We spent five nights in Eze at the Hotel Hermitage in October 2007. It was exactly what we wanted; it overlooked the Cote d'Azur from far above, away from all the chaos of Nice, but we were still close enough to experience the shops and beaches of Nice, Cap Ferrat, Monaco all within ten minutes. One of our most enjoyable experiences was the home/intimate museum of Ephrussi Rothschild. Aside from being a glimpse into the amazing woman's life, it has beautiful gardens, artifacts from a life well traveled, and a wonderful terrace on which you can have a not very expensive but quite good lunch. The views of the Cote d'Azur were absolutely stunning, and if I could have built a house anywhere on the earth, I would love to have one there!
While in Eze we had a hard time finding a good beach without going too far, but it was too cold in October to do much sunbathing anyway. The only problems we had at the hotel was the language barrier - after spending 10 days in the rest of France, one would think we were accustomed to it, but we found the staff did not speak any English, and found it incredibly difficult to communicate. We made great use of the wireless internet access, went online to babelfish.altavista.com and typed what we wanted to say. It doesn't tell you how to pronounce it, but it was better than trying to decipher something with our French/English dictionary. Unfortunately, we couldn't understand the response from the staff so trying to get a shirt laundered turned into a half hour affair. Our stay in Eze was still the most fascinating destination and we would definitely go back, this time spending more time in the village of Eze itself.
Dinner at the Troubador - amazing, great place. Very friendly waiter and the food was excellent.
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