EDITOR’S PICK
EDITOR’S PICK
In each issue, Rupert Murray reveals what
has impressed him in the world of upmarket travel. This time, he’s at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on the French Riviera
Caked in sweat and clay, an ice-cold Powerade between my grateful lips, I watched the courts being sprayed and raked in time for my next match. Fudge me, I thought. This is a seriously pimp situation right here. There were 12 of us drifting and lolling around dressed in the quietly branded Hotel du Cap polo shirt, hat and sweat bands that appeared in our rooms each night. Our whites, combined with a tennis arena so classy it makes Centre Court feel a little Towie, created a scene deserving of the Hepburns, Clooney, wooden rackets and the mother of all black-and-white filters.
And yet it wasn’t overwhelming.
I didn’t feel out of place and actually made the step from low-earning hack to wealthy style icon with peas’ levels of ease. That’s nothing to do with my
adeptness at pretending I’m a Chanel advert of a human. It’s this hotel. Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc. I guess it’s something to do with
the history, the staff, the bricks, the grounds and the situation. But, and I can’t apologise enough, I have to bow out of attempting to explain properly and fall upon the sword of je ne sais quoi. I literally don’t know what. Whatever it is, this place takes two, adds two – and
comes up with unicorn. If Elizabeth Taylor and Rupert Murray can both feel relaxed and a little spoilt in the same place, then something is awry with the space-time continuum. It’s not fashionable to heap
praise on a hotel and reel off a list of superlatives one after the other. Gushing is flushing, I was once told. But sometimes, one must admit defeat and just bang on a bit. Here I was after a few hours of racket sport, strolling through the restaurant, trunks on and towel draped over one shoulder, heading toward the jagged sea-facing rock face feeling like a cross between David Gandy and a panther.
44 — aspire september 2015
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