Buy and load 'La Carte' (the anonymous rechargeable card, €2 refundable deposit) at a ticket machine or the Lignes d'Azur Tickets app, since — unlike Marseille — you cannot yet tap a foreign bank card directly on the validator.
Getting to the start
Nice tramway Line T1, Masséna stop (~6 min walk to start/village area)
Race village and bib pickup are at the Kiosque à musique / Théâtre de Verdure in Jardin Albert 1er, adjacent to Promenade des Anglais.
The Masséna tram stop is the nearest transit stop.
Drivers can also use the 'parking Gare Thiers' (12 Av.
Thiers, 06000 Nice, €6 race day), near Nice-Ville train station.
Race date 2027-01-10 confirmed via secondary sources since the official promclassic.com site is currently showing an under-maintenance placeholder for the 2027 edition.
Start time approx 9:00 AM per secondary source.
Getting to the finish
Nice tramway Line T1, Masséna stop (same area — out-and-back course)
Course is an out-and-back on the Promenade des Anglais, so finish is in the same Jardin Albert 1er / Quai des États-Unis area as the start.
More details
No organizer shuttle bus found;
access is via Nice's public tram (T1) or the Gare Thiers parking lot.
IC card
La Carte (anonymous, shareable, rechargeable) / Ma Carte (personalized version)
Lignes d'Azur sales points, ticket vending machines (incl.
all tram stops), Nice train station (Libération) counter, or the 'Lignes d'Azur Tickets' mobile app
Not accepted at the gates — get the local card above
Alternative: Pass Sud Azur Explore (regional multimodal pass — train+tram+bus across Alpes-Maritimes & Monaco) €35 (3 days) / €50 (7 days) / €80 (14 days) —
Worth it if combining Nice with day trips to Cannes/Antibes/Monaco by train;
for just riding city buses/trams during a race weekend, a single ticket (€1.70, 74-min transfer) is cheaper.
More details
Do not assume Nice works like Marseille — you must obtain a card or app ticket before boarding;
on-board card readers are for buying/loading tickets, not open-loop EMV tap payment.
Credit cards/checks are not accepted directly on buses.
A Feb 2025 citizen proposal explicitly asked the city to add open-loop bank-card tap payment because it doesn't exist yet.
