The lowdown This is the first French effort from Maybourne Hotel Group, which also operates Claridge’s, The Connaught and The Berkeley in London, and California’s The Maybourne Beverly Hills.

From the street, The Maybourne Riviera looks a bit like a square white office block – albeit one perched precariously over a rock above the village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the Côte d’Azur. When viewed from directly below you realise the building is triangular and mimics the prow of an ultra-modern ship. One of the hotel bars is known as Le 300 because it’s exactly 300 metres down to the sea.