Binance Pay Travel Route is a blog series designed to offer a guide to the most interesting destinations where you can use Binance Pay for your travel expenses. Please note that not all the spots featured below accept Binance Pay.

There are places in the world that seem immune to time, where sunlight falls just right, conversations slow to a melodic hum, and elegance spreads through the atmosphere. The French Riviera – La Côte d’Azur – is one such place. From Cannes to Monaco, the region has long seduced painters, poets, and jetsetters with its old-world charm and sea-soaked glamour. Today, it adds a new chapter to its history, this time written in code. Binance users can use their stablecoins and other crypto in the Riviera life, thanks to a bold partnership between Binance Pay and French fintech Lyzi.

Through this initiative, over 80 merchants across Cannes, Nice, Antibes, and Monaco now accept cryptocurrency as an efficient, gas-free form of payment. From five-star hotels and yacht charters to avant-garde galleries and beachside brasseries, the region has become a testbed for real-world digital adoption. Backed by the local government, the rollout offers technological convenience – and a glimpse into the future.

We have curated a week-long itinerary through this sunlit revolution, a guide to exploring the French Riviera with nothing but your phone and your crypto wallet. Whether you’re attending the Cannes Lions festival, the ETH Community Conference, or simply chasing sea breeze and style, this journey maps out how to live well with cryptocurrency across one of the most luxurious destinations on Earth.

Some stops below are payable in crypto. Others, in the old ways. But each destination is chosen with care, offering you an unforgettable Rivieran experience.

Day 1: Cannes – Where crypto meets Croisette Glamour

It begins, as many good travel stories do, with sunlight glinting off a train window. The train ride from Nice International Airport into Cannes feels like a preview reel: vine-covered hills, shuttered villas, and the blue Mediterranean appearing and disappearing like a shy silhouette between stone archways.

At the newly redesigned JW Marriott Cannes, check in not with a credit card, but a scan – your first act of crypto-powered travel. Binance Pay does what it promises: no friction, no fees, just a quick flash of your phone – and that sea-view suite is yours. Please take a moment to soak it in.

Lunch is payable with crypto at Copal Beach, where the Latin American-inspired menu plays with color and spice. Plantain chips, citrus-cured fish, grilled pineapple, and a mezcal spritz. A DJ warms up nearby; the beat is mellow and ambient, matching the unhurried pulse of Riviera afternoons.

As golden hour approaches, you make your way to La Banane, a playful contemporary art gallery tucked just off the main road along the Croisette beach. Neon lips, Warhol tributes, and surrealist canvases stretch across the walls. Feel free to shop limited-edition prints, paying in crypto, of course.

Dinner is late, as it should be. This evening, you board a tender from Cannes’ old port and glide across the bay to La Guérite, the legendary island restaurant perched on Île Sainte-Marguerite. It’s the kind of place where yachts drop anchor and the music hums just beneath the clink of glassware.

The setting is pure Riviera magic: sea spray, linen tablecloths, and Mediterranean dishes served beneath a canopy of pine trees. Think grilled langoustines, sea bream tartare, and artichokes with lemon oil — all paired with chilled rosé.

Scan your phone to pay with crypto, a modern twist in this rustic-chic hideaway. As the sky fades to violet, boats shimmer on the water and a DJ eases into a soulful set. You’re not just dining — you’re part of a rhythm that Cannes keeps for its insiders.

Later, return by boat under a canopy of stars, the city lights winking along the Croisette. The sea smells darker, saltier now. Walk back toward the Mondrian, the glow of your phone lighting the path. Tomorrow, the coast calls again.

Day 2: Antibes – Olive Groves and Old-World Whispers

Rise early to catch the soft Riviera light, and as you step into the sleek waiting vehicle of NLS Chauffeur Service, your journey eastward begins with effortless luxury settled with cryptocurrency payment. The coastal road unfurls before you – turquoise coves peeking through stone archways, fishing boats skimming silent harbors, terraces blooming with mimosas.

A short stroll through cobblestone streets brings you to Restaurant Le César, perched where the sea becomes a watercolor of light. Platter-sized oysters, grilled dorade adorned with Provençal herbs, and glasses filled with crisp rosé accompany the soft hum of waves. All settled via Binance Pay before the end of the first course, your transaction is as easy as the breeze.

You linger as the afternoon shifts toward evening. Opt for a refreshing swim at Plage de la Gravette, where the water feels like liquid sapphire against your skin. As dusk draws near, finish the night with laughter and grilled sardines at a local wine bar.

Day 3: Saint-Laurent-du-Var – The Yacht and the sea

Today, onboard a yacht adventure by Full Marine Services, the Riviera no longer feels like a place you travel to, but something you’re a part of. The morning sun turns the ocean into liquid glass, and crystal flutes of rosé are passed across white linen tables. Your entire charter is settled with Binance Pay before the gangplank is pulled in, a single transaction that fueled this drifting day.

Lunch is a swaying feast: oysters from nearby coves, sea bass ceviche, quartered lemons shimmering in sunlight. An ambient playlist murmurs in the background, punctuated only by seabirds and lighthouse foghorns.

Afternoon invites nudging into hidden inlets. You anchor near the Îles de Lérins and swim into clear caverns beneath shear cliffs, shadows and sunlight playing on the waves. Afterward, a tender transports you to a rustic taverne for brick-oven pizzas hot and fragrant, served with wild greens.

As the yacht glides back, the coastline flashes gold; villas perch on cliffs like castles. You walk back to shore just in time for dinner, salt in your hair, heart full of joy.

Day 4: Nice – A balancing act of fitness and leisure

Start your day in Nice with a morning class at Hyrox Nice, where functional fitness calls, payable with crypto. Leaping, lifting, lunging with elite fitness instruction, your pulse syncs with the trainers' beats.

After a hard workout, you deserve your treat at Gina, where brunch unfurls across a sunlit veranda. Plates of grilled octopus shimmer with citrus, pastries bleed apricot into jammy bliss. Spritzes bubble in short glasses as you pause to scan-to-pay with your crypto.

Afternoon light curves along the Promenade des Anglais. Pebbles rub against soles; waves flare in the sun. Stroll atop Colline du Château, surveying rooftops melting into Mediterranean blue.

Wander back through town and have your dinner seaside at La Réserve de Nice, candlelight reflecting off linen, each bite of Provençal fish as divine as your journey thus far. This restaurant does not accept crypto yet, but it is one of the best seafood spots in town

Day 5: Monaco – Rare Gem of Elegance

Monaco greets you with poised grandeur. Art in Time welcomes you with luxury timepieces for the crypto crowd. Here, crypto has prestige;elegance has no price tag.

A short walk brings you to the Multi Art Gallery. Modern and thought-provoking, all  masterpieces are available to acquire via Binance Pay.

Then it’s time to go play at Casino de Monte-Carlo, its Belle Époque façade and mirrored vestibule all sparkle and grandeur. Entry is settled with traditional euro, but you can’t miss this iconic destination.

Day 6: Cannes – Return and Reverie

The final day dawns with soft waves edging the Croisette. By mid-morning, lounge at Plage Lucia Cannes, a sun-drenched beach club and restaurant. Straw hat shading your face as you taste sushi, chilled with gin fizz. Crypto pays again, effortlessly.

A midday exit is reserved for a wander through Le Royaume de l’Olive and a stop at Pharmacie Cannes Grand Bleu to shop for vitamins, sun care, mosaic bottles of olive oil – all perfect for souvenir farewell gifts, for one last time bought via cryptocurrency and Binance Pay.

Catch the train back to Nice Airport to fly back home. Congratulate yourself for having been among the first to experience the crypto revolution along the legendary Côte d’Azur.

In the stillness between sea and sky, somewhere between Cannes and Monaco, a quiet revolution unfolds in everyday moments. A coffee, a driver, a dinner by the sea – payable with cryptocurrency. The French Riviera has always captured the world’s imagination. Now, with Binance Pay, it captures the future too.

Whether you’re an art collector or a casual traveler, a yacht captain or a digital nomad, your crypto now carries you further. No foreign exchange fees, no cards – just seamless living and spontaneous exploration.

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