Greenery climbs languidly over sandstone walls in this Phillipe Starck-designed hotel, which sits unobtrusively cut into enviable surrounds atop a hillside just outside of feted Saint-Tropez. The hotel has 38 rooms, six suites, an additional seven with pools, and four private villas – two of which are brand new and set to open in summer 2025. Phenomenal sea views compete for glitteriest attraction – the area’s glamorous history and a string of supercars in the driveway are tough opponents – but you’ll not be left lingering for long. Most guests check in for one of the hotel’s dedicated wellness programs, centred around fitness, weight loss and longevity, which start from four days in length up to two weeks-plus. Beautiful people head from the enviable spa, with its saunas and steam room, snow shower, cryotherapy chamber and slew of high-tech machines, to various well-equipped workout studios lining the stripey parasol-lined pool. A week here and you will have toned, stretched, steamed, frozen and sweated yourself anew – and, unusually for the Cote d’Azur, Lily of the Valley is open year-round, making body tune-ups possible whenever the need or urge arises. Rooms are spacious, with glorious sea or pool vistas through pleasingly aesthetic half-moon windows, marble bathrooms, huge beds and outdoor terraces from where to decompress post-pilates. The menu at restaurant Vista, designed by Alain Ducasse alumnus Vincent Maillard, is impeccable – and the sweeping bohemian environs, all warm plaster pinks and seagrass finishes, are just as lovely. Should you be on the lighter calorie-controlled plan, you’ll genuinely not notice. This is self-care at the highest level, without a green juice in sight. Charley Ward
Address: Colline Saint Michel, Boulevard Abel Faivre, Quartier de Gigaro, 83420 La Croix-Valmer, France
Price: From about £500 per night.