Literally meaning "beautiful place", it is indeed beautiful.
This place Beaulieu-sur-mer is only about 15 minutes bus ride from Nice. From there, a peninsula sticks out, called Saint Jean Cap Ferrat.
In Beaulieu, there was a Greek Villa that people can visit to see the lifestyle, architechture, and art of the Ancient Greeks.
You go through the villa room by room, and is introduced to the room and its history on a mobile phone-like machine.
There were mosaics on the floor everywhere, paintings on walls, decorated ceilings, sculptures, marble sinks, big marble baths, dome-shaped shower room, bed-like chairs for meals since the greeks ate lying down, etc.
Saint Jean Cap Ferrat was nothing less than Beaulieu though. There was also a villa open to all to visit, called Villa et Jardin Ephrussi de Rothschild. This villa is surrounded by nine gardens laid out over 7 acres. It was designed by Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild, a girl born to a very well-off family, who later married a banker. She was able to travel the world, and was able to collect treasures from all over the world and also create designs inspirated by the world.
Some unique points of this villa include that
It is all pink on the exterior, and many personal things shown indoors were also pink because it was the Baroness' favorite color;
The villa has an endless view over the sea;
The gardens originally started with a French garden, Japanese garden, and a rose garden, but at present time, there is also a spanish garden, Florentine garden, Provencal garden, Ialian garden, and an Exotic garden;
After visiting these villas and having lunch on one of the many beaches nearby, I made a tour on foot all around the island. There was a scenic path on the side of the peninsula for people to go around the island.
C'etait magnifique!
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