Côte d’Azur / France
Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Seaside resort between Cannes and the Esterel.
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Discovering Mandelieu-la-Napoule
Mandelieu-la-Napoule sits between the Esterel, the Siagne river and the sea, at the western end of the bay of Cannes. The commune made its name with a flower, the mimosa, brought from Australia in the nineteenth century, which covers its hills and blooms in midwinter. The Mimosa Route, running from the Maures massif to Grasse, stops here, and the mimosa festival is held every February.
On the shore, the La Napoule castle, a much-altered medieval fortress, was rebuilt from 1918 by the American sculptor Henry Clews and his wife Marie, who turned it into a work in its own right; it now houses a foundation and gardens open to the sea. Two marinas and several golf courses, one of them among the oldest in France, complete the picture.
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Where to stay in Mandelieu-la-Napoule
La Napoule
The seafront around the castle and the harbour, with beaches, promenade and the view of the Esterel.
Port de La Rague
The second marina, further south, at the foot of the Esterel on the Théoule boundary.
The mimosa hills
The slope of the Tanneron massif, covered in mimosa, in flower from January to March.
The Siagne
The valley and its mouth, with flat walks, riverside woodland and the transition to the back country.
The golf courses
Several courses in the commune, including one of the oldest in France, opened in the late nineteenth century.
When to visit Mandelieu-la-Napoule
January - March
Mimosa season, and the commune’s real distinction, when the hills turn yellow in midwinter, when the rest of the coast is asleep.
April - June
The best window for the Esterel and the golf, with mild temperatures, a warming sea and reasonable numbers.
July - August
Beaches and marinas are full and the bay of Cannes is saturated. The Siagne and the Esterel are immediate escapes.
September - December
A warm sea into October, then calm returns, and the first mimosa appears on the heights by late December.
Getting to Mandelieu-la-Napoule
- Cannes
- 8 km, 15 minutes along the shore
- Nice Côte d’Azur airport
- 35 km, 35 to 45 minutes
- Station
- Mandelieu-la-Napoule, on the coastal line
- Airfield
- Cannes-Mandelieu, within the commune
The year in brief
February
The mimosa festival
Parades and flower floats over several days, at the moment the hills are entirely yellow.
All year
The La Napoule castle
Rebuilt by the sculptor Henry Clews from 1918, it is visited with its gardens opening onto the sea.
Spring and autumn
The golf courses
The commune holds several courses, playable all year, at their most comfortable in spring.
Good to know
February is not a dead month here, and it is peak mimosa season, the only period when the commune has an identity its neighbours do not.
The Cannes-Mandelieu airfield is within the commune, convenient for business aviation, worth factoring in for noise depending on the address.
The beaches face west towards the Esterel, one of the few points in the bay where the sunset is seen from the sand.
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