Luxury Travel Advisor - February 2008 - (Page 39) ACCESS: SUGGESTED DINING IN NICE L’Âne Rouge Order braised John Dory with truffled macaroni and cauliflower purée, drizzled with a pistachio sauce. Reservations are a must. 7 quai des Deux-Emmanuel; 33-4-9389-4983 Marché Cours Saleya Go for the pissaladiere, a pizza of caramelized onions, anchovies and olives. The restaurant is closed Mondays. rue de la Terrasse/rue Raoul Bosio La Merenda Consistently a favorite. Credit cards are not accepted, and the restaurant is closed on weekends. Reservations are a necessity. 4 rue de la Terrasse/rue Raoul Bosio SUGGESTED SHOPPING IN NICE EXECUTIVE ROOMS AT LE PALAIS DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE afford views of the sea or the city (above) through large picture windows. The rooms, which are outfitted with a color palette of ochre, saffron and blue, measure at nearly 500 square feet. For VIPs, contact Deputy Manager Laurent Drouard (ldrouard@concorde-hotels.com; 33-4-9214-7711). Le Padouk restaurant offers both indoor and outdoor seating overlooking the Mediterranean. Our insider loved the Barbarie duck served with a pumpkin gratin and duck foie gras sauce. As the restaurant is very popular among locals, it’s suggested that you book well ahead. (The hotel’s famous casino is also home to a gourmet restaurant.) Though there is no spa, in-suite massages and beauty services can easily be arranged. The property’s gorgeous indoor/outdoor pool has the distinction of being the only such hotel pool in Nice or Cannes; there’s also a sauna and Turkish hammam. This season, the hotel plans to debut Zplage, a private beach club complete with comfy lounges, parasols and a restaurant. Noteworthy is the fact that it will be one of only two private hotel beaches in all of Nice. Senior Concierge Vincent Lauze (concier gepdlm@concorde-hotels.com; 33-4-92147680) oversees a superb team of concierges that is able to master just about any guest request, including 10-minute helicopter sojourns to Cannes or beyond. In Cannes, Le Suguet (Old City) is a great area for strolling, shopping or dining. Suggest a visit to the Church of Notre-Damed’Espérance, Cannes’s oldest church, on place de la Castre, which was built between 1521 and 1627. Propose a 15-minute ferry ride to the island of Ste-Marguerite, the firstcentury-B.C. Roman town where the Man in the Iron Mask was held prisoner by Louis XIV in the late 1600s. The man’s identity remains one of France’s great mysteries; 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas suggested it was the king’s twin brother. For clients who can’t bear to visit the Côte d’Azur without visiting Saint-Tropez some 45 miles away, we suggest arriving by sea. The ferry from Cannes (or Nice) takes about 90 minutes and can be a bit too crowded and touristy, so consider arranging a private excursion via a yacht through your client’s hotel concierge staff. Another advisable excursion is to Vallauris, fewer than four miles from Cannes. Dubbed the “pottery capital of France,” it’s where Picasso created thousands of ceramic pieces from 1947 to 1971, many of which were produced in limited numbers for Madoura Pottery (www.madoura.com) on Rue Georges et Suzanne Ramié and are still sold exclusively by them today. For overnights, book the Hotel Martinez Suggest stopping at Marché a la Brocante & Antiquités Cours Saleya Market on Mondays for fine silver and vintage canisters. SUGGESTED DINING IN CANNES Le Maschou Nearly 30 years old, this tiny place is as good as it gets. Book as far in advance as possible. 15 rue Saint Antoine; 33-4-9339-6221 Chez Tétou Chez Tétou has the best bouillabaisse in town. Ave. Fréres Roustan, Golfe-Juan Jade This restaurant serves truly authentic Vietnamese fare—some say the best in France. 24 rue Pasteur; 33-4-9394-3349 SUGGESTED SHOPPING IN CANNES Visit Marché Forville any day but Monday (when it turns into an antique market) for anything you can think of, but don’t leave without first stopping for an alfresco drink at La Caveau 30 on rue Félix-Faure while looking out on the market’s action. For truffleinfused brie, stop at Ceneri Fromagerie on rue Meynadier; visit Cannolive on rue Vénizelos for all grades of fresh-pressed olive oil and Maiffret on rue d’ Antibes for gorgeous chocolates. www.luxuryta.com February 2008 | LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR 39 http://www.madoura.com http://www.luxuryta.com
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