Villa La Léopolda
The Villa La Léopolda is a large detached villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera.
The Villa La Léopolda is a large detached villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera. The villa is situated in 7.3 hectares of grounds. The villa has had several notable owners including Gianni and Marella Agnelli, Izaak and Dorothy J. Killam, and, since 1987, by Edmond (1932–1999) and Lily Safra (1934–2022), who inherited the villa after her husband's death.
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Worth seeing in and around Villa La Léopolda
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Nice Observatory
The Nice Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Nice, France, on the summit of Mount Gros. The observatory was founded in 1879, by the banker Raphaël Bischoffsheim.
2.7 km · observatory · Wikipedia - 02Côte d'Azur Observatory
The Côte d'Azur Observatory is a network of astronomical observatories throughout southern France. It originated in 1988 with the merger of two observatories: Nice Observatory Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie Cote d'Azur Observatory tested beam combining technology at CHARA array.
2.2 km · astronomical observatory network in southern France · Wikipedia - 03Nice Cathedral
Nice Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Nice in southern France. The cathedral is the seat of the Diocese of Nice.
3.9 km · cathedral located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France · Wikipedia - 04Terra Amata
Terra Amata is an archaeological site in open air located on the slopes of Mount Boron in Nice, France at a level 26 meters above the current sea level of the Mediterranean. It was discovered and excavated in 1966 by Henry de Lumley.
2.9 km · prehistoric archaeological site in Nice, France · Wikipedia - 05Musée Matisse
The Musée Matisse in Nice is a municipal museum devoted to the work of French painter Henri Matisse. It gathers one of the world's largest collections of his works, tracing his artistic beginnings and his evolution through his last works.
3.8 km · art museum in Nice, France · Wikipedia - 06Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called Villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. Designed by the French architect Aaron Messiah, it was built between 1907 and 1912 by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild.
1.5 km · museum in France · Wikipedia - 07musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain de Nice
The Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, also known as MAMAC, is a museum dedicated to modern art and contemporary art. It opened on 21 June 1990, in Nice, France.
3.6 km · museum in Nice, France · Wikipedia - 08Col d'Èze
The Col d'Èze is a mountain pass in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It is located between Nice and Monaco, near to La Trinité.
3.4 km · mountain pass in France · Wikipedia - 09Castel of Nice Cathedral
Cimiez Cathedral was a Roman Catholic church in the southern town of Nice, France. The cathedral sat on the hill of the Château de Nice, a castle overlooking the city.
3.6 km · cathedral located in Alpes-Maritimes, in France · Wikipedia - 10Palais Lascaris
The Palais Lascaris is a seventeenth-century aristocratic building in Nice, France. Currently, it is a musical instrument museum.
3.8 km · building in Nice, France · Wikipedia
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Getting to Villa La Léopolda
- Airports
- Nice-Côte d'Azur (NCE), 10 km · Genoa Cristoforo Colombo (GOA), 144 km · Turin (TRN), 168 km
- Stations
- Nice-Riquier, 2.5 km
- Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône → Villa La LéopoldaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Bastia → Villa La LéopoldaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Montpellier/Méditerranée → Villa La LéopoldaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Villa La Léopolda
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Villa La Léopolda. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inYou can either follow the road and hope to hitch a ride up, or choose the path up through the forest.
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Next door to Villa La Léopolda
Villa La Léopolda is 4 km from Nice, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Cimiezneighborhood of Nice in France3.8 km