Hotel Rachel, 3 star, Cannes (cote d'azur, croisette, le cannet), France

The 3 star Hotel Rachel is nestling in its own gardens about 10 minute drive from Cannes (Cote d'Azur) with its very famous Croisette. This delightful charming hotel is a real haven of peace. Situated in the heart of Vieux Cannet, a natural balcony overlooking the Mediterranean, it offers the calm you need after a hectic day in Cannes.

The ground floor reception is decorated in warm tones and has a refreshing fountain.
Nearby, the bar and restaurant open on to a magnificent landscaped garden. Alongside the bar a comfortable lounge allows you to savour a moment of relaxation at the fire side with a book selected from the hotel’s library.

Outside you can enjoy:
• the pool, heated from Easter to October, with plenty of sun loungers so you can bask in the sun
• a boules pitch and table tennis to help you relax after a hard day’s work
• the landscaped garden set out around the hotel giving you the impression of being a long way from the town and almost in the countryside…

To get the day off to a good start, a hot buffet breakfast is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 9.45am : Pastries, a selection of bread, yoghurts, fromage blanc, a selection of cheeses, fruit cocktail, hard boiled eggs and a wide selection of hot and cold drinks. If you prefer, a continental breakfast can be served in your room.

2 lifts provide access to the 66 spacious, air conditioned rooms decorated in warm sparkling colours and with covered terraces, all on 3 floors. You are sure to find all the comfort you would expect :
• 29 Triple rooms with 3 individual beds
• 13 Twin rooms with 2 individual beds
• 24 Double rooms with one large bed for two

All rooms have balconies with garden furniture, telephone (with a direct number provided on arrival), cable television, safe and mini bar stocked with miniatures bottles (whisky, gin), sodas, orange juice, beer and mineral water.
All bath or shower rooms are equipped with a hairdryer, towel drier and a magnifying mirror. You can also ask for a shaving or toothpaste kit at reception.

A secure and supervised underground garage is available at an additional cost.
Animals are permitted in the hotel at an additional cost.

SEMINAR AREA : It is also possible to organise your seminars in the villa Miranda, an independent pavilion in a peaceful setting in the gardens. There are 2 air conditioned rooms, equipped with paperboard, video projector etc.
The hotel also has a 120 m² meeting room that can hold up to 85 people in a theatre seating arrangement.

Rooms	Dimensions		Capacity
	in m²	Theatre	U	Classroom
Miranda Ground Floor	52	30	20	20
Miranda First Floor	85	45	34	42
Rachel	120	85	30	50

Credit card accepted : Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, American Express

Hotel Rachel
5 rue de Cannes
06110 Le Cannet
Tél : 33 (0)4 93 94 72 72
Fax : 33 (0)4 93 94 72 99

From Cannes La Bocca train station
Either Taxi (2.5km)
Or take the bus Line n°1 and get of at stop rue de Cannes.

By motorway
A8 motorway, exit n°42 Cannes Mougins.
Residence 3.5 km (Cannet centre).

From Nice Airport
Take the bus (departures every hour) get off at Syndicat
d'initiative (the Hotel is about 800m).

LE CANNET
Just a few minutes from La Croisette beaches you can discover the rich heritage of our town - our local heritage, festivals and traditions.

The walk begins at the Hôtel de Ville - Salle Bellini, a former hotel ("Hôtel des Anges"). On the left you can see Eglise Sainte Philomène.But first let’s cross the Boulevard Sadi-Carnot to get to the Jardins du Tivoli, via rue Cavasse. As you wish, you can go either:
- left to the Espace Bonnard, where there are numerous high quality exhibitions and then join rue de Cannes where you can explore the Tour des Danys.
- or right to the Eglise Sainte-Catherine, a real gem, that has been listed as a historic monument since 1926. Just next to this church don’t miss Chapelle Saint-Bernardin, where travelling exhibitions are held.

Retracing your steps, cross boulevard Carnot once again before going into the Vieux Cannet the historic city center, centring on rue Saint-Sauveur and Place Bellevue.

To finish your walk, take the chemin de la Chapelle Notre Dame des Anges to the Grande-Bretagne roundabout and catch a bus that will take you directly to the sea front and the beaches. You can end your tour with a meal in Vieux Cannet in the green setting of Place Bellevue where any of the many restaurants will be delighted to welcome you inside or out. In addition every Saturday during the summer period you can eat in a festive atmosphere thanks to the excellent music events organised by the town.

N.B. In July and August the little train will take you for a visit around the town free of charge.

CANNES
In the 19^th century Cannes was still a very modest place and although Napoleon disembarked in the Bay of Cannes in 1815 on his return from exile on the island of Elba, it was paradoxically an Englishman, Lord Brougham, who made Cannes’ fortune.

In 1834, Lord Brougham, Lord Chancellor in the Court of England, was on his way to Italy where he was taking his daughter to treat her weak lungs. He was stopped at the gateway to Nice. A cholera epidemic had started in Italy and the Sardinian authorities had closed the border. He then decided to go back to Grasse, at the time the largest town in the region. But night fell and he finally spent the night in Cannes, in the village’s only inn run by Master Pinchinat.
The following day Lord Brougham was attracted by the quality of the light there, the beauty of the gulf, the extraordinary view over the green Lérins Islands and… the excellent bouillabaisse made by the master of the house. He stayed and spent the last 34 years of his life in Cannes, which he made a very aristocratic English colony. In their turn the most illustrious houses in European high society wasted no time enjoying this new winter resort.
The port was developed for yachts, palaces sprouted up and the legend was well on its way.

The two Lérins islands, both with prestigious pasts, lie in the famous Bay of Cannes: Île Sainte-Marguerite and its fort – it is said - housed the famous man in the iron mask as well as many political prisoners from the 17^th century, and Île Saint-Honorat.

In autumn 1938 the idea for an international film festival was taking shape in France. At the time, people were divided on the question, especially since storm clouds were gathering over Europe. In the end the government charged the Association Française de l'Action Artistique with organising the event. Biarritz and Cannes were both in the running but Cannes just snatched it, having fought tooth and nail.

The first international film festival was held in 1946 and since then it could be said that Cannes has become the world capital of cinematographic art.

OUR RESTAURANT

The restaurant with a terrace opening on to the landscaped gardens and pool offers sophisticated sunny cuisine.
There is a very wide selection: set menus, à la carte, full board or half board (in this case you can choose whether to lunch or dine as you please: just inform us the day before).

To get the day off to a good start, an appetising breakfast buffet is served in the restaurant between 7.00 and 9.45. Pastries, bread, yoghurts, a selection of cheeses, fruit cocktail, hard boiled eggs and a wide selection of hot and cold drinks. If you prefer, a continental breakfast can be served in your room.

Lunch, Dinner :
Examples of half board menus:
Potato rosette with lumpfish roe creamCockerel with tarragon
Selection of vegetables
Chocolate terrine, coffee custard
OR
Niçoise salad
Salmon lasagne with white wine sauce
Light raspberry mousse Or à la carte: fennel salad with pastis and gambas with lemon zest and crystallized ginger
Scallops with a shellfish and curry velouté, courgette spaghetti
Saddle of lamb pastry and rocket barely cooked with pine kernels, rosemary juice.
Pear gratin and crème brûlée infused with liquorice.

RESTAURANTS NEAR THE HOTEL :

Lou Fassum
Gastronomic Restaurant
381 rte de Plascassier
06130 Grasse Plascassier
Tel 04 93 60 14 44

L'Oasis
Gastronomic Restaurant
rue Jean Honoré
06 Mandelieu la Napoule
Tel 04 93 49 95 52

Shopping in Cannes

Davis
opposite the Palais des Festivals
Cannes International Film Festival souvenirs.

Jean-Luc Pelé
The best macaroons in the area and chocolate maker / confectioner

Oliviers and Co
Olive oil and olive oil products

Jo Malone
English perfumer Jo Malone’s success is related to the rarity of her perfumes and the wonderful associations of citrus fruits

Sugart,
2, rue des Frères
Art gallery and restaurant. Hunt through the abstract Jackson Pollock style canvasses by young artists, pop art T shirts and fantasy jewellery before tasting the specialities of the house in the quiet, verdant garden

If you prefer a private space to spend your holidays with your family or friends you can rent Villa Pantachini a private house located netx to hotel Rachel in the heart of Le Cannet (about 10 min drive from Cannes and the sea ).

This 2 floors house with private garden and garage is totally furnished and can welcome up to 10 adults.

On the ground floor, opening on the garden, you will find the living room with fire place, Flat screen TV, DVD lector, two tables for lunch and two sofas which can be converted into 4 individual beds. On the same floor you will find one twin-bedded room, toilets and a kitchen entirely equiped with fridge, microwave, oven and dishes for 12 persons.

On the first floor there is a double-bedded room & a twin-bedded room each one with TV, a bathroom with bath and shower, and independent toilets. On the corridor of this floor you will find an extra sofa (two small beds).

Furniture and services :
• Sheets, blankets and towels (for 12 persons)
• Babycots available on request
• Electric heating
• The house can be cleaned every day (except for the kitchen)
• Small pets accepted on request

Information and reservations

Rental fares
	From 01.19.10 to 04.02.10	From 04.03.10 to 05.11.10	From 07.03.10 to 08.27.10
1 night	280 €	462 €	521 €
7 nights	1 274 €	2 156 €	2 380 €

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