Expert reviews
“This secret treasure cuts into the cliff (an elevator takes you up to reception), and the best rooms—including Raoul Dufy’s favorite—not only have views of the azure sea, they also look down into an intimate garden dotted with lemon trees. All rooms have a breezy, bright inviting style that makes you think twice about leaving them for a drink at the patio bar or a dip in the cliff-side pool.”
“Once a prison, La Pérouse has been reconstructed into a spectacular and unique Riviera hotel. Set on a cliff, it’s built right in the gardens of the ancient château hill, with a secluded swimming pool almost carved out of the rock to the rear.”
“A prime seaside location and boutique hotel style put La Pérouse in a league of its own. Built into the rock cliff-face of Colline du Château, it evokes the spirit of a genteel villa. Lower-floor rooms face a citrus-tree-shaded courtyard and pool; upper-floor rooms have magnificent sea vistas.”
“The scene-stealing location of this small, luxurious, Mediterranean-chic hotel must be the best in Nice. It was carved into a steep limestone cliff in the 1930s, between the old town and the port, and overlooking the Baie des Anges. Most guests can drink in the big blue stare of the Mediterranean from their terrace.”
What guests liked
- Top location
- Swimming pool
- Beachfront
- Sauna
- Friendly staff
- Comfortable beds
All you need to know
The exquisite Hotel La Perouse is a sophisticated establishment situated on the outskirts of Old Town Nice, providing picturesque vistas of the ocean. Nestled atop a cliff, this hotel offers a lavish sanctuary away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Housed within a meticulously renovated historic building, the Hotel La Perouse boasts 56 well-appointed guest rooms and spacious suites. The guest rooms are generously proportioned and feature private balconies that offer breathtaking views of the ocean. The rooms have been tastefully decorated with opulent fabrics and furnished with plush, comfortable beds.
With its dark wood furniture and state-of-the-art flat-screen TVs, each room is designed to ensure that guests feel completely at ease throughout their stay. Additionally, every room is equipped with a luxurious marble ensuite bathroom, complete with modern amenities, providing guests with the ultimate relaxation experience.
The hotel offers an array of excellent facilities, including a magnificent outdoor pool area and palm-fringed terraces that offer panoramic views of the stunning Cote d’Azur. Guests can unwind on sunbeds located on the various terraces, which provide a serene and private atmosphere away from the city’s hustle and bustle.
The hotel boasts an exceptional restaurant called Le Patio, located on-site, where patrons can savor delectable dishes featuring a variety of fresh seafood and Provençal cuisine. The restaurant offers a delightful dining experience amidst the awe-inspiring surroundings.
Furthermore, the hotel’s prime location provides convenient access to the heart of Nice. Guests can easily explore the charming Old Town and the bustling marina area by foot.
Additionally, within a short walking distance, visitors can immerse themselves in the vibrant atmosphere of the Cours Saleya market and stroll along the picturesque Promenade des Anglais. This makes the hotel an ideal choice for those seeking relaxation and an opportunity to indulge in the city’s rich cultural offerings.
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Location
Recent guest reviews
22 July 2025
Very cosy stay in an excellent location
Very warm and welcoming with a unique charm
No complaints
16 July 2025
Perfect hotel in a perfect location within a wonderful city.
Classic French boutique hotel.. wonderful staff, breakfast and lunch was delicious and location was amazing.
12 July 2025
Very good
The view from the suite was incredible very nice location central and right on the beach , beautiful restaurant and pool
Room size was relatively small for the suite for 4 people .
8 July 2025
Brilliant
It was just lovely!!
Expensive
8 July 2025
Our 6th time staying at this hotel and highly recommend it
Everything. Fabulous views of the bay. Perfect location right in the old town. Beautiful pool area. Good breakfast but most importantly excellent service from very friendly staff.
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30 June 2025
Beautiful pool and restaurant area in a fantastic location to explore Nice.
Excellent location to walk to harbour, beach and old town. Delicious breakfast and very attentive and friendly staff.
The air conditioning control in the room was unreliable; sometimes shut off cooling even when we had put it on. One night stopped working completely.
26 June 2025
Wish we could stay longer. Highly recommended.
Loved everything about it. Location, view, staff and restaurant are all amazing
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23 June 2025
Thoroughly enjoyable stay in a lovely place in a fantastic location
Exceptionally helpful team (particularly Laurent and Sarina on Reception ). Lovely intimate atmosphere. Felt like being in a mellow house party.
Hotel of this quality should serve fresh orange juice rather than processed at breakfast. Old-fashioned swirly carpets in the public area (clean but very out of date)
23 June 2025
I had a great time. The location is perfect. Everyone was friendly and helpful.
Location, attentive staff
The obligation to order the main course in the restaurant. I don’t eat that much in the evening.
20 June 2025
Really relaxing & enjoyable
First class front of house people & a great location.
10 June 2025
We had an enjoyable stay, but unfortunately there were many roads closed due to the Ocean Summit, and couldn’t access th
Large bedroom and large balcony
Sunbeds kept collapsing at the back
1 June 2025
Best hotel in nice!
Beautiful hotel with great amenities and the best rooftop view.
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29 May 2025
Exceptional
Great location Very good breakfast and dinner
View and balcony
20 May 2025
Perfect! …..All staff were friendly, professional & very helpful.
Small hotel which had the personal touch & lots of special qualities . A real gem!
There was nothing to dislike.
15 May 2025
Just superb
Fantastic hotel rooms with great views. Hotel is a short stroll to old town. Staff has been very attentive & helpful. Highly recommended!
7 May 2025
Exceptional
Everything! Traditional, comfortable and welcoming! Would certainly recommend and return!
24 April 2025
Wonderful hotel, near Old Town Nice with a beautiful, quaint, courtyard.
Location of La Perouse was excellent. Hotel had a pretty, quaint courtyard with a lemon tree. Heated pool was perfect, restaurant was good, and staff were friendly and very helpful with our day trips. Being able to store luggage for the day until our flight was great. Our balcony on 3rd floor with table and 2 chairs facing the Mediterranean was delightful. Wonderful stay in Nice!
Would have enjoyed a more varied restaurant menu, especially having coffee and a croissant available during the day. Room service was good. Overall, a perfect hotel.
21 April 2025
Exceptional
Really lovely old school deluxe hotel.
18 April 2025
We loved it
Beautiful, quaint and classy
More variety in the breakfast regarding the fruit offer - the offer was the same but also plenty of choice too
17 April 2025
Exceptional
Extremely friendly and helpful staff. Services. Location
17 April 2025
Super Nice!
Everything. The view from the rooms were stunning and so was the restaurant and pool.
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8 April 2025
Not the treat I was hoping for
Great location
Breakfast was disappointing - croissants etc were nothing special - just like the frozen ones you get from supermarkets. The room was really small. It is a warren - and one of the lifts to get up was tiny! All in all, not as fancy as I was hoping for.
6 April 2025
Beautiful room, views, and very nice people!
We loved everything!
31 March 2025
Exceptional
we went as extened family and could not have been happier with our choice of hotel. It was amazing. The location was perfect. The staff was exceptional. The breakfast was superb. the hotel had such charm. The beds were extremely comfortable. It was over all a 10++++
31 March 2025
A perfect stay in Nice! Excellent! Give them 5 stars!
Everything! Gorgeous hotel! Fabulous staff! Beautiful room with lovely courtyard! Nothing was too much trouble. Fantastic location right on the prom. Perfect walk to old town and port. Everything was 5 star! The right mix of old and new. Food was also excellent!
Nothing it was perfect!
16 March 2025
Fabulous
Lovely hotel in a great location
Pool has been out of service every time I have stayed here
12 March 2025
Very good
Great location, within walking distance of everything, all the staff were particularly friendly and helpful.
Somewhat labyrinthine path to reach the room, but the reason is the beauty of the historic building
22 February 2025
A beautiful visit.
Great location with super attentive and friendly hosts.
8 February 2025
Fabulous
Fantastic staff. Great views of the sea
The reception area is poor
1 February 2025
Fabulous
Beautiful view and an ideal location, conveniently close to the beach, city, restaurants, and more. The hotel also offers valet parking for guests arriving by car.
21 January 2025
Comfortable stay in stylish old-money Riviera hotel with sea views and Nice old town right on your doorstep.
Fantastic location right on the sea front and in the old town with its cafes, bars, shops and restaurants. Very stylish and comfortable room. Amazing views.
Scaffold at the front of the hotel due to renovation detracted a little from the otherwise perfect experience.
16 January 2025
Excellent. The train from Nice takes you everywhere and there are so many restaurants to choose from
The bedroom, view and location were great.
We only had a shower in the bath. We could have requested a room with a walk in shower but didn’t know what we were getting. The rest of the bathroom very nice. We would have liked a more welcoming reception area with comfortable chairs.
14 January 2025
Great location , hotel lovely clean and just refurbished , staff exceptional, very lovely short stay
Beautiful authentic French Riviera style
12 January 2025
beautiful rooms with friendly staff
the hotel is beautifully renovated and the service was excellent. also the location is perfect, you are a 5 min walk from the old city. I loved the chocolates they treated us every day.
3 January 2025
Comfortable stay in a nice location.
Very comfortable room and nice staff.
The decor in the reception area and corridors is awful and makes a bad impression as you enter the hotel. The smell of food was overwhelming from the restaurant into the rooms from early in the morning. You had to take two different lifts, one on the ground floor and another on the first floor, to reach my room on the second floor.
18 December 2024
Romantic place!
Staffs are so kind. There are so nice smell in every part of the hotel. And the ocean sight from the room was awesome. The amenities in the room were also nice! Perfect for romantic trips!
9 December 2024
Exceptional
Perfect ocean view, wonderful breakfast and kind staffs.
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3 December 2024
generally excellent breakfast staff and location perfect thanks!!
excellent breakfast room was perfect only downside was the scaffolding outside the building
scaffolding outside the entrance to the hotel
30 November 2024
Beautiful location and view near everything downtown
Great location overlooking the water and makes every place easy to walk to. Very nice people at the front desk.
Room service breakfast a little expensive. About 86 Euros with two omelets 28 base plus 15 for omelets.
13 November 2024
Beautiful views from our room and great hotel
really lovely hotel very helpful staff and location great. meals were good quality and enjoyed breakfast
all good-
10 November 2024
We had a fantastic stay and would return!
We had a wonderful stay. The property was beautiful and the staff went above and beyond to make our stay special.
Just be aware that because the hotel is built into the mountain that it takes a bit to navigate getting to the room. (Multiple elevators).
7 November 2024
Enjoyable
Location and staff
Poor soundproofing - especially the sounds above us
28 October 2024
This vibey oasis was the perfect place to spend a few nights while on our honeymoon.
We loved the location of La Perouse. It was a perfect point to start from when venturing out to explore Nice while being an amazing spot to end the day at. The view from the Solarium was the perfect place to watch the sunset and relax too.
We weren't expecting all the twists and turns in the hotel to get to our room but we quickly learned the layout.
27 October 2024
Relaxing and enjoyable.
We had a room with a balcony overlooking the water, just beautiful! The location is outstanding -- near the Promenade, Old Nice and the port. Great stay!
26 October 2024
Great stay at a lovely seaside hotel
Great seaside hotel.
All good
23 October 2024
A perfect stay to experience the old town of Nice for a few days with a friend.
Loved my stay here. Wonderful touches I particularly liked was the turn down service, quality of toiletries and linen. What made the stay was every single member of staff you have contact with. They provide a happy upbeat role in making your holiday the best it can be.
There was nothing I didn’t like.
21 October 2024
Fabulous
Loction was perfect we could walk to all the sites we wanted to see we will stay here again
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15 October 2024
The staff was very nice. Everything is clean, beautiful! The breakfast was very delicious! Thank you, we will come back
Everything. The staff was very nice, the rooms are cleaned twice a day, fresh, cold water in the room. Everything is clean, beautiful! You can use the pool and sauna. The breakfast was very delicious! Thank you, we will come back here for sure!
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10 October 2024
It was a great stay would recommend. The staff was wonderful and the view was worth the price.
The view from out room was outstanding. The staff was wonderful. Everyone was kind and cheerful and helped with planning a trip to Monaco. The location was great for walking to the old city. The restaurant was very good as was the delicious breakfast.
The lobby looks a little make shift and we were a bit put off when we first arrived but our stay got better when we began to enjoy the whole hotel. It was difficult to drive to because the street it's on becomes one way. Just follow Apple Maps.
Hotel facilities
Food & Drink
- - Restaurant
- - Bar
- - Breakfast in the room
- - Snack bar
- - Special diet menus (on request)
- - Kid meals (additional charge)
- - Kid-friendly buffet
- - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
- - Fruits (additional charge)
- - Coffee house on site
General
- - Room service
- - Non-smoking rooms
- - Family rooms
- - Lift
- - Safety deposit box
- - Soundproof rooms
- - Heating
- - Non-smoking throughout
- - Air conditioning
Business facilities
- - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
- - Business centre (additional charge)
- - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)
Reception services
- - 24-hour front desk
- - Currency exchange
- - Luggage storage
- - Concierge service
Activities
- - Sauna
- - Fitness centre
- - Solarium
- - Beachfront
- - Open-air bath
- - Spa lounge/relaxation area
- - Fitness
- - Beach
- - Walking tours
- - Happy hour (additional charge)
Outdoors
- - Garden
- - Terrace
- - Outdoor pool
- - Sun terrace
- - Outdoor pool (seasonal)
- - Outdoor furniture
Entertainment and family services
- - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
Cleaning services
- - Laundry (additional charge)
- - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
- - Ironing service (additional charge)
- - Trouser press (additional charge)
- - Daily housekeeping
Parking
- - Parking garage
- - Accessible parking
Pool and wellness
- - Pool with view
- - Heated pool
- - Shallow end
- - Sun loungers or beach chairs
- - Fence around pool
- - Swimming pool
- - Swimming pool
Miscellaneous
- - 24-hour security
- - Key card access
- - Security alarm
- - Smoke alarms
- - CCTV in common areas
- - CCTV outside property
- - Fire extinguishers
- - Delivered food is securely covered
- - Face masks for guests available

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25 July 2025
very nice i would stay again i would just want warm water for the shower