The Riviera Guide

Itinerary

The Corniches drive

From the port of Nice, where the three Corniches begin, along the coast to Villefranche, Cap Ferrat, Beaulieu and up to Èze.

  1. Phare de Nice

    Start at Port Lympia, the western end of the three Corniches.

  2. Citadelle Saint-Elme

    Over Mont Boron to Villefranche and its sixteenth-century citadel on the rade.

  3. Chapelle Saint-Pierre

    On the fishing quay, the chapel Jean Cocteau painted in 1957.

  4. Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild

    Turn onto Cap Ferrat for the Rothschild palace and its gardens on the isthmus.

  5. Phare du Cap Ferrat

    Round the cape to its lighthouse at the southern tip.

  6. Villa Kérylos

    In Beaulieu, the Greek house of Delos rebuilt by Reinach and Pontremoli.

  7. Jardin exotique d'Èze

    Climb to the rock of Èze and the cactus garden in the castle ruins, with the whole coast below.

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