Hôtel Clos des Iris, nine rooms with a garden in Moustiers

The house

The Clos des Iris is a restored 19th-century bastide, in the middle of a park of trees and flowers, on the Quinson road, about ten minutes' walk from the centre of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie. It has only nine rooms, all on the ground floor and each with its own shaded terrace overlooking the garden. The atmosphere is that of a Provençal country house rather than a hotel: there are loungers under the trees, breakfast is taken outside and reception is run by the house itself.

It is a comfortable base for the west side of the Verdon. You walk up to the village and the chapel of Notre-Dame de Beauvoir without taking the car, and Lake Sainte-Croix and the Galetas bridge, where boats are hired, are a few minutes by car.

Rooms and prices

Each room is named after a flower or fruit: Abricotine, Amandine, Capucine, Chèvrefeuille, Fraise des bois, Iris, Lavandin, Romarin and the Pivoine suite. The suite has a 160 cm bed in one room and an adjoining room with two single beds, so it suits a family of four.

The hotel publishes its prices by season. A double room costs €98 a night from March to May and in October, and €105 from June to September; a single, €88 and €98. The suite for three or four people is €150 and €170. The extra bed is €20 a night and the tourist tax is €1 per person per night, except for children under ten. The Iris breakfast, with coffee or tea, juice, bread, croissant and lavender honey, costs €9; the large breakfast, with egg, ham, cheese, fruit and yoghurt, €16.

Arriving and sleeping

It opens from March to mid-November. Check-in is from 16:00: if you arrive earlier, call. Reception is staffed from 8:30 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00. Parking is private, enclosed and free, and there is free wifi in the rooms. Dogs are welcome with a supplement of €8 per night per dog. Laundry can be requested, subject to availability.