Ellington Hotel and nearby sports venues in Nice, France

The hotel is located close to the main shopping area, restaurants and within a few minutes walk of the seafront.

The rooms are medium in size, elegantly furnished and decorated in different styles and colours. Rooms and bathrooms are in very good condition.

The spacious and bright breakfast room is located on the ground floor. It is furnished with dark brown wooden tables and leather covered chairs either in dark brown or pale blue. In the warmer months, breakfast is served on the hotel's inner terrace, which is furnished with Moroccan style furniture, wrought iron seats and tiled tables.

A few steps lead up to the elegant reception area. It is furnished and decorated
in a colour scheme ranging from black to pale grey and silver. The floor is laid out with dark grey marble tiles. The walls are painted in pale grey and are decorated with large black and white photographs in silver frames of American film stars and beautiful decorative mirrors. The reception desk is made of black polished stone. To the right of the reception area is the bar, furnished with comfortable leather armchairs and reflecting the 20s' and 30s' Swing and Jazz era. Following on there is a comfortable lounge area, with a large mock open fire. Above it is a large mirror. The lounge area opens up onto the hotel terrace.

The hotel is housed in a traditional Riviera style building, with an attractive facade which has been entirely restored and painted in a pale ochre colour with off-white window shutters.

This property has been totally refurbished throughout and is now of an excellent standard in a style that reflects the swinging 30s, but housed in a traditional Provencal building. ( 0308/ss)