5 Magnificent Hotels on the French Riviera

French Riviera is one of the finest holiday destinations where stunningly luxurious resorts and villas contrast with sleepy hillside villages, modern glamour and ancient architecture, wonderful gardens, magnificent beaches, and mild Mediterranean ambiance and eternal sunshine, making it the ideal place to stay and explore. There are numerous luxurious hotels in French Riviera but the five most classic hotels will take you a tour of great artists including Fitzgerald, Hemingway Picasso who often spent their relaxing summers along France’s Cote d’Azur.

Belles Rives, Juans-les-Pin, Antibes

An authentic paradise the Belles Rives is more than an ordinary hotel, which has been immortalize by F. Scott Fitzgerald who stayed here with his wife Zelda from 1925 to 1927 and wrote Tender Is the Night. The hotel is on The Mediterranean coast near Juan-les-Pins and at the commencement of “Cap d’Antibes”.
Besides offering the memories of great writer, it offers its guests delightful, graceful and comfortable accommodation with ancient 1930′s decoration. The hotel has immortalized with a library near Fitzgerald memorabilia and the Fitzgerald Jazz Bar.

Welcome Hotel, Villefranche-sur-Mer

The Welcome Hotel is situated in the heart of Villefranche-sur-Mer between Nice and Monte-Carlo and close to Baie des Fourmis Beach, Chapelle de St-Pierre, Passable Beach, Ephrussi Villa and Kerylos Villa. It invites its guests with its own distinctive personality â€" with peaceful and warm environment. This mythical heritage or boutique hotel will tour you to its fascinating history where many artists have enjoyed their pleasant summer including Jean Cocteau in particular. After 1920, the funky Hotel de l’Univers, which is today’s Welcome hotel, was made as a winter holiday destination for high-class Brits. Besides discovering a fascinating history, tourists can enjoy the views of turquoise Mediterranean from its balcony and rooms.

Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes

The luxury Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc is nestled between Nice and Cannes on the splendid Côte d’Azur. Nestling in the midst of approximately twenty-two acres of pine forest with an immaculate coastline and magnificent views of the Mediterranean Sea, it is such a perfect elite heaven that offers the extreme luxury and privacy. It was the Grand Hotel du Cap, one of the most glamorous spots in the South of France, which has been memorialized in Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night as the Hotel des Etrangers. It became a fashionable summer party center with the gathering of artists Fitzgerald and Picasso, and a symbol of first-class-living expats.

The hotel is 20-minute drive away from Nice Côte d’Azur Airport and 15 minutes from Cannes. Some historic villages and towns including Eze, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Gourdon and Biot and famous tourists destination including Nice, Monaco are easily accessible from here.

Le Negresco, Nice

The striking pink and white building ‘Hotel Negresco’ â€" situated on the Promenade des Anglais on the Baie des Anges in Nice, France â€" is one of the most magnificent hotels in Europe with the historical landmark of Cote d’Azur and world-class museum-worthy art works and collections of Moretti, Dalí and sculptress Niki de Saint-Phalle created by art connoisseur Jeanne Augier. It offers an amazing view of the rare antique interiors and historical paintings and feelings of exclusive living. It was named after Henri Negresco who constructed this splendid hotel in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the times, when the Negresco first opened in 1913 its front opened facing the Mediterranean Sea. With a total of 119 guest rooms plus sumptuous 22 suites, the Negresco has maintained its hotel and spot to be of the most elegant and luxurious destination. Art lover Guests can also visit the nearby museums including Musée Matisse and Musée National Marc Chagall.

The family owned the building for more than fifty years. In 2003, the government of France enlisted the Hotel Negresco as a National Historic Building and is now a member of Leading Hotels of the World.

La Colombe d’Or, St-Paul de Vence

The world famous Hotel La Colombe d’Or with an enthralling garden, which was constructed as an artists’ café, is situated at the threshold of the village of Saint-Paul de Vence. It the favorite constellation place for popular artists like Matisse, Picasso, Jacques Prévert, Yves Montand, James Baldwin, Bonnard, and Dufy who would often come for their meal. Today the hotel holds the priceless collection of artwork of Chagall, Modigliani, Leger, Braque, and Calder and every room features distinctive art and vintage furniture and décor â€" French farmhouse décor, wood-beamed ceilings and terra-cotta floors. Hotel guests can enjoy the lovely heated pool, which is crowned by a Calder mobile. It is also known that Scott Fitzgerald’s wife Zelda walked a few stone steps when Fitzgerald flirted with dancer Isadora Duncan.

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