our home port
Beaulieu-sur-Mer is a small Belle-Époque town with palms over the harbour, a Greek villa on its point, and the finest position of any port on the Riviera — Cap Ferrat opposite, Monaco ten minutes east, Villefranche five minutes west. It is our home port, not a pickup point, and that difference runs through the whole day.
Timings are from her berth at Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Staying closer? We bring her to you — and it is simply a boat day in Beaulieu-sur-Mer instead.
Draw a circle around the water everyone comes to the Riviera for — the Villefranche bay, the coves of Cap Ferrat, the cliffs of Èze, Monaco’s skyline — and Beaulieu sits at its centre. Charters from Nice, Antibes or Cannes burn their first hour reaching this circle. We are already in it: lines off at ten, anchored in clear water by ten past.
The town rewards the shore hours too. La Réserve’s pink façade on the water, the Villa Kérylos standing on its point like a postcard from the Aegean, the morning market two streets back, the African Queen on the port for people-watching over lunch. Guests who stay in Beaulieu tend to stop commuting to Nice at all.
One boat — the SACS Rebel 47 that gives this site its name — on full-day private charters, 11:00 to 19:00, up to ten guests. East to Monaco and Menton, west past the Cap to Villefranche and Nice, and the great runs west to the Lérins or Saint-Tropez. The day page shows the shape; the rates are public.
Being resident matters in small ways all season: we know which corner of the bay stays glassy in an east wind, which tables on the sand actually hold at Passable, and the harbour office by first name. A boat that lives here runs a better day here.
a few suggestions
These are suggestions, nothing more — places we actually take guests, each with the captain’s own note. Tell us which ones tempt you and the day is built around them, name somewhere that is not on the list and we go there instead — or leave the whole thing with us.
Restaurants
arrive by sea
The port’s institution since 1969 — wood-fired pizza, grilled fish, and boats backing in a metre from your table.
The best end-of-charter dinner on the coast: step off the passerelle and you are practically already seated. Book the front row.
Beaches & swimming
The town’s postcard beach — a calm curve under the casino gardens, with the Kérylos closing the view.
Small, and word is long since out: before eleven in summer, or not at all.
Beaches & swimming
The longer, warmer beach east of the port, under a cliff of banana palms that traps the heat.
Measurably the warmest corner of the bay — which is why the winter swimmers use it and the fig trees thrive.
Sights & museums
A complete, scholarly reconstruction of an ancient Greek villa, built 1902–08 on the point of our own bay.
The natural morning before an afternoon afloat — it is a ten-minute walk from the quay, and you pass it again from the water heading west.
Hotels
The rose-pink palace on the water, the coast’s special-occasion address since 1880.
Terrace at golden hour is the dress-circle seat in town. Save it for the night that has earned it — and dress for it.
whatever you have in mind, that is the day we build
from the log
The Port de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, 06310 — five minutes on foot from Beaulieu-sur-Mer station, thirty by car from Nice airport. We meet you on the quay; the harbour office can point you to us if you arrive early.
For a charter day, yes, and it is not close. Nice’s port is commercial and the good water starts a bay east — which is where Beaulieu already is. From central Nice you reach us in fifteen minutes; the day you save is the first hour on the water.
Of course — the quay is public and the boat is hard to miss (dark grey hull, red upholstery, hearts on the flags). If we are not out with guests, someone is usually aboard and happy to talk about the day.
One boat, one crew, up to 10 guests, and a coast that is entirely yours for the day. Tell us how you want to spend it and the rest is ours to arrange. The day is yours and it is our pleasure to be part of it.