Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel - A Leading Hotel of the World
When you book Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel - A Leading Hotel of the World in France through our Virtuoso partnership, your stay includes daily buffet breakfast for up to two guests and a $100 USD food and beverage credit. You also receive a room upgrade, early check-in and late check-out when available. No premium credit card or membership needed: request a quote and our advisor books it at the same rate as booking direct.
Exclusive Booking Perks
These perks are included with your stay at the same rate as booking direct with the hotel.
- Upgrade on arrival, subject to availability
- Daily Buffet breakfast for up to two guests per bedroom, served in the restaurant
- $100 USD equivalent Food & Beverage credit to be utilized during stay (not combinable, no cash value if not redeemed in full)
- Bookings in our Junior Suites or higher categories will also receive complimentary roundtrip private airport transfers
- Early check-in / Late check-out, subject to availability
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- Exceptional staff service
- Beautiful location and views
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Location
Anantara's philosophy of cultural immersion finds expression on the French Riviera, where the brand brings its signature focus on local connection to a city shaped by centuries of Mediterranean exchange. The property stands in the Quartier Jean-Médecin, placing guests at the commercial heart of Nice while remaining minutes from the UNESCO-listed winter resort district that made this coast famous in the 19th century.
Step outside and you're in a city founded by Greek colonists from Marseille in 350 BC, a place where pastel Belle Époque facades rise against Alpine foothills and the Mediterranean stretches blue to the horizon. The Promenade des Anglais curves west along the pebble shore, the old town's ochre lanes tumble down toward the port, and the morning light has the particular clarity that drew painters here for generations. Marché du Cours Saleya, six hundred metres south, fills its arcaded square with produce and flowers most mornings, the scent of socca batter drifting from nearby vendors.
Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport lies six kilometres southwest, connected to the city centre by frequent bus and tram service. The Italian border is half an hour east, Monaco thirteen kilometres along the coast.
Book a table at Flaveur, a two-Michelin-starred restaurant six hundred metres from the hotel where brothers Gaël and Mickaël Tourteaux, both trained at the Negresco during Alain Llorca's tenure, deliver inventive cuisine rooted in Niçard and Provençal tradition. For a landmark meal, drive thirteen kilometres to Monaco for Le Louis XV - Alain Ducasse à l'Hôtel de Paris, a three-starred temple to Mediterranean cooking, or continue twenty-three kilometres to the Italian border for Mirazur, where Argentine chef Mauro Colagreco's three-starred creativity unfolds against mesmerising sea views.
The UNESCO-listed winter resort district tells the story of Nice's transformation into a cold-weather refuge for European aristocracy, its grand hotels and gardens still intact. Marché du Cours Saleya runs Tuesday through Sunday with produce stalls, Monday with antiques. The city's archaeology museum preserves Terra Amata's 380,000-year-old evidence of controlled fire. Château de Crémat, a vineyard established in 1906 and located six kilometres north in the Bellet appellation, offers tastings of Rolle and Braquet, grape varieties unique to this microclimate where the Alps meet the sea.
Summer arrives with dry heat and fierce light, July and August reaching twenty-seven degrees with scant rain. The beaches fill, the city slows to a Mediterranean rhythm, and evenings stay warm enough for late dinners on terraces facing the port.
Spring and autumn offer the gentlest conditions: May and June bring warmth without the crowds, September and October extend the season as temperatures dip into the low twenties and occasional rain freshens the air. March sees the city shake off winter with almond blossoms in the hills and the first market asparagus.
Winter is mild by Northern European standards, rarely dipping below five degrees, though February brings the year's heaviest rain. The season that made Nice famous for winter tourism still offers clear days and that particular slant of light, the promenade empty enough to feel like it belongs to you.
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