One of the only Cap Ferrat hotels with a genuine sand beach and its own jetty — terraced gardens lead straight down to the water from the rooms above.
Royal Riviera is one of the few five-stars on Cap Ferrat with a real sand beach at the base of its own grounds, plus a private jetty — mid-May to late September, guests use it free of charge.
Your captain ties up at the jetty directly; if it's busy or the sea has some movement, the sand beach right beside it is the fallback landing.
Cap Ferrat sits between Nice and Monaco, so both are short crossings — typically 20 to 30 minutes by water taxi either way.
Most of Cap Ferrat's grand hotels sit above the water rather than on it. Royal Riviera's terraced gardens run all the way down to a real beach and jetty, making it one of the few where a boat is a genuine front door.
Cap Ferrat's lanes are narrow and its parking scarce, especially near Paloma. Arriving by the hotel's own jetty sidesteps both and matches how the property is actually laid out — gardens descending to the sea.
Mediterranean gardens in terraces, a beach open seasonally to guests, and views over the bay toward Beaulieu give Royal Riviera a quieter feel than its neighbours on the peninsula's tip.