Château Saint-Martin & Spa
Oetker Collection's château on the site of a Templar commandery above Vence, in a park of olive groves.
Oetker Collection · Nice, Cannes & Cap d'Antibes · French Riviera & Monaco
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because Oetker Collection keeps a château on the site of a Templar commandery above Vence, in a park of olive groves twenty minutes inland from Nice – and it holds four-star standing, listed at exactly the tier it holds.
- On the site of a Templar commandery in the hills above Vence, twenty minutes inland from Nice; an Oetker Collection hotel, and the Distinction Palace since 2019.
- A park of olive groves, and a restaurant that holds a MICHELIN star. Seasonal: the concierge confirms the opening dates for your stay.
- One MICHELIN Key in the 2025 selection; Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel.
The neighborhood
Le Negresco · Nice, Cannes & Cap d'Antibes — Spielvogel · CC BY-SA 4.0Nice, Cannes & Cap d'Antibes
The Baie des Anges and the coast west of it, with six of the nineteen hotels. Nice and the Promenade des Anglais come first, then Cap d'Antibes between Antibes and Juan-les-Pins, and Cannes and the Croisette facing the Îles de Lérins. The hill villages of Saint-Paul-de-Vence and Vence lie twenty minutes inland.
- Vence, its old town and Matisse's Chapelle du Rosaire, below the house.
- Saint-Paul-de-Vence and the Fondation Maeght, ten minutes by car.
- The coast at Nice and the airport, about half an hour down the hill.
“Oetker Collection's château on the site of a Templar commandery above Vence, in a park of olive groves.”
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