Fodor's Expert Review L'Hippocampe

Overlooking the lagoon, this family-run hotel offers clean, functional rooms arranged around a truly beautiful, flower-filled garden. There’s direct access to the beach, but if you’re looking for other daytime activities, boat trips on the lagoon (possibly combined with a bracing walk on the northern promontory) can be organized. After the sun goes down, the combined restaurant-lobby area takes on a warm glow. In winter, a roaring fire is lit, and guests are free to take refuge with a good book, good company, or both.