Excellence Escapes
Portraits of hotels, remarkable restaurants and places to visit on the French Riviera and in the French Alps.
French Riviera
Nice · Le Negresco
Le Negresco: art, character and time on the Nice seafront
From the pink dome to the Royal Salon, discover how art shaped Le Negresco on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais.
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Cheval Blanc Courchevel, a winter reflected in a mirrored horse
A horse stands outside the chalet, its mirrored flanks piecing together fragments of sky and fir trees. It makes a fitting introduction to Cheval Blanc Courchevel, where the art collection begins on the snow and a different kind of composition awaits at dinner.
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Les Airelles Courchevel, the chalet Raymonde Fenestraz imagined
After dusk, the glowing balconies and turreted roof of Les Airelles look as though they have stood here for a century. Their story actually begins in the run-up to the Albertville Winter Olympics, with a woman from Moûtiers and her particular idea of a mountain hotel.
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