Need to know
Rooms
35, including 10 villas.
Check–Out
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
More details
Rates are room only, bed and breakfast or half-board. The latter includes breakfast and lunch, or a three-course à la carte dinner. On-site upgrades are priced at €26 per person for breakfast and €40 per person for half-board.
Also
Since opening, the hotel has collected over a dozen awards (both national and international), earning kudos for its innovative architecture and respect for nature.
At the hotel
Yoga studio, free WiFi throughout, laundry. In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar, tea and coffee kit, free bottled water and Rituals bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Valley views are this hotel’s bread and butter – every room has oversize windows spanning an entire wall of the bedroom. If you’re partial to a private terrace and alfresco hot tub, swing for one of the Pool Suites. Decorated in a darker palette, the Pool Villas are spread over two floors and have spacious terraces, private plunge pools and outdoor showers. It’s worth noting that some of the Double Suites are higher up the hill, putting them slightly further from the restaurant, pools and spa. On the flip side, the lofty views more than make up for the slight slog required to reach them.
Poolside
There are two outdoor infinity pools and a third, heated pool in the window-walled spa. The heated saltwater outdoor pools are particularly atmospheric at dusk, when the water is often stained pink and marmalade by the sunset.
Spa
Vivood’s valley-straddling views are quick to bring on states of bliss – something that only spurred the designers on when it came to the spa. Inspired by the ancient art of Ayurveda but making the most of modern science, the Vivood Spa teams rugged nature with cutting-edge design. There's a hammam, sauna, glass-walled thalassotherapy circuit, floatation tank and 16 treatment rooms, four of which can accomodate couples. For the full experience, try the signature Five Elements treatment, based on the namesake pillars of Ayurveda: earth, water, air, fire and aether. You’ll tour the sauna, plunge pools, hammam and thalassotherapy circuit, being slathered with a mango scrub and skin-softening mud in between. After passing through a set of glass-walled showers suspended over the mountainside, you’ll end with a soothing session in the saltwater floatation tank.
Packing tips
Pack your hiking, biking and yoga gear. On the other hand, the villas have projectors that are hooked up to Netflix – an invitation for loungewear if ever we heard one.
Also
All of the common areas are wheelchair accessible, as is one of the Double Suites.
Children
This one’s for adults only, making for placid days and romantic nights.