Space and comfort
Mercedes V-Class
- 7 passengers
- 7 pieces of luggage
The V-Class combines the comfort of a sedan with the space of a van, in a beautifully finished cabin. It is the natural choice for carrying your luggage, even the largest pieces.
Private Chauffeur Nice Airport to Grasse
TAILORED · SEAMLESS · DISCREET
The Riviera Elite Standard
Grasse, on the hills of perfume
Riviera Elite Driver provides a licensed and insured private chauffeur service operated in accordance with the professional requirements for private passenger transport. Our vehicles and chauffeurs hold the required professional authorizations and are covered by the appropriate insurance for chauffeur operations. Compliance, safety and the protection of our clients are integral to our standards.
Clinging to the hills above Cannes, Grasse has lived by perfume since the seventeenth century: its houses open their workshops to visitors, rose and jasmine are still grown here, and the old town winds its way up to the cathedral. About 50 minutes of road separate Nice’s runways from the perfumers; your private driver, a local, knows when the highway clogs.
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From the plane to Grasse
Whether an airliner lands you in Nice or a business jet sets down at Cannes-Mandelieu, the real landing time fixes our meeting time; from Nice, the highway runs toward Cannes, then a last road climbs up to Grasse.
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The perfume houses
Galimard since 1747, Molinard since 1849, Fragonard in Grasse since 1926: all three perfumeries welcome visitors, and you can even blend a fragrance of your own.
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Recognized by UNESCO
Growing perfume plants, processing the raw materials, composing a fragrance: since 2018, this know-how of the Pays de Grasse has been on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage.
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Fragonard’s house
Born in Grasse in 1732, the painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard came back in 1790 to stay with a cousin; that bastide is now the Villa-Musée Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
NICE AIRPORT TO GRASSE TRANSFER
From the perfumers to the bastides
Transfers to and from the airport each keep their firm fare; for everything else, an hourly chauffeur takes you from a perfumery to a dinner table, from a hilltop village to the Croisette.
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A factory tour in the morning, a fragrance blended to your taste after lunch, then Cannes for dinner: one chauffeur, all day long.
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Vows at the town hall, in the bishops’ former chapel, then the party at a bastide in the hills: our chauffeurs link town and countryside for the newlyweds and their families, and the rides home are staggered to suit each guest.
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A bastide taken for the summer, friends landing at Cannes-Mandelieu, evenings on the coast: Valentin handles every ride, from the first days of July to the last days of August.
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Enter your address in Grasse or the hills around it: your private car’s fare shows up instantly and won’t change before departure.
CLIENT REVIEWS
Loyal clients, five-star service
A V-Class called impeccable, clients we have driven for over a decade, over twenty people moved around during Cannes Lions: the reviews on Google tell the story. Grasse gets the same attention.
Authentic reviews on GoogleWe have used them for over 10 years as our regular chauffeur service for airport transfers and various trips around the area, both for ourselves and for our guests.
They have always been punctual, reliable, and available even at short notice. We highly recommend the company to anyone looking for a professional, exclusive, and comfortable travel experience at a very reasonable price.
OUR MERCEDES-BENZ FLEET
Up to Grasse in a V-Class van
Trunks, cases of perfume bottles, golf bags: seven people travel in the V-Class without leaving anything behind. For dinner in Cannes, the S-Class is often preferred; a meeting at a perfume house calls for the E-Class instead. If more guests join, we can arrange additional vehicles.
Understated and refined
Mercedes E-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
Elegant and discreet, the E-Class welcomes you into a peaceful atmosphere. It is a favorite with business travelers, who make the most of every minute on the road.
Prestige and serenity
Mercedes S-Class
- 2 passengers
- 2 pieces of luggage
The S-Class embodies all the prestige of Mercedes-Benz. With its unrivaled comfort, it is made for occasions that call for the very best.
PART OF THE SERVICE
Up the hill in comfort
All the way up, Wi-Fi and chargers are at hand; when thirst strikes, the onboard refrigerator has what you need.
Bottles bought at the factory travel safely, wedged in the trunk. And if your arrival deserves a glass of champagne, it is added to the order as an extra.
- Multilingual ChauffeursYour chauffeur speaks French and English. For another language, mention it when you book.
- UmbrellasAn umbrella is always within reach, in case the weather turns.
- Chilled WaterBottled water is offered to you throughout the service.
- Wi-FiStay connected from pickup to drop-off.
- Phone ChargingKeep your devices charged on the way, via USB-C or Lightning.
- Climate ControlThe temperature is set before we pick you up, in summer and winter alike.
- Child SeatsBaby seats, child seats and booster seats are available on request.
- Dress CodeAll our chauffeurs wear a suit and tie.
THE YEAR IN GRASSE
From May roses to August jasmine
Two flower harvests, a museum devoted to perfume, a cathedral with three Rubens paintings: the Grasse calendar is fragrant all year.
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May
Expo Rose
Every May, Expo Rose celebrates the centifolia rose, known as the May rose, grown here for perfumery and harvested only once a year.
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Early August
The Jasmine Festival
Since 1946, Grasse has celebrated jasmine in early August, just as it is harvested: the flower is picked right before dawn, when its scent is strongest.
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One morning
The perfume museum
Opened in 1989 in the Hôtel de Pontevès and enlarged in 2008, the International Perfume Museum traces the history of fragrance; we drop you right by the entrance.
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Since the 13th century
Grasse Cathedral
Built in the thirteenth century, Notre-Dame-du-Puy has displayed three paintings by Rubens since 1972, along with a Washing of the Feet commissioned from the young Fragonard in 1754.
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Experience serving hotels, luxury brands and major events
Grand hotels, luxury maisons and top-tier events follow one another in these logos; the private individuals who travel with us will never appear among them.
For several years, these partners and professional references have relied on Riviera Elite Driver for their private chauffeur needs. Their presence here is a testament to a lasting relationship of trust, built on services we have genuinely delivered.
THE RIVIERA JOURNAL
The same service, wherever you go
Cannes private chauffeur
Cannes
The Croisette, down below the hills.
Antibes private chauffeur
Antibes
The Picasso Museum and Old Antibes.
Cannes-Mandelieu transfer
Cannes-Mandelieu
The jet airfield, west of Cannes.
Nice Airport transfer
Nice Airport
Your landings, at any hour.
AROUND GRASSE
Between the hills and the sea
To the south, Mouans-Sartoux and Mougins slope down toward Cannes; to the east, Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis and Saint-Paul-de-Vence; to the north, the Route Napoléon climbs into the Préalpes.
Rides from the hills
- Nice Airport → GrasseLand, then head up to the perfumers
- Grasse → CannesDown to the Croisette for dinner
- Grasse → Saint-Paul-de-VenceFor the Fondation Maeght
- Grasse → AntibesFor the Picasso Museum
- Grasse → Cannes-Mandelieu AirportBack to your jet
- Grasse → Nice AirportPerfume in the suitcase
GOOD TO KNOW
A question about Grasse?
Is the drive up from the airport a long one?
Allow about fifty minutes: the highway to Cannes, then the climb to Grasse; late in the evening, the trip is often shorter.
Can your chauffeur wait while we tour a perfumery?
Yes: booked for a few hours, your chauffeur waits nearby during the tour or the workshop, and the day continues wherever you choose.
Our jet lands at Cannes-Mandelieu: can someone greet us there?
Of course: at the airfield, a chauffeur is waiting right off the plane, then drives you up to Grasse.
Taxi versus private chauffeur: which suits a trip to Grasse?
In arrivals, the taxi line grows long on busy days; with us, someone is watching for your name at the exit. A brand-new, latest-generation Mercedes-Benz has been brought around, and a chauffeur neatly attired in a suit and tie stows your luggage for the drive up into the old town.
PERSONAL ASSISTANCE
Your stay in Grasse, with Valentin
Valentin Sassi founded Riviera Elite Driver in 2016, after a career in tourism and luxury hospitality on the French Riviera. In the five-star hotels and Palaces of Cannes, he learned what great hospitality demands: attention to detail, discretion and the art of anticipation. These qualities have become his signature.
At first the only one behind the wheel, he earned the trust of hotels, partners and loyal clients, then brought together a team of professional chauffeurs who share his vision of the craft.
Since 2023, he has devoted himself entirely to his clients: he personally organizes every journey and coordinates your chauffeurs.
Day and night, seven days a week, the whole team is just a call away. The perfumeries, the old town, the bastides scattered over the hills, the road that winds down to Cannes: Valentin knows Grasse and its surroundings well.
The vehicle matters. The people who look after you matter more.
