F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's former villa in Juan-les-Pins has its own private beach and a ponton right next to Port Gallice.
Belles Rives sits right beside Port Gallice, with its own private beach and a ponton the hotel already uses for waterskiing and paddleboard lessons. We come alongside that same ponton.
The beach runs directly below the restaurant terrace, so a tender landing works just as well if the ponton is busy or the sea has some movement — either way it's a few steps to reception.
Port Gallice sits at the base of Cap d'Antibes, so the crossing from Cannes is short — well under 30 minutes. From Monaco or Nice Airport, allow closer to 45 minutes to an hour.
F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald lived at what's now Belles Rives in the 1920s, and the hotel still leans into that Art Deco, Jazz-Age setting on the water — arriving by boat matches the period it recreates.
Juan-les-Pins gets crowded and its car parks fill fast in season. The hotel's own ponton at Port Gallice is a working dock — arriving there by water taxi is faster than the coast road at peak times.
The Fitzgerald Bar, the private beach and restaurant, and rooms that open onto the Golfe-Juan make Belles Rives one of the more literary addresses on this stretch of coast.