Cannes, is located on the coast of the French Riviera, and is a cultured town that’s home to many lovely beaches and beautiful scenery. It started life as a small fishing village some one hundred and fifty years ago, but now is much more sophisticated, and is a place where many of Hollywood’s big names come each year, to join in with the annual Cannes Film Festival that takes place here every May.

The Hotel Martinez stands right at the centre of the Cote d’ Azur, and is ideally located on the La Croisette Promenade. Just a few blocks from the Palais des festivals, and facing the Bay of Cannes, this hotel has long been a meeting place for the stars.

This is one of the Riviera’s grandest hotels, and recent renovations have preserved all the elegance of the Roaring Twenties, while bringing it up to date on everything you could possibly want as a guest staying here. The new Penthouse apartments and Junior suites on the seventh floor are wonderfully elegant and offer truly spectacular views of the surrounding coast.

The hotel Martinez is rated as a 4 star deluxe hotel and boasts one of the largest private beaches on La Croisette with 400 sun lounges and a large pontoon available for its guests. Throughout the summer season, there are many water sport activities available including water skiing, surfing, wake boarding, parasailing, and excursions out to sea.

The hotel’s Givenchy spa offers a variety of treatments in private treatment cabins, and the 4 hand ylang ylang massage is one of their specialties. The spa is complemented by a swimming pool, gymnasium, sauna and solarium.

There are three restaurants here, La Palme d’Or, Le Relais, and Restaurant le Zplage. The most famous is the two Michelin star restaurant La Palme d’Or where you can enjoy gourmet cuisine of a highly inventive and daring nature. The dining area here is very much Art Deco in decoration including movie star portraits, ceiling mirrors, sun drenched palm tree and sea views. Le Relais serves international cuisine, and is located close to the L’Amiral piano bar and has an extending terrace to the poolside. Restaurant le Zplage is an open air restaurant and is situated on the hotels private beach. Here you can enjoy the sea views seated at fine teak wood tables under shady parasols.