Château de la Tour

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The Château de la Tour is a residence built in 1870 on the heights of the Croix-des-Gardes hill in Cannes, at the request of the Count and Countess Basset-Grainville. Designed by the architect Benz in a Neo-Gothic style, it received an additional west wing around 1880. It belongs to the movement of villas and "follies" built on the Côte d'Azur in the 19th century for an aristocratic clientele who came to winter on the coast. The surrounding park, laid out on former agricultural terraces, was transformed into a pleasure garden. In the 1960s the property was acquired by Hassan and Nicole Berezel, who began its conversion into a hotel; the hotel obtained a four-star rating in 2003. Since February 2020, the Château de la Tour has belonged to the NOVA ACE group. Now a 33-room hotel, the building retains its original Neo-Gothic architecture and its wooded park, witnesses to the residential development of the Croix-des-Gardes in the late 19th century.