You will be met by our group experience manager at the airport upon arrival and driven to your 5 star Hotel.
Accommodation: The 5 star Hotel Negresco (depending on availability). Alternative the 5 star Boscolo Plaza or the 5 star Hyatt Regency Palais de la Méditerranée. The Negresco Hotel is elegant and stunning with its Belle Epoque architecture and situated on the Promenade des Anglais. It has striking interiors of rare antiques and historical paintings and works by Moretti, Dalí and the sculptress Niki de Saint-Phalle. It is part of the Leading Hotels of the World collection of authentic and uncommon luxury hotels.
A fresh buffet breakfast is served each morning in La Rotonde restaurant, where guests can watch the chef cook. In case this Hotel is booked we revert to Hotel options two or three which are equally stunning Hotels. Depending on your arrival times we will arrange for the whole group to meet and get acquainted with a welcome drink in the Negresco British-style bar Le Relais. The arrival day is at your free disposal, you can enjoy access to the Neptune private beach area.

Your group experience manager and a local Nice guide will take you on a guided historical and cultural tour of the old town, its crooked streets, the fruit and vegetable market, Palais Lascaris and the Castle Hill after breakfast. You will taste the local specialty Socca, a salty pancake made out of chickpea flour and olive oil. We will walk to Place Garibaldi and have a group lunch at the Grand Café de Turin. After lunch you will be driven to Cimiez and do a tour of the Monastery and garden and a guided tour of the Matisse Museum. Group dinner will be held at the Michelin Starred Restaurant Keisuke Matsushima

After breakfast pick up to drive to Cagnes sur Mer and do a guided tour of the impressionists’ August Renoir Museum and afterwards a guided tour of the village of Biot, where the templars hid. Lunch at Les Arcades in Biot or a bar au vins. Drive back to Nice and the rest of the day at your own disposal. Optional: Visit the Marc Chagal Museum in Nice with a guided tour. Group dinner will be held at the two Michelin star restaurant Le Chantecler** in the Hotel Le Negresco.

After breakfast in Nice, pick up and transport to St. Paul de Vence. Accomodation: Hotel Le Saint Paul or in Vence Chateau Saint Martin de Vence. Guided tour of the village with your group experience manager and a local guide. Lunch at the Michelin Starred Restaurant: La Colombe D’Or* After lunch guided tour of the Contemporary Art Museum Fondation Maeght. The evening is at your free disposal, you can choose to have dinner at your Hotel.

After breakfast in St. Paul de Vence you will be driven to Antibes. Accomodation: Hotel du Cap Eden Roc. Guided tour of Antibes and the Marché Provençal. Lunch at a bar au vins. Guided tour of the Picasso Museum and afterwards a round of Petanque near La Pinede park in Antibes. Dinner at the Michelin Starred Restaurant: Le Figuer de Saint-Esprit

After breakfast you will be driven to Grasse and receive a guided tour of the Perfume Museum and will create your own signature Perfume with the help of a Master Nose. Lunch in Mougins at the Michelin starred restaurant Le Mas de Candille* The rest of the day at your free disposal.

After breakfast in Antibes you will be driven to Cannes. Accommodation: Carlton Hotel Guided tour of Cannes, La Croisette. Lunch at a bar au vins. Dinner at the Carlton Hotel

After breakfast boat trip to Ile St. Honorat or Ile St. Marguerite, guided walking tour, lunch and afternoon there. Dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant: La Palme D’or** and farewell drinks at the famous Terrace of the Carlton Hotel for those 50plusExplorers who are departing the day after.

After breakfast in Cannes boat trip to St. Tropez. Accommodation: La Bastide de St. Tropez Guided tour of St. Tropez and visit of the Museum Musee de l’Annociade in a converted chapel with its wonderful collection of paintings of Signac and others. Dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant in La Bastide: L’Olivier

After breakfast enjoy a guided tour through a winery. Lunch at the winery. Afternoon at a private beach in Pamplonne. Dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant: La Vague d’Or

After breakfast in St. Tropez pick up to and drive Eze. Accommodation: Hotel Château de la Chevre d’Or or Château Eza. Walking tour of Eze village and the Cactus Garden. Dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant: La Chevre d’Or

After breakfast pick up and drive to Apricale, Italy. Guided tour of the medieval village. Lunch at the Ligurian Restaurant Da Delio. Afternoon for sightseeing and shopping in Ventimiglia, Italy. Group dinner at Chateau Eza** in Eze.

After breakfast in Eze pick up to Monaco. Accommodation: Hotel Hermitage. Guided tour and visit of the castle, the castle hill: Le Rocher and the Casino. Dinner at the Michelin starred Restaurant: Le Vistamar* in the Hotel Hermitage.

After breakfast pick up and drive to Beaulieu, guided tour of the Museum the Villa Kerylos. Lunch at Restaurant des Rois à La Reserve de Beaulieu. Afternoon at your free disposal, optional visit of the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco. Dinner at the Michelin starred Restaurant: Le Louis XV*** – Alain Ducasse à l’Hôtel de Paris.

After breakfast pick up and drive to Cap Ferrat. Accommodation: Hotel Grand Hotel du Cap. Walking guided tour of Villa Ephrussi Rothschild, the town of Cap Ferrat and the famous artists and actors’ mansions. Dinner at Grand Hotel du Cap.

The morning at your free disposal. Pick up and drive to Villefranche, lunch at La Mere Germaine in Villefranche. After lunch guided tour of Villefranche. Dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant: Hostellerie Jérôme** in La Turbie