Hôtel Martinez, Cannes, France
With its enviable position on La Croisette, in the heart of glittering Cannes, the Martinez is an imposing façade where decadence, style and elegance take centre stage.
From
its origins as a home-from-home for English aristocrats in the late 19th
century, through its incarnation as the Villa Marie-Thérèse (when the exiled
King of Naples made it the epicentre of Cannes’s throbbing social scene) to its
renaissance in 1929 as the largest hotel on the French Riviera, this a true
French institution.
Whether
on the private beach, Zplage – the largest on La Croisette; at La Palme d’Or
(one of the hotel’s three stunning restaurants with two Michelin stars); in the
show-stopping lobby or the rooms themselves (each with city or sea views,
oozing restrained elegance and state-of-the-art gadgetry), this is Cannes
incarnate – glamorous, sophisticated and with more than a dash of irresistible
showbiz.