Demeure Monte-Arena
- Style
- Little French house in the country
- Setting
- Amongst sun-flecked vineyards
Lavender-packed gardens, ancient stone fireplaces and an immaculate French fountain make this grand 15th-century countryside, country-hide house such an elegant Uzès escape.
Need to know
- Rooms
- Four, including one mezzanine suite.
- Rates
- €75–€150, including breakfast and taxes. Minimum two-night stay.
- Check-out
- 12h, but flexible. Leave luggage in the house to linger and leave later.
- Facilities
- Rooms are TV-free sanctuaries (apart from Aile Nord suite’s TV, DVD and CD medley). Dressing gowns are included, as is free WiFi. Duck feather winter-warmer bedding Vs embroidered summer cotton.
- Poolside
- Outdoor plunge pool and charming gardens between the towers of the fort.
- Children
- There are lots of games for little ones. An extra bed is available in the suite – and cots for other rooms – at €25 a night. Under-sevens stay free.
- Eco-friendly
- Only organic food and toiletries are used. Local ingredients from Uzès market are used in cooking whenever possible.
- Hotel closed
- At Christmas, then 2 January – 15 March.
- Also
- Pets are welcome, as long as they can share the house with the resident cats.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Accessed by a narrow corridor, open to the elements with an antique day-bed offering momentary rest, the Aile Nord suite is big on light and space with its mezzanine floor housing a bed swathed in white muslin drapes. A balcony boasts views across the rooftops. Downstairs the modern modular sofa contrasts with the huge stone open fireplace and day-bed – the perfect spot for reclining. Chambre Rose has a romantic canopy bed.
- Packing tips
- A carry-on-the-plane-sized weekender: to take home delicate antiques unearthed in Uzès.
- Also
- Chambre Blue is the only twin room.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- There is no hotel restaurant, but table d’hôte will be offered during the high season: €25-€40 per person. The manifold restaurants of Uzès are two kilometeres down the road.
- Dress code
- Anything that flows; anything goes.
- Last orders
- Table d'hôte must be ordered the day before dining.
- Room service
- Not available.
- Hotel bar
- There is no bar as such, since a chambre d'hôte may not have an alcohol licence.
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