the practical page
Getting to Beaulieu-sur-Mer — airport, trains, and the pretty way.
Thirty minutes from an international airport, on a main rail line, and still small enough to walk end to end in fifteen minutes: Beaulieu is one of the easiest arrivals on the coast. Here is every way in, including the one with a deck.
arrival, Belle Époque style
From Nice airport
Nice Côte d’Azur (NCE) is the Riviera’s hub, seventh-busiest airport in France and thirty minutes’ drive from the Beaulieu quay. Taxis and pre-booked cars run a fixed-ish €60–90 depending on hour and appetite; ride-hailing works from both terminals. The cheaper elegant option: tram to Nice-Ville station, then the coastal train — under an hour door to door, and the last fifteen minutes hug the sea.
By train: the line that made the Riviera
Beaulieu-sur-Mer sits on the Marseille–Ventimiglia line, the railway that invented this coast’s tourism in the 1860s. From Nice-Ville it is fifteen minutes; from Monaco ten; the station stands five minutes’ level walk from the port. If your day with us starts in Nice, Villefranche or Monaco, the train is genuinely the fastest door-to-boat route in summer traffic — and the window seat is a preview of the water you are about to be on.
shall we put a date in?
We reply within the day
By road, and the third corniche rule
Three corniche roads run the cliff between Nice and Monaco. The Basse (low) one passes through Beaulieu itself; the Moyenne carries Èze village and the postcards; the Grande, Napoleon’s high road, has the views pilots get. The local rule: drive one corniche for the scenery, but time your actual arrivals by the Basse or the train — summer corniche traffic is part of the Riviera experience nobody requests twice. Parking in Beaulieu: the port’s paid lot and the station car park are the reliable two.
By sea, obviously
The correct answer. Guests staying in Monaco, Villefranche or Saint-Jean can often be collected by boat by arrangement — the commute becomes the first delight of the day. And if you arrive by your own keel, the Port de Beaulieu takes visiting yachts; call the harbour office ahead in season.
The short answers
Plan on €60–90 depending on time of day; agree or check the fare basis before setting off. Pre-booked private transfers price similarly and remove the queue.
No — and most guests are happier without one. The town walks in minutes, the train covers Nice and Monaco faster than parking does, and the boat covers everything the train cannot.
further down the chart
Your next summer story begins here.
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.