Coffee & Ride with komoot: Simon’s South of France Sizzler From Nice to Cap d’Antibes and back – with lots of yachts, villas, and a rear flat at the halfway point cycling cycling sponsored
Nice-Cap d’Antibes and back along the Côte d'Azur64km round trip mostly on protected cycleways and quiet roads, mainly flat with total 350m of elevation
The business quickly grew, with its online presence reaching a worldwide audience, and in 2016 it moved to Nice’s Vieux Port, enabling it to showcase its entire range while also providing a space for cyclists starting or finishing one of regular rides it organises to enjoy a coffee and a chat. After the caffeine boost and picking up my bike for the day – €40 for the hire at Riviera Ebikes, which stays open till 7pm, this Écossais headed off onto the Promenade des Anglais, stopping for the obligatory photo opp at this Instagram-friendly sign.
I’d been warned by the guy at the hire shop that once you hit the airport and the succession of towns beyond that, you need to look out for drivers crossing the cycle track as it heads towards Antibes, and with those crossings tending to be at 45-degree angles, and me getting used to the novelty of riding on the right, my head was swivelling in all directions each time I came to one.
After a poke around the marina and old town, I headed to Cap d’Antibes – home to one some of the world’s most expensive real estate. As with many exclusive residential enclaves, the roads were eerily quiet, most of the other people there being fellow tourists looking for villas to gawp at. It was a slog back, and I arrived at Café du Cycliste seconds after it closed at 6pm – so a massive thank you to the staff member who remembered me from the morning and let me in, and while the coffee machine was switched off by now, a Coke with ice was very welcome after the day I’d had.
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