Hotel Crillon le Brave

Our wonderful trip to northern Provence was grounded in our stay at the truly spectacular Hotel Crillon-le-Brave. The hotel staff were all kind, informative, and every interaction projected superior hospitality. The hotel environment was charming and pastoral and was a relaxing backdrop to the outstanding views of Mont Ventoux, it's countryside, vineyards, hikers and cyclists. The amenities were incredibly comfortable, the food outstanding, and the proximity to the sites and culture of Provence was terrific. We certainly plan to return to this special place.

As another person said- an upgrade here was not an upgrade. I specifically booked months ago a provencale style room as per the website photos, which apparently they no longer had (given away) so had upgraded us to what I can only describe as a chalet style prison cell, see photos . I work in interiors and if this is a renovated room- they need to change designers asap, for over £1000 a night it was really not good. I travel a lot and this is a £300 a night room. Anyway, onwards and upwards I thought so made our way to the pool in hope the kids (6&9) could spend a couple of days splashing around and we spend little time in the room. No, there is about 10sqm max of outdoor flat space in the entire hotel . The pool can barely fit a catepillar around the edge and despite being sold as child friendly this place is definitely not. Us and another Parisian family sheltered at the back shhhhhh- ing our children whilst they played our phones as there is just not enough space here for anyone other than adults or babies. Other than paddle around a bit there is no room for kids in the pool, one of mine jumped in and got a sunbather wet so I felt on edge having to keep them contained and quiet at the side on a screen . She was very polite but it’s not how you want to feel on holiday. This should be made a lot clearer the limitations for kids over 1. It’s setting is divine looks wise, it far out from the good Provence villages of gordes, loumarin etc but as a couple for a couple of days (if you can get the non soulless room type) I am sure it would be nice if you like doing very little . We had come from hotel coquilllade which I would highly recommend checking out if you have children or want space/villages. We were pretty frustrated with the room change so after some two and fro ing the manager did agree to refund us the second night because we wanted to leave early . This was eventually appreciated and the correct thing of them to do given they could not provide us with the room type we booked . Moral of the story is don’t advertise what you cannot provide. You don’t buy a car and get delivered a different car so if you book a room that room should be available.

Fabulous stay here. Lovely room, amazing views, very helpful staff. Eating on veranda absolute highlight. Sunday brunch excellent, excellent breakfast but slightly underwhelmed by dinner during the week. Great spa. Could've done with a few less influencers but it is a brilliant hotel.

As we have a house near here, we haven't been able to stay in this beautiful perch of a hotel. But a meal there is a must especially when the Mistral has taken a rest and the sun is out. The staff is so warm they make you feel as if you have come home. The food and wine selection is top notch. I prefer the 3 course meals but a picky friend can also order a club sandwich or a burger. I would rather select the foies de voiailles salade as I gaze at Mt. Ventoux