The mimosa capital, between the Esterel and the sea: a medieval castle rebuilt by an American sculptor, one of the oldest golf courses in France where you cross the river by ferry, six sandy beaches, and a flower festival that fills the town every February. The addresses I give my own passengers, each with its phone number, its website and directions.
⚠️ WORTH KNOWING BEFORE YOU BOOK: L'Oasis, the house that held two MICHELIN stars for decades, is no longer a fine-dining restaurant — it has become a gourmet counter, and its old website no longer responds. Mandelieu's star is now elsewhere.
Both need booking. The first is in town, the second on the seafront.
🚕 I'll drive you there — and I'll come back for you when the meal is over. Mandelieu stretches eight kilometres between the Siagne and the Esterel: nothing here is within walking distance.
+33 6 58 27 93 12Mandelieu sits between the Siagne, the sea and the Esterel. Three things are genuinely worth the trip: a castle rebuilt by an American sculptor, a 360-degree viewpoint, and an 1891 golf course where you cross the river by ferry.
The castle and the harbours are five minutes apart, on the La Napoule seafront.
The car park is at the bottom and the climb is on foot — twenty minutes, no more.
🚕 I'll drive you there. The castle, the harbour and the San Peyre are minutes apart — but not on foot, and not with the corniche parking in August.
+33 6 58 27 93 12Seven kilometres of seafront and seven beaches, all of them sand — which is rare east of Cannes. They follow one another from the castle to the Théoule boundary.
All public, all lifeguarded in season. Parking is the only real problem.
🚕 I'll drive you there. Dropped in front of the beach, collected when you call: on the La Napoule seafront there is not one free space between June and September.
+33 6 58 27 93 12Mandelieu has grown mimosa for nearly two hundred years and calls itself its capital — rightly so: the hills behind the town are yellow from January to March, and the commune still supplies florists across Europe.
⚠️ During the festival the town centre is closed to traffic and the car parks fill up by mid-afternoon.
🚕 I'll drive you there. During the Mimosa Festival the town centre is closed to traffic and the car parks fill up by mid-afternoon.
+33 6 58 27 93 12