Five-star Two MICHELIN Keys Saint-Tropez hills, Saint-Tropez
Airelles Saint-Tropez, Château de la Messardière
A turreted château of the nineteenth century in thirteen hectares of umbrella pines, its pools and spa turned towards the Bay of Pampelonne.
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- MICHELIN
- Two Keys, 2026
- Rooms
- 86 rooms and suites
- Grounds
- A park of 13 hectares
- Season
- Reopens on 28 April 2027
The hotel
A wedding present on the hill.
The château was built in the nineteenth century, a wedding present from a cavalry officer to his bride. It took in hotel guests from 1904 and filled with parties in the 1920s. Its park of thirteen hectares climbs the hill between Saint-Tropez and Ramatuelle, planted with umbrella pines and cypresses, with the Bay of Pampelonne below. A coat of arms tied to the estate is recorded as far back as 1669.
In 2019 the LOV Hotel Collection bought it for Airelles, and Christophe Tollemer spent three years on the building, the rooms and the gardens. It reopened as an Airelles hotel in 2021, with suites set in the turrets and a new pool facing the bay. France now classes it as a Palace. A thousand square metres of spa look over the bay, and the hotel's Rolls-Royce runs guests down to its own beach restaurant at Pampelonne.
- Jardin Tropezina The hotel's beach restaurant on the sand at Pampelonne, with a menu by Jean-François Piège; guests are driven down by Rolls-Royce.
- Airelles Spa A thousand square metres over the Bay of Pampelonne, with LBA and Valmont treatments.
- Two pools One in the central courtyard of the château, and one in the garden looking out to sea.
Rooms & suites
Garden, pool or sea.
Eighty-six rooms and suites, most of them between about 25 and 40 square metres, looking onto the pool, the gardens or the sea.
- Rooms Garden and sea view rooms About 25 to 40 square metres, over the park or towards the gulf.
- Turrets Signature Suites Suites in the château's turrets, each with more than 50 square metres of living space.
Dining
Five tables, one of them on the beach.
Restaurants as listed by the hotel. Shown for information.
- Palladio Mediterranean In the château
- Matsuhisa Japanese and Peruvian Nobu Matsuhisa
- Jardin Tropezina Beach restaurant Jean-François Piège, at Pampelonne
- Les Tables du Jardin Garden dinners In the kitchen garden
- La Table de La Messardière Breakfast and bistro dinners In the château
Recognition
Ratings and listings.
- Two MICHELIN Keys 2026
- Palace Atout France list of 2 June 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Season The hotel is closed for the winter and reopens on 28 April 2027.
- Arrival Check-in from 4.30 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children All ages welcome, with a kids' club and babysitting on request.
- Pets Accepted. The MICHELIN Guide is unclear about a charge, so we check with the hotel.
Getting there
Flying to Saint-Tropez.
Nice Côte d'Azur is the main airport for scheduled flights, about 92 kilometres and an hour and a half by road, or around 30 minutes by helicopter. Jets cleared for its short runway can land at La Môle, about 18 kilometres from Saint-Tropez; allow 25 to 30 minutes to the hotel, our estimate. Larger jets use Nice.
- Geneva 45 min
- Milan 45 min
- Paris 1 h 15
- Munich 1 h 15
- London 1 h 45
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does the Château de la Messardière have?
- Two, in the 2026 selection.
- When is the Château de la Messardière open?
- It is a summer hotel. It is closed now and reopens on 28 April 2027.
- Does the hotel have a beach?
- Yes. Jardin Tropezina, on Pampelonne beach, belongs to the hotel, and guests are driven there.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Saint-Tropez?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Saint-Tropez, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Saint-Tropez
Other hotels worth the trip.
- La Réserve Ramatuelle Michel Reybier's Palace on the hill at Ramatuelle, with villas, interiors by Jacques Garcia and three MICHELIN Keys.
- Cheval Blanc St-Tropez A villa of almost a century on the bay, with 32 rooms and the only private beach in town.
- Lily of the Valley Rooms on the Saint-Michel hill above Gigaro, where six kilometres of wild beach run along the cape.
- Arev St. Tropez Thirty-five rooms and suites round a heated pool and a padel court, seven minutes on foot from the place des Lices.
- La Ponche An old house above the fishermen's beach, where Françoise Sagan once stayed, and new to the Keys this year.
- Château de Valmer A Relais & Châteaux house in a five-hectare park, its organic kitchen garden supplying the starred restaurant.
Staying at Airelles Saint-Tropez, Château de la Messardière?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Saint-Tropez, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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