Nice to Ventimiglia
Of course, you've come for the sights — awe-inspiring panoramas of the shimmering Mediterranean, sandwiched amid some of the region's most charming cities. This 50-minute route, though, will appeal to your inner travel enthusiast, as it passes through three nations in under an hour, beginning in France, dipping into Monaco, returning to France, and ending just beyond the Italian border.
Starting from Nice Riquier station, you'll enjoy stunning views for the majority of the journey, passing by Art Deco houses and alternating between snatches of the Mediterranean between the trees and rattling along entire bays with villages heaped up the cliffsides. You'll pass through some of the Cote d'Azur's most renowned towns, including ze (above) and lemon-filled Menton, as well as gain fantastic views of Monte-Carlo. When the scent of flowering bougainvillea fills the air, you've arrived in Italy.
- Country:France, Monaco, Italy
