Les Roches Rouges, Saint Raphael, a Beaumier hotel

Les Roches Rouges keeps the Riviera refreshingly simple, a 1950s modernist retreat on the Golden Corniche of Estérel, facing the Mediterranean and Île d’Or. Rooms are light and clean-lined, with balconies made for long blue views and slow mornings by the sea. The real pull is outside, where a private pebble beach, dock and two pools set the pace. Add Estelo for market-fresh fish, La Chicoula for pine-shaded lunches, Susanne Kaufmann spa treatments and kayaks ready at the water’s edge.