Fontevraud L'Ermitage, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye
About the Hotel
Rooms: Comfort and Design
Fontevraud L'Ermitage has 54 rooms featuring solid oak, cream linen, and steel. Rooms include a desk, safety deposit box, and ironing facilities. A movable lamp hooks on a metal rail, with a cocooning bedhead, and a white metal screen conceals the television. Guests use a mini-iPad to control heating/air conditioning and access the internet. Bathrooms provide free toiletries. Rooms offer garden or monument views.
Dining: Michelin Star Restaurant
The hotel has a 1-Michelin-starred gastronomic restaurant with contemporary dishes by Chef Thibaut Ruggeri; reservations are required. The restaurant also features 3 Gault & Millau toques and the green star of sustainable gastronomy. The Aliénor Café wine bar is located around the abbey. Breakfast is served in the cloister or on the terrace from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM, or until 11:00 AM in-room. Takeaway breakfast is available from 7:30 AM to 11:00 AM with prior arrangement. La Terrasse Gourmande, in the former Orangerie, provides local food to take away or enjoy onsite.
Leisure and Activities
Guests can enjoy activities such as golf and horseback riding. The hotel provides a fitness area overlooking the garden, equipped with a rowing machine, indoor bike, weights, and floor mats, available 24 hours a day for hotel guests. The Royal Abbey is open until 12:30 AM for hotel guests, with no entrance ticket required. Guided tours of the Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud are available.
Location: Loire Valley Heart
Fontevraud L'Hôtel is in the Saint Lazare Priory of the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud, in the Loire Valley between Touraine and Anjou. It is located in a village made of freestone and slate, in the middle of the Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park. Landmarks nearby include Loire-Anjou-Touraine Regional Nature Park (4 km), Fontevraud Abbey (0.5 km), and Collegiale de Candes-Saint-Martin (4 km). Aeroport d'Angers-Loire is 65 km away.
Services and Environment
Fontevraud L'Hôtel provides 24-hour room service, premium bedding, pillow menus, and late-night room service. Wi-Fi and onsite parking are complimentary. The hotel is environmentally friendly, using a wood pellet boiler room for heating and hot water and a composter for bio-waste. Soap is handmade in Fontevraud by MARTIN DE CANDRE, and shower gel is made in France. The hotel sources spring water and uses local skills and short supply chains.
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Facilities
General
- No smoking on site
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Safe deposit box
- 24-hour reception
- No pets allowed
- Rooms/ Facilities for disabled
- Wheelchair access
- 24-hour security
- Luggage storage
- Allergy-free rooms
- Lift
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Key card access
Sports & Fitness
- Canoeing
- Horseback riding
- Cycling
- Golf course
Services
- Room service
- Housekeeping
- Laundry
- Dry cleaning
- Tours/Ticket assistance
- Welcome drink
Dining
- In-room breakfast
- Restaurant
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Picnic area/ Tables
- Packed lunches
- Special diet menus
Business
- Business centre
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Cots
- Board games
- Children's menu
Facilities for people with disabilities
- Toilet for disabled
- Bathroom for disabled
Spa & Leisure
- Sun loungers
- Live entertainment
- Sun terrace
- Garden area
- Leisure/ TV room
- Back massage
- Head massage
- Full body massage
- Foot massage
Room features
- Wi-Fi in rooms
- Heating
- Soundproofed rooms
- Sitting area
- Garden furniture
- Ironing facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Sink
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- Direct dial telephone
- AM/FM alarm clock
Room decor
- Carpeted floor