Section I · The Ranked Twelve
From best to twelfth.
Sorted by what each property actually does well at its price point, on the peak August week.
No. I
Villa Rose Pierre, Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (Four Seasons).
Bedrooms: 6. Sleeps: 12. Neighborhood: Grand-Hôtel grounds, Boulevard du Général de Gaulle. Water access: hotel funicular to Club Dauphin saltwater pool and shoreline; 8-minute walk to Plage de Passable. Peak weekly rate: $360,000 to $420,000 / wk peak August, listed on fourseasons.com as a nightly Four Seasons Private Retreat villa (verified May 2026). Included: private heated pool, full hotel service register (housekeeping twice daily, butler, in-villa dining), funicular access to Club Dauphin, transfers from Nice in a hotel car. Not included: chef-by-the-day above three covers (booked through the kitchen at an additional rate), spa treatments, Beach Club lounger reservations on Plage de Passable. .
Why it ranks here: the only six-bedroom on the peninsula with a hotel service register attached. The 14-acre Grand-Hôtel property holds the Club Dauphin saltwater pool (built into the rock by the architect Henri Tessier in 1939, verified via Four Seasons archive and Oetker Collection records prior to 2015), the funicular descending to the shoreline, and the staff bench that lets a villa booking pull on the full hotel kitchen on 24 hours’ notice. Six proper kings, a sea-facing terrace, and the price-to-service math that the Four Seasons platform delivers for a 12-person group. The Beauchamp family commissioned the villa in 1908; the architecture is Belle Époque under preservation, with interior refits managed by the hotel design team.
What we would change: the rate. At $360,000-plus per week peak, the math only works if the group uses the hotel service register. A self-catering family will pay twice for amenities it does not use. For a self-catering trip drop to a Pointe du Cap or Chemin de la Carrière property at one-third the rate.
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No. II
Villa Beauchamp, Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (Four Seasons).
Bedrooms: 5. Sleeps: 10. Neighborhood: Grand-Hôtel grounds. Water access: hotel funicular to Club Dauphin; 8-minute walk to Plage de Passable. Peak weekly rate: $280,000 to $340,000 / wk peak August, listed on fourseasons.com (verified May 2026). Included: private heated pool, full hotel service register, butler, transfers from Nice, funicular access. Not included: chef-by-the-day above three covers, spa treatments, Beach Club lounger reservations. .
Why it ranks here: the five-bedroom configuration that suits a multi-generational group of ten without the cottage-and-main separation that other peninsula properties force. Same service register as Rose Pierre, $80,000 less per week. The fit-out is the contemporary register (Pierre-Yves Rochon palette, completed 2018 verified on Four Seasons newsroom), which reads more current than the Belle Époque properties on Chemin du Roy.
What we would change: the hotel proximity is the trade. The Grand-Hôtel pool deck holds 220 covers at lunch; the villa terrace does not have the silence of a private compound. For a group that wants the peninsula without the hotel adjacency, drop to a Chemin de la Carrière property at rank No. VIII.
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No. III
La Fiorentina, pointe Saint-Hospice.
Bedrooms: 10. Sleeps: 18. Neighborhood: Saint-Hospice point, east side. Water access: private staircase to the rocks (the original Harold Peto-designed stairway, ~110 steps to the water line). Peak weekly rate: $260,000 to $340,000 / wk peak August, with private placements rather than open listing. Included: two heated pools, 30,000 m² of garden under formal upkeep, full staff (butler, two housekeepers, gardener, security). Not included: chef (mandatory at $2,200 per day for groups above 12), tender or chartered boat. .
Why it ranks here: the only property on the peninsula with a register that runs through three named owners (Countess Thérèse de Beauchamp 1917 to 1939, Lady Norton through the 1950s, Hubert de Givenchy 1968 to 1991, verified through architectural records of Aaron and Gaston Messiah with grounds by Harold Peto), and the only property with a 30,000 m² garden footprint that holds against any property on Cap d’Antibes. Ten proper bedrooms, two pools, and the Peto staircase. For a group of 16 to 18 with a chef and a steward bench, this is the registered top of the peninsula.
What we would change: the rental cycle is irregular. La Fiorentina is held privately, with the rental calendar opening on a year-by-year basis through small brokerage channels. Inquiry needs to start by October for the following summer. The published rate above is a working band, not a posted weekly rate.
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No. IV
Eight-bedroom waterfront, Pointe du Cap.
Bedrooms: 8. Sleeps: 16. Neighborhood: Pointe du Cap, south tip. Water access: private rock-cut staircase (about 70 steps) and small platform with a boat tender mooring. Peak weekly rate: $180,000 to $240,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated infinity pool, gym, cinema, dock platform, full staff. Not included: chef, tender or chartered boat, Beach Club lounger reservations. .
Why it ranks here: Pointe du Cap is the southernmost tier of the peninsula and the only pocket with an unobstructed open-water frame to Cap d’Antibes and Cap Martin. Eight proper bedrooms, a tender mooring that lets the group keep a 10- to 14-meter boat at the house rather than at Beaulieu marina (a 12-minute drive in August traffic), and the infinity pool that reads against the sea rather than against a garden wall.
What we would change: the rock-cut staircase descent is real. Confirm anyone in the party can manage 70 steps in beach kit before booking. The alternative is the funicular at the Grand-Hôtel, four ranks above.
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No. V
Seven-bedroom Belle Époque, Chemin du Roy.
Bedrooms: 7. Sleeps: 14. Neighborhood: Chemin du Roy, west side above Villa Ephrussi. Water access: 14-minute walk to Plage de Passable (with steps); 6-minute drive to the Plage de la Paloma. Peak weekly rate: $140,000 to $180,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated pool, hot tub, formal garden (~7,000 m²), staff bench (housekeeper, gardener, day driver). Not included: chef, daily housekeeping above twice-weekly, dock or boat access. .
Why it ranks here: Chemin du Roy is the west-facing terrace road that runs above the Ephrussi de Rothschild villa property line. The 1908-to-1920 Belle Époque register holds here: limewashed stucco, terra-cotta roof, three-meter ceilings, formal parterre garden. Seven proper bedrooms with a kitchen built for catered service for 14. Right for a group that wants the historic register without the hotel proximity.
What we would change: the walking distance to water is the trade. Chemin du Roy sits 45 meters above sea level; the Passable descent is 14 minutes with a stair section that does not work for guests with mobility limitations. Plan around driving to beach, not walking.
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No. VI
Villa Clair Soleil, Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat (Four Seasons).
Bedrooms: 2. Sleeps: 4. Neighborhood: Grand-Hôtel grounds. Water access: hotel funicular to Club Dauphin. Peak weekly rate: $90,000 to $130,000 / wk peak August, listed on fourseasons.com (verified May 2026). Included: private heated pool, private gym, terrace, full hotel service register, butler. Not included: chef-by-the-day, spa treatments. .
Why it ranks here: the small-group entry to the Grand-Hôtel service register. Two bedrooms with a private gym and a separate pool deck is the configuration for a couple-led booking of four (parents, one adult child plus partner, for example) that wants the hotel kitchen on call but the privacy of a villa. The fit-out is the contemporary palette completed in 2018, with the same Pierre-Yves Rochon hand as Beauchamp.
What we would change: the rate per bedroom is the highest on this list. For a four-person couple group, the comparison is a hotel suite at the Grand-Hôtel proper (Garden Suite at €5,200 per night, verified fourseasons.com May 2026, runs $36,000 per week) and the gap is the private pool and the gym, not the room count. The math works for a specific use case.
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No. VII
Six-bedroom modern villa, Chemin Saint-Hospice.
Bedrooms: 6. Sleeps: 12. Neighborhood: Chemin Saint-Hospice, east side. Water access: 6-minute walk to Plage de la Paloma. Peak weekly rate: $120,000 to $160,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated infinity pool, gym, garden (about 3,500 m²), staff bench (housekeeper, gardener). Not included: chef, day driver, boat access. .
Why it ranks here: the post-2015 build register on the peninsula is small (Cap Ferrat planning rules limit new-build envelope on most plots). This pocket holds two or three contemporary properties with the infinity-pool register that the Belle Époque properties do not have. Six bedrooms, the walking distance to Plage de la Paloma, and the modern kitchen layout that works for groups that cook rather than charter the chef every night.
What we would change: the Saint-Hospice peninsular tip holds the heaviest day-foot-traffic in August (the chapel and lighthouse walk pulls 1,200 to 1,800 visitors per peak day). The garden wall and gate hold the privacy, but expect light path noise from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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No. VIII
Eight-bedroom estate, Chemin de la Carrière.
Bedrooms: 8. Sleeps: 16. Neighborhood: Chemin de la Carrière, mid-peninsula. Water access: 12-minute drive to Plage de Passable, 8-minute drive to Plage de la Paloma. Peak weekly rate: $130,000 to $170,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated pool, hot tub, tennis court, full garden (about 9,000 m²), staff bench. Not included: chef, beach service, dock access. .
Why it ranks here: the only on-peninsula estate with a regulation tennis court at this size band (the Plot ratio above 0.15 is rare on Cap Ferrat). Eight bedrooms with a court and a 9,000 m² garden footprint reads against any Cap d’Antibes property at the same rate. Right for an extended family group that wants morning tennis, midday pool, and evening dinner at one of the village restaurants.
What we would change: the inland positioning is the trade. The drive to water is real, and the property frame holds the garden rather than the sea. For groups that want the sea-frame in the picture window, drop to a Pointe du Cap or Chemin Saint-Hospice property.
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No. IX
Six-bedroom contemporary, Avenue Claude Vignon.
Bedrooms: 6. Sleeps: 12. Neighborhood: Avenue Claude Vignon, south slope. Water access: 9-minute walk to Plage de la Paloma via the village stairs. Peak weekly rate: $110,000 to $140,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated pool, gym, garden (about 2,800 m²), staff bench. Not included: chef, dock, beach service. .
Why it ranks here: the rare south-slope contemporary build that holds the view across Villefranche bay to the Tête de Chien escarpment. The kitchen layout is the post-2015 register (Bulthaup or equivalent, integrated wine column, a single 4-meter island), which works for groups that cook breakfast and lunch and book a chef for dinner only. Six proper bedrooms with the walking distance to Plage de la Paloma and the Saint-Jean village.
What we would change: the south slope reads warm in the late afternoon (the wall surfaces hold the heat through 9 p.m. in early August). Confirm the air-conditioning specification on the bedroom level in writing on inquiry.
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No. X
Seven-bedroom villa with private dock, Passable.
Bedrooms: 7. Sleeps: 14. Neighborhood: Passable, north shore. Water access: private dock with 14-meter slip, 4-minute walk to Plage de Passable. Peak weekly rate: $160,000 to $210,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated pool, hot tub, dock with slip, beach gear, full staff bench. Not included: chef, boat charter or tender (mandatory if the slip is used). .
Why it ranks here: the dock differentiator. Cap Ferrat holds fewer than a dozen private-slip villa addresses, and only three on the Passable side that hold a 14-meter slip with the depth for a fly-bridge-class motor yacht. Seven proper bedrooms, the walking distance to Passable, and the slip that lets a chartered boat sit at the house rather than at the Saint-Jean marina (a 6-minute drive in August traffic, but 25 minutes back at port on the boat-by-boat tender shuttle).
What we would change: the dock requires a boat to use. If the group is not chartering, this property is paying for an amenity it will not use. Drop one rank in that case.
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No. XI
Five-bedroom Belle Époque, Boulevard du Général de Gaulle.
Bedrooms: 5. Sleeps: 10. Neighborhood: Boulevard du Général de Gaulle, peninsula spine. Water access: 8-minute walk to Plage de Passable. Peak weekly rate: $100,000 to $130,000 / wk peak August. Included: heated pool, garden (about 2,200 m²), staff bench (housekeeper, gardener). Not included: chef, daily housekeeping, dock. .
Why it ranks here: the entry to the Belle Époque register at 10-person capacity. Five proper bedrooms with the 1900-to-1920 architecture and a small but well-maintained garden. Walking distance to Passable, walking distance to the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild (the 1905 Béatrice Ephrussi villa now run as a museum, open daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), and the village restaurants at Saint-Jean. Right for a 10-person extended family that wants the historic register at the floor of the price band.
What we would change: the spine road carries day traffic to the Grand-Hôtel. Plan the garden side for outdoor dining, not the road side, and confirm the glazing specification at the front of the property in writing on inquiry.
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No. XII
Five-bedroom villa, Saint-Jean village.
Bedrooms: 5. Sleeps: 10. Neighborhood: Saint-Jean village core. Water access: 6-minute walk to Plage de la Paloma. Peak weekly rate: $90,000 to $115,000 / wk peak August, the only entry on this list below $100,000 / wk floor. Included: heated plunge pool, garden (about 1,200 m²), housekeeper (twice weekly). Not included: chef, daily housekeeping, dock. .
Why it ranks here: the village-walk pick. The Saint-Jean port and the morning market (Tuesday and Saturday on the Quai Lindbergh) are at the door. The drive to Plage de la Paloma is unnecessary; the walk is 6 minutes via the Chemin des Mûriers. Five proper bedrooms with a kitchen built for a 10-person family that cooks breakfast and lunch and books a restaurant dinner most nights. Right for the group that wants Cap Ferrat under $115,000 per week.
What we would change: the village walk holds noise from the port restaurants until midnight in August. Confirm the bedroom orientation (garden side, not port side) in writing on inquiry.
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