REVIEW

Hotel le Mas des Brugassieres

The low-key hotel is in a sparsely populated region of low mountains, scrubby pine forests, and an occasional vineyard.

By Margie Rynn, Thursday, Jun 1, 2006, 1:12 PM

Hotel le Mas des Brugassieres

• Route de Grimaud
  Plan-de-la-Tour, France 83120
  011-33/4-94-55-50-55
  
• Hotel le Mas des Brugassieres website

About this Hotel

Price From $114

The most stressful thing about staying here is pronouncing the name.

Once you've managed that (broo-gah-si-ehr), it's simply a matter of throwing your luggage on the hand-quilted boutis bedspread, freshening up in the large bathroom, and heading out to the hammock.

Nine twisty miles inland from the glorious madness of Saint-Tropez, the low-key hotel is in the Massif des Maures, a sparsely populated region of low mountains, scrubby pine forests, and an occasional vineyard.

The two-story hotel is based on a classic Provencal mas, or house; each of the 14 comfortable rooms has a private entrance and a terrace with table and chairs.

All but three rooms have A/C. Take breakfast on your terrace or next to the pool shaded by olive trees. (Breakfast is mandatory in high season, which raises the rate by $10 per person.)

Biking, hiking, and horseback riding are all available nearby; the beaches of Sainte-Maxime are eight kilometers away.

Closed mid-October to late March.