La Mère Germaine
Seafood a few meters from the water on the quay, in a restaurant Germaine Brau opened in 1938 that has stayed a local institution.
7 Quai de l'Amiral Courbet, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- Closed
- Wednesday
- 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Thursday
- 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Friday
- 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Saturday
- 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
- Sunday
- 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm, 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
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Nearby places
A covered medieval street from the 13th century, and a fishermen's chapel on the port decorated by Jean Cocteau.
Art collections including Volti's sculptures, and gardens hanging over the sea, all inside a 16th-century citadel.
The biggest beach in town, with water sports and a lifeguard post in summer.
The hotel's own sandy beach with water sports, and 18 of the rooms in the Villa l'Orangerie, some opening onto the gardens.
Nine themed gardens wrap around the villa, among them a Japanese garden, a stone garden, an exotic garden and a rose garden.
Modeled on an ancient Greek house, on a rocky point facing the sea, with frescoes, mosaics and furniture copied from old vases and ruins.



