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Cote d Azur
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Cote d Azur

Eight days from Menton to Hyeres: corniches, Eze, Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez. Tesla and Electra are dense; the problem is traffic not range. Stay off the Basse Corniche at rush hour.

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Season: Year-round. July-August is gridlock. Moyenne Corniche is the EV compromise between views and traffic.

Eight days from Menton to Hyeres: corniches, Eze, Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez. Tesla and Electra are dense; the problem is traffic not range. Stay off the Basse Corniche at rush hour.

Day by day

Day 1

Nice

The Promenade takes the sea light. Tesla overnight; tomorrow the corniches toward Menton.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Nice) — typical arrival 32%, about 18 min to 80%. Why stop here: Nice. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Nice
NicePhoto: W. M. Connolley / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 3

Eze

The village is a fist of stone above the sea. Charge in Monaco or back in Nice; Eze itself is stairs.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Eze. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Cannes
CannesPhoto: Michael Paraskevas / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Day 5

Cannes

The Croisette in off-season light. Electra by the palais; we arrived at 31 percent after the coastal crawl.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Electra (Electra Cannes) — typical arrival 31%, about 20 min to 80%. Why stop here: Cannes. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Menton
MentonPhoto: Aciarium / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
Day 6

Saint-Tropez

If you must. Park outside and walk; destination charge at the hotel. The peninsula is the point, not the port.

Why stop hereWhy stop here: Saint-Tropez. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezPhoto: Arnaud 25 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Day 8

Hyeres

The Giens peninsula and salt light. Last Tesla; the islands are a boat, not a battery problem.

Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger Hyeres) — typical arrival 24%, about 22 min to 80%. Why stop here: Hyeres. Access: walk from the overnight — leave the car.

Corniche
CornichePhoto: Txllxt TxllxT / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Quiet charging pauses

  • Tesla Supercharger in Nice — a calm stop on this leg, about 18 min.
  • Electra in Cannes — a calm stop on this leg, about 20 min.
  • Tesla Supercharger in Hyeres — a calm stop on this leg, about 22 min.

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