Two mythical stopovers
The Grand Hotel du Cap-Ferrat
The setting:
set at the tip of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, in the middle of a 7-hectare park overlooking the sea, this establishment, inaugurated in 1908, wearing the colors of Four Seasons, has seen everything that the planet has celebrities… For its centenary, it has had a facelift.
Result: 74 rooms, 24 suites and a private villa.
A new wing, called La Résidence, has 8 suites extended by a swimming pool dug into the rock.
The hotel is full of works: tapestry by Fernand Léger, table signed Lalique, paintings by contemporary painters...
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The table:
three restaurants, three different atmospheres.
Le Cap, 1 star, run by chef Yoric Tièche, offers a Provençal menu, La Véranda favors light cuisine and the Poolside Grill at Club Dauphin offers a selection of fish and seafood, by the famous swimming pool.
Are we going for?
Treat yourself to a new well-being retreat, the four pillars of which are physical exercise, relaxation, nature and healthy eating.
People indulge in yoga, breathing sessions, open-air qigong and aquatic activities to recharge their batteries.
All accompanied by courses in pottery, floral art or watercolour.
From €710.
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The Hotel Martinez, in Cannes
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Hotel Martinez Michel Figuet
The decor:
inaugurated in 1929, the Hotel Martinez evokes the Riviera of the Roaring Twenties.
Revamped by architect Pierre-Yves Rochon in 2018, this flagship of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt houses, behind its mythical white facade, 409 rooms, including 99 suites.
Special mention to the apartments on the seventh floor dedicated to two great figures of cinema: Isabelle Huppert and Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival.
The table:
under the leadership of chef Christian Sinicropi, a native of Cannes, the hotel offers several restaurants.
Star of the place: La Palme d'Or, 2 stars in the Red Guide, you can enjoy a dinner with food and wine pairing.
As for the Jardin du Martinez, planted with Mediterranean species, it looks like a Provençal Eden.
Finally, La Plage has a yachting atmosphere: blue sofas, white deckchairs and parasols, a long wooden pontoon.
An essential place for lunch or weekend brunch.
Are we going for?
In the cozy atmosphere of the bar, discover the famous white-varnished trunk housing an incredible collection of the best gins in the world.
The opportunity to taste the Citadelle made in France, made with 19 spices and served with pintxos.
From €433.
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Three star tables
The Pavilion, in Monaco
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Hôtel Hermitage, the Pavyllon Monte-Carlo LANNERETONNE
Yannick Alléno entrusted his Pavyllon Monte-Carlo, table on the waves of the sublime Hôtel Hermitage, to the eye of Chahan Minassian.
The interior designer of Armenian origin has made this stopover on the Rock his own.
“Chahanism” operates there with the naturalness of beautiful materials.
A huge counter in metallic wood, foreground of an open kitchen with geometric tiling, immediately creates a spirit of conviviality.
We let ourselves be caught up in the gestures of the brigade and the kaleidoscope of the sea reflected in small smoked mirrors.
Shimmer and whitewash, gray-green tones, each element has been designed as a subtle reminder of the Mediterranean, on which an XXL terrace spreads its hanging garden.
We enjoy green lasagna, pasta gratin with basil, lemon, bottarga, line-caught whiting in fish & chips,
Pavyllon Monte-Carlo, Hotel Hermitage, square Beaumarchais, 98000 Monaco.
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The Bella, in Cannes
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Hotel Belle Plage, la Bella.
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Perched on the rooftop of the Belle Plage hotel, Bella is the brand new festive and flavorful crow's nest of the Riviera.
At the helm: star chef Eyal Shani.
Figurehead of the Israeli culinary scene, already at the head of Miznon, a triptych of happy Levantine canteens in Paris, and unmissable tables in Ibiza, New York, Tel Aviv…, here he is in Cannes.
Wide view, blue-white-sand decor, in the casting of the plates of this bio au pic, vegetables, gleaned early in the morning at the market, have the title role.
Fish just landed from the old port are doing their thing.
Octopus chiffon bruschetta, roasted red pepper mezze with artichoke shoots and baba ganoush, shrimp pita steamed with seawater, hake meatballs with a good smell of tomato,
vita e beautiful
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Belle Plage Hotel, 2, rue Brougham, square Mistral, 06400 Cannes.
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ALYA'S by SW, in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
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Pakistani dish from ALYA'S by SW restaurant.
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Back to basics for Sylvestre Wahid, two-starred chef, now at the head of his eponymous restaurant in Courchevel.
He takes advantage of the summer, from this month of May, to get into the family kitchen in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where his brother, the pastry chef Jonathan Wahid, and his sister-in-law, the chef Fanny Rey, run an inn. .
On the menu: cuisine, a nod to its Pakistani origins.
Spices and tandoori, vegetables and fish from here, lassi from there, royal lentil dhal and okra cooked “her mother's way”… worth the trip.
ALYA'S by SW, L'Auberge de Saint-Rémy, 12, boulevard Mirabeau, 13210 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
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