Château de Bellet sits high in the hills above western Nice, in the small Bellet appellation that makes the city one of the rare places in France with vineyards inside its own municipal limits. The estate's chapel now works as a tasting room and shop, and the setting is the point: vines, dry stone, views toward the Var valley, and the sudden reminder that Nice is not only sea, old town, and Promenade des Anglais.
This is not a casual bar crawl stop. It suits travelers who want to understand the local wine that turns up on serious Nice wine lists, especially whites from Rolle and reds and roses from old regional grapes. Visits and tastings should be checked ahead, and the trip works best as a deliberate detour by car, taxi, or the local bus up to the Saquier hills.