Mountain Bike Trails in Antibes — 6 of Our Favourites

An easy circuit this is an ideal Sunday afternoon bike ride with the family, that can be taken at a leisurely pace. It takes around 1.5hrs to complete, or 2hrs if you are stopping to enjoy the views!

• Pump track: Track with bumps and sharp turns. The purpose of this track is to maintain – or even increase – speed by rolling on the bumps, pumping between bumps and in turns... without pedalling, of course. For beginners to advanced, from age eight.
• Dirt area: Tracks for performing figures and jumps (from age 12, blue and red track).
• Ludik Par : Area with wooden modules and light-relief grounds, to provide safe conditions for youngsters to learn mountain biking and acquire experience rapidly from age six (green and blue track).

Four downhill tracks in the heart of two hectares of forest; four downhill tracks to start, improve and hone your skills. Each track features 24 modules (bumps, drop, wall ride, mini-wall, whoops, etc).

• Black trail (expert level, steep slope, very difficult modules)
• Red trail (experienced level, steep slope, difficult modules)
• Blue trail (intermediate level, medium slope, moderately difficult modules)
• Green trail (beginners’ level, gentle slope, easy modules)

Fitness area: stainless steel modules enable everyone to stay fit at their own pace, to work their abdominals, pectorals, slim, do some cardio...from age 14 / beginner to advanced.

Signage: Signs have been placed in all mountain-biking areas, with information on the itinerary, age and conditions of access, safety instructions, emergency phone numbers. They are there for your information.

Opening hours: Access to the Bike Park is possible weekday: 10:00-19:00 (until 20:00 in June/July/August/Sept).

The Rocher des Monges, sits at the central point of this circuit, and rises to 300m. A good example of the volcanic massif, it consists of compact lava, that has eroded over the years to create numerous caves and unexpected lunar sculptures. The entire route is carried on good trails that means this is a good bike ride for beginners to enjoy; a pleasant circuit in a particularly attractive setting.

Great resort for technical single track or to put in some winter downhill training. There’s a bike-park, a year round downhill trail and some graded XC trails making up a total of 150km of riding.

The year-round mild climate and low rainfall make great conditions for mountain biking. With loads more quality riding in the vicinity, not to mention across the border in Italy, this is a must-do trip when the weather is miserable back home.

Due to the geology and natural terrain of the area you will find that it is a mix of nice easy climbs on forest tracks and technical rocky singletrack descents. But not suitable for beginners. The network of 150km waymarked trails from green to black has been created by the FFC.

The French Cycling Federation have waymarked the trails here and they are graded for bikers from very easy, to easy, difficult and very difficult, depending one the terrain, the length and technical aspects of the circuits. They are all available to look at online or on the maps provided at the bike park.

With marked circuits and 522km of trails, this is a wonderful destination that is only 20 minuites drive from Antibes. To suit all abilities the trails have been graded from very easy (green), easy (blue) to difficult (red) and for experts only (black).