Day 20 Biking to Canne

What a fabulous day - 84K biking from Nice to Canne - 22,979 steps. Not sure how that works, but love the stats.

We rented ebikes, only because there were no road bikes. Loved them. Initially we didn’t turn them on- thinking that was whimpy. At the first steep hill, though, we both did. WOW what a difference. We still only turned them on for hills. On the way back, though, as we were worried about getting back by 6:30pm, as required, we both turned on the battery and “sailed.” Easy to do 25 or 30kph with the battery on. Such fun.

As for the actual bike route, from Nice to Cannes it was all along the Sea - spectacular scenery everywhere. Took far too many pics and videos trying to capture it all.

The bike path from Nice to Antibes was wide, easy & spectacular. The highlights were Villeneuve Louvet with its aesthetic white apartment complex, and miles & miles of sandy beaches & yachts.

We got lost a bit in Antibes, but I’d download All Trails - 7 days for free- which I loved. Showed us exactly where we were and plotted our route. We’re considering paying $56/ year to always have access to it. Meanwhile we have it for our time here and in Agde where we’ll be doing lots of biking.

From Antibes the bike route was along the road - either a narrow bike lane or actually on the road. It wasn’t bad - traffic was reasonable and drivers were courteous.

At Golfe Juan, it went back to a lovely bike trail into Canne. What a huge, impressive city - packed with yachts, and “beautiful” people. We found a restaurant near the main promenade and enjoyed the view.

On the route back we wandered off the trail a bit to stay near the sea and watch the boats and sun bathers. There actually are sandy beaches - not gravel - along this stretch of Côtes d’ Azur.

As we had our “power” on we arrived back at 5:30 pm - 7 hours after we’d left. A quick stop to pick up the essentials again- fish, veggies, beer & wine and we happily settled back into our Nice home.

We’re thinking of going to Èze tomorrow to see this small historic town high in the hills and hike another Neitzsche’s trail. Stay tuned.Читать далее