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The '''Hôtel du Cap''' is a [[Hotel#Resort_hotels|resort hotel]] in [[Antibes]] on the [[French Riviera]]. Built originally as a private mansion, it opened as a hotel in 1870. |
The '''Hôtel du Cap''' is a [[Hotel#Resort_hotels|resort hotel]] in [[Antibes]] on the [[French Riviera]]. Built originally as a private mansion, it opened as a hotel in 1870. Its restarant, Eden-Roc, ranked 82nd in the Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants Guide 2012 <ref name="Elite Traveler">{{cite news|url= http://www.elitetraveler.com/category/finest-dining/top-100-restaurants-in-the-world/page/9 |title = Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants Guide |accessdate= 12 March 2013 |magazine=Elite Traveler}}</ref>. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Revision as of 11:34, 22 March 2013
The Hôtel du Cap is a resort hotel in Antibes on the French Riviera. Built originally as a private mansion, it opened as a hotel in 1870. Its restarant, Eden-Roc, ranked 82nd in the Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants Guide 2012 [1].
History
The founder of France's Le Figaro newspaper, Hippolyte de Villemessant, built the Villa Soleil in 1869 for writers seeking inspiration. In 1887, Italian hotelier Antoine Sella bought the property, and opened the Grand Hôtel du Cap in 1889. In 1914, the Eden Roc pavillon was built 400 yards away from the main hotel. Gerald and Sara Murphy, a young American couple who had expatriated to France in the 1920s, once rented the hotel for an entire summer, a unique event for the era as the French Riviera was not a summer destination at the time, but a winter escape for the wealthy. With the Murphys came many writers and artists of the Lost Generation, including F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Fitzgerald immortalized it as the Hôtel des Etrangers in Tender Is the Night. Marc Chagall made sketches in one of the shady beachside cabanas after their construction in the 1960s.[2] Guests included Marlene Dietrich, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton conducted an affair and honeymooned there. The hotel has traditionally been a particular favourite of film stars, especially during the annual Cannes Film Festival.
Rudolf August Oetker, a German industrialist, and his wife Maja von Malaisé first spotted the mansion while sailing on the Côte d'Azur in 1964; they bought the hotel five years later, in 1969.[3]
The hotel for many years did not accept credit cards. Cash only was accepted, though most guests wired money ahead of their stay. In 2006 this policy was dropped.
Amenities
The property is composed of 3 buildings:
- The Hôtel du Cap
- The Eden-Roc
- Les 2 Fontaines
The main hotel, a Napoleon III château, is located on the southern tip of the Cap d'Antibes in 22 acres of pine trees and tropical gardens.[4] In addition, there are two private villas, the Villa Eleana (in front of the property) and the Villa Les Cèdres (in the property). Owner Maja Oetker decorates the rooms and suites.[5] In 2011, the hotel underwent a $67 million renovation. Within the complex there are two clay tennis courts, a spa, fitness center, shopping, hair dresser and nine acres of lush greenery. The swimming pool is a heated salt water pool, cut into the edge of the cliff in 1914.[6] Thirty-three cabanas are located in the rock facing the sea.
Management
The Hôtel du Cap Eden Roc belongs to the Oetker Collection. The Oetker Collection is managed by the Oetker family.
The Oetker Collection includes five hotels:
- The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d'Antibes
- Le Château Saint Martin and Spa, Vence
- Le Bristol, Paris
- The Brenners Park and Spa, Baden Baden
- The Palais Namaskar, Marrakesh
References
- ^ "Elite Traveler World's Top Restaurants Guide". Elite Traveler. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ Christina Passariello (May 26, 2011), Splendor on the Riviera Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Christina Passariello (May 26, 2011), Splendor on the Riviera Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Andrea Catherwood (December 4, 2011), Eternal chic: A holiday with the jet-set at the Cote D'Azur's iconic Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Daily Mail.
- ^ Christina Passariello (May 26, 2011), Splendor on the Riviera Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Andrea Catherwood (December 4, 2011), Eternal chic: A holiday with the jet-set at the Cote D'Azur's iconic Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Daily Mail.
External links
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