Private Cove
Ninety metres of shingle beach, reachable only by the cliff lift or the boat jetty.
The Ultimate Luxury Experience
Where The Sea Keeps Your Hours
Eighty-six suites and villas cut into a limestone headland above the bay. Salt air, long lunches and a staff of two hundred who remember how you take your coffee.
- 1993 Opened On The Headland
- 9.6 Guest Rating, 4,180 Stays
- 86 Suites And Villas
Since 1993
Cut Into The Headland, Open To The Water.
Three terraces of pale stone stepping down to a private cove. Every room faces the sea; nothing faces the road.
Michelin Kitchen
Le Sel holds one star for Chef Aurélie Sabran’s eight-course coastal tasting menu.
Cliffside Spa
Eleven treatment rooms, a salt hammam and a thalassotherapy pool carved from the rock.
House Sailboat
A 14-metre ketch on standby for morning crossings to the islands and sunset returns.
Accommodation
Eighty-Six Ways To Wake Up
Rates shown are the lowest available for a two-night stay, breakfast and the resort fee included. Drag the rail to move through the collection.
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The Signature
Cliffside Suite
Seventy-eight square metres on the western edge, where the glazing folds away and the terrace runs straight out over the water. A freestanding bath faces the horizon; the bed faces it too.
- Size
- 78 m²
- Bed
- King, Linen Dressed
- Outlook
- Panoramic Sea
- Sleeps
- 3 Guests
From $720 / night
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Private Cove
Michelin Kitchen
Cliffside Spa
House Sailboat
Cellar Of 9,000
Dining
Four Kitchens, One Coastline
Everything is sourced inside a ninety-kilometre radius — the boats land at Sainte-Marie at six, and the first service starts at seven.
One Michelin Star
Le Sel
Eight courses drawn from the day’s catch, poured against a cellar of nine thousand bottles.
Dinner 19:00 – 23:00 · Tue to Sat
All Day
Terrazza
Breakfast under the pines, long lunches, and a wood oven that runs until the light goes.
Daily 07:00 – 22:30
Bar & Cellar
Sable Bar
Cocktails built on local citrus and herbs, small plates, and a pianist from ten on weekends.
Daily 16:00 – 01:00
Private Dining
The Cellar Table
One table for twelve, set among the racks, with a menu written for the party that books it.
By Arrangement · Two Weeks NoticeAllergies, intolerances and a child who will only eat plain pasta — tell the concierge when you book and the kitchen builds around it.
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Experiences
Days Worth Getting Up For
Sailing The Islands
A morning crossing on the house ketch, anchoring off the lighthouse for lunch and a swim.
Vineyard Tasting
Three terraced estates inland, ending with a table under the olive trees at Domaine Rouvier.
Sunrise On The Rock
Breathwork and slow movement on the east platform, finishing as the first boats leave the cove.
Market To Table
Dawn at the Sainte-Marie fish quay with Chef Sabran, then cooking the haul in the test kitchen.
The Salt Circuit
Hammam, cold plunge and the rock-cut thalasso pool, closing with oil and quiet on the loggia.
Guest Letters
What Stays With People
The Houses
Six Houses, One Way Of Doing Things
Every Hibotel is one building with one manager who lives in it. None of them has more than ninety rooms, and none of them ever will.
Baie Sereine, France
Ninety minutes from Nice by car, or twelve by the house launch when the sea is flat.
Plan A StayStay at two houses in the same calendar year and the second is billed at the resident rate, whichever two you choose.
270 Rooms In Six Countries
Your Stay
The Bay Is Quietest In October.
Shoulder-season rates run from the first of October to the twentieth of December, with the fourth night on the house and the spa circuit included.
The Journal
Notes From The Headland
The Six Weeks We Close, And Why
Every January the headland empties and two hundred people repair a building that the sea spends the rest of the year testing.
Chef Sabran On Cooking The Catch
What arrives on the quay at six decides the menu at seven — and the eight courses are written in pencil for a reason.
Three Days On The Bay, Unhurried
A slow itinerary for a first visit: the cove in the morning, the islands after lunch, the terrace until the light goes.