Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

Cap Ferrat is covered with wild natural vegetation, especially to the south where the unspoilt landscape shows few traces of civilisation. There are winding footpaths which lead through the pine forests and around the coast to the lighthouse at the southern tip as well as the Maurice Rouvier Walk which links Cap Ferrat to the neighbouring town of Beaulieu sur Mer. In addition to its natural habitat Cap Ferrat also has several interesting historical sites.

Beatrice Ephrussi Rothschild’s Italian-inspired pink palazzo is now open as a museum which houses her extraordinary collection of art, antiques and furnishings. The villa is surrounded by fabulous gardens, several of which have themes inspired by the Baroness’s travels around the world and which are filled with fountains, rare trees, terraces and waterfalls.

History indicates that St Hospice lived as a recluse on the peninsula in the 6^th century and the Pointe de Saint Hospice at the far eastern point is home to an 18^th century chapel named after the saint as well as an imposing 12m statue of the Virgin Mary and a cemetery for the victims of the First World War who died at a military hospital on located on the cape.