The Dog’s Head

  • Cliff
  • Mountain
  • Viewpoint
  • Rock
Elevation : 550m
2 Place Detras, 06320 La Turbie
A rocky promontory of 550 meters above sea level, located above the Mediterranean and the Principality of Monaco, the "Tête de Chien" offers you one of the most beautiful panoramas of the French Riviera, stretching from Italy to the Esterel !
This promontory is an important point in the landscape of the Riviera. In addition to the extraordinary panorama that it allows to contemplate both towards Nice and Italy, it also recalls that the Belle Époque, although a unique parenthesis of peace and carelessness, was from the military point of view a period of continuation of defensive constructions, such as the fort of the Tête de Chien completed in 1884 under the responsibility of General Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières, and which was...

Services

Services

Car park
Animals accepted

Openings

Openings

All year 2025 - Open everyday

Location

Location

The Dog’s Head
Elevation : 550m
2 Place Detras, 06320 La Turbie

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • English
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Close to a motorway
  • Close to a trunk road
  • Town outskirts
  • Isolated
  • Village 2 km away
  • Close to GR footpath
  • Sea view
  • Panoramic view
Updated on 25 November 2022 at 11:16
by Office de Tourisme Menton, Riviera & Merveilles
(Offer identifier : 6288205)
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