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The Martinez Hotel
Cannes
The Martinez Hotel
Presidential Suite
$18,000 per night
The
Martinez Hotel in Cannes likes superlatives and bills itself as having the
biggest, most expensive and only terraced penthouse suite on the Cote d'Azur.
Perhaps some of this is Gallic swagger, but the price of the
suites--$18,000--certainly makes them one of the most expensive in Europe. Both
penthouse suites are 8,000 square feet and are decorated in the hotel's
signature Art Deco style, with streamlined furniture, silk curtains and teak
parquet floors.
While
many of the hotel's rooms are painted in bright colors (peach, lime green), the
penthouse suites are decorated in muted, understated tones (brown, cream and
tan). Each suite has two bedrooms, a Turkish bath, kitchen, personal sauna and
views of the Lerins Islands as well as the entire Bay of Cannes. The wraparound
terrace is 2,000 square feet and can comfortably hold 100 people. It also has a
Jacuzzi. Technophiles will appreciate the Bose plasma screen televisions and
telephones and the DVD library. A private butler is on call 24 hours a day, and
other amenities include use of a limousine, open bar and the option to join both
suites into one très grand apartment.
The overarching attitude for
the suite is "never say no to anything," which we hope is the case
when you're paying $18,000. One Saudi sheik liked the suite so much he wanted to
rent it for five years. The hotel said non.
Martinez Hotel
73 La Croisette
Cannes, France
Phone: 33 92 98 73 00
Fax: 33 93 39 67 82
E-mail: martinez@concorde-hotels.com