L'Isle de Leos Hotel & Spa - MGallery Collection

84800 L'ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE

Exceptional Hotel

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Price Per night without breakfast

480 €

Gault&Millau's review

Exceptional Hotel In L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, nicknamed the "little Venice of the Comtadine" for its canals lined with antique shops, we never expected to see a five-star hotel. Even though the town is so busy, it had never taken that step. Now it has, with L'Isle de Leos, inaugurated this spring by Patrick Bruel. The artist, who has been rooted for over twenty years in the Vaucluse region, where he owns his olive-growing estate, wanted to offer this town of water and antiques a place in a class of its own, capable of standing up to the likes of Avignon and Gordes. The hotel is housed in a former XIXᵉ century sawmill, right on the banks of the Sorgue. The transformation, carried out by Rougerie+Tangram and architect Jean-Philippe Nuel, erased nothing of the building's industrial history. You enter through a vast lobby designed like a village square: an oval bar, a tall Provencal fireplace unearthed in Apt separating the library and the glassed-in cellar, and above all a monumental work by Nuel, L'Âme de la Provence, eight meters of tiles pierced with olive wheels. The tone is set: here, heritage is not decorative, it's staged. The rooms (49 in all, including 11 suites) reflect this approach: sober lines, works of art chosen from among the 400 exhibited in the hotel, contemporary furniture that lets the light do the talking. Some rooms open onto balconies where you can hear the Sorgue flowing by, or glimpse the swimming pool set in the heart of the garden. Luxury here is more about calm and attention to detail than pomp and circumstance. At La Roue restaurant, chef Yon Masurel sets the tone. The large hydraulic wheel visible from the dining room is a reminder of the origins of the place, while the dishes tell the story of Provence today. The five-part menu reads like a masterful score: pollack cooked to perfection, melting gnocchi with cockle jus, Aveyron veal fillet with preserved lemon, before a chocolate-olive entremet served with olive oil ice cream. Wines from Domaine de Leos accompany this score. The spa, L'Olivier de Leos, occupies two floors and 440 m²: hammam, sauna, snow cave, fitness room, indoor pool inspired by ancient Provencal washhouses. Treatments are based on the oils and leaves of the estate's olive trees. L'Isle de Leos is one of those hotels that adds a new dimension to a town. In the space of just a few months, it has already become a meeting point for visitors strolling through the antique streets, as well as for locals curious to discover this new address.

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