Need to know

Rooms

Four, including one mezzanine suite.

Rates

€75–€150, including breakfast and taxes. Minimum two-night stay.

Check-out

Midday, 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.

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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Monte-Arena

6, Place de la Plaine, Montaren & Saint-Médiers, 30700 Uzès, France.