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· 1 night
One night to load up on the city, then south past Fontainebleau into wine country.
2. Beaune· 1 night
Burgundy's wine capital: the Hospices' glazed roof, and grand cru villages ten minutes in either direction.
3. Lyon· 1 night
France's food city — book a bouchon in Vieux Lyon and walk it off through the traboule passages.
4. Avignon· 1 night
The Popes' palace and half a bridge; Châteauneuf-du-Pape and the Pont du Gard are both twenty minutes away.
5. Aix-en-Provence· 1 night
Cézanne's light, plane-tree boulevards and the best market mornings in Provence.
6. Nice· 2 nights
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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