Nice Carnival 2027: Dates, Tickets and a Day Trip
Sun 21 Feb is £102.00 from Gatwick with 9.4 hours in Nice, but the big parades are on other days.
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Nice Carnival 2027 runs from Tuesday 9 to Sunday 28 February, and the cheapest day there on our board is Sun 21 Feb from Gatwick at £102.00 all in.
Nice Carnival dates
This year's theme is Vive l'Amour, it's the 154th one. The two shows people come for are both around Place Masséna:
- Battle of Flowers, 14:30 on Wed 17, Sat 20, Wed 24 and Sat 27 Feb
- The illuminated night parade, 20:30 on Tue 16, Sat 20 and Tue 23 Feb
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Sun 21 Feb, hour by hour
- 06:15, leave Gatwick on easyJet
- 09:20, land in Nice
- 10:10, in the city
- 14:30, Menton's Golden Fruit Parade starts, if you take the train along the coast for it
- 23:05, back into Luton, that's the £102.00 one with 9.4 hours in Nice
If you'd rather fly home into Gatwick it's £149.00, you leave the city at 18:25 and land at 21:50.
Worth knowing, Sunday isn't one of the Battle of Flowers or night parade days. You get carnival Nice, the decorations and the crowds, and Menton's parade if you go for it.
Nice Carnival tickets 2027
You can watch from the stands or from the pedestrian areas, both are ticketed. Prices aren't out for 2027 yet. Kids under 12 go free to the night parade and under 6 to the Battle of Flowers.
Which day, then?
Sat 20 Feb has both shows, flowers at 14:30 and lights at 20:30, but we haven't got a Saturday priced yet. Sun 28 Feb is the last day of carnival for £119.00 on the same flights.
The Menton side of the weekend is in our Menton Lemon Festival piece, and every Nice day we've priced is on the Nice Carnival page.
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