A day of pure indulgence at the Anantara Plaza Nice Hotel
Anantara SEEN By Olivier ©Anantara
From a cocooning spa to a panoramic rooftop, one of Nice’s most iconic hotels offers a complete experience and knows exactly how to spoil you.
A hotel that earns its stars
Some hotels promise an experience. The Anantara Plaza Nice delivers one. Sitting proudly along the Jardins Albert Ier, its sweeping ochre façade overlooking the Méditerranée, this five-star property the latest jewel in Minor Hotels’ Anantara crown has quietly become the most compelling reason to spend a day, or several, in Nice. Whether you are crossing the border from Monaco for a well-deserved escape or flying in from further afield, the Anantara Plaza has a way of making the outside world feel entirely irrelevant from the moment you step through its doors.
The spa: intimate, unexpected, extraordinary
Arrive with expectations, and the Anantara Spa will quietly exceed them. Spread across 300 square metres of hushed, warmly lit space, it carries none of the cold grandeur often associated with luxury hotel wellness. What you find instead is something disarmingly intimate five beautifully appointed cabins, an atmosphere that feels genuinely private, and a team that tailors every treatment to the person in front of them.
A combination of treatments is the way to go. The signature hot stones and herb pouch massage, performed with an exclusive mimosa and ginger oil crafted by CHO Nature artisans from nearby Mouans-Sartoux, releases tension with a thoroughness that feels almost architectural. Pair it with a Thalion marine facial its algae-rich formulas drawn from the protected Iroise Natural Marine Park and you leave the cabin not merely relaxed, but genuinely restored.
SEEN by Olivier: where the Riviera shows off
Just when you think the afternoon has already peaked, the rooftop arrives to prove otherwise. Chef Olivier Da Costa’s SEEN restaurant crowns the hotel with a terrace that commands one of the most spectacular views on the entire Mediterranean the Baie des Anges shimmering below, the terracotta rooftops of the Vieux-Nice spreading into the hills beyond. It is the kind of panorama that makes a long lunch feel not just justified, but essential.
Grazing across several dishes is the only sensible approach. Executive Chef Eric Brujan works closely with local Alpes-Maritimes fishermen and nearby producers, and that proximity shows on every plate, precise, generous, and quietly confident. The live cooking concept adds just the right touch of theatre, while the atmosphere hums with the easy glamour that the Riviera does better than anywhere else on earth.
The art of the perfect day
What makes a day at the Anantara Plaza Nice so memorable is the extraordinary contrast it orchestrates: the deep, cocooning hush of the spa giving way to the exhilarating openness of the rooftop. It is a masterclass in the full spectrum of luxury, one that leaves you wondering why you ever considered spending the day anywhere else.
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