The best French Riviera Full-day from Villefranche Small-Group Shore Excursion
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Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- 9 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Maximize your time in port at Villfranche with this full-day shore excursion that lets you experience the best of the French Riviera in a single day. Get starry-eyed at the Film Festival Palace in Cannes, admire luxury yachts in Billionaire’s Quay in Antibes, indulge your senses with a Fragonard perfumery tour in Eze, and cross the border into Monaco to visit Monte Carlo.
- Check off five popular French Riviera destinations all in one day
- This small-group tour offers more opportunities to ask your guide questions
- Enjoy a seamless experience with port pickup and round-trip minivan transport
- This worry-free shore excursion guarantees on-time return to your ship
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
- Port pickup and drop-off
- Worry-free Shore Excursion Guarantee
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
Your guide will come to pick you up at the time mentionned on your voucher in front of your Hotel/address. We recommend you to be ready in advance. The guide will not be able to wait with other clients. Thank you very much and we wish you a pleasant tour.
Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
With miles of spectacular, sun-drenched coastline, charming medieval villages, delicious food and sophisticated glamour, the French Riviera hold endless charm for visitors. Your full-day shore excursion in this beautiful region begins at the cruise terminal in Villefrance, where you’ll meet your guide and board an 8-passenger minivan.
Enjoy the ride along spectacularly scenic coastal roads to the historic port town of Antibes, where narrow medieval streets contrast with the mega-yachts docked at Billionaire’s Quay below. Continue on to the high-class coastal city of Cannes for a cruise down the shoreline Promenade de la Croisette. See where the world’s biggest film stars congregate each year at the site of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Take in fantastic Mediterranean views as you make your way along the famous Middle Corniche road, and savor authentic Provençal cuisine with a stop for lunch at the artsy village of St-Paul-de-Vence (not included). After treating your taste buds, tantalize your nose on a tour of the Fragonard perfumery in the medieval hilltop village of Eze.
Pass through the ‘Terrace of Monaco’ in La Turbie, then cross the border into tiny but luxurious Monaco — the world’s second-smallest country. Learn about the principality’s royal history at the Prince’s Palace, and drive along part of the famed Formula One Grand Prix race circuit. Finally, see where the rich and famous come to play with a stroll around Monte Carlo’s glitzy Casino Square.
Your full-day excursion concludes with a short, beautiful drive back to the Villefrance port.
Enjoy the ride along spectacularly scenic coastal roads to the historic port town of Antibes, where narrow medieval streets contrast with the mega-yachts docked at Billionaire’s Quay below. Continue on to the high-class coastal city of Cannes for a cruise down the shoreline Promenade de la Croisette. See where the world’s biggest film stars congregate each year at the site of the Cannes International Film Festival.
Take in fantastic Mediterranean views as you make your way along the famous Middle Corniche road, and savor authentic Provençal cuisine with a stop for lunch at the artsy village of St-Paul-de-Vence (not included). After treating your taste buds, tantalize your nose on a tour of the Fragonard perfumery in the medieval hilltop village of Eze.
Pass through the ‘Terrace of Monaco’ in La Turbie, then cross the border into tiny but luxurious Monaco — the world’s second-smallest country. Learn about the principality’s royal history at the Prince’s Palace, and drive along part of the famed Formula One Grand Prix race circuit. Finally, see where the rich and famous come to play with a stroll around Monte Carlo’s glitzy Casino Square.
Your full-day excursion concludes with a short, beautiful drive back to the Villefrance port.
Boulevard De La Croisette (Pass By)
1
Palais des Festivals et des Congres of Cannes
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Antibes
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
La Turbie (Pass By)
3
Vieux Eze
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
Parfumerie Fragonard - Usine Laboratoire de Èze
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Prince's Palace of Monaco
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Cathedrale Notre-Dame-Immaculee
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
7
Casino De Monte-carlo
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Folding wheelchair accessible
- Gratuity is not included but is expected
- Passport is required to enter the Casino
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.4
based on 23 reviews
Kristina_P, Jul 2025
What a fantastic way to comfortably experience Riviera highlights. Our guide was phenomenal. He had so much in-depth knowledge about each area we visited. It’s hot this time of year so escaping to A/C was heavenly between stops. My favorite places were Antibes and Eze. We were so lucky as it was just 3 of us. Highly recommend!!
Response from Host, Jul 2025
Dear Kristina,
Thank you so much for your kind message!
We’re delighted to hear that you had such a fantastic experience discovering the Riviera highlights. It's wonderful to know that your guide’s in-depth knowledge added so much to the day, and that the comfort of the air-conditioned vehicle made the journey even more enjoyable—especially in the summer heat.
Antibes and Eze are indeed beautiful choices, and we’re glad you got to enjoy them in such an intimate group setting.
We hope to welcome you again in the future.
Andrea_S, Aug 2024
Rodrigo was amazing.! He knew so much history of each place we visited. He was very attentive and made sure we had a memorable experience. He was super fun and even gave us great recommendations for restaurants!
Response from Host, Aug 2024
Bonjour,
Thank you for your kind and detailed feed back about your experience with us.
This is exactly our goal: to create good memories!
We hope to see you again on our tours.
It would be a real pleasure to meet you again!
Wish you all the best!
Thomas_S, Sep 2023
Heft was a fabulous guide. She made our experience the best of our trip. This is the way to go. Personalized service!!
NEIL_S, Sep 2023
This tour was good; however, two other tours from Viator got canceled, and another tour I asked to move to one day later because our ship wasn't going to be there due to weather and they wouldn't refund my money ($500) or allow us to adjust our date. So, 5 tours I scheduled with them total for this trip, and 3 of them were either canceled or they wouldn't accommodate the day adjustment. And, their customer service sent me an email to my request telling me "no" again on the refund. Unbelievable and horrible business ethics. Specially, this tour was okay. We were in a small van with seven customers plus the guide. She was knowledgeable and friendly. The sites and scenery were amazing. Here are a couple of recommendations to help in the future. Have a planned and efficient plan for the day and how to get to all the sites. We drove around for hours with small, quick stops to snap a couple of pictures. It felt slightly like the amazing race, yet you are on vacation. We left at 8:30 and got back at 6:30. That's just too long and very exhausting. Net, net: I'm glad I went, but there should be a solid plan for the day so you feel like you aren't the person navigating. We aren't the subject matter experts, so we trust you all to do that part. Which, ultimately, is why we paid money for the tour. All that said, given my terrible experience with Viator, this tour (1) at least wasn't canceled, and (2) I got a lot of beautiful pictures.
Karen_T, Apr 2023
Thank you Xavier for the wonderful tour of the French Riviera. We loved all parts of it from Cannes to Monaco. You helped us cover a lot of sights in a one day cruise tour. Your knowledge of the areas we visited and driving skills were superb. Tres Bien
Response from Host, Oct 2023
Thank you we enjoyed your comment as much as you enjoyed your tour!
steven_j, Jun 2019
This excursion was to be 8 person maximum but not private excursion - We were picked up at the cruise ship dock but there was only my wife and I that showed up - our driver picked us up - drove to Nice, France - which was very heavy traffic and then west to some other small town and that was okay - what was not okay is that we drove back to the cruise ship through a very time consuming Nice, france that wasted a good 1 hour of our excursion time - picked up 4 more passengers at the cruise port for their 1/2 day excursion heading east to Monaco - why would i want to pay to go to nice and then on the same road back to the cruise ship?? Do yourself a favor - go with a private tour - i really deserve 1/2 payment back!
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Hello,
Thank you for your feedback!
You booked a French Riviera small group shared tour 8 people max, and it means that we can pick other clients and Nice is on the way to Eze. It is not a private one. You visited all the places mentioned in the description so there isn't any reason for a refund.
If you want to be alone in the minivan and to choose your own itinerary a private full day tour would have been a better option for you.
Bets Regards!
ROBERT G, Jun 2017
Overall a very nice tour, but could have skipped the perfume factory and spent more time on the other sites. Our driver/host Cathy with Liven up Tours was very professional and pleasant. Would recommend this tour but ask to see if they could eliminate the perfume factory stop.
Paula, Jun 2017
Thierry was our tour guide - 8 of us in the van. He had to switch between Spanish and English which I'm sure was annoying for the spanish speaking man on tour with us. would have preferred only on language to keep it simple. He took us one block away from the Canne's film festival and let us experience Monaco and the Grand Prix route. Would have liked to have see the old city in Nice but we ran out of time because of the crowds. Two large events in one weekend caused traffic to be troublesome not his fault. There was no water on the van and we kept getting pushed to the very back row of the van so we missed a lot on the route. He did not narrate much about the history which i would have preferred.
Kenoth F, Aug 2016
Very difficult to understand the lady due to her accent. One too many people in the van very crowed. Had to pay 10 euros to visit the casino pay to have the opportunity to lose some money at the tables!!!
Monica_M, Jul 2016
Our tour guide Celine was very friendly, informative and organized. Her English was very good. She gave us extra information about the area and it's locals and famous visitors. Highly recommend. We had a nice, new air conditioned van and were able to get in a full days worth of sight seeing for 5 locations.
Larry S, Apr 2016
Guide and tour were both good, but the stop at the perfume factory was completed unwarranted and too commercial.
Jonathan H F, Jun 2015
Truly enjoyed the tour, the pace, the guide was knowledgable and van very comfortable. I like the style of a mini van and only 6-7 total people. Would definitely join a tour of this type of your limited in time and want to see many places in one day. Thanks!
Celine G, Nov 2014
This tour was excellent. The guide was knowledgeable and told us many facts. She could answer all the questions we asked. She did everything to please us and show us as much as possible. She even returned us on time for boarding the ship. Her name was Lucille or Lucie. We would recommend her anytime
pereiramaura, Sep 2023
Passeio maravilhoso, conhecemos muitos lugares bonitos e diferentes. Guias maravilhosos também. Altamente recomendado o tour. Obrigada a vocês por nos proporcionarem um lindo tour! Abraço 🌼
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