A medieval village on its rock high above the sea, its exotic garden at the top – the tables and the hotels of Èze, in one guide.
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In this guide
Every table and hotel the MICHELIN inspectors have chosen in Èze – 4 starred, 4 more restaurants and 5 hotels – on one map, with our own stories as we write them.
Pull in at the viewpoint on the Moyenne Corniche for the classic first sight of Èze – the village piled on its rock more than 400 metres above the sea, with the cliffs of the Riviera corniches dropping away below. Free, open access.
A free guided tour of the perfume factory and cosmetics laboratory at the foot of the village: stills, enfleurage, soap-making and solid perfume. No booking – just turn up; open daily 09:00–18:30. Free parking opposite.
Mediterranean cooking with seasonal produce and four shaded terraces at the foot of the medieval village; non-stop service 12:00–22:00 (closed Sunday evening). À la carte €15–€35, children's menu €12.
Climb the cobbled lanes to the top of the rock and the cactus garden in the castle ruins, open until 18:30 in October; €10, 12–17s €6, under-12s free. On a clear day the view runs to Saint-Tropez and even Corsica.
A cone on rue Plane on the way down – Le Glacier's listed season runs to 2 November, daily 12:30–19:00 (the tourist office's guide says April–October, closed Mondays and Tuesdays – a Friday in October is fine either way).
Champagne, wine or a cocktail in the Bar Lounge or on its terrace above the sea (open every day 07:00–23:00); stay on for dinner at Le Tillac, served 19:00–22:00 depending on the season.
From the car park at the foot of the village, take Nietzsche's path down to the sea: 2.1 km and 400 m of height, about an hour by the tourist office's reckoning – paved, then steps down the Vallon du Duc, then a cemented stretch above the beach. Hiking shoes; not for young children.
The seaside half of Èze: the pebble beach, some thirty old fishermen's cabanons, the Villa Les Roses, the Belle Époque Villa Les Platanes and the Art Deco Résidence Cap Roux, and the flowery Chemin Saint-Michel. If you are driving, note that the Cap Estel tunnel on the Basse Corniche is closed until 13 November (diversion via avenue Raymond Poincaré).
Bus 83 stops at Èze-sur-Mer station on its way up from Beaulieu, and the paid 'A vos Eze' shuttle runs from the station on booking – check times before you set off. Then salads, burgers, the dish of the day or a home-made ice cream on the terrace at the village entrance (non-stop 11:00–22:00 until 30 November).
The 'Pause Eau de Cologne' mini-workshop (daily 09:30–16:30) sends you home with a 15 ml bottle of your own blend; the free museum tour, 45 minutes to an hour, needs no booking.
Free entry to the painter's colourful, playful show in the village (until 1 November). The Mairie also lists a Halloween event in Èze Village today, with no details published.
A drink in the hotel's sea-view cocktail bar or by the fire in the lounge (the hotel is open until 9 November), then dinner at its Michelin-starred restaurant – tasting menus at dinner from €200; open until 15 November, closed Mondays and Tuesdays in low season.
Drive up to the Parc de la Grande Corniche (open 08:00–18:00 from 1 November) and walk the old military road of La Forna from the Maison de la Nature: 6.8 km, about 2 hours 30, flat and partly accessible. From 10:00 to 17:00 it is the last Sunday of the LPO's free bird-migration camp at the Fort de la Revère, with optical equipment to borrow; the Maison de la Nature opens 09:30–12:30 and 13:30–17:00.
Mediterranean bistronomy and organic wines at Les Terrasses d'Èze, on a terrace that feels like the upper deck of a ship; lunch 12:00–14:00, all year. À la carte €18–€40, menus €40–€60, children's menu from €18.
A last wander through the medieval village, free to enter, past the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs – from 1306 the oldest building in Èze, where the villagers voted in 1860 to join France. It and the baroque church are listed as temporarily closed for renovation, so admire them from outside.
✱ MICHELIN star · Bib Gourmand: good cooking at a fair price · ◆ selected in the Guide · € to €€€€: the Guide's own price bands, from «on a budget» to «spare no expense».
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Sunset and drinks
Where to drink
Hotel terraces hanging over the coast, a wine bar in the lanes and a drink at the foot of the rock.
House cocktails – the 'Michelle', named after the Beatles song written here, or the 'Sunset by the Sea' – on a huge terrace with a 180-degree view of the Mediterranean as the sun goes down, or by the fire on cool nights.
A glass of champagne, wine or a cocktail in the cosy lounge or out on the lounge terrace of a four-star hotel, with the whole Mediterranean in front of you.
Hotel cocktail bar and lounge · Èze VillageChâteau Eza
A cocktail bar with sea views and a lounge bar with a fireplace inside a 14-room hotel built into the medieval village, its terraces hanging over the cliff.
Wine bar, cellar and restaurant · Èze VillageMets Vins Chics
A wine cellar and wine bar on place de la Colette, with a selection of wines, champagnes and grands crus and boards of cheese and charcuterie on a 75-seat terrace.
Hotel bar and terrace · Entrance to Èze VillageLa Villa d'Èze
A Belle Époque villa at the entrance to the village – hotel, restaurant, bar and pizzeria in one – with a terrace for an early coffee or an aperitif after the garden.
Sources: Côte d'Azur France listings, the Èze practical guide and the bars' and hotels' own pages, read 27 October 2026.
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Where to stay
The hotels worth the trip
The MICHELIN Guide's Keys first – its mark for hotels with character, service and a sense of place – then the rest of its selection and the ones we would book ourselves.
The path Friedrich Nietzsche climbed from the sea to the village – the tourist office says he composed the third part of 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' on it – and still the most dramatic way to arrive in Èze.
Past A cemented first stretch above the beach, between villas and cliffs in scented garrigue, A long series of steps up the wild Vallon du Duc, A paved final section to the car park at the foot of Èze village (356 m)
Open all year, every day.
Strongly discouraged for young children (tourist office).
Start: Èze-sur-Mer railway station on the Basse Corniche – the path starts about 200 m east of the station
From the eagle's-nest village up to a fort 700 metres above the coast, with Èze, its round roofs and the green capes laid out below.
Past The Vallon du Duc bridge and a 19th-century mission cross, where the Fuont Roussa path begins, Stairs up to the Grande Corniche, then a steep panoramic track, The Fort de la Revère (696 m), ringed by a deep ditch, with a plane-shaded esplanade and benches
All year (Département 06). Park hours from 1 November 08:00–18:00.
The fort itself cannot be visited.
Start: The car park at the entrance to Èze village (356 m), on the Moyenne Corniche
The easiest way to get high above the Riviera: a flat plateau walk with the sea on one side and the Alps on the other, and a playground for the end.
Past The plateau where the lords of Èze once had their gallows, A fitness trail, picnic tables and an adventure playground, Views over the Mediterranean and the Mercantour, and the park's flora
All year. Park hours: to 31 October 07:30–20:00; from 1 November 08:00–18:00.
Popular for family walks and cycling; part of the route can be done with a pushchair.
Start: Plateau de la Justice car park, avenue des Diables Bleus, Parc départemental de la Grande Corniche (566 m); bus 82 from Nice Vauban stops at the plateau
6.8 km · 2 hours 30 minutes · No particular difficulty: unpaved but relatively flat, ±220 m in allCircuit de la Forna
A long, level ridge walk on a military road, with snow on the Alps one way and the Mediterranean the other – the gentlest of Èze's big views.
Past The old strategic military road of La Forna, The park's three themed trails – botanical, historical and geological, The Cime de la Forna (621 m), with the Alps to the north and the sea to the south
All year. Park hours from 1 November 08:00–18:00.
Much of the park and the Maison de la Nature are accessible to people with reduced mobility; picnic area; dogs allowed.
Start: Maison de la Nature, Parc départemental de la Grande Corniche: past the guide-dog centre, follow the route de la Simboula (accessible parking space)
The quiet seaside half of Èze: Belle Époque and Art Deco villas, scented gardens and a fishermen's beach where the Romans' Avisionis Portus once was.
Past The Chemin Saint-Michel, with carob trees, mandarins, pepper trees and bougainvillea, and a view up to the village and its garden, Villa Les Platanes, the Belle Époque former town hall with a painted garden fresco, The Art Deco Résidence Cap Roux
All year, every day.
No source covers pushchairs or accessibility.
Start: Bureau d'information touristique d'Èze Bord de Mer, at the station, avenue de la Liberté
Sources: the Èze practical guide of the Nice Côte d'Azur tourist office, Côte d'Azur France, the Département des Alpes-Maritimes and the Mairie d'Èze, read 27 October 2026. Coastal paths close in rough seas – check before you set off.
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With kids
Èze for children
A cactus garden in the castle ruins, perfume factories with free tours, a pebble beach and stars over the Grande Corniche.
A shaded pebble beach on the Basse Corniche between Cap Roux and Cap Estel, a few minutes' walk from Èze-sur-Mer station – and the bottom of Nietzsche's path up to the village.
Cobbled lanes, vaults and little squares in a village built in a circle like an eagle's nest and listed as a historic monument since 1922 – free to wander, with the perfumers at its foot and the cactus garden at the top.
Open all year, every day; entry to the medieval village is free.
Cacti, aloes and agaves planted in the ruins of the medieval fortress, with Jean-Philippe Richard's sculptures along the paths and, from the top at 429 metres, a view that reaches Saint-Tropez – and Corsica on a clear day.
Every day: October 09:00–18:30; November–March 09:00–16:30.
A natural park high on the Grande Corniche with an adventure playground, picnic tables and flat paths on the Plateau de la Justice, and a nature centre in a 1914 military building with a man-made cave.
Park open every day: 1 April–31 October 07:30–20:00; 1 November–31 March 08:00–18:00.
Planetarium shows, the Moon and planets through telescopes, water-rocket launches and the constellations explained, on a dark hilltop above the coast – run by a not-for-profit science association.
Evenings on booking only – programme and tickets online.
A free guided tour of a working perfume factory and cosmetics laboratory: stills, enfleurage, the soap workshop and the making of solid perfume, with an olfactory game at the end.
Every day 09:00–18:30 (may vary with the season); free guided tours – just turn up, no booking.
A free 45-minute to one-hour tour of the Èze outpost of a Grasse perfume house founded in 1747, and a short hands-on workshop where you blend your own eau de Cologne to take away.
Every day 09:30–18:00 (closed 25 December); Cologne mini-workshop daily 09:30–16:30.
The tourist office's exploration game between sea and mountain: a floral riddle sends a team in search of a plant whose flowers smell sweet and which can live 600 years.
Available online or from the tourist office's information bureaux.
Colourful, poetic and sometimes funny paintings by a designer-turned-artist (formerly a stylist at Okaïdi) who sets out to keep 'a child's soul' in her work – an easy, free stop in the village lanes.
The trophy Augustus raised over the bay of Monaco to celebrate the subjugation of 45 Alpine peoples and the Roman peace that followed – one of the few such monuments still standing – with a small museum (a large reconstruction model, a tactile model, videos and casts), a park, a panoramic terrace and family activities that include rebuilding it in LEGO.
Every day except Monday; 1 September–30 April 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–17:00, last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Sharks in a 450,000-litre tank, tropical aquariums, a sea-turtle trail, Mark Dion's giant cabinet of curiosities and a rooftop terrace with a play area and land tortoises.
Every day; October–December 10:00–18:00, last entry 30 minutes before closing.
Sources: the Nice Côte d'Azur tourist office (Èze bureaux) and its Èze practical guide, the Mairie d'Èze, Côte d'Azur France, the Département des Alpes-Maritimes and the places' own pages, read 27 October 2026. Drive times from the town centre without traffic. Check seasons and ages with the place before you go.
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The atlas
Èze at a glance
Every restaurant, hotel, sight, beach and shop we know of – 106 places, each with its own page. Choose a quartier, or a kind of place.
Photo: cceliaphoto/Adobe Stock
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The directory
Every place in Èze
106 places, each with its own page – the six nearest the centre of each kind are here; every one of them is in the directory, A to Z.
✱✱Two MICHELIN StarsLa Chèvre d'OrCreative · ÈzeRead the story 
✱One MICHELIN StarChâteau EzaModern Cuisine · ÈzeRead the story 
✱One MICHELIN StarLa Table du Cap EstelModern Cuisine, Creative · Èze-Bord-de-MerRead the story ✱✱One MICHELIN StarLe Restaurant des RoisModern Cuisine · Beaulieu-sur-MerThe address 
Three MICHELIN KeysChâteau de la Chèvre d'Or45 rooms · EzeRead the story 
Villefranche-sur-Mer5 km from Èze
Nice9 km from Èze
Menton13 km from Èze
Saint-Paul-de-Vence20 km from Èze
Antibes25 km from Èze
Cannes34 km from Èze
Saint-Tropez77 km from Èze