Saint Jean Cape Ferrat is a site of exception and one of the most beautiful pearls of Méditerrannée. This peninsula is located beside Nice and Villefranche on Mer with at its end the Cape Ferrat. Its peace, its winter softness and its palates make of them a vacation resort very snuffed of an aristocracy richissime and great international fortunes.
For better appreciating the beauty of Saint Jean Cape Ferrat, discover with foot by taking the path of the edge of sea.
It is marked out on 14 km and is divided into 3 parts: the turn of the Cape Ferrat, the Pine forest and the walk Maurice Rouvier which connects Saint Jean Cape Ferrat to Beaulieu. At the end of the Cape Ferrat, one of most beautiful de luxe hotels of the world is the, the Large Hotel of the Cape which is drawn up in the medium of a marvellous garden.
Saint Jean Cape Ferrat has zoological gardens which accomodates 300 animals which live in semi-freedom in a Mediterranean and tropical vegetation. You will be able to see there exotic crocodiles, deer, bears, birds… enter others…
You will be able also to walk you to the port where vis-a-vis the quays, of many restaurants pleasant terraces offer.
Visit one of the most beautiful villas of the peninsula which is opened to the public and visits itself like a palate of Thousand and One Nights: the Villa Island of France decorated with the treasures with the baronne Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild.Plus with 5.000 works are learnedly development around an impressive collection of pieces of furniture, objets d'art, lamps, carpet, tapestries… a wonder!
The visit continues in the gardens of the villa surrounded by the sea. Baronne Ephrussi de Rothschild had taken as a starting point its voyages to create the 7 gardens which are declined in several topics. Spanish Eden, Florentin, or Japanese… garden of the Muses, Concise garden, rosery… large impeccable alleys, palm trees and gasolines rare decorates this true paradise.
Saint Jean Cape Ferrat is also famous for the sumptuous properties which are broods within a luxuriante vegetation. Discrete and protected from the curious one that they leave dreamers.... they often have beach and private port. You will have understood, here all is not that calm, luxury and pleasure…
To visit:
The foundation Ephrussi de Rothschild. Museum and gardens Villa Island of France.
Vault St Old people's home. Turn St Old people's home. Headlight of the Cape Ferrat. Zoo of the Cape Ferrat.
Leisures:
Walks and excursions on the 14 km of paths of the edge of sea.
Port of St Jean. Water sport, 3 beaches (Paloma, Passable and Cro deï Pine).
Animations very varied throughout the season