A true
garden of Eden where privacy, luxury and charm combine with perfection…
No
words really do justice to the beauty of this place.
Histrionically
poised on the most southern tip on the Cap d’Antibes, having just completed a
45 million euro restoration project and having been a hotel hub for the rich
and famous since it first opened its doors in 1870, the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
has had the making of an iconic hotel, in which only the wealthiest, most
glamorous and elitist of guests would stay. And boy has it lived up to
expectations!
Whilst most
luxury hotels across the world can ‘name drop’ a celebrity or two amongst their
guests who have stayed there, the Cote d’Azur’s Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc could win
a competition amongst hoteliers of whose hotel has had the highest number, and
highest calibre, of famous names rest their heads there hands down, if such a
competition was ever to occur!
Alongside
the Hollywood megastars such as Sharon Stone, who was reported to have ordered
a traditionally Irish-dressed harpist to entertain her during her stay at Hotel
du Cap-Eden-Roc, socialite Paris Hilton, who, of course with a father who runs
the Hilton Hotel empire is no stranger to luxury hotels, stayed here during the Cannes Film
Festival when a Vanity Fair party was held at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc.
Brad and
Angelina, who were reportedly turned away during a film festival, the Windsors,
Bushes, Clintons and Berlusconis are all regulars, hey even Pablo Picasso and
Gary Cooper set up a shooting gallery in the gardens. Okay, okay we get the
picture, the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc ten, the Marriot eight!
And being
set in a plum position in 22 acres of pine trees and tropical gardens,
overlooking the spectacular Cote d’Azur, it is easy to comprehend why the stars
flock here in their droves.
The main
part of the hotel was constructed in 1870 by the founder of Le Figaro
newspaper. Picasso’s legacy lives on in the hotel, with an abundance of art
works and tapestries adorning the reception’s walls.
If swimming
pools can compete in the glamour stakes, then they don’t come much more
glamorous than the pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. This extraordinary
swimming pool was dynamited out of the basal above the bay in 1914. Cut into
the edge of the cliff, today the swimming pool is a salt water infinity pool,
and needless to say the views from the pool are simply stunning.
Close to
the pool the Eden-Roc pavilion can be found, which is the only feature of the
hotel that is open to non-residents. Resonant of an art deco cruise liner,
sitting on either of the two terraces of restaurants that overhang the sea in
the pavilion, is an experience in itself, particularly if you order the wolf
off the menu!
Needless to
say you will need to book well in advance if you want to stay at the Hotel du
Cap-Eden-Roc, after all, this is the Cote d’Azur at its most glamorous.
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