5 Top-Rated Day Trips from Nice, France | Europe Day Tours Guide
5 Top-Rated Day Trips from Nice, Europe
At the heart of the French Riviera and bordering the Provence countryside, Nice lies conveniently close to many wonderful tourist attractions. The essence of the dreamy Côte d'Azur is found in the magnificent royal city-state of Monaco and the magnificent villas of Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer. The elegant architecture and deep blue seas dazzle visitors. Balmy weather and gorgeous natural scenery create the perfect beach experience in Antibes, where the beau monde comes to sunbathe and enjoy life. Vibrant Mediterranean culture and artistic heritage are found in Cagnes-sur-Mer and Saint-Paul de Vence, which boast outstanding Impressionist art museums. The medieval hilltop villages of Haut-de-Cagnes and Grasse reflect the historic charm of this region and offer a contrast to the posh Riviera resorts. From the charming ancient towns to beautiful gardens and gorgeous beaches, the attractions around Nice make visitors want to extend their stay. Here five day trips from Nice, France.
1. Monaco
2. Saint-Paul de Vence
3. Eze
4. Villa Ephrussi (in Cap-Ferrat)
5. Villefranche-sur-Mer
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1. Plage Villefranche
2. Plage de l'Escalet, St. Tropez
3. Plage du Ponteil, Antibes
4. Larvotto beach, Monaco
5. Plage de Fossan and Plage des Sablettes, Menton
6. Opera Plage, Nice
7. Plage de Colombier, Juan-les-Pins
8. Boulevard de la Croissete beaches, Cannes
9. Eze Sur Mer beach
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Places to see in ( Villefranche sur Mer - France )
Places to see in ( Villefranche sur Mer - France )
From the main road above, you can look down across the red tile roofs of the old town, with the distinctive church and bell tower in the center. Like the medieval villages of the back country, the narrow cobblestone and bricked streets slope steeply down (in this case towards the sea) or traverse along the slope, with vaulted passages beneath the houses. There's quite a medieval feeling here, with just the many little restaurants to remind you you're in tourist country. There are also quiet little squares, like the Place Félix Poullan beside the church, and the Place de l'Eglise just below, with a bench circling a beautiful big tree.
The most extreme example we've seen anywhere of a vaulted passage is the Rue Obscura, a street about a block in from the seafront that's completely covered for about half its length. Lighted only by white, wire-gridded lamps in the roof, the obscure street reminds you of the days when the town's population sheltered here from bombardments. Cross streets open out onto the sunny upper village or the even brighter seafront below.
The focal point of Villefranche-sur-Mer is the quai, where a line of terrace café-restaurants face the yacht harbor and out across the blue Mediterranean, backed the lovely village houses. Villefranche was once a fishing village attached to the town of Nice, and you can sometimes see some of the little pointu fishing boats in the harbor. Robert De Niro sat at one of these cafés, as Sam in the movie Ronin (1998), amidst action and car chases across the South of France.
The 16th-century military fortress, Citadelle Saint-Elme, sits at the south edge of Villefranche-sur-Mer, in easy walking distance from the port. The citadel was built in 1557 to protect the this port as well as the towns along this part of the Mediterranean. The fortress worked in conjunction with Fort Mont Alban (on the hilltop between Villefranche-sur-Mer and Nice), a defensive tower at Saint Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and the military battery at Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Citadelle Saint-Elme was occupied by the famous French mountain troups, Chasseurs Alpins until 1958. The site now hosts the Town Hall (Mairie) and some museums. Entry to the site is free, to walk around the fortified interior, visit the museums, and a very nice and shady park.
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Places to see in ( Nice - France ) Villefranche sur Mer
Places to see in ( Nice - France ) Villefranche sur Mer
Villefranche-sur-Mer is a very picturesque Medieval beach village on the Mediterranean coast just a few km east of Nice. Once a fishing village and deep-water harbor, Villefranche retains its pastel colored buildings and narrow streets, along with long sandy beaches, terrace cafés and restaurants and an active yacht basin.
From the main road above, you can look down across the red tile roofs of the old town, with the distinctive church and bell tower in the center. Like the medieval villages of the back country, the narrow cobblestone and bricked streets slope steeply down (in this case towards the sea) or traverse along the slope, with vaulted passages beneath the houses. There's quite a medieval feeling here, with just the many little restaurants to remind you you're in tourist country. There are also quiet little squares, like the Place Félix Poullan beside the church, and the Place de l'Eglise just below, with a bench circling a beautiful big tree.
The most extreme example we've seen anywhere of a vaulted passage is the Rue Obscura, a street about a block in from the seafront that's completely covered for about half its length. Lighted only by white, wire-gridded lamps in the roof, the obscure street reminds you of the days when the town's population sheltered here from bombardments. Cross streets open out onto the sunny upper village or the even brighter seafront below.
The focal point of Villefranche-sur-Mer is the quai, where a line of terrace café-restaurants face the yacht harbor and out across the blue Mediterranean, backed the lovely village houses. Villefranche was once a fishing village attached to the town of Nice, and you can sometimes see some of the little pointu fishing boats in the harbor. Robert De Niro sat at one of these cafés, as Sam in the movie Ronin (1998), amidst action and car chases across the South of France.
The 16th-century military fortress, Citadelle Saint-Elme, sits at the south edge of Villefranche-sur-Mer, in easy walking distance from the port. The citadel was built in 1557 to protect the this port as well as the towns along this part of the Mediterranean. The fortress worked in conjunction with Fort Mont Alban (on the hilltop between Villefranche-sur-Mer and Nice), a defensive tower at Saint Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and the military battery at Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Citadelle Saint-Elme was occupied by the famous French mountain troups, Chasseurs Alpins until 1958. The site now hosts the Town Hall (Mairie) and some museums. Entry to the site is free, to walk around the fortified interior, visit the museums, and a very nice and shady park.
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Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Cap Ferrat, French Riviera, France [HD] (videoturysta.eu)
[EN] Beaulieu-sur-Mer, French Riviera (Cote d'Azur). The town is located between Nice and Monaco. On the nearby Cap Ferrat peninsula there is famous Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa and other estates of celebrities and world known businessmen.
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[FR] Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur. La ville est située entre Nice et Monaco. La célèbre villa Ephrussi de Rothschild et d'autres domaines de célébrités sont situés sur la presqu'île du Cap Ferrat.
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[PL] Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Lazurowe Wybrzeże, Francja. Miasto położone pomiędzy Niceą i Monako. Na pobliskim półwyspie Cap Ferrat znajduje się słynna willa Ephrussi de Rothschild, a także wiele posiadłości znanych celebrytów i ludzi świata biznesu.
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5 Days on the French and Italian Riviera
Nice, Cannes, Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Sanremo in September.
First day: Nice
Second day: Cannes. The boat. Le Sequet. Rue Meynadier. Rain.
Third day: Trip from Nice to Sanremo by Thello train with one stop in Ventimiglia. Villa Ormond. Villa Nobel. Village of La Pigna.
Fourth day: Trip to Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat. Villa Kerylos and promenade.
Fifth day: A hike from Eze Village to to Beaulieu-sur-Mer. The Nietzsche Path was closed and we use a less known and more picturesque path (we did not meet a single person there).
Ницца, Канн, Больё-сюр-Мер и Сан-Ремо в сентябре.
Первый день. Ницца
Второй день. Поездка в Канн на теплоходе. Холм Сюке. Дождь.
Третий день. Поездка в Сан-Ремо поездом Thello с одной 20-минутной остановкой в Вентимилье. Вилла Ормонд, Вилла Нобеля, историческая часть города Ля Пинья.
Четвертый день. Поездка в Больё-сюр-Мер. Вилла Керилос. Хотели обойти вокруг весь полуостров Сен-Жан-Кап-Ферра (около 7 км), но из-за забастовки работников транспорта попали туда поздно и план выполнить не удалось.
Пятый день. Поездка в Эз и спуск пешком в Больё-сюр-Мер. Тропа Ницше была закрыта из-за опасности пожаров, поэтому мы воспользовались малоизвестной тропой (никого на ней не встретили), по которой спустились в Больё.
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Tourism in French Riviera - Travel Guide
Tourism in French Riviera - Travel Guide
Monaco, Cannes, Nice, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Saint-Tropez and Marseille
The French Riviera (known in French as the Côte d'Azur) is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend from Cassis or Toulon on the west to the France–Italy border in the east, where the Italian Riviera joins. The coast is entirely within the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (PACA) region of France. The principality of Monaco is a semi-enclave within the region, surrounded on three sides by France and fronting the Mediterranean.
This coastline was one of the first modern resort areas. It began as a winter health resort for the British upper class at the end of the 18th century. With the arrival of the railway in the mid-19th century, it became the playground and vacation spot of British, Russian, and other aristocrats, such as Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, when he was Prince of Wales. In the summer, it also played home to many members of the Rothschild family. In the first half of the 20th century, it was frequented by artists and writers, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edith Wharton, Somerset Maugham, and Aldous Huxley, as well as wealthy Americans and Europeans. After World War II, it became a popular tourist destination and convention site. Many celebrities, such as Elton John and Brigitte Bardot, have homes in the region. Officially, the French Riviera is home to 163 nationalities with 83,962 foreign residents, although estimates of the number of non-French nationals living in the area are often much higher.
Its largest city is Nice, which has a population of 347,060 (2006). The city is the center of a communauté urbaine – Nice-Côte d'Azur – bringing together 24 communes and more than 500,000 inhabitants and 933,080 in the urban area. Nice is home to Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, France's third-busiest airport (after Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and Paris-Orly), which is on an area of partially reclaimed coastal land at the western end of the Promenade des Anglais. A second airport at Mandelieu was once the region's commercial airport, but is now mainly used by private and business aircraft. The A8 autoroute runs through the region, as does the old main road generally known as the Route nationale 7 (officially now the DN7 in the Var and the D6007 in the Alpes-Maritimes). High-speed trains serve the coastal region and inland to Grasse, with the TGV Sud-Est service reaching Nice-Ville station in five and a half hours from Paris.
The French Riviera has a total population of more than two million. It contains the seaside resorts of Cap-d'Ail, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes, Saint-Raphaël, Fréjus, Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Tropez. It is also home to a high-tech and science park (French: technopole) at Sophia-Antipolis (north of Antibes), and a research and technology center at the University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis. The region has 35,000 students, of whom 25 percent are working toward a doctorate.
The French Riviera is a major yachting and cruising area with several marinas along its coast. According to the Côte d'Azur Economic Development Agency, each year the Riviera hosts 50 percent of the world's superyacht fleet, with 90 percent of all superyachts visiting the region's coast at least once in their lifetime. As a tourist centre, French Riviera benefits from 310 to 330 days of sunshine per year, 115 kilometres (71 miles) of coastline and beaches, 18 golf courses, 14 ski resorts and 3,000 restaurants.
Some data related to tourism on the Riviera in 2006:
More than 14 million tourists
52% of customers from abroad
65 million nights stayed
Tourists spending €5 billion
75,000 jobs; tourism is 18% of total employment in the Alpes-Maritimes.
500,000 tourists in the High Country
500,000 delegates
3 million admissions to museums and monuments
More than 45% of tourists come by air
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Tips for Traveling with Children and Grandchildren • Beaulieu-sur-Mer • Côte d'Azur
Traveling with Our Granddaughter:
1. Tips for Flying with Kids and Grandkids
2. Beaulieu-sur-Mer Beaches
3. Teaching a Toddler to Swim
4. A walk to Villefranche-sur-Mer
5. A Trip to Nice
6. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Hike
7. Teaching a Toddler to Take Pictures
We are going to talk about traveling with toddlers. To be more exact, about grandparents traveling with a 2.5 year old toddler from Toronto, Canada to Nice, France for a 10-day vacation. Of course, with the parent consent letter. Some people say that flying with a toddler is an absolute nightmare. I can say that we did not have any problem because we prepared well. The only problem was staying in a long line at the border control in Amsterdam airport with our granddaughter sleeping in my hands.
In preparation for our flight, we showed Rina several videos describing the security screening and the flight. On my laptop, I had several educational videos, which usually work very well for sleeping (“A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep”, you know) and of course several episodes of Masha and the Bear. Cartoons and movies can help keep the child busy during a sizeable chunk of flight time and allow grandparents some rest, too. We also prepared for drawing and coloring and downloaded several kids’ applications on my laptop and smartphone.
No computer games at all — this policy worked well with our kids (when they grew up, they thanked us for it) and now with our grandkids. We downloaded only several applications designed for creativity.
We also prepared some presents like small soft animals, dolls, and stickers. A lot of stickers and a notebook to place them. Stickers are great for keeping a 2 or 3-year old entertained for a long time. They can decorate not only a notebook but also a water bottle dispensed by the flight attendant.
Landing can cause pain in kid’s ears. Therefore we prepared some sweets for take-off and landing during our four flights. We also used these sweets to bribe our girl when I wanted her to make some acting in front of the camera.
Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a seaside town on the French Riviera between Monaco and Nice. The French name means “Beautiful place near the sea”. We decided to go there because of its sandy beaches, which are good for small kids.
It is convenient to take a bus #99 “Gare SNCF”, which goes to the main railway station called Gare de Nice-Ville or Gare SNCF or Gare Thiers and from there to take a train to Beaulieu-sur-Mer. It takes about 10 minutes to get to Beaulieu-sur-Mer from Gare Nice-Ville.
We lived in a three-star hotel Marcellin 400 meters from the beach. Good hotel. We liked it.
We took the train to Nice. Our aim was to show Rina the city, the seafront and the Fontaine Miroir d’eau (Mirror Fountain) on the Promenade du Paillon which is a relatively new place opened in 2013. The fountain is a large grid of water jets liked by children and grown-ups alike. These jets sometimes puff out a gentle cooling mist and sometimes they shot high fountains of water. Children love running between the jets and jump over them.
The six-kilometer Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat Hike hike is really special because of the great contrast between the lush green of Cap Ferrat and the blue waters of the Mediterranean. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is the commune located on a peninsula between Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer. Its warm climate and tranquility make it a favorite holiday destination for millionaires. However, those who are on a tight budget can enjoy hiking and swimming on several beaches. The walking trail around the peninsula alongside numerous millionaires’ villas winds its way around the edge of the peninsula. We walked the trail with our granddaughter, sometimes on my shoulders without any problem. Some parts of the path are not fenced, therefore if you are hiking with small kids, hold them by the hand all the times.
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Places to see in ( Nice - France ) Saint Jean Cap Ferrat
Places to see in ( Nice - France ) Saint Jean Cap Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Italian: San Giovanni Capo Ferrato is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It is located on a peninsula next to Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Villefranche-sur-Mer and extends out to Cap Ferrat. Its tranquillity and warm climate make it a favourite holiday destination among the European aristocracy and international millionaires.
The history of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat shows that the town was known to the ancient Greeks as Anao, the site of present days Cap Ferrat was first settled by Celto-Ligurian tribes, then by the Lombards at the end of the 6th century. Sant Ospizio (or Saint Hospice), a hermit friar, is said to have inhabited a tower on the Eastern part of the peninsula.
Nicknamed as one of the pearls on the French Riviera, this quiet fishing village is renowned in the whole world for its peninsula of lush vegetation and rocky beaches, close to other popular resorts such as Èze, the Principality of Monaco and Cannes. Paloma beach southeast of the port, on the north side small peninsula (St Hospice). Being on a northeast-facing shore and at the base of some tall cliffs. The location is about a 5–10 minutes walk from the port.
Passable beach is on the northwest side of the main peninsula, past the Office de Tourisme and past the zoo (parc zoologique). It's west-facing, with a view across the Rade de Villefranche. Cro de Peï Pin is the biggest beach, located just north of the port at the Anse Lilong (the bay between the main peninsula and the smaller Ste Hospice peninsula), facing eastward into the Baie des Fourmis and the Tete de Chene. There's a public parking lot alongside the beach.
The Zoo du Cap-Ferrat, closed down in 2011 had an impressive collection of fauna and flora. There were over 300 varieties of plants, including succulents and cacti. There were also eucalyptus trees that were over 100 years old. A variety of animals also resided in the zoo.
A spot of St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat is the lighthouse, built in 1862 by decision of Napoleon III who wanted to equip the French littoral with a semaphoric chain. The goal was to ensure a monitoring of navigation, to transmit messages to the ships, to organize the helps in the event of maritime disasters, to take part in the first maritime meteorological observations.
Built in 1908, this stately white palace, hosted many worldwide personalities since it was erected, such as Paul Deschanel, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Queen Victoria's daughter, who remained a guest for many seasons and was often visited by her brother the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, who lived for twenty years on Cap Ferrat.
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