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Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
Nice, France · Unbound Collection · Core Luxury
American millionaire Frank Jay Gould commissioned Charles and Marcel Dalmas to raise the Palais de la Méditerranée on Nice's Promenade des Anglais in 1929: casino, theatre, restaurant, and cocktail bar in one Art Deco palace. After receivership and decades of decline, the Promenade and Rue du Congrès facades were classified as historic monuments in 1989, then almost everything else was demolished in 1990 so a modern hotel and casino could rise behind the saved fronts. Now in Hyatt's Unbound Collection, it holds 173 rooms in that nine-floor rebuild, still reading as Gould's Riviera pleasure palace from the street.
- 173 rooms
- Opened 2004
- Neighborhood: Promenade des Anglais
- Architect: Charles Dalmas & Marcel Dalmas
- Interiors: Linda Boronkay
About Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée, The Unbound Collection by Hyatt
- Antoine Sartorio carved the horse-and-figure reliefs on the Art Deco fronts Charles and Marcel Dalmas raised for Frank Jay Gould.
- National and international art exhibitions ran here when the palace was a major Nice arts centre before the 1978 closure.
- Only the two classified Art Deco facades survived the 1990 demolition that cleared the rest of Gould's building.
- A reconstruction begun in the early 2000s reopened the hotel behind those facades; Constellation Hotels Holding owns the present complex.
- Rooms from the fourth floor up open onto large balconies facing the Promenade and the Baie des Anges.
History
The Palais de la Méditerranée was built between 1927 and 1928 and opened in 1929 on Nice's Promenade des Anglais, an Art Deco pleasure palace conceived by American financier Frank Jay Gould with hotelier Joseph Aletti and casino operator Edouard Baudoin. Designed by the Dalmas architectural firm (Charles and Marcel Dalmas) in reinforced concrete, its facades featured horse-and-figure sculptural reliefs by Antoine Sartorio, and the complex housed a casino, bars, restaurants, a dance hall, exhibition rooms and an 800-seat theatre.
After decades of decline following World War II, the palace entered receivership in 1978, its stained glass and decor were auctioned in 1981, and in 1990 all but two of its facades were demolished; the surviving Art Deco facades were classified as historic monuments in 1989. Following a 120-million-euro reconstruction begun in 2001 behind the preserved facades, the property reopened in 2004 as a luxury hotel with 187 rooms and ran as the Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée, awarded five stars in 2009. In June 2026, after a redesign by Linda Boronkay, Hyatt relaunched it as Hôtel Palais de la Méditerranée in The Unbound Collection by Hyatt, with 173 rooms including 28 suites.
The setting
3.4 km from Musée Marc Chagall.
Restaurants and bars
- Zouzou Restaurant — Restaurant · Contemporary Mediterranean · Chef Sébastien Roux (Executive Chef)
Experiences
- Zouzou Restaurant dining — Contemporary Mediterranean menu by Executive Chef Sébastien Roux, on the third floor overlooking the sea.
- Rooftop terrace aperitifs and cocktails — Afternoon aperitifs to late-evening cocktails on the rooftop terrace with panoramic views across the Baie des Anges and the Mediterranean Sea.
- Indoor and outdoor pools — Outdoor pool terrace facing the Baie des Anges and a quieter indoor heated pool.
- Fitness centre, sauna and steam bath — Adjoining wellness and fitness spaces with a fitness centre, sauna and steam bath.
Amenities
- Indoor heated pool
- Outdoor pool terrace
- Fitness centre
- Sauna
- Steam bath
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