Need to know
Rooms
57, including 18 suites.
Check–Out
11am. Earliest check-in, 4pm.
More details
Rates include breakfast, a glorious farm-to-table spread of meats and cheeses, eggs, smoked salmon, fruit salad, crêpes and more.
Also
There are three bedrooms suited to guests with mobility issues.
Hotel closed
The hotel closes for the winter season from 28 October 2023 until 1 May 2024.
At the hotel
Swimming pool, extensive grounds, vegetable and herb garden, orchard, free WiFi. In rooms: flatscreen TV, Bluetooth speaker, tablet, minibar, coffee machine, kettle and teas, free WiFi and Grown Alchemist bath products. Some rooms and suites have a terrace or balcony.
Our favourite rooms
Perhaps it’s the birds’ synonymousness with peace, love and devotion that makes the Signature Junior Suites feel so romantic. It has a sun-drenched living room and a bedroom with light oak furnishings. But, the whole hotel is a Provençal charm offensive, with antiques and that je ne sais quoi rustic subtlety the French are so very good at – and views are democratically divine.
Poolside
No mere spot for splashing about, the hotel’s free-style pool is the definition of ‘location, location, location’. It’s set amid bursts of lavender bushes, sentry cypress, and spreading olive and almond trees, and it has on-high views of beautiful Bonnieux and the lush Luberon beyond. Quite the spectacle with your breaststroke. A section of it is shallow for kids to safely play in (although there’s no guard on duty), and staff will bring you snacks and drinks.
Spa
The spa has three treatment rooms offering a range of wellness treatments including Thai and Shiatsu massages, a sauna, a steam room and a Roman bath fit for an emperor.
Packing tips
Bring some locally relevant reading material by the region’s former residents. Say, the poems of Daudet and Mistral, some Camus novels, Peter Mayle’s seminal A Year in Provence book that shone a light on Bonnieux and the surrounding villages, or risqué poolside reading by the Marquis de Sade who lived in nearby Lacoste.
Also
Lean into the Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe fantasy (clothes probably not optional, we’re afraid) and ask the chef to fill a wicker hamper with a rustic picnic.
Pet‐friendly
Furry friends can stay for €25 each, a night. See more pet-friendly hotels in Luberon.
Children
Les jeunes are welcome here. The Family Junior Suite has ample space, or any of the other suites can accommodate kids too. There's babysitting on request (for an extra cost) and even Michelin dining for minis.
Best for
This stay is sleepy enough to bring very small children to juniors, but there's enough action to keep kids engaged.
Recommended rooms
The Family Suite sleeps two adults and two under-12s. Children can stay in all suites (Family Junior, Duplex, Bonnieux, Luberon and Pigeonnier).
Activities
Onsite, they’ll likely gravitate towards the pool, cycle through the gardens and play badminton and pétanque. The Luberon is a massive playground, although Mont Ventoux’s pinnacle might be a hike too far. Otherwise, kayak along the Sorgue, try ‘accrobranching’ (a mix of zip-lines and walkways), and tour the Disney-esque castles.
Swimming pool
The hotel pool has a shallow section for little ones to splash about in, but no lifeguard on duty.
Meals
Children dine very well here – there's a dedicated menus in La Bastide. You’ll not find anything so pedestrian as a chicken nugget, where the kids’ menu has the likes of smoked trout and sour cream, fish and farm-fresh vegetables and chocolate mousse.
Babysitting
The hotel can arrange babysitting from €35 an hour.
Also
Sleepiness and serenity are the point here, so bring distractions for squirmier kids to allow you to enjoy the pastoral peace too.