Van der Valk Hotel Bloom Saint Aygulf

This luxurious hotel is quickly feeling like our home away from home on the Côte d’Azur. We haven't found a more beautiful holiday stay anywhere, and we're already looking forward to coming back this summer. The rooms are spacious, clean, fully equipped, and lovely in design. There are pretty gardens and a nice pool with sunbeds. Staff are friendly, and the bar and restaurant are good for lunch and drinks. Try the rosé Bloom. For dinner, there are plenty of good restaurants close by. There's secure parking under the hotel, with direct access to the rooms. The beach is a short walk away, as are the modest town center of St. Aygulf and a park with a playground for kids.

We stayed here to finish our road trip through the south of France, and the hotel itself was a great choice. It's modern, upscale, well maintained, and well equipped. Our room was spacious and beautifully decorated, with toiletries in the bathroom, and they provide towels for the pool. The pool was a lovely temperature for cooling off, and the hot tubs were a fun extra. They aren't hot, so you can use them during the day. The pool is open until 10pm, which worked well for us. There's also a bar serving food, snacks, and drinks, plus breakfast and lunch. Dinner isn't served there, but the hotel can book you into one of its two restaurants, including the one on the seafront. Everyone we dealt with, from housekeeping to the bar and reception, was welcoming and happy to help. We also enjoyed the table football, petanque, and table tennis. The secure underground parking has a two-meter height limit. Special thanks to Magalie and Karl, who were wonderful. Our main drawback was the campsite in front of the hotel. Our room overlooked it, so we moved rooms after two nights. It was inconvenient, though the hotel compensated us. The local area has lots of restaurants and you can walk to the beach, but it felt very touristy, with campsite visitors around and mostly simple places serving pizza and burgers. We found a much more suitable restaurant down the road, and there are plenty more like it further along the coast. I'd definitely recommend the hotel, though the location doesn't quite match its quality.

The rooms are really nice, but what stood out most was the staff. Every person we met was kind and keen to help.

It's a beautiful, modern hotel with only a limited number of rooms, which gives it a more exclusive and relaxing feel. There's not much to do nearby, especially in Fréjus, but with a car it's easy to explore the Côte d’Azur.