Where Was ‘Campus Drivers’ Filmed? The Real-Life Locations Behind Belrose University

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Prime Video’s new YA romance is based on a book series set at a fictional American university, but the adaptation trades the college town for the sun-soaked French Riviera.

If there’s one thing Campus Drivers has going for it, it’s the scenery. The new French romance series follows the students of Belrose University, where messy relationships, campus drama and some seriously nice cars make for an entertaining semester.

Based on C.S. Quill’s bestselling book series, Campus Drivers is centered on Lois (Carmen Kassovitz), a scholarship student who finds herself homeless after her boyfriend and roommate, Max, breaks up with her during their first week at Belrose University. Her solution? Move in with Max’s popular, wealthy and notoriously noncommittal neighbor, Lane O’Neill (Baptiste Masseline). If forced proximity and a slow-burn romance are your thing, this setup will be right up your alley. While Fast Lane, the novel that inspired Campus Drivers, takes place at the fictional Sycamore Heights University in the United States, the show switches things up by bringing the story to the French Riviera.

Over one million copies of the books have been sold, and the Prime Video adaptation brings the bestselling romance to life with a distinctly European backdrop. The French Riviera’s coastal views and picturesque architecture make for a pretty dreamy setting for Lois and Lane’s love story. But where exactly did the cast and crew film the series? From Cannes to the Cap d’Antibes, here’s everything you need to know about the real-life locations behind Campus Drivers.

Campus Drivers was filmed in southeastern France, primarily along the French Riviera (also known as the Côte d’Azur). More specifically, according to 4Filming’s report and several French outlets, production took place between Nice, Cannes, and Antibes, with several locations around the Cap d’Antibes also used during filming.

Villa Eilenroc, which viewers may recognize from the series’ trailer as the setting for Belrose University, was also one of the production’s main filming locations.

Between the waterfront scenery and the region’s architecture, the French Riviera provided the series with…

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