A taste of Heaven in Antibes

Then, one day, a business meeting took me to Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. This is how the dream began. I made a right from the main road in Antibes and entered the magic park of pines. Drove for a few seconds down an alley covered in a green peaceful forest and stopped in front of a white Palace. It was the doorman called Michelle who first told me Welcome to Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. A tall, dressed in a cream jacket, extremely stylish man, in his 60s, took my car and showed me the way inside. I travelled in time as I walked towards the great terrace opening to the sea giving the impression of a luxury yacht. But not as far as I would feel lost, but as much as I needed to feel the real comfort of the last century and completely forget about the eve

I had lunch at the restaurant called The Grill and I felt like in a Fellini movie. The perfect bistro menu, the raspberry delicious dessert and the chic casual dressed waiters, everything seemed like a scenario prepared for a successful summer afternoon.

When thinking I have just seen the best part of the French Riviera style, I felt to spend another hour around the park that takes the hotel into a quiet dimension. A few steps behind the restaurant villa, there is the Napoleon III style building housing the rooms and the apartments of the 5 stars jewellery. But more impressive is the feeling you get around the trees and on the alleys drawn like in a romance novel through the perfectly trimmed grass.

I usually don’t get overexcited with hotels. It’s just that a few hours spent at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc made my imagination fly, high above everything I have ever seen on the French Riviera. For sure, a visit to the restaurant is just a glimpse of what you can experience at this Palace, so well taken care of by the Oetker family.