Le Lavandou — Var, France
Rooms stair-step to the rocks on a wild Riviera cove once favored by Bogart and Churchill.
Rooms and suites stair-step straight down toward the water on the rocky inlets of Peire Gouerbe, in a bay once favored by Bogart and Churchill. The sea view is framed through a vaulted stone archway right in the room, almost fortress-like, the same rough-cut stone that carries down to a cliff-edge pool overlooking the cove. Both that archway view and a shot of a swimmer in the water below were taken from inside the room itself, not from the beach or a brochure. About as close to hard proof of direct access as this guide gets. This is rock and crystalline water, not a sandy beach, confirmed first-hand, room to sea, no detour required.
