Beautiful hotel. Magnificent property, with a huge pool and an air-conditioned funicular to the pool, if you don't feel like walking! The grounds are spectacular, and the staff excellent. Great restaurant, rooms were lovely, all around excellent. There is no beach to speak of, although there is a ladder to the Mediterranean. Several people who did go into the sea came out with jellyfish stings, so swing in the sea at your own risk. Otherwise, it's spectacular and worth the splurge

I travelled from NYC to attend a wedding with my new boyfriend. We had an amazing time unwinding in the lap of luxury and sophistication. I also had the chance to innocently chat with a renowned Hollywood actress from the film "Chicago" (whom I met swimming in the infinity pool with her children.) We shared our views of the breathtaking view looking over the Mediterranean Sea.

Aside from my celebrity siting, the accommodations in the Junior Suite were superb. The hotel grounds were immaculate, notably the fragrant gardens where you can sit and romantically watch the sunset with your honey. I especially enjoyed the fabulous array of exotic flowers in bloom.

Dining at the restaurant was such a pleasure, as the chef went out of his way to honor my gluten-free dietary restrictions. He altered the sauces on everything to keep me from a celiac reaction. (Whoever said the French were distant and difficult couldn't be more WRONG!)

I will definitely stay here again, as a beautiful memory of a vacation was made.

This is a truly great and special grand hotel. I have just satyed for three days (May 2006)with my wife at the hotel. The location, on the tip of Cap Ferrat is magical, with the hotel looking down over fine gardens to the open sea. The food is superb and the service amongst the very best available.
Not being one for writing reviews, I only do so because the review of 1st July 2005 shown on these pages is, in my personal opinion, seriously off the wall.
Frankly if you can get a room, you're lucky to be able to stay and experience this hotel!

Contradictory to the below review "Beautiful hotel but.." (July 1, 2005), my friend and I just spent Thanksgiving week at the Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat and can give it an outstanding review!

Even before our arrival, the email correspondence from the hotel was very polite and accommodating. Approximately one month before arrival, we chose to downgrade our original room request from "Garden Room - Superior" to the lower priced "Garden Room - Standard". The hotel pleasantly fulfilled our request but to our surprise upon check in, upgraded us to the Superior room and charged us the lower rate.

We were also pleasantly surprised to find a complementary bowl of fruit in our room along with fresh roses in the bed and bathrooms. Both the fruit and roses were refreshed during our entire weeks' stay! Upon evening turndown service, the maid even left a beautiful personalized note on our nightstand along with a weather forecast for the following day (noted by placing a check mark next to either "sun", "partly sunny" or "cloudy" in Fahrenheit and Celsius).

Room service staff was very prompt and courteous. We ordered a pot of coffee every morning and it was delivered within minutes. We unfortunately did not have the opportunity to experience the hotel's fine dining as we spent most of our day sightseeing in our rental car.

As for our rental car, valet parking at the hotel is complementary. I especially appreciated the hotels "cruise ship" style tipping policy. We were able to add a lump sum gratuity for all of the hotel staff upon check out. I remember one morning even catching the valet shining the windows on our rental car!

The Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat must have a very good reputation in the area. For every restaurant reservation made by our Concierge, the maitre'd welcomed us with either a complementary appetizer or bottle of wine. One restaurant even altered it's smoking policy when we entered and asked existing patrons to please refrain from smoking! Is this France? Were we members of the Grimaldi family?

When we expressed our sadness at leaving the hotel to the front office Manager, he offered to give us a tour of their unoccupied Junior and Senior Suites. Their top floor suites are absolutely spectacular. We will certainly return to this tucked away paradise on this gorgeous peninsula.