VILLA EPHRUSSI DE ROTHSCHILD

Date: Friday, October 10

Departure Time:  12:45 pm

Cost per person:   53 €
Children under two are free if they don’t take up a seat on the bus. 

Seduced by the beauty of Cap Ferrat, the Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild, insatiable traveler and wife of the wealthy banker Maurice Ephrussi, acquired seven hectares of land on the narrowest part of the Cap Ferrat peninsula in 1905. The villa, which has been likened to a French Biltmore mansion, is unquestionably one of the finest sights of the French Riviera — nestled in a green setting with stunning views over the bay of Villefranche to the west, and the Beaulieu Bay in the east. The palace was built in seven years, recalling both Venice, Florence and Ravenna. This fabulous and fragile setting would ultimately house all the decorative elements gathered by the Baroness, including opulent furnishings and art collections. This tour includes admission to the villa and an audio guide, and you will visit a suite of rooms, galleries, offices, bedrooms and boudoirs. The park is laid out in stylized gardens: Spanish, Florentine, lapidary, Japanese, exotic, English and French. 

If time permits after visiting the house and gardens, you can relax with a beverage and/or pastry in the tea room, or enjoy the views from the walking trail that winds along the cape.

You can see it and find out more at their website : http://www.villa-ephrussi.com/en/home