Nice may be popular with travelers of all types nowadays, but the restored Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel shows you what all the fuss was once about.
. The mustard-yellow facade stretching more than a hundred meters has been restored to its frothy grandeur. Inside, though, is sharp and meticulous modern luxury. Mosaic floors line an arched hallway with textured iridescent walls leading to the hotel’s reception.
Just off the reception is one of the more elegant rooms we’ve come across of late, Les Colonnades. The Art Deco oval room with unadorned travertine columns is topped by a smooth cream-colored dome and oculus–an airy space redolent of the Session Hall in the Finnish Parliament. Here, the bit of pop comes from the curving couches upholstered in lush green velvet. The hotel’s high tea—the typical elaborate confection of cakes, bites, and bubbly done at old world hotels—takes place here.
Speaking of Château de Crémat, the medieval revival mansion up in the hills over the city is one of a number of experiences the hotel prides itself on arranging for visitors. While it’s understandable to think of the sea as Nice’s main draw, the surrounding hills actually hold its real gems, such as Saint Paul de Vence, Èze, and Vallauris.
One afternoon, the hotel took the group of journalists I was traveling with to Vallauris to showcase one of their excursions. The town was Pablo Picasso’s home at one point and the place where he pursued his passion for pottery. Dominique Sassi was just a young man when he was selected to be Picasso’s colorist in the late 1940s. His job was to help the master select paints that would achieve what he needed on the earthenware. Sassi, now in his late 80s, was our guide for the day.
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