Buses in Cannes
Cannes Bus Information - Cannes Local Bus Guide
Recommended masks are worn on the bus.
Palm Bus tickets will go up 1 January 2024 for the the first time since 2018. A single ticket goes up 10 cents to 1.70; 10 trip tickets rise to 13.80 and the popular open topped tourist Imperial will be 3.40 for a round trip. Palm Bus carries 11 million passengers a year, up from 9m eight years ago. You can pay on the bus by cash, bank card, phone or a prepaid ticket.
Palm Bus ticketing system allows contactless validation. You can buy tickets from the driver or from the bus stations, offices of tourism and selected tabacs. It is now possible to pay on the bus by contactless payment with your bank card and phone: Just show your card to the driver before validating. You can pay for up to eight people with one contactless payment.
Palm Bus serves Cannes, Le Cannet, Mandelieu-La Napoule, Mougins and Theoule sur Mer.
There are also regional bus routes to Vallauris, Mouans Sartoux, Valbonne. Grasse, Sophia Antipolis and Nice.
Palm Bus has an office at the Cannes bus station, adjacent to the Hotel de Ville, where you can pick up details of bus itineraries, containing maps of the route. Cheap 10-journey ticket – two of you? All tickets are valid for one hour, so you can change buses using the same ticket but you cannot get back on the same number bus. If buying a ticket from the driver get on on the right side of the rail and if validating a ticket get on on the left side. In Cannes it is normal to say Bonjour to the bus driver and it is still expected that younger people will get up to let older people sit, and men stand for women to be seated.
That said there is still no such thing as a queue at the bus stop – it’s every man for himself (women usually win).
City Palm is a mini bus that travels in a circle from the Hotel de Ville (HDV) along the Croisette, on to the rue d'Antibes, pulling off for Gambetta Market, back onto the main shopping street and then to the railway station and back to HDV. It stops on demand, whether hailing or alighting, as long as it is safe to do so or as soon as possible - as well as at bus stops. Operates 9am till 7.15pm every 10-15 minutes
City Palm all-day bus ticket must be bought on board. It must be validated on each journey. The City Palm is free for one person using the town centre's municipal car parks - just show the car park ticket when boarding.
There is an electric minibus operating in and around Le Suquet, the pedestrianised old town. It runs every 20 minutes, from the bus station, 9am to 7pm inclusive and until 11.40 pm in July and August. All day tickets cost 1.70 euros.
A free minibus in La Bocca takes you to the beaches in summer. You park at a car park or go on a normal bus to pick up the navette as it is called.
A bus runs all summer along the coast road from Quai Laubeuf stop in Cannes to Theoule. There is now also a ferry to La Napoule and Theoule in summer.
The open topped, double decker Imperial bus is a great way to travel the Croisette to Palm Beach and back. It costs 3.40 euros for the round trip.
The Express A bus goes from Cannes train station to Mandelieu, via Les Tourrades shopping centre: Monday to Saturday every 12 minutes from 5.30am to 8pm, single tickets 1.70 euros. Sundays and holidays every 25 minutes from 6.30am to 8pm.
The Express B bus goes from the train station to Mouans Sartoux, via Mougins. Weekdays every 23 minutes from 6am to 7.50pm, 1.50 euros. Sundays and holidays every 45 minutes from 7am to 7.50pm.
The Palm bus fleet
Palm Bus serves Cannes, Le Cannet, Mandelieu Mougins and Theoule |
Details of the night bus routes and timetables can be found at the office in the bus station. |
Regional Buses in Cannes - Regional Bus Guide
Bus tickets cost 1.50 euros. All tickets are valid for 74 minutes from when you get on so you can change buses using the same ticket up to that time.
The 200, which starts near the old harbour on the other side of the Mairie from the bus station, goes to Golfe Juan, Juan Les Pins, Antibes, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, Nice airport and Nice.
The 210 is the airport express bus and leaves from opposite the old harbour just south of the bus station. Also from railway station.
Buses leave for Grasse via Mougins and Mouans Sartoux on the 600 (See times); Grasse, via Pegomas, on the 610 (see times); Valbonne via Mougins on the 630 (See times). Leave from bus centre at the railway station
See 200 timetable: this bus goes near the airport and to NIce
See Day Trips from Cannes
The 200, which starts near the old harbour on the other side of the Mairie from the bus station, goes to Golfe Juan, Juan Les Pins, Antibes, Cagnes-Sur-Mer, Nice airport and Nice.
The 210 is the airport express bus and leaves from opposite the old harbour just south of the bus station. Also from railway station.
Buses leave for Grasse via Mougins and Mouans Sartoux on the 600 (See times); Grasse, via Pegomas, on the 610 (see times); Valbonne via Mougins on the 630 (See times). Leave from bus centre at the railway station
See 200 timetable: this bus goes near the airport and to NIce
See Day Trips from Cannes
