The Martinez's Art Deco silhouette anchors the Croisette, with its own private beach on the sand in front — during the film festival, it's the fastest way to skip the traffic entirely.
The Martinez runs its own private beach on the sand directly in front of the hotel, on the Croisette. Open May to October, it's exactly where a water taxi lands you.
Your captain uses a tender for the final approach onto the sand — the boat itself anchors just offshore in the bay. It's a few steps from the beach to the hotel entrance across the Croisette.
From Saint-Tropez the crossing is roughly 45 minutes to an hour depending on sea state; from Monaco or Nice Airport, the run along the Bay of Cannes takes about 30 to 40 minutes.
During the Film Festival and in peak August, La Croisette can take longer to cross by car than the bay takes by boat. The Martinez's own beach, right where you'd land, makes the water the more reliable route.
Cannes' traffic during festival weeks and August is notorious, and hotel drop-offs on the Croisette queue accordingly. Landing on the Martinez's own beach avoids the road entirely.
One of the Croisette's Art Deco landmarks since the 1920s, with a heated outdoor pool and a beach that's one of the largest private stretches of sand in Cannes.