The bliss of the French Riviera, Portuguese fashion and cartography

Chapter 1

Paula by Paula Amorim

It’s hard to distil national character into aesthetics. But when Paula Amorim was deciding what she wanted her eponymous luxury fashion brand to be, she knew that she wanted it to be about “Portugality”.

Chapter 2

Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Cap d’Antibes

Few hotels embody the elegant charm of the French Riviera like the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes. Located down the beach from Cannes, it was originally a writers’ retreat in the 19th century before it helped to transform the area from a sleepy backwater into the summertime haunt of international creatives and intellectuals.

Chapter 3

Hôtel du Couvent in Nice’s Old Town

Valéry Grégo is the owner of the new Hôtel du Couvent in Nice and founder of the Perseus hotel group. Earlier this month, we toured the hotel and its gardens as Grégo eagerly prepared for its grand opening.

Chapter 4

The power of cartography

Navigating your way around unfamiliar places with a physical map leaves you with more than just an enhanced sense of place. Notes, marks and even creases become souvenirs of adventures past, as writer Alexandra Aldea explains in this month’s essay.