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Côte d'Azur hotels
The Côte d'Azur is famous for its seafront pleasure palaces. In Cannes, the Croisette is lined with properties like the Hôtel Martinez and the InterContinental Carlton. Nice's grandes dames, like Palais de la Méditerranée and Hôtel Negresco, are found along the Place Masséna and the Promenade des Anglais. The Lost Generation's Côte d'Azur, as depicted by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Tender is the Night, is still alive and well, too. Look no further than the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on St.-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, with its legendary pool and all-out white-marble decadence. Be prepared, however, to spend well into the four figures by the time you're done with your stay—literary glamour doesn't come cheap.
Fortunately, cheap and chic are not mutually exclusive concepts: Hotels under $300 are plentiful on the French Riviera. The best of these are boutique hotels, located in renovated townhouses on the town's back streets—like the Renoir in Cannes and Le Grimaldi in Nice—and catering to youngish travelers. These hotels offer a restricted menu of services—no emergency dry cleaning or swimming pools—in exchange for well-designed rooms at reasonable prices. Outside of the big cities, there are cliff-side hideaways, like Le Cagnard in Cagnes-sur-Mer, that have romantic views and great restaurants.
In another sign of Nice's accelerating South Beach–style comeback, the venerable 119-room Beau Rivage (Chekhov and Fitzgerald scribbled here) has been made...more
Like an art gallery waiting for an installation, the Exedra in Nice—a historic Belle Époque hotel that was recently taken over by the Italian luxury...more
In a medieval village perched on a cliff above the Mediterranean between Monte Carlo and Nice, this property is divided between a castle and surrounding...more
Atop one of the most dramatic peaks on the Côte d'Azur, the ten-room Château Eza has the feel of an old Hollywood hideaway. You'll have to climb a...more
You may never see more entitled-looking children than at the Grand Hôtel du Cap, a family-friendly but ultraluxurious palace on 17 manicured acres...more
Sitting in its own palm-lined park in the hills above Cannes's western outskirts, the Château feels like a slice of southern California slipped onto the...more
This 1864 sprawling Belle Époque hotel is near the sea, Place du Casino, and the opera house, garnering it a perfect location score. With white or mahogany...more
From this resort on nine forested acres, most rooms have views of the sea and the Lérins Islands. The restaurant serves traditional French cuisine "that...more
This 1900 landmark has a signature glass dome designed by Gustave Eiffel that "sparkles like a jewel." Rooms in beige and red or beige and blue have busy...more
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