Every year, the City of Nice hosts the IRONMAN for two days. This global sports event will take place on the weekend of June 25-26. As a result, traffic and parking will undergo several changes.
For the IRONMAN France, a traffic plan is in place starting June 20. The City advises prioritizing public transport, as due to the significance of the event, several areas of the city will be inaccessible.
Here is all the information you need to know to get around Nice in the coming days:
Nice Center
From Saturday, June 25 at 8 PM to Monday, June 27 at 4 AM
Closed to traffic: Promenade des Anglais, north lane, between Avenue Max Gallo and Avenue de Verdun
From Sunday, June 26 at 12:01 AM to Monday, June 27 at 4 AM
Closed to traffic:
- Rue Gustave V, between Rue Gabriel Fauré and the Promenade des Anglais
- Quai des États-Unis and Quai Rauba Capeu from Place Guynemer except for vehicles exiting Rue des Ponchettes, which will be directed to the port via Place du 8 Mai
- Avenue Max Gallo, between the Promenade des Anglais and Place Masséna
- Access to the Liautaud tunnel via Avenue Max Gallo
- North lane of the Promenade des Anglais, between Avenue de Verdun and Boulevard Gambetta
- Rue Raoul Bosio, between Rue Saint-François-de-Paule and Quai des États-Unis (except private resident access)
- Rue Milton Robbins
- Rue Bréa
- Rue Van Loo
- South lane of the Promenade des Anglais, between Rue Sauvan and Avenue Max Gallo
- Avenue de Verdun between Avenue de Suède and the Promenade des Anglais
- Only for oversized vehicles: Avenue Félix Faure from Rue Alberti and Avenue de Verdun
Traffic restrictions: all perpendicular axes giving access to the Promenade des Anglais, between Boulevard Gambetta and Avenue Max Gallo, are blocked (access for residents permitted via internal roads)
Nice West – Promenade des Anglais
From Sunday, June 26 at 2 AM to Monday, June 27 at 2 AM
Closed to traffic
- Promenade des Anglais, south lane, from Avenue des Grenouillères to Rue Sauvan
- Magnan tunnel
- Carras port
- Promenade des Anglais, north lane, from Boulevard Gambetta to the junction of Avenue des Grenouillères
- Avenue du Capitaine Ferber
Traffic restrictions: all perpendicular axes giving access to the Promenade des Anglais, between Avenue des Grenouillères and Boulevard Gambetta, are blocked (access for residents permitted via internal roads)
Nice West – Airport
On Sunday, June 26 from 5 AM to 7:30 PM
Closed to traffic: all perpendicular axes giving access to the south lane, between Pont Napoléon III and Avenue des Grenouillères, including connections with Boulevard Georges Pompidou and the Airport
Traffic restrictions
From Pont Napoléon III to the Junction of Avenue des Grenouillères on two lanes
Access and exits via the Promenade des Anglais are closed.
Access and exits from the Airport are only via M6007 and M99 Digue des Français (riverside road)
Access Old Nice
From June 26 at 12:01 AM to Monday, June 27 at 4 AM
Access: Descente Crotti open continuously
Exits: Descente Auguste Escoffier
From Monday, June 20 at 6 AM to Tuesday, June 28 at 8 PM
Closure of the bike lane on Avenue de Verdun (between Rue de Suède and the Promenade des Anglais)
From Monday, June 20 at 7 AM to Tuesday, June 28 at 6 AM
- Closure of the bike lane on Promenade des Anglais, south sidewalk (from Rue du Congrès to Avenue Max Gallo)
- Bike lane in the Tunnel du Congrès
From Thursday, June 23 at 6 AM to Monday, June 27 at 8 PM
- Closure of the bike lane on Quai des États-Unis, south sidewalk (from Avenue Max Gallo to Ponchettes)
Sunday, June 26 from 6 AM until the removal of the setup around 11 PM
- Closure of the bike lane on Promenade des Anglais and Promenade Corniglion Molinier, south sidewalk (from Pont Napoléon III to Boulevard Gambetta).
The bike lane will be used for the cycling event between the route of roundabout du Voyageur to the border to Saint-Laurent-du-Var.
