Mouratoglou Hotel & Resort — Sophia Antipolis, France

Purpose-built inside Patrick Mouratoglou’s world-famous tennis academy, this 13-hectare resort feels like a collegiate sports campus dropped onto the French Riviera. Thirty-four clay, hard and Greenset courts, six flood-lit padel arenas and a multi-sport pitch anchor programming that runs from adult boot-camps to junior ITF intensives, all a two-minute walk from sound-proofed guest rooms.

Conditioning spills indoors to a dual-zone gym loaded with Outrace frames, Skillmills and Wattbike Pros, supported by a 700 m² Cinq Mondes spa whose contrast-temperature circuit, ice fountain and hydro-massage jets reset CNS after two-a-day sessions. Outside, twin lagoon pools host aqua-training, while a sand-based beach-volleyball court and forest MTB trails keep cross-training varied.

Nutrition tracks effort rather than fad. L’Emblème restaurant colour-codes buffet islands for macros, the pool-bar smoothie shack whips beet-ginger recovery blends till midnight, and self-cater cottages include induction hobs for team chefs. Green-energy geothermal probes under the car park slice the property’s carbon footprint by 91 percent, proving high output needn’t mean high emissions.

When rackets rest, guests hop shuttles to Cannes beaches for SUP yoga, pedal e-bikes into olive-grove foothills or book sports-med screenings in the on-site clinic. With Nice Airport 15 km north and a concierge geared to restring racquets in under an hour, Mouratoglou Hotel & Resort delivers Riviera sunshine and pro-grade infrastructure without five-star price shock.