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Cap D’Antibes’ legendary Hotel Juana has recently launched PASEO. This new bar/restaurant/hangout promises to be the perfect place to soothe your soul, raise your spirits, and feast your eyes on museum-worthy décor. The new concept is inspired by the Spanish word for a leisurely stroll. It offers a vibrant garden patio and an arresting interior that brings the spirit of Juan-les-Pins’ famed park, La Pinèdé, indoors.

Since 1931, Hotel Juana has been a gathering spot for writers, artists, musicians, and all lovers of life. Now, those free spirits have a dedicated place to while away the hours, thanks to the owner’s own love of seeking out community-friendly hospitality concepts when he travels. Antoine Chauvin-Estène, the 41-year-old owner, says that hotels today need cool public spaces, even at a five-star level, a great bar, various F&B, and nothing boring.

The PASEO offers guests, both in-house and from the outside, an epicentre for the community. With designers Samantha and Arnaud, Antoine created PASEO to treat guests’ souls and emotions well. The hospitality service will not be non-intrusive to the guest but will treat people like they can come for a coffee and stay all day.

At PASEO, you can have lunch, work on your laptop, have happy hour and dinner, and come for Sunday brunch. PASEO also offers sweet time, that vital moment when all sane people enjoy a pastry (created by Steve Moracchini, the chef pâtissier at Michelin-starred La Passagère) and a glass of Champagne.

Moracchini has created a day-to-night menu, from poke bowls to pissaladière, Lillet Spritz cocktails, to various flavours of tiramisurprise. However, the masterpiece at PASEO is the mural on the ceiling. Interior designers Arnaud Larguier and Samantha Messens of Atelier Larguier collaborated with textile designer Britt Erlansen to create a botanical, floral, and animal-filled pattern inspired by La Pinèdé.

Local artist Gaspard Nibelle spent two and a half months hand-painting the mural on a Michelangelo-at-the-Sistine-Chapel-style ceiling, lying on his back on a raised platform. Bold colours, arresting patterns, and innovative materials are everywhere in PASEO, from the chicly clashing fabric upholstery to the resin epoxy outdoor bar to the ceramic barbotine French vintage dishware.

Atelier Larguier’s philosophy is to upcycle Hotel Juana’s existing, locally-made furnishings, saving them from landfills and transforming them into gorgeous new conversation pieces. They recovered chairs and sofas using bolts of vintage fabric and cut existing square hardwood tables into rounds with undulating edges. They made tabletops and lamps out of colourful recycled plastic for the outdoor patio.

PASEO has become a fun, fresh, and floral place that is one-of-a-kind in Juan-les-Pins and the South of France. It is a perfect example of how hotels can offer cool public spaces and sustainable hospitality concepts that will benefit guests and the community. Hotel Juana’s PASEO is the newest hotspot in Cap D’Antibes and is not to be missed.