"At this 150-year-old grande dame, old-school glamour mingles with Riviera hedonism on its manicured, pine tree–studded grounds. Well-heeled regulars, returning season after season to Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, appreciate the loyalty of long-term staff. During the Cannes Film Festival, tycoons and oligarchs feature on the guest list, rubbing shoulders with high-profile celebrities who relax with croquet games between press junkets. Part of the Oetker Collection, the hotel made an appearance in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night; Picasso once designed the menus; in 2011, Chanel presented its annual travel-inspired Cruise collection in the Grande Allée. It’s that sense of history, coupled with wonderful service, that distinguishes the Hotel du Cap. In 2024, an additional 34 (of 111) rooms were touched up with original artwork and new fabrics by Pierre Frey fabrics to complement original details such as chandeliers and Louis XV furniture. The 31 seaside cabanas also got a glow-up. There are new enticements, too: a Tequilaria Bar overlooking the Med and exclusive treatments from Dior at the spa." - Mary Winston Nicklin