Ten kilometres, fifteen minutes, three different arrivals
Ten kilometres from the airport, fifteen minutes quoted: one of the shortest runs on the coastal grid. The figure is misleading, because it covers three arrivals that have nothing in common.
The seafront, at Le Cros, is reached along the RD 6007 and ends on a promenade address. The town centre organises itself around the railway station and the bus station. The medieval village is perched above, and it is the one that raises an access question. Three districts, one fare, and one piece of information to give when booking: which of the three.
The hill village is reached by shuttle 44
The tourist office documents the service precisely: a free shuttle between square Bourdet, beside the bus station, and the hill village, all year, seven days a week, every twenty minutes from 7 am to 10.30 pm. In July and August it runs until 12.30 am. The English version of the same page supplies the number: line 44.
That is the only officially published service to the upper village. What is not published is how far a car may climb before it has to turn round: neither the council nor the tourist office documents it, and we will not guess on their behalf.
So the operational answer is blunt. For an arrival in the hill village, the safe drop-off is square Bourdet, and the last leg is made by shuttle or on foot. For a specific hotel or restaurant up there, give its name and street when you book: that information, and only that, allows a stopping point to be agreed in advance rather than improvised on arrival.
The racecourse has its own entrance, on the seafront side
The operator leaves no ambiguity: 2 boulevard Kennedy, entrance on the seafront side, free parking. Road access is published by direction — exit 47 when coming from Cannes, exit 48 Villeneuve-Loubet when coming from Nice, then the RD 6007.
Two details are worth knowing before a race day. First, the old Hippodrome railway halt is closed and the usable station is the one in the town centre. Second, the meetings run in two seasons, December to mid-March and July to August, with admission at 6 € on the gate and 5 € online.
What the fare covers here is what it covers everywhere: the journey, the tolls, the fuel and the parking, at the price confirmed when you book. What it does not cover is the racecourse ticket, and that is the only thing left to pay on site.