Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel
Luxury delights of the Mediterranean
A little cove at the entrance to Cap d’Antibes, one hotel, two restaurants, a "Summer Beach Wellness" center and a fine sandy beach nestling between the “Port Gallice” and “Port des Croutons”, a magnificent panoramic view stretching from the Lérins Islands to the Estérel mountains, everything you could posibly dream of. Enticing gastronomy and farniente, luxury and pleasure, dizziness and passion... all the temptations offered by the Cap d’Antibes Beach Hôtel are invitations to indulge in luxury and refinement. Right at the water's edge, this unique site of almost 2.5 acres is the new port-of-call on Cap d’Antibes. With its terraces and private sandy beach, the perfect venue to unwind with friends and family, it offers a range of refined gourmet fare in its gastronomic restaurant “Les Pêcheurs” (1 star in the Michelin Guide) and its beach restaurant “Le Cap”. Since May 2009, this idyllic setting has played host to a new "Relais & Châteaux" establishment with 27 rooms and suites proposing refined lines of contemporary architecture surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation with all the charm and freshness of a garden bathed by the sea. Halfway between Cannes and Nice, the Cap d’Antibes Beach Hôtel is just a 25-minute drive from the Nice Côte d’Azur International Airport. Thanks to its seafront, it is also easily and rapidly accessible by boat, making it one of very few sites on the Côte d'Azur to claim so many advantages.
In January, 2010, the Cap d'Antibes Beach Hôtel was accorded the privilege of becoming a member of the "Relais & Châteaux" association after being renovated in 2009 : a complete transformation of the architecture, both indoors and out. Streamlined buildings, roof terraces, a leafy patio… Sophisticated and comprehensive design for this new venue worthy of the Côte d'Azur. The plan for decoration offers the hotel's future guests a sensorial experience inspired by the natural elements which comprise this extraordinary site on the French Riviera : the sea, woods, beaches, ancient villages, sun, light and warmth. A vocabulary linked with these elements is deployed throughout the entire project, from rooms to suites, from the lobby to the restaurant via the bar, terraces and garden. A fantasy of the sea : immense frescos cover the walls of the rooms and, huge imaginary aquariums with outsize inmates : sea bream, stingrays, sea bass. Lamps have apparently run aground or float on pedestals and bed-heads, starfishes and sea anemones are all tangled together or suspended in mid-air. Shiny fabrics recall the iridescent skin of fish just landed in the nets. Rattan furnishings reflect expertise in rope-weaving, their colors washed-out as if from many years at sea, like luxurious 21st-century nets. The fishermen’s hut has become a suite, though traces of the past are still in evidence : sandstone flooring, waxed concrete walls, a rustic atmosphere combined with sophistication, the tones and essence of the furniture inspired by century-old olive-trees. The forest has been tamed to give a magnificent garden with fragrant Mediterranean species, an invitation to stroll over wooden pontoons, jetties thrown out between the sea and beach, pontoon terraces between the beach and hotel, between light and shade. An ever-present beach, at the entrance to the hotel, with armchairs and sofas in the shape of sea-shells, cocoons with the echo of bewitching mermaids, invitations to indulge in relaxation and well-being. The reception desk and tables in the lobby are made of natural minerals, rocks rubbed smooth by the waves, havens of shelter, a translucent glass wall frosted by sea-spray, and everywhere the glowing rose of sunset. In this giant shipyard, wood is also omnipresent, transforming the hotel into a luxury liner ready to set sail. Intimacy, tradition and modernity against a backcloth of comforting and soothing nature, to lull the senses of privileged guests ready to make the voyage.
The “Restaurant Les Pêcheurs” occupies an idyllic setting on elevated position offering a fabulous view of the sea. Its majestic terrace with its Mediterranean vegetation overlooks the beach. Entrusted to Sybille de Margerie, the architecture and interior design propose a contemporary style. Pure architectural lines give the entrance to the hotel a sophisticated atmosphere. The restaurant opens out through picture windows to its splendid terrace with an enchanting sea view. The “Restaurant Les Pêcheurs” can accommodate up to 50 guests and a further 90 on its terrace. Refined cuisine with Philippe Jégo, a star-rated chef at the helm, whose vivacious cuisine combining flavors and fragrances from all around the Mediterranean with rare virtuosity, invites you on a gastronomic cruise in a corner of paradise…
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