The best of French Riviera Full-Day from Nice Small-Group Tour
Description
Drive along the coast road to the historic old town of Antibes, exploring the incredible harbor and its ancient ramparts. Continue to Cannes, driving down the iconic Croisette Boulevard to the Festival Palace, where you can feel like a star walking up the famous steps. On your way to Monaco, stop in Eze to discover this charming medieval village perched above the French Riviera. There are a few steps to climb if you'd like to reach the top. Don’t miss the chance to visit the renowned Fragonard perfume factory. Drive through the village of La Turbie and arrive in the luxurious principality of Monaco, home to the Prince’s Palace, the Cathedral, the Monte Carlo Casino, and the famous Formula One Grand Prix circuit. For cruisers, in case of last-minute port cancellation, a 50% refund will be granted upon request.
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Drive up towards the scenic Moyenne Corniche, one of the three coastal roads connecting Nice to the Principality of Monaco. It will not take you long before realizing how panoramic the drive is, a short distance away from the city, you will then enter the heights of Villefranche-sur-Mer overlooking its magnificent bay. A very good opportunity for pictures right from the start.
Meet up again with your driver and, just around the corner, seize the chance to visit the renowned Fragonard Perfume Factory and discover the secrets of this realm of fragrances…
Not even midway, and you will then take a halt to venture into one of France’s prettiest villages: Eze, filled with history and offering a stunning location over 400 meters right above sea, a truly unique place on earth.
You will proceed up the coast and reach the Grande Corniche, the highest road from where you can catch the sight of the most ancient Roman vestige on the French Riviera: the ’Trophy of the Alps’ in the village of La Turbie.
Descent towards the state-city of Monaco and its Palace on the ’Rock’, in time for the change of the guards(morning only). You will be given some free time to wander around the old town for a souvenir maybe, or even admire the view from the St. Martin Gardens, and definitely visit Monaco’s Cathedral and its chapel of the late sovereign Princes and Princesses.
Definitely visit Monaco’s Cathedral and its chapel of the late sovereign Princes and Princesses.
Make a stop at Monte-Carlo’s Casino and its display of luxury cars beside and get the chance to gamble few coins inside this magnificent building (17€, afternoon only) and capture with eyes and memory only its beautiful inner architecture.
After being picked-up at your hotel by our English-speaking tour guide, you will head towards the motorway (speedway) and shoot off from there to the the scintillating town of Cannes. Explore the city and discover its magnificent palaces along the Croisette boulevard : the Carlton, the Majestic or the Martinez where the stars are staying during the Film Festival.
Take the opportunity to walk on the famous red carpet covering the world famous steps of the Palais des Festivals - where it all takes place in May - you might feel like walking up ‘the 24 steps of glory’ and perhaps strike your most graceful pose on the red carpet. Do have a look at the local Walk of Fame with its celebrities’ handprints before you go, too.
Once the high-end boutiques and splendid hotels of Cannes are left behind, you will take the coastal road to Antibes which traverses the summer resorts of Golfe-Juan and Juan-les-Pins, both steeped in history as well as ongoing events. You’ve now reached Antibes, or Antipolis as the Greeks had first named it. A town which played the role of sentinel for the country during many centuries, hence its ramparts circling the Old Town. There you might consider strolling along those XVth century walls and Grimaldi Castle - nowadays the Picasso museum. Then your guide will drive you out of the Old Town. Once past Antibes’ large marina and its ‘Billionaires’ Quay‘, you will proceed along the coastline until you reach the town of Villeneuve-Loubet with its extraordinary ‘Marina of the Bay of Angels’ from where you will go inland towards your last site visit.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Your guide will come to pick you up at the time mentionned on your voucher in front of your Hotel/address. We recommend you to be ready in advance. The guide will not be able to wait with other clients. Thank you very much and we wish you a pleasant tour.
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Folding wheelchair accessible
- A minimum of 2 persons is required for departure
- Gratuity is not included but is expected
- Passport is required to enter the Casino
Reviews(129)
Our guide, Aroun, is a local who was very friendly and accommodating, including making rest stops whenever needed. He provided detailed explanations of the history and highlights at each stop along the tour. We had a wonderful time learning about Nice and would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting this beautiful city for the first time.
This was a great small group experience. We were a group of 4 and there were only 8 total on the tour. Our guide packed a lot into the time we had making the most of the day. We were on a cruise meaning only one day in port so this was a perfect way to see the area. Highly recommend.
Rainier, our guide, was professional, extremely knowledgeable, friendly and patient! Our full day experience was wonderful!
Very good trip but it would help if the guide would be able to take you round some of the locations. We appreciate that they need to park the vehicle etc. but a walking tour of some of the areas would add to the experience.
This is a poorly organised and run day. It is waste of time and money. Basically the day consist of being driven around various venues with very little information given at the site. Although the driver was a pleasant all she did was just leaving us alone at the various venues and retaining back to collect us after half an hour to 1 hour at every venue we visited. and somebody we were left our own devices.
Alex was an excellent guide! He was very thoughtful about giving us an experience that was best suited for what we wanted to see. We highly recommend the tour and hopefully you will be lucky enough to get to have Alex as your guide.
All I can say is WOW. You’re not going to want to skip out on this one. Fatima was our guide and she was phenomenal. Each location she dropped us off and gave us great recommendations to check out in which we did and they did not disappoint. We were able to see so much of nice in one day it was well worth the money. Luckily there isn’t a ton of on foot walking as we are driving to each location and had anywhere between 45min to an hour at each spot. My favorite being eze. Thank you Fatima for a wonderful day and showing us around!!
This tour was perfect for us. We wanted to get a feel Monaco and Cannes and in between and we did. The riding vs walking seemed like a good split. Rainier was the perfect guide- always courteous- very knowledgeable- and not intrusive!
Long tour of beautiful places. Some of it you explore yourself but most of it you are shown. Very good tour. Aaron was our guide. Very good guide. After 14000 steps that day we were wiped out. But there was no rushing. Take the time you want or need. I took 95 pictures that day. We were off a cruise ship for the day and I was concerned about meeting the guide at the correct location but he was at the right port and on time.
A tour rich in experiences and information. The place was just right and the activities educational and entertaining.
