Le Grand Jardin, C annes

Cannes has thrown open its doors, housing 24 guests in 12 exclusive bedrooms.

Dine on fresh produce grown in the botanic gardens. Spend the night in Louis XIV’s revamped 16th century tower, where Napoleon once slept.

Layered with history and bound in time, Le Grand Jardin is a newly reopened Garden of Eden located on the largest of the French Riviera’s Îles de Lérins. Some 150 hectares of outstanding natural heritage, Île Sainte-Marguerite has long been off limits to visitors looking to stay the night. Now, the private walled estate just half a mile from the Bay of lgj-cannes.com

Dine al fresco among the palm-fringed gardens where Napoleon grazed his horses and soak up the island’s golden sunsets. Only accessible by boat, it’s a secret escape, far from the madding crowd.