Villa Eilenroc

An old coastal battery in the pines at the cape's southern tip, now a sea museum where a virtual dive comes before the real water below the cliffs.

Beach and restaurant on the Garoupe bay, with two wooden pontoons over clear water, Mediterranean cooking and a view across the Baie des Anges to the Alps.

Steps from the sea, with 95 rooms including triple and quadruple sea-view ones, and the Aquasplash water park and Adventure Golf a short walk away.

Sailors' chapel hung with ex-votos (paintings, drawings, carvings) beside the lighthouse, up a short climb with a view over a good part of the coast.

Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's Riviera days played out at this Art Deco hotel of 43 rooms, which has a beach for swimming, a pontoon and water skiing.

A run of public beaches from the center out toward Golf-Juan, with lifeguard posts and food along the way and private beach clubs in every stretch.