Boscolo Exedra Nice
by the TopOfHotel team
Boscolo Exedra is an Italian 5-star built around a 1,000 sq m spa with a Roman bath, a 5-minute walk back from the Promenade.
Boscolo Exedra is an Italian 5-star built around a 1,000 sq m spa with a Roman bath, a 5-minute walk back from the Promenade.
In-Depth Review
Rooms and decor
The 121 rooms lean Italian luxury — gold-and-beige tones, parquet floors, heavy curtains and marble bathrooms. Standards run 30 to 35 sq m, which is genuinely bigger than what most other 5-stars in Nice give you, and each one comes with a 49-inch TV and a Nespresso machine. Some rooms have a small private balcony looking over the garden side of Boulevard Victor Hugo. Step up to a suite (50 to 95 sq m) and you get a jacuzzi and a panoramic view over the city. One thing guests keep flagging is the bathrooms — bigger than the room category would suggest, with a separate tub and walk-in shower, and Bvlgari toiletries to finish.
Food and amenities
The headline is the Espace Wellness spa — a full 1,000 sq m floor, and the thing that sets Boscolo apart from the other Nice 5-stars. Guests use most of it for free: a Roman bath, which is a warm 36C pool built to look like an old Roman bathhouse, a heated indoor pool open year-round, a Turkish hammam, a Finnish dry sauna, plus a tropical shower, an ice fountain and a relaxation room. Then there are 8 treatment rooms running Sothys and Boscolo's own line — a 60-minute massage is about $140 and a Sothys facial around $195. Downstairs off the lobby there's a Mediterranean fine-dining restaurant, and the 5-star concierge will set up day trips out along the Cote d'Azur to Monaco and Cannes.
Location and getting there
You're on Boulevard Victor Hugo in central Nice, 350 m (about 5 minutes) back from the Promenade des Anglais. Place Massena is also 5 minutes on foot to the east, Old Town about 8, and the Cours Saleya flower market roughly 10. The Jean Medecin tram stop is a 5-minute walk: Tram L1 gets you into Old Town in 5 minutes or to Gare de Nice-Ville in about 8, for $1.60. For the airport, Tram L2 reaches NCE in around 22 minutes, same fare.
Things to know before booking
The big one: this is not a beachfront hotel. The sea is a 350 m, roughly 5-minute walk away, and no rooms look out over it — if waking up to the water is the point of your trip, book the Negresco or the Hyatt instead. The price is the second catch: rates open around $270 a night, which is a lot to pay for a hotel set back from the sand, so you're really buying the spa rather than the address. And the spa itself isn't fully free — the pool and baths are included, but treatments cost extra, somewhere around $95 to $270 depending on what you choose. Breakfast also depends on the rate; a room-only booking adds about $35 per person.
Our take
Boscolo Exedra makes the most sense for couples on a honeymoon or a wellness break who'd happily swap a sea view for a serious spa, and for anyone who already likes the Boscolo group from Rome, Milan, Prague or Venice. The 1,000 sq m wellness floor is the real draw, and the 350 m walk to the Promenade is a fair trade for it. Skip it if you want to be right across from the beach — the Negresco, Hyatt and AC Hotel all are — or if you've got kids who'd rather have an outdoor pool to splash in.
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The Honest Verdict — pros & what to know
- The 1,000 sq m spa is the whole point — a Roman bath, sauna, Turkish hammam, heated indoor pool and 8 treatment rooms, with the pool and baths free to guests.
- Italian luxury design throughout — gold and beige tones, parquet floors and marble bathrooms with Bvlgari toiletries.
- A 5-minute, 350 m walk down Boulevard Victor Hugo puts you on the Promenade des Anglais and the Mediterranean.
- There's a Mediterranean fine-dining restaurant off the lobby, plus a 5-star concierge that books day trips out to the Cote d'Azur, Monaco and Cannes.
- Standard rooms run 30-35 sq m — bigger than most other 5-star rooms in Nice — and come with a 49-inch TV and a Nespresso machine.
- It is not on the beach. Getting to the sand means a 350 m, roughly 5-minute walk along Boulevard Victor Hugo, so you don't roll out of bed to a sea view.
- Rates start around $270 a night, which is steep for a hotel set back from the water — you are paying for the spa, not the location.
- The spa isn't all-inclusive. The pool, Roman bath, sauna and hammam are free, but treatments like a massage or facial are extra, roughly $95 to $270.
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Insider Tips
- Book your spa session before you check in — the popular Roman bath and hammam slots fill up fast in summer.
- Look at the B&B + Spa package rate. In some periods it runs about 15% cheaper than booking the room and spa separately.
- Take Tram L1 from Jean Medecin, a 5-minute walk from the hotel, and you're at Old Town in 5 minutes for $1.60.