon
France's food city — book a bouchon in Vieux Lyon and walk it off through the traboule passages.
- 4
Avignon
The Popes' palace and half a bridge; Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Pont du Gard are both twenty minutes away.
- 5
Aix-en-Provence
Cézanne's light, plane-tree boulevards and the best market mornings in Provence.
- 6
Nice
End on the Promenade des Anglais — with the Grande Corniche drive to Èze and Monaco as a victory lap.
Good to know
French autoroute tolls Paris–Nice total roughly €75; the parallel routes nationales are free and prettier when you have the time. Lavender in the Valensole/Sault plateaus peaks late June–mid July. August is when France itself is on the road — book ahead or shift a month either side.
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