The house
At the very tip of the Cap d'Antibes, the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc began in 1870 as the Villa Soleil, a Napoleon III retreat built for writers by the founder of Le Figaro, and became a hotel in 1889.
The Eden Roc pavilion followed in 1914, set above the sea a long walk through the pines from the main house.
When the house watched Red Cross nurses cool off in the Mediterranean during the First World War, it built a seawater pool – and helped invent the Riviera's summer season.
Fitzgerald turned it into the Hôtel des Étrangers of Tender Is the Night; Chagall sketched in its beachside cabanas.
Metro Mode
At a glance
- Address
- Boulevard John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 06160 Antibes
- Classification
- 5 stars – officialAtout France · 3 June 2024
- Palace
- Distinction since the 2026 listAtout France · Collection Palace 2026
- Rooms and suites
- 111Atout France
- Opened
- 1889Wikipedia (English and French articles, named in the text's sources)
- Group
- Oetker Hotel ManagementOpenStreetMap contributors
On the map
The hotel's building lit – © OpenStreetMap contributors
Sources
Atout France – Hébergements touristiques classés en France · OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0) · Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Wikipedia (English and French articles, named in the text's sources) · Atout France – Collection Palace 2026 (announced 4 June 2026) · Photo: John Jason Junior / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Official websiteoetkercollection.com/fr/hotels/hotel-du-cap-eden-roc