2015/2016 logistics of how to get to Nice Airport from Cannes for early flights. Nice is the third busiest airport in France (after Paris CDG and Orly). Nice Airport [ http://www.nice.aeroport.fr ]. It has two terminals, T1 and T2. Most domestic flights are using Terminal 1. Most international flights are from Terminal 2. For some time now and at present, there are road constructions around the Airport which make it difficult to commute there, or even walk to the Airport. Between Cannes and Nice, there are several buses (Lignes d’Azur yellow), of which Bus 210 is an express to and from the Airport. Starting at 7 AM in Cannes, at Hotel de Ville, arrival Nice Airport Terminal 1 at 7:50 AM. €20 one way. For early flights, useless. If the flight is scheduled to leave 7 AM, then the time needed to arrive at the airport is preferably not later then 5 AM. Because, since after the November 13th terror attacks in Paris, Nice Airport Security has installed more severe check-in measures.
Other options, of which the least preferred: (1) Taxi cab from Cannes. Costs can amount to €120 for early cabs (4 AM and two suit cases). Plus wherever you live a walk to Hotel de Ville Plaza where cabs normally are. Or pay even more to order Taxi services to the door. (2) Train, TER PACA [ http://www.ter.sncf.com/paca ]. Which would be very cheap, but again the first trains leaving Cannes are still too late. The earliest being the train Mandelieu-La-Nepoule via Cannes to Ventimiglia. Cannes stop around 5:20 AM, arriving the stop closest to Nice Airport at 5:50 AM (Nice-St-Augustin). Too late for 7 AM flights.
NOTE. For later flights, this last option is ideal: take the train to the stop just before Nice Center, get out, then walk to the Airport. Walking now takes longer then 20 minutes, because of the extensive road constructions. Airport signs everywhere, easy not to get lost. Plus, there is also a free Airport Shuttle (Navette) service every 10 minutes, which circles around the entire airport area and between Terminal 1 and 2.
My option: I booked an Airport Hotel for the night before the flight. My flight is at Terminal 2 at 7 AM. The day before I have lots of time in the afternoon to take the train to Nice-St-Augustin stop, walk to the airport hotel, which is a 10 minute walk to Terminal 1. The morning of the flight, early walk to the Airport. Budget hotels running around €55 a night.
Documentation: (a) Plan du Réseau Les Transports des Pays de Lérins. (b)
Aéroport Nice Côte D’Azur Horaires/Timetable brochure which lists all flights, airlines, and a host of other important information (free at Airport). Balcon d'Azur 007

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