Hôtel & Spa Belle Plage

Style

Bodacious southern belle

Setting

Modernisme sur mer

With curves in all the right places, Hôtel & Spa Belle Plage gives Riviera Modernism a futuristic facelift transforming a 1930s seaside hotel into a sculptural sanctuary in the historic heart of Cannes. Like any œuvre d'art, composition is key, and designer Raphael Navot’s revamp includes plenty of painterly touches; vertical wooden shutters harmonise with organic silhouettes and bone-white walls are lit up by strokes of sherbet, blooms of bright mimosas and warm mood lighting. Tuck into Israeli-inspired fare next to Eyal Shani’s open kitchen before a sunset interlude on the rooftop terrace, where drinks are served from a sleek standalone bar parading (almost) 360 views from the palm-flanked stretch of Mediterranean blue to the terracotta rooftops of Le Suquet.

Facilities

Rooms

58, including two suites.

Checkout

12 noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

More Details

Some rates include a continental breakfast of fresh fruit, juices, cereal, yoghurts, a range of hot options and a selection of homemade pastries and cakes.

Also

The hotel has elevators for disabled guests, accessible parking and wide-entrance bathrooms.

Fitness Center

Free Internet Access

Pet Friendly

Pool

On-Site Restaurant

Room Service

Spa

At the Hotel

Clothing boutique, terrace bar, free WiFi throughout, spa and garden restaurant. In rooms: Nespresso machine and kettle, minibar, HD TV with Chromecast, bespoke bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

All rooms are equally design-forward thanks to the keen eye of Raphael Navot and his team, each with made-to-measure features including woven headboards that recline into rugs, organic statement lights and modular stone desks. Suite Belle Plage is particularly noteworthy where you’ll find a halo-lit living room sprinkled with pottery and hand-selected hardbacks. There’s a bone-white bath tub, terrazzo flooring made from over-sized chips of marble, a fully-equipped kitchenette and two separate sea-facing terraces framing the Esterel mountain range in the distance. Executive rooms are best adapted to families, with a sofa bed for a third person or child.

Poolside

There’s no traditional pool as such, but all guests have one-hour-per-day access to the watsu pool in the hotel's spa.

Spa

Spa Villa Belle Plage is the largest in all of Cannes, with ten treatment rooms, a Jacuzzi, fitness room, lush garden and health-forward restaurant. Choose from a roster of anti-aging procedures, detoxifying treatments and reflexology therapies, or sit back and let the dry heat of the Himalayan pink salt sauna work its magic on your muscles. Access to the spa is included in all bookings.

Packing Tips

They say dress for the life you want, but in Cannes, it may be more appropriate to dress for the party you want an invite to. Throw in a couple of old-school glam gowns and some dazzling disco heels along with your sturdier, campagne-ready flats.

Also

If all those curves have got you feeling groovy, the in-room speaker comes loaded with a curated playlist to get you in that Riviera state of mind.

Children

Welcome, though not particularly catered for. There’s no capacity for extra beds, though cots can be provided free of charge. Families should opt for an Executive room or Apartment for extra space.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

Eat at the banquet bar if you’re feeling curious - the chefs are happy to chat as they slice and dice their way through the evening.

Dress Code

Effortless tousled hair, soft lines and a statement straw bag to channel a Jacquemus-esque Riviera fantasy.

Hotel Restaurant

Crowning the top floor of the hotel, the appropriately named restaurant, Bella, is the brainchild of Eyal Shani, the ex-Miznon chef hailed by foodies as the Israeli king of pita bread and cauliflower. Specialising in Mediterranean sharing plates inspired by the flavours of Israel, all dishes are made last minute using seasonal ingredients from the Côte d'Azur. Inside, warm terracotta walls are punctuated with pastel accents; mint green vases, stripes of blush pink and coral, and a bespeckled terrazzo countertop from which a full continental breakfast is served each morning. Start your day with a healthy selection of fresh fruit, yoghurts, buttery pastries and homemade cakes – yes, the handsomely sage gâteau à la pistache tastes just as good as it looks. Dinner is a riot of mix-n-match veggies, seafood and masterfully cooked meats. Start with the beetroot carpaccio or whole leek sashimi, lead with the grilled calamari, tomato foam and yoghurt or a serving of hummus with roasted shrimps in a beurre noisette, and wrap it up with a theatrical crescendo; tender cote de boeuf sliced at your table. If you’re getting hungry, you’re not alone – the restaurant draws a crowd of well-attuned bon viveurs from Cannes and beyond, so be sure to book a table in advance. For lighter options, garden restaurant Villa serves up good-for-you fare that is just as green as your surroundings. The virtuous yet decadent dishes – such as immunity-boosting elixirs, sea bass ceviche and a superfood lemon meringue pie – use local produce from the Forville market.

Hotel Bar

Half-way between a baroque lemonade stand and a luxury yacht, you’ll find the bar on the wrap-around roof terrace where knee-weakening views of the sea on one side and Le Suquet on the other spread out behind scalloped glass walls. Rounded seating is set across the wooden deck, where the hotel’s emblematic trio of palms adorn a cocktail menu full of Israeli-inspired concoctions. Favourites among them include the Mazel Tov (arak, sirop de datte, pomme, caviar de vanille, ginger ale) and the refreshing Eilat (rose liqueur, Saint Germain, Champagne Veuve Clicquot, lemonade), as well as all the classics and potions sans alcohol for the sensible.

Last Orders

At Bella, lunch runs from noon to 3pm and dinner from 7pm to 11pm. The bar opens daily from 5:30pm and mixes its last 75 at 1am.

Room Service

The on-call drinks menu means you needn’t change out of your bathrobe to enjoy a sunset Mimosa or two, just scan the in-room QR code and put your feet up, slippers are optional.

Planes

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport airport is 25 km away, and is served by most of the main airlines.

Trains

Cannes-Voyageurs train station is a 15-minute walk from the hotel, with direct connections to all main cities in the South (Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Nice and Montpellier) and beyond.

Automobiles

The Côte d'Azur has plenty of jewels in her crown and with four wheels, you can savour them all. Hire a ride at the airport, there’s parking at the hotel for €40 a night.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Cannes’ fair shores couldn’t be more conveniently located for day-tripping, with Monaco’s moneyed microstate and the party-goer paradise of St Tropez on its doorstep. Hire a boat and explore the Cote d’Azur by sea, or drive through winding lavender fields in search of Provence’s fabled villages and vineyards. Thirty minutes away, you’ll find Chateau Sainte Rosaline, a prestigious 12th-century estate created by Pope Jean XXII. Here, you’ll find over 100 hectares of vines, a romantic cloister and a fabled chapel filled with works by Chagall, Giacometti, Bazaine, and Ubac. You’ll also find a heart-flutteringly good rosè (when in Provence…), so we recommend booking in for a tasting session. While you’re there, Gorges de Pennafort is a fine spot for a hike – though you might want to let the wine wear off first. Back in the city, the iconic La Croisette is prime location for an afternoon amble, dotted with casinos and designer boutiques. Go star-gazing at Carlton beach club where the who’s who of Hollywood make a splash, or lie low (by which we mean horizontal on a lounger) at La Môme.

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