HotelChatter - Tag: Cannes Hotel Reviews

CANNES LA BOCCA: Room With a Killer View: Villa Francia Has Views, But ...

amandak — 2007-10-04T09:22:11-05:00

<![CDATA[ We are suckers for a room with a killer view.  We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the <a href="http://flickr.com/groups/hotelchatter/">HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool</a>, or by <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">sending the photo along to us</a>. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/VillaFranciaCannesKillerView.jpg" class="imgborder"> Here's a cautionary tale about a killer view. This one is from inside a room at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Pierre+Vacances-Villa+Francia/ian/186606"> Pierre Vacances-Villa Francia</a>

Cannes: Johnny Drama Finds Love, Loses Hotel Room in Cannes

juliana — 2007-09-04T10:21:06-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/drama_lady.jpg" class="imgborder"> In Sunday night's Entourage season finale the boys head to Cannes (courtesy of Kanye West's private jet) and promptly shack up at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/InterContinental+Carlton+Cannes/local/776">Intercontinental Carlton Cannes Hotel</a>---well, all of them except Johnny Drama. Apparently, the room he reserved months ago and confirmed "at least a dozen times" is nowhere to be found. Considering that his old show "Viking Quest" was a huge hit in France, Drama expects the hotel to rectify the situation immediately and put him in an ocean-facing suite like his brother Vince. Unfortunately, the hotel takes quite a few hours only to show Drama a closet-sized room with a twin bed not facing the ocean. Making matters worse, Drama has met a girl,

Cannes: Movie Set Hotel: The Carlton Cannes in Hitchcock's 'To Catch a Thief'

barbarab — 2007-08-20T13:49:23-05:00

We were in the mood for a Hitchcock movie the other night, and the only one we could nab at the local Blockbuster was To Catch a Thief. We'd forgotten was a prominent role the Carlton Hotel in Cannes played in this 1955 thriller starring Cary Grant as a former jewel thief and Grace Kelly as an American heiress on holiday in the Riviera with her mother.

The Carlton, now an InterContinental hotel, hosted the production crew during 1954. The film was released the following year. During the 1955 Cannes Film Festival, Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier for the first time at the Carlton, at the prince's request. Kelly married Prince Rainier the following year.

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Cannes: Tight as a Bug in a Rug in Cannes

Courtney — 2006-08-04T13:46:31-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hotel_alnea.jpg">Yesterday we warned you that all of <a href=http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/3/113439/5824>France has settled into the south</a>, or at least all the Parisians. The beaches of the Rivera will be beyond packed this month. But, if you must go let us at least send you off with a bit more advice and a little warning. Unless you have millions to fork out, you are not going to be staying in roomy and luxurious spaces when staying in the major resort towns like Cannes. Take this blogger's warning for example: <blockquote>The Hôtel Alnea, a charming two-star hotel just a (Sharon) stone's throw away from the Grand Palais, should be listed in the Guiness Book of World Records as "The Smallest Hotel