Shore Excursions · Cannes
Private Excursions
from Cannes
Four routes into the Riviera and Provence. A private Mercedes V-Class waiting at the Gare Maritime. Your day, not ours.
Four routes into the Riviera and Provence. A private Mercedes V-Class waiting at the Gare Maritime. Your day, not ours.
Cannes is one of the few Mediterranean ports where your ship docks directly at the quay. No tender, no waiting. The Gare Maritime is two minutes from the old port. From there, the entire Riviera — east to Monaco, west into Provence — is within a day's reach in a private Mercedes V-Class.
We offer four private shore excursion routes from Cannes. Three go east along the Riviera; one goes northwest into Provence wine country and returns along the Estérel coast. Each is designed around the constraints of a ship day — departure time, return deadline, and the honest question of how much ground can be covered without it becoming a race.
We meet you at the exit from the Gare Maritime — name board, no fuss. The car is thirty seconds away. Your day begins there.
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The classic Riviera arc east from Cannes. Nice's Vieux-Port and Cours Saleya, the medieval village of Eze suspended at 427 metres, and the Principality of Monaco — all in a single day. We time Eze for mid-morning, before the coach parties. The route finishes in Monaco; the drive back to Cannes along the Corniche is part of the experience.
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Art & Villages
The route that stays close to the ship. Antibes is fifteen minutes west — old town, ramparts, the Picasso Museum in a medieval castle above the sea. Then Saint-Paul-de-Vence: a walled village that quietly accumulated one of the finest private art collections on the Riviera over the last century. Works well with a short shore window. Saint-Paul alone justifies the day.
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Inland Provence
Into the arrière-pays rather than along the coast. Grasse is twenty minutes from Cannes and 330 metres above the sea — a different Riviera entirely. The world capital of perfume: Fragonard, Galimard, Molinard. Then Gourdon, a village perché above the Gorges du Loup with a view that stops conversation. Tourrettes-sur-Loup on the descent. The route for those who have already done Monaco.
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Provence
Northwest into the Var to visit two working wine châteaux — a rosé producer and a red wine estate, both within an hour of Cannes. A provençal lunch at a mas between the two visits. The return is the point: the coastal road from Saint-Raphaël through the Estérel massif — red porphyry cliffs above the sea, one of the most extraordinary drives on the Mediterranean. The route that goes somewhere most cruise excursions never reach.
View itinerary€800 per vehicle is the full price. No per-person supplements, no fuel surcharges, no waiting-time fees. We have never charged extra for a delayed tender.
We maintain a full 2026 cruise schedule for Cannes — every ship, every date, and berth information. Useful for planning, or for confirming that your ship calls at Cannes rather than Villefranche.
Per vehicle. The number of guests in your party does not change the price.
| Route | Duration | Group size | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nice · Eze · Monaco | From 5 hrs | Up to 7 | €800 |
| Cannes · Antibes · Saint-Paul | From 5 hrs | Up to 7 | €800 |
| Grasse · Gourdon · Tourrettes | From 5 hrs | Up to 7 | €800 |
| Provence Wine Tour | From 5 hrs | Up to 7 | €800 |
| Custom route | Your itinerary | Up to 7 | from €800 |
Per person examples: 2 guests = €400 each · 4 guests = €200 each · 7 guests = €114 each. Entrance fees, lunch and gratuities are separate. Payment accepted by bank transfer or cash (EUR). No credit card fees.
At the top of the tender ramp on the lower harbour — quai Saint-Pierre, Gare Maritime. We are there with a name board before your tender docks. For ships that dock directly at the Nouveau Port (which occasionally happens), we agree the exact meeting point in advance.
We wait. There is no additional charge for tender delays or late arrivals — this is simply part of operating from an anchorage port. We stay in WhatsApp contact throughout and adjust the itinerary accordingly if shore time is reduced. We have never left a client on the pier.
Yes. We build return time into the itinerary from the start and plan for you to be back at the tender point at least 30–45 minutes before the last tender. If there is any doubt during the day, we trim a stop rather than cut it fine.
Nice is 35 kilometres east of Cannes — about 40 minutes by road in normal conditions. For a first visit it is absolutely worth including: the Vieux-Port, Cours Saleya market, and the old town are genuinely distinctive. If you have already seen Nice, we would suggest spending that time in Eze or Monaco instead. We will tell you honestly when a stop is not worth the journey time.
For a first visit to the Riviera: Nice, Eze, and Monaco covers the essential geography in one day. For those who have already done that circuit: Grasse, Gourdon, and Tourrettes is a completely different experience — inland Provence, perfumeries, and one of the most dramatic village views on the coast.
Yes. For parties of 8–14 we arrange two Mercedes V-Class vehicles following the same route. The price per vehicle works out identically. Both vehicles stay together throughout the day.
Entirely. The three routes are starting points. Tell us what interests you — and what does not — and we build from there. More time in Eze, skip Nice, add Menton on the Italian border, go directly to the Grande Corniche: all straightforward to arrange.
Three things worth reading before your ship anchors.
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ReadWhy everyone goes, when to arrive, what to see, and where the view is actually from. A practical guide to one of the most-visited villages on the Riviera.
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ReadSend us your ship name, date, and approximate shore time. We confirm availability, suggest the right route, and agree the meeting point. Most enquiries answered within a few hours.
