Cap-d'Ail (French pronunciation: ​[kap daj]), Italian: Capodaglio or Capo d'Aglio, Occitan: Caup d'Alh) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It borders the district of La Colle in the Principality of Monaco.

Modern Cap d'Ail is a modern seaside resort with a lively shopping district on the Basse Corniche and quiet, fashionable residential quarters. Many people who work in Monaco live here. Plage la Mala is prized by many day trippers from Monaco and Nice.

Of the 3, Marquet beach is best for families. It slopes down gently to the sea and is easy to reach. It has a yacht club and 2 restaurants. Mala beach is surrounded by vegetation and can be reached by foot along a narrow path. It also is suitable for families and has 2 restaurants.
Pissarelles beach is for the more athletic visitor. It is surrounded by rocks and is reached along a path that is a little difficult for children.

Right beside the sea is the Sacha Guitry park which has been laid out in terraces beside the villa that used to belong to this famous author. Moreover he is not the only one to have been enchanted by Cap d'Ail. Its 5km of coastline have charmed many other personalities: the Prince of Wales, the Tsarevitch, the Lumiere brothers, Greta Garbo, Apollinaire, and of course Cocteau !

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