Le Donjon – Domaine Saint Clair

Le Donjon is a brick house with an ivy-covered tower on the Saint-Clair hillside, above the village. From the garden and the pool you see the roofs of Étretat, the bay and the falaise d'Aval. It is the place for a couples' break with spa and long dinner: everything is within the estate and the centre is about ten minutes' walk away.

The rooms

There are 25, spread over three buildings: Le Donjon, the main house; La Villa and Le Cottage. The categories run from Club to Junior Suites, and there are family rooms and suites for those travelling with children, with cot and high chair if you ask. The Catel room is adapted for reduced mobility. The website does not publish fixed rates: the price appears in the booking engine according to the date. Breakfast is not included; you add it when booking or on arrival. Check-in is from 15:00 and check-out before 12:00. Pets are welcome.

Pool, spa and restaurants

The heated outdoor pool, with a sea view and jacuzzi, is open from 15 March to 15 November and is only for hotel and spa guests. The spa is open to anyone with a reservation, and there is a sauna, for over-16s, and La Canopée, a space the hotel advises against for children. For eating there is the fine-dining restaurant, that of chefs Killian Allain and Yannic Stockhausen, with menus from €69 to €149, and Racines, with more traditional cooking, plus a bar open all day. In the village, the same group runs Le Bel Ami.

Getting there and parking

By car, the hotel has two private enclosed car parks, one for hotel and spa guests and another for restaurant customers, with electric-car charging points that it is best to request when booking. Without a car, the nearest station is Bréauté-Beuzeville, about 25 minutes by car, linked to Étretat by the line 504 coach.