Welcome HotelvsAirelles Chateau de la Messardiere
Both Welcome Hotel and Chateau de la Messardiere are recommended by professional reviewers. On balance, Welcome Hotel is the choice of most reviewers compared to Chateau de la Messardiere. Welcome Hotel comes in at 83 with endorsements from 4 sources like Oyster, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.
Welcome Hotel
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3, quai Amiral Courbet, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer
From $257/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Fodor's "The best rooms are brightened with vivid colors and stenciled quotes from Cocteau; some top-floor rooms have spectacular views of the great Villefranche harbor." Full review
Frommer's "Villefranche’s most prestigious hotel, the Welcome sits in the center of town and has been home to Riviera artists since the 1920s, including author and filmmaker Jean Cocteau (in room 22)." Full review
OysterMid-Range
"The family-run Welcome Hôtel is a three-pearl boutique property situated on the water in the heart of Villefranche-sur-Mer." Full review
Lonely Planet "Boasting an unbeatable location on Villefranche's waterfront promenade, this burnt-orange beauty has 35 nautically themed rooms, all with balcony and sea view." Full review
Airelles Chateau de la Messardiere Oyster
Gayot
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Michelin Guide
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Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
Route de Tahiti, 83990 Saint-Tropez
From $1,836/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
OysterLuxury
"The Chateau de la Messardiere is a palatial, 117-room getaway in the south of France, housed in what was once a 19th-century castle." Full review
Gayot "A pastiche of different styles towering proudly over the Gulf of Saint-Tropez."
The Telegraph9.0
"Kids and parents alike adore this five-star, family resort near the beach in St-Tropez that is the latest Mediterranean address from luxury brand Airelles." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Saint-Tropez is an extraordinary enough place on its own, but the Château Hôtel de la Messardiere is almost too much to take. High on a hilltop above the town, the Château is a fairy-tale..." Full review
Forbes Travel Guide 4 Stars
"The biggest and one of the most prestigious hotels in the French Riviera, Airelles Saint-Tropez, Château de la Messardière looks straight out of a fairytale, with its turrets, domes and arcades" Full review
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Request a table near the windows for the best view on the bay.
Fodor's "For unforgettable luxury—whether you're a couple seeking romance or you want a family retreat—head to this historical château just 10 minutes from St-Tropez but a world away from its..." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "At Airelles Le Château de la Messardière, there will be blood—buckets of it—and not just in the form of the hotel's house rosé: pale pink, with notes of jasmine and watermelon, served..."
Condé Nast Traveler "This hotel will make the perfect setting for a season spent on the French Riviera—set high on a hilltop, with the temptations of Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne's strip of all-day-party beach clubs below"
Condé Nast Traveler "And, of course, you can't talk about Saint-Tropez hotels this summer without talking about Airelles Château de la Messardière—the hilltop palace doubling as the filming location for The..."
