What the fare covers, and what it leaves out
The fare covers the 28 kilometres from the airport, the tolls, the fuel and the parking on arrival, by sedan as by van. It is quoted before the run and confirmed when you book.
It does not cover a long wait on site: a day at your disposal is hourly hire, booked separately and charged by the hour. The distinction is not cosmetic, because the question comes up often here — lunch in this village rarely lasts twenty minutes, and there is no reason for a car to circle while it happens.
The village is served from above, at the Hubac car park
The tourist office explains the access logic better than any map: you arrive from above. Three reduced-mobility bays sit at Hubac 1 car park, at the entrance to the village, plus one bay facing the office itself at 55 avenue Jean Charles Mallet. An accessible lift then leads to the main square, and two accessible toilets complete the arrangement.
That lift is worth knowing about when you book. It changes the whole shape of a run with an elderly passenger or a wheelchair: the last stretch is no longer a cobbled climb, it is a landing and a cabin.
The core of the village is a pedestrian zone, barred to vehicles above 3.5 tonnes gross weight, with deliveries confined to weekday mornings and a dedicated bay on place des Patriotes. No passenger car reaches that weight, but the pedestrian zone applies regardless of size.
The last kilometre goes through junction 42
This is what theoretical journey times miss. Junction 42 is the interface between the A8 motorway, the Cannes-Grasse dual carriageway and the local approaches. The concession holder describes tens of thousands of vehicles a day and queues forming very frequently.
An upgrade opened on 6 September 2024, after eleven months of work: an extra lane towards Cannes and Le Cannet from the A8 in the Aix direction, the Libération roundabout widened to three lanes from boulevard du Campon, and traffic-light control.
The operational reading is simple. You arrive quickly on the dual carriageway, then lose time on the last kilometre, not before. A driver who knows this puts his margin in the right place — at the end of the run rather than at the start.
And in the busy weeks — coastal conference season, spring weekends, weekday evenings — the only variable that moves is the departure time. Your fare is fixed when you book.