Need to know
Rooms
72, including 13 suites.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability and a charge. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates don’t include the hotel’s buffet, Continental or American breakfast options (from €30 a person).
Also
Common areas are wheelchair-accessible and some rooms have been specially adapted.
At the hotel
Spa treatment rooms and a hammam; atrium lounge; bikes, e-bikes and scooters to hire (for a charge); charged laundry service; and free WiFi. In rooms: TV with Chromecast, minibar, espresso-maker with organic coffee, tea-making kit, air-conditioning, bathrobes and slippers, and LA Bruket bath products. Suites also have a Marshall speaker and Crosley turntable.
Our favourite rooms
The Experimental group’s signature look is the sterling work of designer Dorothée Meilichzon – and she’s done a beautiful job of teasing out the brand while bigging up Biarritz in her design of the rooms and suites here. Curvaceous postmodern furnishings and architectural forms get a coastal feel with mint-green and blue hues, marine stripes, shell shapes and ocean-liner-deco details. The ocean views are the ones to plump for, but swingers might want to overlook Biarritz’s historic Golf du Phare course. And the Regina Ocean Junior Suite does indeed rule here, for its private sauna and spa area, and panoramic ocean views you can wake up to.
Poolside
The sizable pool (heated from April to October and open 8am to 9pm) is also a chic, view-blessed sunbathing spot, or you can take a refreshing salty dip off Miramar Beach (a five-minute walk away).
Spa
Working with the crèmes de la crème of spa spoiling, across three cabins, products from luxe Austrian brand Susanne Kaufmann and homegrown studio Alaena are used in massages, facials, scrubs and wraps. Extra-special spoiling comes in the form of gommage, lymphatic drainage and face-lifting Japanese Kobido massages, and you can book beautifying finishing-touches too.
Packing tips
If you’re staying in a suite pick up some suitably Yé-yé vinyl for a boogie round your room.
Also
The concierge can help with even more outlier requests: pet-sitting, make-up artists, car-valeting…
Pet‐friendly
Small stylish chiens (under six kilogrammes) can stay in all rooms for €30 a night (let the hotel know when you book). See more pet-friendly hotels in Biarritz.
Children
Kids are very welcome here, with family-sized rooms, babysitters on call bikes and scooters to borrow and younger-skewing itineraries. But they do need supervising in the pool.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel has low-energy LED bulbs and motion sensors, water-savers on showers, has a strict recycling programme, uses local suppliers and eco-friendly products where possible. The building was insulated during renovation, and staff who use public transport are reimbursed.