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Summer 2027

The Showcase

One resort and one restaurant, chosen each season. This season: Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Cap d’Antibes, and Arnaud Donckele’s three-star La Vague d’Or in Saint-Tropez.

The rocky shore of Cap d’Antibes
Pine trees above the white limestone rocks and calm sea of Cap d’Antibes
The rocky shore of Cap d’Antibes

The Showcase · Resort · Summer 2027

Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc

Cap d'Antibes, French Riviera

The grande dame of the Riviera has stood at the tip of Cap d’Antibes since 1870. From the white Villa Soleil, a long garden walk leads down through the pines to the Eden-Roc Pavilion and the famous seawater pool cut into the rocks, lined with private cabanas.

F. Scott Fitzgerald based the hotel in Tender Is the Night on it, and every May, during the Cannes Film Festival, it fills with film stars. It is one of the few hotels on the coast that has never needed to change: the same quiet gardens, the same white villa, the same sea.

Since
1870
Rooms
108 rooms and suites, four private villas, four restaurants
Distinctions
Three MICHELIN Keys; Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star
Best months
June and September; May for the Film Festival, booked far ahead
Arrive privately
Nice Côte d’Azur, about 25 minutes by car; Cannes-Mandelieu for light and mid-size jets; Port Vauban, Antibes, for yachts

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The pastel houses of La Ponche in Saint-Tropez, with blue and green shutters, along the edge of the sea
La Ponche, the old fishing quarter of Saint-Tropez

The Showcase · Restaurant · Summer 2027

La Vague d’Or

Cheval Blanc St-Tropez, Saint-Tropez

Arnaud Donckele’s restaurant at Cheval Blanc St-Tropez holds three MICHELIN stars, one of only a handful on the whole coast. The dining room opens onto the Baie des Canoubiers, and the cooking is Provence and the Mediterranean, refined to the last detail.

Dinner here is the reason many guests choose Cheval Blanc, and the reason many others drive over from Ramatuelle and the Pampelonne beaches. Book well ahead for July and August.

Chef
Arnaud Donckele
Distinctions
Three MICHELIN stars
Setting
Cheval Blanc St-Tropez, on the Baie des Canoubiers
Best months
Open for the summer season; book ahead for July and August

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The Showcase

One resort and one restaurant, chosen each season.

Each season TheMediterranean.com chooses one resort and one restaurant that set the standard for the Mediterranean, visits them, and writes about them here.

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