The
different ways to get there:
By
plane: Arrival at Nice-Côte
d’Azur Airport , which is located
at about 20km from Sophia Antipolis, then
by hire car or bus “Sophia Express”
(time of journey is about 30mins) until
the stop Ecole des Mines (“Place
Sophie-Laffitte”)
Telephone number for Nice-Cote d’Azur
airport: +33 (0)4 93 21 30 30
[Flight timetables, access, parking, bus
guide: http://www.nice.aeroport.fr]
Telephone number for S.T.C.A.R –
Sophia Express (bus timetables): +33 (0)4
93 20 60 57
By Train: Arrival at
the Antibes train station, then bus STGA
or enviebus, when leaving the station
turn right (time of journey about 30mins)
Ecole des Mines bus stop (“Place
Sophia Laffitte”)
Train time tables: http://www.sncf.fr
Bus Company Sillages/STGA call at the
villages Antibes, Biot, Cannes, Grasse,
Sophia Antipolis, and Valbonne
Telephone number of Antibes the bus station:
04 93 34 37 60
Telephone number of the Messugues bus
station at Sophia: 04 92 38 96 38
By car: The Sophia Antipolis
science activity park is linked to a road
network that serves all the main towns
from the South to North Europe.
From the airport: Take
the A8 motorway towards Antibes/ Aix en
Provence/ Marseille. Get off at Antibes
(exit 44).
After the toll, take the left lane (direction
Cannes-Vallauris).
Continue of the road that has 2 lanes
(in direction of Grasse, Sophia Antipolis).
Pass under the motorway bridge…
Take the first entry into Sophia, “Les
Lucioles 1” on the right.
Continue on this road. It forms a fork,
keep going in the main lane on the left
on a bend (in direction of Place S. Laffitte).
