Need to know

Rooms

13 suites.

Rates

Low season, €120–€265; high season, €175–€355, including tax. Buffet breakfast is €10 a person.

Check-out

Midday. Both check-out and check-in (3pm) are flexible, depending on occupancy.

Facilities

Spa, book and DVD library, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: full kitchenette with hob, microwave, coffee maker and fridge, flatscreen TV, DVD/CD player, preloaded iPod and dock, L’Occitane toiletries, Blanc d’Ivoire bedlinen.

Poolside

The hotel’s underground spa has an eight-person heated relaxation pool tiled in soft watery blues.

Children

Extra beds are €15 a night, and babysitting can be arranged for €10 an hour, with advance notice.

Eco-friendly

The hotel’s water is solar heated.

Also

Le Couvent is non-smoking throughout.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

The four south-facing suites on the upper floors each have private balconies looking out over the village of Hérépian and the Monts d’Orb. The ground floor suites have dinky terraces, but without the grand panoramas of the suites above. The split-level Garden Suite comes with comes with toasty underfloor heating.

Packing tips

Your cutest eco shopping bag to stuff with goodies from the local markets.

Also

The spa’s products are freshly prepared, organically sourced, and from the locality. From the pool you can smell the scents of its treatments: chamomile, olive, lavender, honey, thyme and grape seed.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Le Couvent d’Hérépian serves a variety of tapas and offers a table d’hôte with a day’s notice. Chef and charcuterie-owner Michel Aninat (who turned up in one of Rick Stein’s foodie tours) prepares indulgent dishes such as fig-stuffed duckling.

Dress code

Light and lounge-y.

Top table

You can perch anywhere you like for wine and nibbles – we’d make a beeline for the main terrace on a balmy evening. In chillier conditions, the fireplace in the salon is fronted with cosy armchairs.

Last orders

The tapas menu is available until 8.30pm, and the bar closes at around 10pm.

Room service

There’s no room service, as such, but you can choose to have meals served in your suite.

Hotel bar

A vaulted limestone cellar holds the hotel’s service and honesty bars, with chunky contemporary chairs to sink into with a glass of locally produced wine. Aperitifs are served every evening in the bar, salon or gardens.

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Le Couvent d'Hérépian

2 Rue du Couvent, Hérépian