Two minutes on foot from Terminal 1, P2 is the closest structured car park
Parking P2 sits directly beside Nice Terminal 1, effectively replacing the old P1 (now renamed G1) as the tightest walk-to-gate option. This is short-stay parking, so think hours and a few days, not a week-long holiday. You pay more than the outer lots, but you trade that for a walk that’s roughly 2–3 minutes to the T1 doors, under cover for most of it.
P2 mainly serves Terminal 1 departures and arrivals; Terminal 2 is a tram or shuttle ride away and not what this car park targets. It’s a multi-storey, barrier-controlled structure right by the T1 forecourt, so you skip the loop of external roads and just follow signs for “P2 T1”. Stays are metered by the hour, and pricing ramps up quickly after the first couple of hours, which is why locals treat it as short-stay only.
For very quick drop-offs, some regulars skip P2 entirely and use the “Dépose Minute” (Kiss & Fly) lane at T1, which sits across the tram tracks from the terminal. That area is free if you stay under 30 minutes; after that, charges kick in and erase any savings over just pulling into P2. The trade-off: Dépose Minute is open-air and can be crowded at peak bank times, while P2 gives you covered parking and a predictable exit.
Frequent flyers on FlyerTalk say they now treat P2 as the default short-walk option because P1 has been converted to G1 and no longer works as normal terminal parking. The same posters recommend checking the airport’s official parking website and booking P2 online ahead of time; advance purchase often beats drive-up tariffs by several euros per day.
- Practical tip: if your stop is under 30 minutes, try T1’s Dépose Minute; if you’re over that, pull into P2 and book online beforehand to blunt the short-stay premium.