Les Hortensias du Lac

Les Hortensias du Lac faces the marine lake at Hossegor, with the ocean two hundred metres behind it through the pines. The Art Deco building has been given a surf-lodge character with Hamptons and Californian borrowings, across 25 rooms and suites.

Philippe Moreno, who cooked at Gérald Passédat's Le Petit Nice in Marseille, runs the restaurant; the Beach House on the lakeside terrace handles lunch and the evening drink. An infinity pool looks over the water, and a spa of 450 square metres works with myBlend, with hammam, sauna and Nordic bath.

There is a secure surf room, paddleboards and bicycles. The hotel holds Green Key certification.