Private boat tours in Nice put your party alone on the boat, with a skipper who shapes the route around you. The fare buys the boat, and on several charters a fee is paid on board as well.
A silent solar boat from the marina at Beaulieu-sur-Mer, with a captain who guides and lets you take a turn at the helm. One hour to four; the swim stop comes on two hours or more. No food or toilet aboard.
From $86 per person
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Three to four hours from the harbour on the cape, with a restroom, a paddleboard and a bottle of rosé or prosecco aboard. The skipper and diesel cost €150 each, paid on site and not by card.
From $220 per person plus €150 skipper and €150 fuel, paid on site, no cards
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Two and a half hours on a traditional wooden boat from the harbour below Èze, with rosé, local delicacies, towels and sunscreen aboard. There is a swim stop. A €300 local fee is paid on site, on top of the fare.
From $341 per person plus €300 local fees, paid on site
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A day-cruiser with shade, a shower and a toilet, from the marina on the cape. Brunch, drinks, snorkel gear and a seascooter in summer are aboard. The captain and fuel cost €300 more, paid when you board.
From $464 per person plus €300 captain and fuel, paid on board
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
The boat for up to five of you for four hours from the Port of Nice, with an hour each in Villefranche bay and off the cape. A bottle of wine, water, a parasol and snorkel gear are aboard; brunch is not.
From $987 per group (up to 5)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
Four hours for up to four people, with the skipper's fee and the fuel already in the fare. The route runs east past the capes and gives Monaco 30 minutes. Drinks and snorkel gear are aboard; food is not.
From $987 per group (up to 4)
Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
A solar boat that makes no engine noise, a captain who guides, and one hour to four. Nothing is added on board.
See this tripA private boat tour is a charter: you book the boat, and nobody else comes aboard. A skipper or a captain-guide sails it, and the route bends to what your party wants and what the sea allows. You are not buying a seat on somebody else's timetable.
The charters here leave from four harbours along the coast east of the city. Some sail from the Port of Nice. The solar boats leave Beaulieu-sur-Mer, day-boats leave the marina at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, and the wooden SARDiiNE boat leaves Port Silva Maris below Èze. Trips run from one hour to four, and most stop somewhere to swim.
A shared boat keeps its route for twelve people or two hundred. On a charter you can ask for more time in the bay you like and less on the open water. Weather still has the final word, and the captain decides.
If you are staying in Beaulieu or on the cape, you can walk to your boat. From the Port of Nice you board in the city itself, with no transfer at either end.
Most charters put wine or other drinks on board, and one day-cruiser serves brunch. On the shared RIBs, only the sunset trip serves anything.
The shared RIBs have neither. Among the charters, the day-cruiser from the cape has shade and a toilet, Les Balades au Soleil has a restroom, and Happy Drive Tours carries a parasol.
Here is what the whole boat buys that a place on a 12-seat shared boat does not, and what it costs you.
| Private boat | Shared RIB or catamaran | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is aboard | Your party only | Up to 12 on the smaller boats |
| Where it leaves | Four harbours, Nice to below Èze | The Port of Nice (one from Cannes) |
| Length | 1 to 4 hours | 2 to 3 hours |
| The route | Shaped with the captain | Fixed by the operator |
| Drinks | On board on most | Only on the sunset and catamaran trips |
| Fee paid on board | €300, or €150 + €150, on several | None |
| Price | $86 to $464 a person, or $987 a group | $56 to $125 a person |
For a couple, the shared boats cost far less. For a family of four or five, divide a per-group fare by your party before you compare, because it covers the boat, not each seat. Our guide to what private boat hire costs sets every charter's full cost side by side.
Two and a half hours from the marina on the cape, with brunch, drinks and snorkel gear aboard. The captain and fuel add €300, paid when you board.
Check availabilityWant the sunset from your own boat? Some charters sell an evening departure, and the Nice sunset boat tours are compared on their own page. Our guide to choosing a boat trip weighs a charter against every other format.
Rather share a boat, or sail to Monaco for the day? Every boat trip from Nice is compared on Nice Boat Tours.