The Hermitage sits on Square Beaumarchais, on Monaco's plateau — we bring you into Port Hercule, a short walk from the hotel, rather than promise a dock that doesn't exist.
Like its sister hotel the Hôtel de Paris, the Hermitage sits up on Monaco's plateau, at Square Beaumarchais — sea views from the upper terraces, but no direct water access. The group's advertised 'private beach' is the Monte-Carlo Beach Club, roughly 3 kilometres away in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, reached by shuttle.
A water taxi brings you into Port Hercule instead, close to a kilometre from the hotel on foot — a walkable but uphill stretch, easily covered by a short taxi.
Arriving into Port Hercule is a genuinely good way into Monaco from Nice, Saint-Tropez or Cannes, whatever hotel you're headed to next.
The Hermitage's own setting is Belle Époque grandeur under a glass dome by Gustave Eiffel's studio, not a shoreline position — the honest offer here is a scenic arrival into Monaco's own harbour, with a short leg on land to finish.
Port Hercule sidesteps the road into Monaco entirely and is one of the more memorable ways to enter the Principality — independent of which hotel you're staying at.
If you specifically want a private-beach drop-off, hotels further along this coast with real sea access — Royal Riviera on Cap Ferrat, for instance — deliver that more directly than a Monaco palace can.