Space and comfort
Mercedes V-Class
- 7 passengers
- 7 pieces of luggage
The V-Class combines the comfort of a sedan with the space of a van, in a beautifully finished cabin. It is the natural choice for carrying your luggage, even the largest pieces.
Private Chauffeur Nice Airport to Sophia Antipolis
TAILORED · SEAMLESS · DISCREET
The Riviera Elite Standard
Sophia Antipolis, a tech park among the pines
Riviera Elite Driver provides a licensed and insured private chauffeur service operated in accordance with the professional requirements for private passenger transport. Our vehicles and chauffeurs hold the required professional authorizations and are covered by the appropriate insurance for chauffeur operations. Compliance, safety and the protection of our clients are integral to our standards.
Born in 1969 from an idea by Pierre Laffitte, Sophia Antipolis spreads its offices and laboratories over 2,400 hectares (about 5,900 acres) of wooded hills between Antibes, Biot, Valbonne, Mougins and Vallauris. The airport lies some 35 minutes away; your private driver, well used to the morning traffic jams, knows exactly when to leave.
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From runway to office
Scheduled flight or business jet, your real landing time sets the pickup; then the highway and the Route des Lucioles bring you to your office entrance.
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A protected forest
Half of the park’s land, some 1,200 hectares (about 3,000 acres), remains protected forest, clearings and scrubland, ringed by the Valmasque and Brague parks.
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Valbonne and its arcades
Founded in 1519 by a monk from Lérins, the old village of Valbonne is laid out on a grid; its Place des Arcades, from the early seventeenth century, gathers the café terraces.
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Families of the tech park
Valbonne’s international school, the CIV, includes a middle school and a high school; many families who move here for a job at Sophia Antipolis enroll their children there.
NICE AIRPORT TO SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS TRANSFER
From meetings to hilltop villages
Every transfer to the tech park has its fixed price; on days when meetings follow one another, our hourly service keeps pace with your calendar, address after address.
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A client to meet at the airport, three meetings in the tech park, dinner in Valbonne: one chauffeur from morning to dinner, working around your calendar.
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The ceremony in Biot’s perched village, the reception at a nearby estate: our chauffeurs connect the two all evening, and every guest is driven home once the celebration ends.
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Clients in town for two days of visits, dinners in Valbonne and Biot, flights at different times: Valentin coordinates every vehicle and every schedule.
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Enter your office or home address: your private car’s fare appears, fixed, before you even book.
CLIENT REVIEWS
Loyal clients, five-star service
A V-Class a client found impeccable, an agency’s staff of over twenty driven for the full length of Cannes Lions, loyal clients returning every year for ten years: the businesses that work with us have written as much on Google.
Authentic reviews on GoogleWe have used them for over 10 years as our regular chauffeur service for airport transfers and various trips around the area, both for ourselves and for our guests.
They have always been punctual, reliable, and available even at short notice. We highly recommend the company to anyone looking for a professional, exclusive, and comfortable travel experience at a very reasonable price.
OUR MERCEDES-BENZ FLEET
Your whole team, one V-Class van
Seven colleagues, bags and laptops included, share the V-Class between meetings. An executive traveling solo takes the S-Class; an airport round trip suits the E-Class. A delegation of ten? We can arrange additional vehicles.
Understated and refined
Mercedes E-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
Elegant and discreet, the E-Class welcomes you into a peaceful atmosphere. It is a favorite with business travelers, who make the most of every minute on the road.
Prestige and serenity
Mercedes S-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
The S-Class embodies all the prestige of Mercedes-Benz. With its unrivaled comfort, it is made for occasions that call for the very best.
PART OF THE SERVICE
Between two meetings
With Wi-Fi, a presentation gets finished on the way; phones recharge while water chills in the onboard refrigerator.
Champagne to toast a signed deal? Ask when you reserve; we bill it as an extra.
- Multilingual ChauffeursYour chauffeur speaks French and English. For another language, mention it when you book.
- UmbrellasAn umbrella is always within reach, in case the weather turns.
- Chilled WaterBottled water is offered to you throughout the service.
- Wi-FiStay connected from pickup to drop-off.
- Phone ChargingKeep your devices charged on the way, via USB-C or Lightning.
- Climate ControlThe temperature is set before we pick you up, in summer and winter alike.
- Child SeatsBaby seats, child seats and booster seats are available on request.
- Dress CodeAll our chauffeurs wear a suit and tie.
THE YEAR AT SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
Between tech park and hilltop villages
Mornings of meetings, evenings in Valbonne, a village of glassblowers, a museum devoted to Léger: around the tech park, the year has its landmarks.
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Morning
Tech park meetings
In the morning, traffic thickens fast around the offices; your chauffeur sets out with time to spare, so you are never late for the first meeting of the day.
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Evening
Dinner in Valbonne
In the evening, the Place des Arcades in Valbonne comes alive; we drop you off for dinner and pick you up whenever you’re ready, bound for your hotel or the airport.
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One morning
The glassblowers of Biot
Up in perched Biot, the glassworks founded in 1956 made bubbled glass its signature; oil jars were already being made in the village in the sixteenth century.
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Since 1960
The Fernand Léger Museum
Founded by Nadia Léger and Georges Bauquier, the Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot opened in 1960; a large mosaic after the artist adorns its facade.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Experience serving hotels, luxury brands and major events
Palace hotels, great houses and international events pass across these logos; out of discretion, our private clients appear on no list.
For several years, these partners and professional references have relied on Riviera Elite Driver for their private chauffeur needs. Their presence here is a testament to a lasting relationship of trust, built on services we have genuinely delivered.
THE RIVIERA JOURNAL
The same service, wherever you go
Antibes private chauffeur
Antibes
Antibes’s ramparts and beaches, just below.
Antibes Palais chauffeur
Palais des Congrès
Our official partner, the Palais at Juan-les-Pins.
Mougins transfer
Mougins
The hilltop village, its golf courses and restaurants.
Nice Airport transfer
Nice Airport
Both terminals and the business aviation hall.
AROUND SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
Between Antibes and Valbonne
To the south, Antibes; to the west, Mougins and Cannes; to the north, Valbonne and its old village; to the east, Biot, then the sea.
Rides from the tech park
- Nice Airport → Sophia AntipolisStraight to your meeting
- Sophia Antipolis → AntibesFor a hotel or the harbor
- Sophia Antipolis → CannesThe Palais, for a trade show
- Sophia Antipolis → MouginsA table in the old village
- Sophia Antipolis → Cannes-Mandelieu AirportFor the company jet
- Sophia Antipolis → Nice AirportMeeting over, evening flight
GOOD TO KNOW
A question about Sophia Antipolis?
How long does the trip take at rush hour?
Normally about 35 minutes; at office opening and closing times the traffic slows, so we schedule your pickup earlier.
Can you carry a whole team?
Yes: the V-Class holds seven passengers and their luggage; beyond seven, we add vehicles and keep their timings in step.
We are moving to Valbonne: can you handle the family’s rides?
Yes: relatives arriving at the airport, back-to-school appointments, weekend outings, we plan every ride with you.
For a business trip, taxi or private chauffeur?
Flights landing in quick succession leave long lines at the taxi stand; we are already in arrivals, your name in hand. In suit and tie as always, your chauffeur sees to the bags, and at the curb sits a brand-new, latest-generation Mercedes-Benz.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE
Your stay at Sophia Antipolis, with Valentin
Valentin Sassi founded Riviera Elite Driver in 2016, after a career in tourism and luxury hospitality on the French Riviera. In the five-star hotels and Palaces of Cannes, he learned what great hospitality demands: attention to detail, discretion and the art of anticipation. These qualities have become his signature.
At first the only one behind the wheel, he earned the trust of hotels, partners and loyal clients, then brought together a team of professional chauffeurs who share his vision of the craft.
Since 2023, he has devoted himself entirely to his clients: he personally organizes every journey and coordinates your chauffeurs.
Day and night, seven days a week, the whole team is just a call away. The tech park’s avenues, the squares of Valbonne and Biot, the airport highway: Valentin knows every shortcut.
The vehicle matters. The people who look after you matter more.
