HOTELS
Hotels
Ten hotels was a test. Nineteen starts to look like a selection. Sea view, pool, palace, small address or Monaco excess: we keep places with a reason to exist, not merely a marketing budget.
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Staying on the Riviera without a car
The train can stop your holiday turning into a guided tour of underground car parks.
Read the guideNiceWhere to stay in Nice
Seven bookable picks, from practical four-star to palace with a very high opinion of itself.
See NiceCannesWhere to stay in Cannes
Four addresses, from iconic Croisette palace to boutique hotel without an 800-sq-m lobby.
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Hôtel du Couvent
Yes, it's expensive. So is regretting your hotel for four nights.
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Le Negresco
You do not book Le Negresco because you like beige. Thank God.
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Maison Albar - Le Victoria
A new luxury hotel in Nice has to work quite hard to impress us. The rooftop is doing a lot of the work.
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Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée
A giant Art Deco façade and a pool facing the sea. At least nobody is pretending to be modest.
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Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel
The Riviera, five-star rooftop edition. Yes, the view is actively participating in the price.
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Hôtel La Pérouse
For once, 'hidden above the sea' is not entirely a marketing invention.
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Hôtel Apollinaire Nice
A very useful hotel. Coming from us, that is a compliment.
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Hôtel Martinez
If you are going to do Cannes, sometimes you may as well stop pretending you came for discretion.
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Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel
Yes, it is the Carlton. No, you do not need to pretend you discovered it.
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Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes
For people who want Cannes exactly as Cannes likes to present itself.
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Le Cavendish
Cannes without a marble lobby the size of a prefecture. It exists.
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Èze, Cap-Ferrat, Monaco & Menton
Château de La Chèvre d'Or
Yes, the view is ridiculous. Yes, the bill can be too. Both things can be true.
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Royal-Riviera
The Riviera for people who prefer Cap-Ferrat to Monaco's noise. Understandable.
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The Maybourne Riviera
An architectural object that seems to have forgotten a cliff is not normally furniture.
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Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo
Subtlety left somewhere between the marble staircase and Casino Square. Fine.
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Villa Genesis
Menton has lemons. It also has a five-star villa. Try to contain your surprise.
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