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Choose the stay before the room

Where to stay in Villefranche and Cap-Ferrat?

Here beauty often beats logistics. Two very different choices: live on the harbour or retreat into the grand luxury of the Cap.

Decide before booking

Villefranche and Cap-Ferrat are not trying to be the Riviera’s most practical base. They make their case in other ways.

The shortlist is deliberately short. The point is not to recreate Booking with fewer filters, but to narrow the choice down to a few clear ways to travel.

01 · Harbour & car-free

Live inside the Villefranche setting for a few days.

Start here, then compare the room and the actual rate for your dates. A price you saw elsewhere owes you nothing.

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Le Versailles
View & hillside€€€

Le Versailles

A little higher up, with pool and view: less glued to the harbour, still unmistakably Villefranche.

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Hôtel La Régence
Village & straightforward€€

Hôtel La Régence

A small Villefranche base for travellers who put the village, the bay and going car-free first.

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02 · Cap-Ferrat & retreat

Let Cap-Ferrat become the destination itself.

Cap-Ferrat & retreat€€€€

Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel

Here the hotel is not just a base for the trip; it is a large part of it.

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Hôtel de Charme Brise Marine
Cap-Ferrat & intimate€€€

Hôtel de Charme Brise Marine

A small Cap-Ferrat address for those who put the harbour, beaches and calm ahead of grand-hotel ceremony.

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