French Riviera Tours from Provence

No, and we will not sell it as one. A cruise call at Marseille typically gives you six to ten hours ashore; Monaco alone is about two hours ten each way, which leaves too little margin against your all-aboard time. Both of these days are marked as full-day tours in our catalogue for that reason. From a cruise stop, Aix, Cassis and Marseille itself are the honest options.

About 222 kilometers on the A8, which is roughly two hours and ten minutes in normal conditions, each way. The Riviera stretch between Nice and Monaco is the part most affected by traffic. We build the day around an early departure for exactly that reason.

Honestly, it depends on the date. The final approach on the D98 is a single road into the peninsula and it congests badly in July and August. In May, June, September and October the same day is markedly easier. If your dates fall in high summer and the drive concerns you, say so when you book and we will tell you what to expect rather than talk you into it.

The private vehicle, fuel, tolls, parking and your English-speaking driver-guide for the day, at a price set per group rather than per person. Not included: meals, drinks, entry to any paid site such as the Prince's Palace or the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco, and the optional wine tasting on the Saint-Tropez day. Those are paid on the spot.

Yes, within the limits of the driving time. The stops listed are what these days usually cover, not a fixed program — the tour is private and the route is yours. What cannot change is the road: adding a fourth destination to a twelve-hour Riviera day means seeing all of them badly.

Monaco and Èze if you want the contrast — a medieval village on a rock, a panoramic terrace at La Turbie, then the Principality. Saint-Tropez if you want the coast and the port atmosphere, with Pampelonne Beach and Port Grimaud, plus an optional rosé tasting at a local estate. Monaco is the more visited of the two, Saint-Tropez the more relaxed outside high summer.