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Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
Cap d'Antibes, France · Oetker Collection · Grand Luxury
Hippolyte de Villemessant built Villa Soleil in 1870 as a writers' retreat; Antoine Sella opened the Grand Hôtel du Cap in 1889, and the Eden-Roc pavilion followed in 1914 on the Cap d'Antibes cliffs. Gerald and Sara Murphy rented the house for a full summer in the 1920s, drawing Fitzgerald and Hemingway; Fitzgerald cast it as the Hôtel des Etrangers in Tender Is the Night. Rudolf August Oetker bought it after André Sella's death, and it remains an Oetker Collection palace with MICHELIN Three Keys.
- 111 rooms
- Opened 1889
- Neighborhood: Antibes
- Rooms from 344 sq ft (32 m²)
About Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc
- Sella, an Italian hotelier, bought the property specifically in 1887, two years before opening the Grand Hôtel du Cap.
- Gerald and Sara Murphy's 1920s summer rental helped turn the winter Riviera into a summer artists' colony that included Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald immortalized the hotel as the Hôtel des Etrangers in Tender Is the Night; Marc Chagall later sketched in the beach cabanas.
- The Kennedy family summered here in 1938 when John F. Kennedy was 21; Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton honeymooned on site.
- For years the hotel accepted only cash, with guests wiring money ahead; credit cards arrived in 2006 and televisions in 2012.
History
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc traces its roots to 1870, when hotelier Antoine Sella established the original Grand Hotel du Cap on the Cap d’Antibes. The property later expanded with the Eden-Roc Pavilion, and the site evolved into the Riviera landmark known today. The official hotel describes the property as a Palace and emphasizes its long association with grand hospitality, Mediterranean views, and a storied social history. It now operates under Oetker Collection as a 111-key luxury retreat with guestrooms spread across Villa Soleil, the Eden-Roc Pavilion, and Les Deux Fontaines.
The setting
Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc commands the southern tip of Cap d'Antibes at 167 Boulevard J.F. Kennedy, the wooded headland where Hippolyte de Villemessant built Villa Soleil as a writers' retreat in 1870, later transformed into the Grand Hôtel du Cap. The Eden-Roc Pavilion — with its clifftop saltwater pool carved from the rock in 1914 — became the defining image of Riviera luxury after Gerald and Sara Murphy made the hotel the social epicentre of the 1920s, drawing Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Picasso. Plage de la Garoupe is fifteen minutes by car, the Sentier du Littoral coastal path eighteen minutes, and the Musée Picasso in Antibes twenty-three minutes — a peninsula of sea-cliff grandeur unmatched on the Côte d'Azur. 4 km from Musée Picasso. 15 km from Cannes.
Restaurants and bars
- Eden-Roc Restaurant — Restaurant · Mediterranean · One MICHELIN Star
Amenities
- clifftop saltwater pool
- private beach
- spa
- beach
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Three Keys (2026)
- World's 50 Best Hotels (2026)
- AAA Four Diamond (2025)
- Andrew Harper Members Choice (2025)
- Robb Report 50 Greatest Hotels on Earth (2025)
- Travel + Leisure World's Best Hotels (2025)
- World's 50 Best Hotels 51-100 (2025)
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