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Hôtel Negresco (Hotel) 5 star

  • 37 Promenade Des Anglais
    NICE 06000, FRANCE | View map
  • Price Range: Top end
  • Neighbourhood: Promenade des Anglais
  • Atmosphere: Opulent and Low-key

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Lonely Planet Review

Quotes Built in splendorous belle époque style in 1912 and now a protected historical site, the palatial, pink-domed Negresco - dreamed up by Romanian hotelier Henri Negresco; and owned by the same family since 1957 - is not only one of the most famous hotels in France, but anywhere.

At the hotel's heart is the stained-glass Salon Royale designed by Gustave Eiffel, bearing one of the world's two chandeliers of its kind (16,800 beads of Baccarat crystal weighing over one tonne; the other is in the Kremlin). Filled with more valuable art than many public museums (including, for instance, one of only three Hyacinthe Rigaud Louis XIV portraits; you'll find the others in the Louvre and Versailles), the first floor focuses on the 18th and 19th centuries, the second floor modern art, the third 18th-century romantic, the fourth Napoleon I, and the fifth Napoleon III. Each of the 121 rooms and 24 suites is utterly unique (with mod cons, too), and decadently attended to by a total of 250 staff. When (or rather, if) you tire of admiring the priceless art and architecture, the Negresco's private beach, Neptune Plage, is just across the street.

Review by author Catherine Le Nevez

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How To Get There

From Nice International Airport:
Approximate distance to the hotel is 6 kilometers.

Nearby Points of Interest

  1. Promenade des Anglais Directly Opposite
  2. Rue de France (Shopping) 2 blocks
  3. NiceVille Railway Station 1.5 kilometers
  4. Vieux Nice (Historic Old Town) 1.5 kilometers
  1. Musée Masséna (Museum of Art and History) Next Door
  2. Place Masséna (Shopping) 1.0 kilometer
  3. Opera House 1.5 kilometers
  4. Port of Nice 2.0 kilometers
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Facilities

  1. Parking
  2. Pets allowed
  3. In-House bar
  4. Breakfast
  5. Business center
  6. Meeting rooms
  7. Air conditioning
  8. Restaurant
  9. Airport transportation
  10. Fitness facility
  11. Laundry facilities
  12. Security facilities
  13. ATM/Banking
  14. Ballroom(s)
  15. Banquet facilities
  16. Bar/lounge
  17. Breakfast services
  18. Business services
  19. Comp newspapers in lobby
  20. Concierge desk
  21. Concierge services
  1. Conference Room(s)
  2. Currency Exchange
  3. Elevator/lift
  4. Elevator/lift attendant
  5. Event catering
  6. Exhibit space
  7. Express Check-in
  8. Express check-out
  9. Fireplace in lobby
  10. Gift shop or newsstand
  11. Internet public area - comp
  12. Internet public area - wireless
  13. Medical assistance available
  14. Meeting room (small groups)
  15. Parking (Complimentary)
  16. Parking (valet)
  17. Pets allowed - Fees Apply
  18. Room service (24 hours)
  19. Shopping on site
  20. Wedding services

Check-in/Check-out

Earliest check-in: 3:00 PM
Latest check-out time: 12:00 PM

Author Tip

Up there in the fame stakes is the Negresco's crimson-coloured, Michelin-starred restaurant, Chantecler (closed Mon, Tue, and during January), where Bruno Turbot's classic French cuisine might include oscietre caviar on egg-white mousse, followed by Rossini beef on truffle brioche. Lighter all round, the bistro La Rotonde is like dining aboard a carrousel, with painted horses and fairy floss-hued booths.

Curious Fact

If the walls could talk! Past guests have included Queen Elizabeth II, Winston Churchill, Harry S Truman, Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Jean Cocteau, Edith Piaf, Frank Sinatra, The Beatles, Charlie Chaplin, James Dean, Brigitte Bardot, Marlon Brando, Alfred Hitchcock, Walt Disney, Michael Jackson...