The Maybourne Riviera was built on a rocky peninsula high above Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, on the French Côte d’Azur — a location chosen for the specific quality of its views. To the west lies Cap-Martin and the Italian border; to the east, Monte Carlo. The Mediterranean spreads out below in every direction.
The hotel was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte, whose modernist exterior takes the dramatic topography as its starting point. Interior spaces were developed in collaboration with a group of internationally recognised designers and architects — Andre Fu, Bryan O’Sullivan, Marcelo Joulia, and Rigby and Rigby — each contributing distinctive spaces to what is a genuinely collaborative building. The area carries a rich cultural heritage: the coastline between Nice and Monaco was a drawing point for artists, architects, and intellectuals throughout the 20th century, and that creative inheritance is woven into how the hotel presents itself.
The gastronomic programme is led by Mauro Colagreco of Mirazur — the three-Michelin-star restaurant in Menton, recently named best restaurant in the world — whose approach to the region’s ingredients is both deeply knowledgeable and genuinely inventive. The bar, Le 300, features innovative cocktails using local Provençal ingredients — gin infused with herbs de Provence, Limoncello from nearby Menton — served against floor-to-ceiling windows that reveal the starry lights of the Riviera coastline at night, with a Steinway piano providing the soundtrack. Guests have exclusive access to the Maybourne Riviera Beach Club, reached by open-topped Biminis in the hotel’s signature lemon and white stripes.