Despite being rumored to have been checking out posh Monaco hospitals (where she can give birth), the Wanted actress ultimately chose the Lenval hospital in Nice, France. The seafront hospital announced last Tuesday that Angelina Jolie had checked into its Santa Maria maternity clinic to be kept under doctors’ watch and rest. British actress Celia Imrie told Associated Press Television News that Angie “has chosen the most beautiful place in the world” to give birth.

The local newspaper, Nice Matin, reported that Angelina Jolie has the best room in the hospital, on the fifth floor with an unobstructed view over the Bay of Angels. WOW! Now that’s luxurious! =) It said that she arrived by helicopter, landing Sunday afternoon on the hospital’s roof, evading the lenses of the world’s paparazzi who have been looking over maternity wards across the French Riviera in recent weeks.

Veteran British celebrity publicist Max Clifford told APTN earlier this week that the first photos of the Jolie-Pitt twins could fetch millions for paparazzi. He said, “France has got very, very strict privacy laws, which gives them far greater chance of controlling everything and making sure no one gets some sneaky photos. But of course the stakes are high and this is probably going to be the most expensive set of baby pictures in history.”