Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Understand

In 2017, it had a population of 1,600.

Some of its Italianate and belle époque estates have hosted a plethora of heads of state, aristocrats, and personalities: King Leopold II of Belgium, Baroness de Rothschild, Charlie Chaplin, Prince Rainier III, David Niven, Somerset Maugham, Jean Cocteau, Lady Kenmare and Roderick Cameron, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Pierre and São Schlumberger, Hubert de Givenchy, Rachel Lambert Mellon, Mary Wells Lawrence, Isadora Duncan, Winston Churchill, French prime ministers Maurice Rouvier and Raymond Barre. In 2012, Cap Ferrat was named the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco.

Get in

81 bus from Nice Gare Routiere.

See

Villa Grècque Kerylos - Early 1900s copy of a Greek villa, in neighbouring Beaulieu-sur-Mer St Hospice: There is a very large bronze statue of the Madonna and Child, the early-19th century chapel, and a military cemetery for the 1914-18 war. Le Phare: A highlight 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, transmit messages to the ships, organize help in the event of maritime disasters, and take part in the first maritime meteorological observations. Port de Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat: This is a small marina with 560 berths. It is very well-sheltered and quiet, located on the French Riviera. Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat: Built in 1908, this stately white palace has 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.

Eat

Le Sloop, Port of St Jean waterfront