Cap d'Antibes Beach Hotel | Bernard Dubois

The natural beauty of Cap d’Antibes has often inspired the film industry. Hitchcock’s "To Catch a Thief" and Jacques Deray’s "La Piscine" used its landscapes as a backdrop.

Nestled between the Port Gallice and du Crouton, Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel is a unique location backed by one of the iconic addresses of the French Riviera. Before the region seduced the world, the restaurant La Maison des Pêcheurs was already an institution in the 1940s. Eddy Barclay, Brigitte Bardot, and Johnny Hallyday came to charge up their batteries there. And all the gourmets swooned in front of this mythical seafood table.

Today, Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel opens a new chapter in its history after a complete renovation. A 5-star boutique hotel with 35 rooms, a private beach, two restaurants, and a bar open all day, it is a place dedicated to the sweetness and joy of life. In the morning, alone in the world, you take your first swim in the sea. The music rises with the sun. Along the waves, the party heats up at Baba, the beach restaurant. The bar in the rotunda is a balcony overlooking the Mediterranean. To find calmness, head towards the massage huts in the shade of the exotic garden or on the pergola of the infinity pool. Let your thoughts drift away with the wind.

Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel offers a sunny break for those who wish to suspend time and keep only the best.

A HOTEL RE-IMAGINED BY BERNARD DUBOIS

The Beach Hotel was re-imagined by Bernard Dubois. With a free spirit, he breaks away from architectural codes to adapt to the location. Classic, modernist, post-modernist, he plays with different styles.

"The Beach Hotel, raw and charming, is both a tribute to modernist architecture and Mediterranean seaside houses." Bernard Dubois

In 2014, the architect represented Belgium at the Venice Biennale. He collaborated with Courrèges, designs boutiques for brands like Aesop or Icicle, opened new locations for the PNY restaurant. He also signed a furniture collection with Isaac Reina for the Brussels gallery Maniera.

For the Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel, Bernard Dubois returned to the building’s structure during its renovation. He brought forth a very simple geometric construction, with clean lines and curves, reminiscent of Palm Springs homes in California. Light-colored stucco and granite. The floors in broken stones, called «casson,» recall Mediterranean villas. It’s a mineral building facing outward. The raw wood furniture is welcoming and warm. Integrated with nature, the building plays with sunlight. The eye captures every perspective.

"The hotel was designed as a calming and protective place, made up of a play of shadows and lights." Bernard Dubois.

THE ROOMS

The 35 rooms and suites have been designed as a refuge from the heat of the sun and the hustle and bustle.

You can access them directly from the corridors. The green vegetation stands out in the background and recalls Californian homes. Clean and simple, they invite serenity. The stone floor extends from the corridors to the terraces and from the rooms to the bathrooms. The outdoor areas extend inside. Some have a private garden, others, on the upper floor, have breathtaking views from their terrace.

The light-colored plaster responds to the mineral decor. Mirrors and chrome create reflections with the lights.

All furniture pieces were custom-designed for the hotel by Bernard Dubois. They are unique and specially designed for each room. The legs of the tables and chairs all have a particular shape. Benches form an indoor lounge. Read a book, dream in front of the view, or dine in your room on the coffee table. A large desk for drawing, spreading out the pages of a novel, or working remotely. A chrome and mirror piece of furniture has been designed to conceal the minibar. You can unpack your suitcases in the mahogany wardrobe.

The interior design is the forefront of the nature-inspired decor.

13 "Privilege" rooms of 35m2 have a sea view. In the foreground, a few elements of tropical vegetation. In

the background, the spectacular panorama of the bay, water, and boats that mark the horizon with their silhouette. Throughout the day: a new painting, a new decor. Private terraces allow extending the afternoon rest away from prying eyes, on comfortable sun loungers.

The ground floor rooms have a small private garden where one can sit like in an outdoor lounge. Palm trees, parasol pines, and strelitzia. From the room, the perspective of the sea emerges from the vegetation, like a canvas of Douanier Rousseau.

In the bathrooms, a stained glass window with a geometric design filters the natural light that gently falls on the pink marbles veined with black. Lacquered paneling evokes the interior decoration of boats. Casson stones extend into large Italian-style showers.

Five suites, over 50 m2, offer breathtaking perspectives of the landscape. Whether you are in your living room, bed, or even your bathtub, the Bay of Antibes stretches out to infinity. They have vast private terraces planted with trees, like an extension of the room. Where one can dream, lying on sun loungers.

The Le Cap suite is the iconic room of the hotel. Measuring 66 m2, sunny and intoxicating, it is suspended above the water.

BABA, RESTAURANT BAR

From the terrace to the bar, passing through the beach, the outdoor restaurant Baba comes alive with the same movement, like a dance or a jazz tune under the euphoric sun of Antibes. Full of colors, Baba is a unique place. Its circular bar with columns evokes the carefree years of Florida or Tel Aviv. The restaurant’s kitchen is open-air. From noon to midnight, groups of friends extend their happiness throughout the day. Baba is a party. All day long, its Mediterranean cuisine travels from Jerusalem.

It is a parenthesis offered to rejoice, celebrate, and gather around dishes of all flavors and colors. Guests are received like friends. Baba is not only a place to eat but to feel alive, carried by the sweetness of life and love. BaBa (Ba, אב, in Hebrew means ‘come’) is a place of sharing and movement, in the image of the crossing of the shores that the Mediterranean represents.

Inspired by the arrival of immigrants from around the world, the JLM group and Adresses Hotels have created together a culinary link between the different currents of the Mediterranean. With Jérusalem as the centerpiece. A new story is written from the magnificent flavors of the Middle East and the history of the cuisine from Provence. Between Antibes and Israel now lies Cap Jaffa.

Baba offers a creative and light cuisine with multiple influences. Spices flavor local dishes and oriental dishes are reinvented with local products. Large mezze to share and large mezze to share and mangal grills (octopus, meat or fish) typical of Israel are freely arranged on the tables.

Chef Assaf Granit was born and raised in Jerusalem. In his kitchen, he testifies to a cosmopolitan city where people inspire each other. With Dan, Uri, and Tomer, they lead iconic addresses around the world where the chic and informal atmosphere contributes to a never-diminishing success: Tekes in Paris, Machneyuda in Jerusalem, Coal Office in London, and recently in Berlin, among others. Assaf received his first Michelin star for Shabour in Paris.

Baba pushes your soul to open up to those with whom you dance under the sun. Baba is an act that only lasts for the moment you experience it.

"We create a bridge between the city of Jerusalem, its wonderful scents and heritage, and Antibes. It is a joyful dance between two Mediterranean places." Assaf Granit

THE BEACH AND THE KIDS CLUB

Following the terrace of Baba and the bar, the hotel has its own private beach. Guests can enjoy a leisure time, sipping cocktails under the shade of an umbrella on a sun lounger. This is where the day begins and where lunches continue. You can order dishes to share from Baba’s menu, and enjoy a final drink as the sun sets over the bay. A few meters from the shore, guests can escape on a pedal boat ride that drifts gently. Time passes by, with the ebb and flow of the waves as the only measure.

Explore the surrounding area by the coast, you can go by land or sea. The hotel’s neighbor offers motorboats and bicycles for rent.

To enjoy a moment of tranquility, just climb a few steps. Sheltered in the garden and overlooking the Mediterranean, the pool seems to stretch endlessly into the sea. It is surrounded by a large terrace with different levels, and it delights those who prefer fresh and warm water, especially if the Mistral wind blows.

To ensure that parents and children enjoy their stay or lunch, a Kids Club is dedicated to the hotel. Creative activities, Olympics sports, lunch and snack are organised in the exotic garden. In the late afternoon, parents are invited to the children’s show.

The themes of the activities are constantly renewed according to their age: sea trips, sailing, kayaking, outdoor walks on foot, pirate or jungle investigations. Children discover the joy of living by the sea.

Open from 10am to 6pm, certified professional animators welcome children from 4 to 12 years old. And because young adventurers come from all over the world to Cap d’Antibes, the activities are guided in English and French.

LES PÊCHEURS, A RESTAURANT SHAPED BY THE SEA

Like a movie set: a grand mahogany staircase rises mysteriously in a soft light. The dining room of Les Pêcheurs restaurant reveals itself: bright with its panoramic view of the sea. In the distance, the lights of the Lérins islands and the Cap d’Estérel. A journey begins. The large windows disappear like those on the back of a boat slightly dominating the waves. The red travertine floor evokes the terracotta used for millennia in the warm regions of the South. The chrome metal columns are like the masts of a ship. Wooden wall decorated by portholes overlooking the kitchen.

The tableware has been designed for each dish. Particular care has been given to the art of table setting: silver napkin rings, embroidered cloth napkins.

Remaining faithful to the tradition of the legendary restaurant, Chef Nicolas Rondelli offers a menu showcasing seafood. A native of Nice, he started his culinary career at the Negresco alongside Alain Llorca. He then worked with Jacques Chibois before taking over The restaurant «Les Pêcheurs».

Nicolas Rondelli and his team let nature take the reins of the kitchen. Depending on the day, the weather, or the season, the sea dictates the menu. On the small port adjacent to the hotel, one of the two fishermen in the bay docks his boat every morning. When the mesh size of the net changes, so does the catch. The restaurant’s menu adapts to what the sea brings.

"Partnerships and friendships built with producers allow us to rediscover the terroir of the French Riviera." - Nicolas Rondelli

Les Pêcheurs’ producers are locally selected, reviving the terroir of the French Riviera. Ferry in Grasse daily cares for his 900 olive trees to obtain pure and fragrant oil. A few kilometers from the hotel, the Loup Pantaï farm grows vegetables using traditional and environmentally friendly methods.

The restaurant offers two menus and à la carte suggestions. A «Land» menu where regional dishes blend with delicate spice notes, such as the artichoke bao, cooked in barigoule in a brioche. And a «Sea» menu highlighting shellfish and fish, such as red mullet and gamberoni.

Les Pêcheurs restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star since 2017 for its Mediterranean cuisine. The restaurant’s wine cellar offers a wide variety of regional wines to pair with the dishes, including small treasures from artisanal productions. The cellar is rich in great bottles of Burgundy and beyond.

"I approach cooking with humility, by composing dishes inspired by the sea. Like a navigator." - Nicolas Rondelli

THE SPA AND THE EXOTIC GARDEN

A wellness space invites you to let go, to reconnect with yourself to find an aligned, harmonized, energized spirit. The holistic products from the Holidermie range are natural and organic. The tailor-made treatments including Signature massages... essential. Two massage cabins are also installed in the heart of the garden, shaded by veils. In partnership with Tigre Yoga, yoga classes are offered in the exotic garden and on the rooftop terrace. If you prefer an individual practice, we also offer private lessons. Outside the season, Yoga and Pilates retreats are offered by the Tigre team. Regenerate your mind and body around a green, gourmet and seasonal cuisine. Come disconnect for a long weekend at the rhythm of waves and wind.

At Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel, nature and architecture harmoniously complement each other. The garden is an invitation to travel. It was redesigned by Arnaud Casaus, trained at the Grasse school. He worked in Lebanon, Egypt, and Europe. A passionate traveler of plants and a collector of rare specimens from the Cap d’Antibes Beach Hotel garden. He discovered a South African Cicada tree on the verge of extinction from a passionate nurseryman.

The garden is part of the tradition of acclimatization gardens on the French Riviera. When in the 19th century, travelers and scientists brought back plants from all over the world. It offers a graphic composition through the variety of shapes and sizes of leaves. It is also rhythmic and surprising by the essence of plants. The incredible flowering of the Jacaranda magnetizes the garden. It leaves its colors on the ground and forms a carpet of purple flowers. The Chorisia Speciosa surprises the traveler with its bulging trunk, covered with large round thorns. It blooms in autumn with a soft pink color. In summer, the flowers of Australian brush trees offer a fireworks display of color. The large California palm trees with cut-out leaves form a tropical painting.

It is an exotic garden where following its walking path takes you around the world.