Hôtel Negresco

Nice, France. Located on the Promenade des Anglais, facing the Baie des Anges, beneath its famous pink dome.

Hôtel NegrescoNice, France

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119 rooms and 22 suites, with a fifth floor reserved for VVIP guests.
Le Chantecler, the hotel’s Michelin-starred restaurant, plus La Rotonde brasserie, the Le Versailles champagne bar and the historic Le 1913 bar.
N Le Spa, a private beach with seasonal restaurant, and a celebrated art collection; doormen still wear plumed postilion hats.
Located on the Promenade des Anglais, facing the Baie des Anges, beneath its famous pink dome.

10 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

1913
Romanian-born Henri Negresco, director of Nice’s Municipal Casino, opens his palace designed by Édouard-Jean Niermans, crowned by a pink dome.
Royal Lounge
The Royal Lounge receives a 16,309-crystal Baccarat chandelier originally commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II, who never took delivery.
1914
With the outbreak of the First World War, the hotel is converted into a hospital.
After 1918
Struggling as wealthy visitors desert the Riviera, the hotel is seized by creditors and sold to a Belgian company; Henri Negresco dies in Paris in 1920.
28 February 1948
During the first Nice Jazz Festival, Suzy Delair sings “C’est si bon” here before Louis Armstrong, who records his own version two years later.
1957
The Augier family buys the hotel; Jeanne Augier refurnishes it lavishly, builds an art collection and makes it a celebrity favourite.
Augier era
Elton John features the hotel in the video for “I’m Still Standing”.
2003
The French state lists the Negresco as a national historic monument.
July 2016
After the Nice truck attack, the main hall is used to triage the wounded.
20 November 2023
The hotel hosts the opening ceremony of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest.