Eze on the sea - Low road cliff: Jealously protected by two hills, in the east by Balzan Castle, in the west by the Madrid Castle, Eze on the sea is well known for its calm and quiet atmosphere.
Sheltered from the swell by the headland of Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, Eze has a microclimate favourable to a luxuriant Mediterranean vegetation.
Banana trees, date palms and especially citrus fruits embellish the orchards among which the famous small tangerine of Eze.
Shaded beaches and pinewood go down to the sea.
If you enjoy sports, you will discover a variety of small paths and stairs. Two of them join the medieval city situated on the middle road cliff :
The Savaric path offers a beautiful sight seeing on the sea. A part of the Nietzsche path crosses the shaded small valley.
Eze Village, the eagle nest : Perched on its rocky peak up to 400 m above the sea, magic place in the azure, Eze seduces. The atmosphere is authentic and Eze has kept the traditions even now that it has become an international tourist site.
Its history is typified in its topography. Occupied from the end of the bronze period, the eagle nest has been fit up by the Celto Ligurian, then reorganised by Romans, Lombards in 578 and Saracens in 900. Part of the earldom of Nice and 'Provence' until 1388, Eze went under the authority of the count of Savoy. Eze suffered French invasions from 6th century to 18th century. In 1792, before the creation of the Alpes Maritimes, Eze was a part of Monaco district, and was united to France in 1860.
Eze charms all visitors: Georges Sand described 'the ruins of Eze, planted on a cone of rocks, with a typical village as a sugar loaf, stop the people. It is the most beautiful panorama of the road, the most complete and wonderfully composed'.
Frederic Nietzsche took the path from the station at Eze on the Sea to the village and composed the draught of his 'third Zarathoustra' on his way to this 'marvelous Moorish village called Eza built in between rocks'.
Oher personalities stayed a few times in Eze. the Prince Guillaume from Sweden, the imperial Altesse Anastasie Michailowna from Russia, Prince Stragonov, the president of the French republic Raymond Poincaré...
Princess Antoinette Grimaldi, the sister of Prince Rainier of Monaco is living in Eze for many years. One of the most famous philosopher, Maurice Blanchot, as well as the members of the rock group U2 have a vacancy residence.
Golf:
Several nearby top-hole sea view courses where the greens under your feet meet the Mediterranean blue of your sights.
MONTE CARLO GOLF CLUB : an 18 hole, 6000 yard par 71, W. Parker designed course perched 2500 feet above the bay lets you admire the principality and its bay from a vantage point.
GRASSE COUNTRY CLUB : 18 holes on a 6100 yard par 72 course offer splendid views of Cannes Bay below. The sporting amongst you will appreciate the exclusivity of its 17th century private hunting grounds setting designed by J.P. Fourez
RIVIERA GOLF CLUB : a challenging 18 hole 6000 yard par 72 R.Trent Jones JR designed course for the seasoned player. Set in magnificently landscaped 140 acre park dominated by Esterel mountains and within a drivers strike from Cannes Bay.
