May 16, 2026•5 min read•By Maurits Dierick, Charter Broker & Former Yacht Captain
South of France Yacht Charter: Monaco to St Tropez (2026)
Eight days along the French Riviera from Monaco to St Tropez: Beaulieu, Nice, Cap d'Antibes, Cannes and the Iles de Lerins.
Fifty-eight nautical miles. Over eight days.
Six of the seven legs are two hours or less, and two are under an hour. The whole week is eleven hours under way.
The towns are five miles apart, and the yacht is a way of arriving at them, having lunch, and staying somewhere better than a hotel afterwards. The one proper passage is day seven, thirty miles to St Tropez.
On this coast the reason to charter has always been the towns and the restaurants, not the sailing.
Before we dive in, it's worth noting the route below is also available as an interactive map on our South of France charter page.
The route
Monaco → Beaulieu-sur-Mer → Nice → Cap d'Antibes → Cannes → Îles de Lérins → St Tropez → St Tropez.
Eight days, 58 nautical miles, 11 hours under way. One-way, Monaco to St Tropez.
Seven destinations across eight days. St Tropez holds days 7 and 8.
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Day 1: Monaco
Noon embarkation in Port Hercules.
Monaco is two square kilometres and it has the Prince's Palace on Le Rocher, Casino Square, and the highest concentration of yachts anywhere.
Dinner at La Môme Monte-Carlo.
Mooring: Port Hercules, Monaco Yacht Club or Fontvieille. Dining: La Môme Monte-Carlo.
Day 2: Beaulieu-sur-Mer
An hour. Five miles.
Beaulieu sits under Cap Ferrat, which is where the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild is, and the gardens there are worth the morning.
Plage de la Fosse is the beach. Fourmis Bay has mooring buoys.
Dinner at La Réserve de Beaulieu.
Passage: 1 hour, 5 nm. Mooring: Port de Plaisance de Beaulieu, Baie de Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat or Fourmis Bay buoys. Beach: Plage de la Fosse. Dining: La Réserve de Beaulieu.
Day 3: Nice
Another hour, another five miles.
Vieux Nice is the old town, the Cours Saleya market is in it, and the Promenade des Anglais runs along the Baie des Anges. The Matisse Museum and the Modern Art Museum are both worth the time if the group has it.
Villefranche-sur-Mer is an alternative anchorage on the way.
Dinner at Jan by Jan Hendrik.
Passage: 1 hour, 5 nm. Mooring: Port de Nice or Villefranche-sur-Mer anchorage. Dining: Jan by Jan Hendrik.
Day 4: Cap d'Antibes
Two hours, ten miles.
The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc is on the point. The Sentier Tirepoil is the coastal path round the cape and it's the best walk on this route. Villa Eilenroc has the gardens. The Picasso Museum is in the Château Grimaldi in Antibes town.
Plage de la Garoupe is the beach.
Dinner at Les Pêcheurs at the Cap d'Antibes Beach Hotel.
Passage: 2 hours, 10 nm. Mooring: Port Vauban (Antibes), Cap d'Antibes anchorage or Garoupe Bay. Beach: Plage de la Garoupe. Dining: Les Pêcheurs.
Day 5: Cannes
Ninety minutes, six miles.
The Palais des Festivals, La Croisette, the Carlton, the Martinez and the Majestic. Le Suquet is the old town above the Vieux Port, and the Forville market is in it.
Dinner at La Palme d'Or at the Hôtel Martinez.
Passage: 1.5 hours, 6 nm. Mooring: Vieux Port de Cannes, Port Pierre Canto or the Bay of Cannes. Beach: Croisette. Dining: La Palme d'Or.
Day 6: Îles de Lérins
Half an hour. Two miles. The shortest leg on any route we run.
Sainte-Marguerite and Saint-Honorat sit just off Cannes and they're a different world: Fort Royal on one, a working Cistercian monastery on the other, and coves round both.
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Passage: 0.5 hours, 2 nm. Mooring: Sainte-Marguerite anchorage, Saint-Honorat monastery buoys or the coves. Dining: La Guérite.
Day 7: St Tropez
Thirty miles, five hours, past the Esterel Massif. The only real passage of the week.
Pampelonne is the beach. Club 55 is on it. La Ponche is the old quarter.
Passage: 5 hours, 30 nm. Mooring: Port de Saint-Tropez, Baie de Canebiers or the Golfe of St Tropez. Beach: Pampelonne. Dining: Club 55.
Day 8: St Tropez
The yacht doesn't move.
The Place des Lices market is Tuesday and Saturday. The Sentier du Littoral is the coastal path.
Dinner at La Vague d'Or at La Résidence de la Pinède.
No passage. Mooring: Port de Saint-Tropez. Beach: Bouillabaisse. Dining: La Vague d'Or.
Who this suits
Groups who are here for the towns. Every stop on this route is a place people would fly to on its own, and they're all within five miles of each other.
It suits anyone who wants dinner to be the event. The restaurants on this route include La Vague d'Or, La Palme d'Or, Les Pêcheurs, Jan by Jan Hendrik and La Réserve.
It suits people who want to be seen, and equally people who want to anchor off the Lérins and not be.
It doesn't suit anyone who wants to sail. Eleven hours over eight days is very little time under way.
Practical notes
One-way, Monaco to St Tropez. Nice airport serves both ends.
July and August on this coast means berths and restaurants are booked well ahead, and Port Hercules and Saint-Tropez are the two hardest. That's the broker's job and it's not a late decision.
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