Le plus célèbre bord de mer du monde doit son nom et sa renommée aux premiers touristes d'origine britanniques qui, dès le XIXe siècle venaient passer l'hiver sur la Cote d'Azur ("French Riviera"), pour fuir les hivers rudes et brumeux du Royaume Uni.
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Le Cap d'Ail marque la séparation entre les baies de Beaulieu et de Monaco. Les abords étant malsains, il faut s'en écarter assez largement. Le cap Martin est couvert de pins d'où émerge un sémaphore blanc sur les hauteurs.
The Presqu'ile de Saint Hospice , 40m high, forms a peninsula which extends E from the center of the E side of the Cap Ferrat promontory. It is surmounted by a chapel and a conspicuous tower Pointe Saint Hospice, located 1.2 miles NE of the Cap Ferrat Light, is the E extremity of ...
Rade de Villefranche is entered between Pointe des Sans Culottes, the SE extremity of the Mont Boron promontory, and Pointe Malalongue, the SW extremity of Cap Ferrat, 1 mile SE. The bay extends N for 1.5 miles and offers sheltered anchorage to vessels of any size. It is used by vessels ...
Commercial and yachting port call also Lympia Port. Day approach:
Entrance difficult to identify from sea. Steer the course for 012° on
the observation post of Mont Gros up the lighthouse. Skirt end of
harbourg wall, leaving the head of the Poudriere mole starboard. Port
sheltered ...
The port Darse S (South Dock) is located on the W side of the bay, S of the Villefranche Citadelle. Tel 04 93 01 70 70 Fax 04 93 76 92 33 500 pl. (<30 m)
The harbourg of La Sante, on the W coast of the roads to the N of the citadel, shelters fishing boats, and in the southern part of it is a terminal with a landing stage for the launches providing the ferry service for the passenger cruise ships anchored in the roads. 36 berths (<15 ...
2004-04-11
