Thirty-two rooms across nine connected stone village houses on a hilltop facing Mont Ventoux. The hotel is the village. The view from the pool is the entire Vaucluse valley.
"32 rooms across nine connected stone village houses on a hilltop facing Mont Ventoux. The hotel is the village."
Hôtel Crillon le Brave occupies the village of Crillon-le-Brave itself — a tiny medieval hilltop village in the Vaucluse, facing Mont Ventoux across the valley — where the hotel has acquired and restored nine of the stone village houses and connected them into a single luxury property. The premise is unusual: the hotel is the village. Guests stay in restored centuries-old stone houses; meals are in the converted village square; the swimming pool is on a terrace at the village's edge with views across the entire Vaucluse valley to the Ventoux summit beyond.
The 32 rooms split between Classic Rooms (in the smaller restored houses), Privilege Rooms (with valley views from the larger houses), Junior Suites, and the Crillon-le-Brave Suite — the property's flagship, occupying multiple floors of one of the larger restored village houses. Every room is individually shaped because every restored house has its own architectural character. The interiors are warm Provençal — restored stone walls and beamed ceilings, antique Provençal furniture, contemporary luxury bathrooms.
The grounds are the village itself plus the main hotel pool terrace. The pool — a heated infinity pool on the village's terrace edge — is one of the more photographed Provence hotel pools, with the Vaucluse valley descending below and Mont Ventoux rising across. The smaller secondary pool is in the gardens. The Spa Crillon le Brave is small and treatment-focused.
Dining is at three restaurants. La Madeleine is the headline Provençal fine-dining in the largest restored village house. La Table de Nyssia is the more casual all-day. Bar Henri is the cocktail bar in the converted village wine cellar. The wine programme is heavily Côtes-du-Rhône-Villages and Châteauneuf-du-Pape focused. Service is the consistent small-property luxury standard delivered by a heavily Provençal team. Hôtel Crillon le Brave is the most architecturally distinctive small-property Provence luxury — the hotel where the village itself is the hotel.
The Provence anniversary in a restored medieval village. The combination of the Mont Ventoux view, the village setting, and the small-property service produces an anniversary stay with a particular character. Book a Privilege Room with valley view. La Madeleine dinner; the village walks; the pool at sunset.
The Provence honeymoon for couples who want the medieval-village setting. The hotel is the village — every dinner takes place in a restored village house, every walk between accommodations is through the original medieval lanes. Different from the larger-property Provence luxury options, and different in the right way for the right traveller.
Crillon le Brave's village setting works for solo travellers — the village itself, the dinners at La Madeleine, the pool with the Mont Ventoux view, and the cycling routes from the village (the property has its own bike fleet and offers cycling-tour programmes including Mont Ventoux) provide structure to the solo trip.
Place de l'Église
84410 Crillon-le-Brave, Vaucluse
Hilltop village facing Mont Ventoux; 1 hour from Avignon (AVN), 1h 30min from Marseille (MRS)
32 rooms across 9 connected village houses
Classic Room from €450/night
Privilege Valley View from €700
Junior Suite from €1,200
Crillon-le-Brave Suite from €2,500
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Minimum stay: 2 nights
9 connected restored village houses
Heated infinity pool over Vaucluse valley
La Madeleine (Provençal fine-dining)
View of Mont Ventoux from pool
Cycling-tour programme (incl. Mont Ventoux)
Open: late March – early November
Peak: June–September (book 3 months ahead)
Best value: April, October
High-speed WiFi throughout
Reliable signal in all rooms
In-suite office setups on request
From €450/night. Best-value Provence luxury village hotel. Privilege Valley View rooms book 3 months ahead.
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