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About the city
Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a seaside resort in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera, located 10 km east of Nice and west of Monaco. It borders the communes of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Eze, and Villefranche-sur-Mer.
City areas
For a memorable 90-minute walk, start directly north of boulevard Edouard-VII, where a path leads up the Riviera escarpment to Sentier du Plateau St-Michel. As you walk, you’ll see some of the region’s most elegant mansions, set within manicured gardens overlooking the blue sea and the curving shoreline of the French Riviera.
Attractions
Beaulieu has a history of being a seaside resort, that is why the town does not present many historical attractions. The only sites worth mentioning are Villa Kerylos and the two religious attractions, which share the same courtyard, Sacred Heart Church and Santa Maria de Olivo Chapel.
Transportation
The town’s proximity to the airport at Nice makes it very accessible from almost anywhere on the globe. From Nice there are a number of connections to Beaulieu, such as buses and trains, or if you plan on exploring the surroundings, a rental car.
Leisure
There are many types of leisure activities to be done here. The beaches of Beaulieu although very populated in the summer are still a lot more comfortable than those at Villefranche, which tend to get really crowded.
Restaurants & Nightlife
The proximity to Cannes has made the town of Beaulieu one of the main targets for American movie stars, who come every year to the world famous film festival. One of its restaurants, The African Queen, boasts itself by being one of the few which received such names as Jack Nicholson and Diana Ross during the Cannes Film Festival.
History & Civilization
The territory of Beaulieu-sur-Mer has been inhabited since prehistory. A cave located in the district of Little Africa gave traces of Paleolithic occupation at the end of the 19th century.
Villa Kerylos – A piece of Greek antiquity
Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a fine piece of antique Greek architecture, built by the famous French archaeologist Theodore Reinach in the early 1900s. Reinach admired very much the Greek architecture of the antiquity, which made him build the marvelous villa