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rooms to welcome each client. It’s clear that the staff go out of its way to satisfy client requests, whether serving traditional apéritifs on the petanque court, organizing a picnic for clients to dine alfresco in the park or arranging a helicopter tour over the Riviera. At the time of booking, be sure to reserve a table at the Michelin-starred Le Candille restaurant. Chef Serge Gouloumès delights the most distinguished palates with his Mediterranean cuisine, influenced with flavors from his native Gascony. Or even better, suggest a cooking class with the chef. The classes are small (five students maximum), starting with an adventure to the Forville market in Cannes to choose ingredients, and finishing with a meal at the chef ’s table d’hôte in his kitchen. As Gouloumès hails from the Southwest of France, his signature dish— not to be missed—is the foie gras tatin with Armagnac. Another enchanting refuge on the Côte d’Azur is Hotel du Cap-Eden Roc (www.edenrochotel.fr), situated on the Cap d’Antibes, a pine-studded pen- GUEST ROOMS at La Réserve de Beaulieu (above) have a cheery palette and views of the garden. LE MAS CANDILLE is home to the only Shiseido spa (left) in Europe. insula of incomparable beauty just a mile south of the port of Antibes, where Picasso found his inspiration. Isolated from the mayhem of La Croisette in Cannes, the Eden Roc is a favorite getaway for Hollywood A-listers when in town for the Cannes Film Festival. The hotel has boasted a glittering guest list since the turn of the century when the Fitzgeralds and society stars partook in literary salons on the premises. (Indeed, the hotel plays a role in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, Tender is the Night, as the “Hotel des Etrangers.”) The property is managed by Phillippe Perd and is a member of the Oetker Hotel Group. Open from early April to mid-October, the 120-room Hotel du Cap-Eden Roc consists of four separate properties: the Hotel du Cap, designed like a 19th-century château; the Eden-Roc, an exclusive pavilion located on the edge of the sea with balconied Junior Suites; Les Cedres, a Provençalstyle cottage with three en-suite bedrooms; and Deux Fontaines, a Mediterranean villa nestled in the hotel gardens housing double and single rooms. A dramatic highlight is the heated infinity pool carved into the rock cliffs. It goes without saying that a hotel of this caliber has spa facilities on the premises. Featuring Anne Sémonin and Valmont skin care products, the Wellness Center is comprised of four treatment rooms, saunas and steam baths. Treatments can also take place in a seaside cabana suite. The spa menu is highly luxurious, and quite a few treatments focus on anti-aging restoration and firming with collagen. Eden-Roc exclusives include the Cap Eden Roc Rose Spa Ritual (where the body is hydrated and massaged with a rose petal elixir), the Special Eden-Roc Repair Treatment (an after-sun facial that soothes the skin with DNA solar-repair serum), and the Eden-Roc Intensive Brightener Treatment (eliminating dark zones on the complexion with Vitamin C). 66 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | September 2008 http://www.edenrochotel.fr http://www.edenrochotel.fr

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