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Informations pratique
Access
Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
06230 SAINT-JEAN CAP FERRAT
10 km from Nice
15 km from Monaco
Between Nice and Monaco via the Basse Corniche (N98) road.
Contact
Gestion : CulturEspaces
Property of l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France.
Tel. : +33 4 93 01 33 09
Fax : +33 4 93 01 31 10
Opening times
The Villa and the gardens are open every day from 10 a.m to 6 p.m., except :- In July and August : closed at 7 p.m
- November to february included : weekdays from 2 p.m to 6 p.m / weekend and school holidays from 10 a.m to 6 p.m
Visits 2010
Unaccompanied visit: A visitor Guide available in 4 languages (French, English, Italian, German) is given free to each visitor.
Guided visit of first-floor collections: At 11.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m. - 3.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. (5.30 p.m. in July and August)
Tariffs 2010
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Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa Individual Full rate : 10 euros Individual Concessions * : 7,3 euros Children under 7 : free. Groups rate : 7 euros School Group rate : 4,5 euros Ephrussi de Rothschild Villa + Kérylos Villa Individual Full rate : 15 euros Individual Concessions * : 10,4 euros Groups rate : 10,4 euros School Group rate : 7,4 euros (*) Concessions : children aged 7-17, students, registered disabled, unemployed Offers for families : One free child entry for every 3 paid tickets (adult or child) in the same family. |
Villa Ephrussi De Rothschild
Recognised as "historical monument" and "remarkable gardens"
Built on the narrowest part of the Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat promontory, this sumptuous palazzo, one of the finest listed buildings on the French Riviera, has views over the Bay of Villefranche on one side and the Bay of Beaulieu on the other. The Villa is surrounded by nine magnificent gardens offering patios, waterfalls, ponds, herbaceous borders, shady paths and rare trees. These are the Florentine, Spanish French, Exotic, Japanese, Stone and Provencal gardens.
The formal French garden
The perfect symmetry of the formal French garden, overlooking all the others, is structured around a large ornamental pond, in sharp contrast to its exotic palm trees and clumps of succulent agaves.
The rose garden
The rose garden surrounds an exquisite hexagonal temple. Béatrice Ephrussi grew almost 100 varieties of roses here, one of which is named after her.
The Spanish garden
The Spanish garden, with its grotto supported by pink marble columns, its pond, dolphin fountain and pergola, is reminiscent of the world-famous gardens at Aranjuez, near Madrid.
The Florentine garden
The Florentine garden overlooks the Bay of Villefranche. At its centre is a wide horseshoe staircase framing an enchanting grotto planted with philodendron, water hyacinth and giant papyrus.
The stone garden
Set among the camphor and Judas trees of the stone garden are a wealth of arches, fountains, sculpted capitals, gargoyles and other grotesque figures dating from the Medieval and Renaissance periods.
The Japanese garden
The Japanese garden offers a mixture of dainty ceramic temples and pagodas, bamboo thickets and ornamental ponds surrounded by giant acanthus plants.
The exotic garden
The exotic garden will astonish visitors with its extraordinary range of agaves and giant cacti.
And so, the Sevres garden and the Provencal garden...
