Day Trip from Nice: Train Ride into the Mountains | Annot + Entrevaux | French Riviera Travel Guide
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Join Anja + Aila on a spectacular day trip from Nice to the green, mountainous hinterland! Hop on the train towards Digne-les-Bain and check out the cool spots along the way: How about a scenic hike in Annot or a romantic stop in charming Entrevaux, one of the most beautiful villages in France?
Because, in case you didn’t know: The French Riviera has so much more to offer than just its famous coast!
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The train we took:
CHEMINS DE FER DE PROVENCE (Nice - Digne-les-Bains)
(formerly known as “Train des Pignes”)
Train station in Nice (4bis Rue Alfred Binet):
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Website: www.cpzou.fr/
Tickets can be bought on the train, at "Chemins de fer de Provence" train stations or via mobile app (available in English): CP Zou (including audio guide in English about the stations along the way)
A ticket from Nice to Annot costs € 12.80 (return ticket: € 25.60)
To buy a ticket via app, you’re guided to the Zou website (switch to English (scroll down menu) + create acount/sign in)
THANK YOU to the team from “Chemins de Fer de Provence” for their help organizing our trip!
TRAIN DES PIGNES HISTORIQUE (steam train):
Start in Puget-Théniers at 11 AM, start in Annot at 3:35 PM
Stop in Entrevaux at 11:15 - 11:20 AM and at 4 - 4:02 PM
Arrival in Annot at 12:05 PM, arrival in Puget-Théniers at 4:15 PM
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2024:
May / June: every Sunday
July / August: every Sunday + Thursdays/Fridays from July 18
September: every Saturday + Sunday
October: every Sunday
ANNOT:
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Our hike: Grès d’Annot discovery trail
The full circle (we only went to the “chambre du Roi” and back, but if you have the time, do the full circle!):
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ENTREVAUX:
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Clips of historic steam train:
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Let us know if you‘ve already taken this trip and how you liked it!
on bucket list for 25 years and counting. folks down there just don‘t bother 😅
@@riesendackel2 🤣 Go!
We just came back from a month long trip to France. I can’t express enough how valuable your videos and tips were to my family. Especially your videos on hill towns (Eze, Saint-Paul de Vence, Cannes, Nice, Menton, Gorge Du Verdon, Mougins, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Antibes, etc), shops, ice cream spots and hikes (ex. Cap d’Antibes). I know our trip was enriched thanks to the both of you. Many blessings from the US🙏
Will you guys ever make videos on the Chamonix and Dordogne region?
The area around Cassis was magical as well. Wineries, beaches and of course the Calanques National park and Carmague regional nature park.
Side trips to Arles, Nice, Pont du Gard, Nimes, and Avignon were amazing. France is so diverse and you ladies are doing it justice! Thx
Thank you so much for your kind words!! Wow, you’ve seen a lot, you must be overwhelmed!!! We know all of the southern French places you mention quite well (from Cassis all the way over to Nimes, Arles, Pont du Gard etc), they’re all really worth visiting. Personally, Avignon and Orange are favourites. We’d love to expand our channel a little more - but it’s a logistical question, impossible to do those places in a day trip from where we live. But maybe next year? We need to grow some more… 😅 Dordogne and Chamonix are even further away for us, so not really planned, and we wouldn’t be able to give a lot of insider advice, we would be discovering ourselves. But never say never 😉.
Thanks again, and you can always come back to France with its endless regions that are all so pretty and diverse (Brittany, Atlantic coast, Normandy, central France, and always Paris as well, to name just a few more. Chamonix and the Mont Blanc region: yes! Beautiful).
You created memories, that’s priceless.
Traveling by Train is one of the best ways to travel I would say it’s about the journey not the destination but with the destination being so beautiful it’s best to pick both 😅
👌 you got it! Couldn’t agree more 😃
Anja and Aila what a beautiful video. Thank you so much for showing us the beautiful areas surrounding Nice. You took the care to give us detailed information on how to get on the train and all the steps to make this day trip. This is so helpful for those of us who are planning to visit the area. You ladies are so sweet and kind. Thank you!
I just got back from 2 week visit, but didn’t make side trips. We definitely want to do this next time. Thanks for the ideas!
Thank you so much 🤩😍🤩 and thanks for taking the time to let us know!
Thank you, ladies! Going there tomorrow after watching carefully your video! Tres util! Merci 🙏 beaucoup !
Great, enjoy - and let us know how it went! 😄
Wow! So excited to try this trip - thank you so much for introducing me to it!
😊 👍
Just a lovely video 🙂
🙏😊
Thanks so much for thss lovely trip. I'm going to replicate it. I wanted to head to the mountains as well and this trip sounds perfect.
Yes! Do! And let us know what you thought 😊. Ask if there was anything that wasn’t clear enough…
That looks like a nice trip ❤
🙏🤩
Ça fait tellement du bien de voir ça ! C'est purement nostalgique 🤠😎😮👍, J'aimerais bien voir une partie 2 , si c'est dans la possibilité , Merci à bientôt !
Oui, pourquoi pas? 😃 Mais peut-être d’abord le Train des Merveilles!
@@rivierago ok sa marche , merci pour votre réponse , 👍🙋
Doing a great job ladies. We will be there in Sept. for a few days. Definitely renting the boat and drinks at the waterside club.
Awesome! Have fun! 😃
Bonjour ladies. Very cool! Definitely will write it down and try to do it one day. 🙏🏻
Yes, please! 👍
Wonderful ❤
Thank you! 🙏😍
Absolutely love this train, I took the train to Touet-sur-Var upto the hillside village of Auvare. The most beautiful clean air with incredible views towards the sea. Would highly recommend, though difficult to visit unless
You can call in a few
Favours..
👍 yes, you’re right, we didn’t point that out: the air is clear!!! Mountains, nature, few people/cars etc. Not sure we understand the favours part: you mean in order to get from Touet-sur-Var to Auvare maybe? Anyway: thanks for the tip, been to Touet before, but not Auvare 😉
So sweet :)
🙏😍
I can imagine having a great time making stops, and hiking around with my nephews. Looked like a great activity for kids as well.
Yes! Even better for kids is probably a stop in Saint-André-les-Alpes with its huge lake with sandy beaches and lots of fun activities for children
@@rivierago thanks for the tip!
@@Nubianette You’re welcome 😊
We winter in Nice and we will plan on this trip next February or March. Thank you so much for all of your helpful and entertaining videos. We have used your recommendations for restaurants, cafes, hotels, and navigating Nice (the tip for getting the tram from airport to town was so helpful.) Merci!
You’re welcome! Glad to hear… exactly what we are striving for 😍. Enjoy your time here!!!
so lovely! thanks for sharing these spots. we'll definitely check it out one day!
Yes, please do! 🤩
Just what I wanted to know. Wonderful hike and charming village. Please do more,
@@williamdoyle777 🤩 thanks! Happy to reveal some of the hidden gems… more to come!
I really enjoyed the trip.
Thank you! 🤩 Glad you liked it!!
Thank you so much for this wonderful video !! We plan to be in Nice in October and I highly appreciate such detailed guidelines. You guys are awesome!!! 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you!!! 🙏 🤩🤩🤩
Nice trek through mountainous regions, and funny to hear your reference to a "hinterland".
Is hinterland not the correct word? We‘ve had this discussion before… Americans do use it in the sense us Germans do, I think, but Brits less so…? Help! 😄
@@rivierago As you noted, as an American I can say we don't use that word. Living now in the UK, I also haven't seen it used here. It made me smile and remember Germany, knowing also from a past video that you both came from Germany. Love the videos and the care and attention you put into each one. I've been in the Nice area three times, and now seeing these new mountain regions through your videos for the first time. I just checked with ChatGPT and here is what it said about this word: The term "hinterland" originates from German, meaning "the land behind". It's used in both academic and colloquial German to describe areas remote from urban centers. The word "hinterland" is broadly used across various fields to describe regions that are economically and geographically linked to more developed urban or coastal areas. It generally implies a relationship of support and dependency, where the hinterland provides resources, labor, and markets for the urban or coastal core.
@@rivieragoin America, maybe it would be a bit old fashioned. Maybe coming from German immigrants. I’m 57, from California, and I went to a school that was possibly a bit more old fashioned, than the time I was in elementary school. 😊
@@ferayster 🫣 we were sure it was a term used in the US. Thanks for enlightening us - and for watching closely!
So, the mountains behind Nice, the Sea Alps, are gorgeous! We’re just showing a tiny bit of them in this video - there’s also the National Park called „Mercantour“ - stunningly beautiful. Or the Gorges de Cians and Daluis, to name just a few.
We get that first time visitors to Nice are busy discovering the coast (and rightfully so). But whoever is into nature should plan some time for what we called the hinterland on their second visit 😉
The backland of the French Riviera is definitely the best part of the area, where the Mediterranean climate meets the Alps. The coast itself is just too crowded and too urbanized.
Agreed! 😊 we love the coast a lot but the backland even more
Awwww,I love it,I love it !! 🤩😳😍 Bravo! What a fresh air indeed. Never been there. I love the nature. Those villages are gems. The views are amazing. I wish you had more time to explore,really. Were you alone in the train? Was looking kind of empty. Such trips suits you so much! It's your thing. Well....one of your things lol. And you look so happy and sporty. I love the non-stop mini snacks 🤭 You are looking perfect,girls!! 😊 Next video similar,pls. It's so beautiful and charming. Heheh 😎✨️🌈 Bravo
🤩😍🤩 thank you!!! We thought you might like it. There‘ll be more videos like this, hopefully. The next one should be fun - we did something we’ve never done before 😉. Anyway, the train in the morning was completely empty indeed, probably due to the fact that it was added to the timetable only a few days before. In the afternoon there were more people on board, and there would have been a last one around 7PM which supposedly is more crowded.
And we’re still amazed by how you pick up the little details (like our snacking habits 😅). Have a great week!
@@rivierago Can't wait for the next one with the thing you have never done. 🥳😊🤍 You too!
@@smiley9987 😄😄😉🙏
I love your videos guys❤, can't wait to watch the next one❤
Thank you, as always 😍
In my opinion, the French Riviera"s backland is the best part of the area, where the mediterranean sun meets the Alps. The coast itself is too urban and, not much space left for nature, and just too overcrowded (and expensive) in summer.
We absolutely agree!!!
And above all too many tourists who respect nothing, and agencies who are only there to extract money from them
We are going to end up doing like the Spaniards, the Italians and the Greeks to protect their place of life, their environment, their tranquility, to say STOP to the tourism business, stop the overcrowding of tourists in certain places, to the protection of fragile environment.
We have made France an open-air museum just for the business of a few and the locals can't take it anymore, they are no longer at home and it will end badly if the authorities do not put the brakes on certain regions of France to regulate tourism
Nice trip
Is this also valid with the Sudazur explore pass?
Good question! I don’t think so unfortunately since it’s a separate company - but let me ask this question (tomorrow) and get back to you! But one thing I can say for sure: IF the pass works for this train, it‘ll be only valid between Nice and Puget-Théniers because that’s about where our department Alpes-Maritimes ends (Entrevaux belongs already to Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).
@@georgeklein2746 hi, the train company just got back to us: YES, you can use Pass Sud Azur Express to ride this train! (But only between Nice and Puget-Théniers, which is a very nice trip with several nice stops on the way already!) If you leave the department as we did to get to Entrevaux or Annot or further, you just need to buy a ticket for that part of the ride!
@@rivierago Thank you
Thank you for the video! If you plan to hike higher, further to get more views of mountains, do you need to climb these rocks vertically or is there a path ?
Hi, are you asking about Annot or in general? For Annot, I‘m not sure if the trail (that we didn’t finish) ends up at the top of the mountain some place or scratches by the summit (we were almost at the top). But in general, there are hundreds of well indicated hiking trails in the French Sea Alps - it’s a hiker’s paradise!!! No climbing skills needed, just (fairly) good shape. And there are so many summits to climb, as high as 3000 meters, if you’re looking for a sporty challenge (they are 1.5 hours from Nice by car). But you don’t have to go that far: very beautiful hikes that are high above the coast and allow you impressive views of the coast line are to be found literally right behind every coastal city. We‘ve done them all 😉
@@rivierago Thanks for the information! Was specifically asking about Annot, so if it ends almost on top, sounds very good
@@eriksratacovs9944 here‘s a map of the hike we did: we followed the blue part and returned, with a little more time you can do the red and make it a full circle. It’s for confirmed hikers as there are parts that get a little difficult (narrow trail with steep cliffs up on one side and down on the other). www.annot.com/voyage-au-gre-des-temps-les-sentiers-de-decouverte/