Hotel Crillon le Brave

Twenty-four rooms and suites spread across a cluster of 16th-century stone houses on Place de l'Eglise in Crillon le Brave, a hilltop village 12km northeast of Gordes in the Luberon. The property's elevation puts Mont Ventoux directly in the sightline from the terrace restaurant, which serves Provençal cuisine using produce from the surrounding market towns.

The spa offers massage, body treatments, and facial work; an outdoor pool sits on a lower terrace with valley views rather than village-facing. Bicycles are available for cycling into the lavender fields below, and the concierge organises horseback riding and walking tours through the Vaucluse plateau.

Upper floors are stairs-only — worth noting for those with mobility needs, though ground-level rooms are wheelchair accessible. Gordes itself, classified among France's most beautiful villages, lies a short drive south.