Nice: French Riviera Day Tour with Monaco & Eze Village

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN · PT +2

PickupAt your hotel

One Day, Five Coastal Towns: What Fits Between Nice and Antibes

You're picked up from your Nice hotel and driven through five towns and two hilltop villages in nine hours, including a guided perfumery visit and stops at Monaco's Prince's Palace, the medieval village of Eze, and the beaches of Cannes and Antibes. The fixed itinerary and professional guide mean you don't plan the route or timing yourself — you just show up and move through the day.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore French Riviera highlights

Depart from Nice and see Promenade des Anglais
Enjoy panoramic view of Villefranche and Cap Ferrat
Visit the village of Eze on cliff
Tour the Fragonard perfumery
Walk Monaco old town and see Prince’s Palace
Drive along Formula One race circuit to Monte Carlo
See Monte Carlo casino and Hotel de Paris
Visit Cannes and its sandy beaches
Explore Antibes and its Provencal Market
Discover St Paul de Vence village and art galleries

The Experience

What if you could see Monaco's Prince's Palace, walk through a medieval village 429 meters above the sea, and still be back in Nice by evening? That's the shape of this nine-hour loop from Nice, and it moves fast enough that you're not sitting in a car watching the Côte d'Azur pass by — you're actually stopping in it. The day starts with hotel pickup in Nice, then heads east toward Villefranche, where the driver pulls over so you can photograph the Bay of Millionaires and the villas scattered across Cap Ferrat. It's the kind of stop that takes ten minutes but stays with you.

Eze comes next, a village that clings to a cliff like it's been there since the Middle Ages — which it has. You walk the narrow stone streets, and the Mediterranean spreads out below you in a way that makes the photos you took at Villefranche look small. After Eze, there's a guided visit to Fragonard, a perfumery where you learn how scent gets made, which sounds like a detour until you realize it's the only place on the tour where someone explains what you're looking at instead of just pointing. Then Monaco: the Prince's Palace, the Cathedral, the old town streets, and a drive along the Formula One circuit to Monte Carlo, where the casino and Hotel de Paris sit like they're waiting for someone famous to walk past. The tour doesn't stop you inside either one — it's a look, not a tour of the tour — but you see why people come here.

Cannes and Antibes fill the afternoon. Cannes is the film festival town with sandy beaches; Antibes is older, founded by Greek merchants in the 5th century, and now it's where yacht owners and market shoppers cross paths in the same narrow streets. The last stop is Saint-Paul-de-Vence, a village known for galleries and artists, though by hour eight you're mostly walking and looking rather than lingering. The driver brings you back to your Nice hotel by early evening. It's a lot of ground — five towns, two villages, one perfumery — but the pace is built so you're not rushing through any single place. You get the view, the walk, the story, and time to breathe between them.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup and drop-off in Nice, professional guide throughout, air-conditioned vehicle transport, and a guided visit to the Fragonard perfumery in Eze.
The nine-hour tour covers Villefranche, Eze village, Monaco (including the Prince's Palace and old town), Monte Carlo with its casino and Hotel de Paris, Cannes, Antibes, and Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
Infant seats are available on request if arranged during booking.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelInfant seats available

Operated by BINGO TOUR

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see the main towns and villages of the French Riviera in one day without renting a car or planning the route yourself — the fixed itinerary and included guide handle the logistics, which is what makes five stops fit into nine hours.