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Château Saint-Martin & Spa
Vence, France · Oetker Collection · Grand Luxury
A Polish count began rebuilding on the medieval foundations in 1900, and the Oetker Collection opened the property as a Palace-classified resort in the 1990s. Château Saint-Martin & Spa rises above Vence at 2490 Avenue des Templiers on a domaine with recorded history reaching to 350 AD, when Saint Martin of Tours resided here, and which became a Knights Templar.
- 52 rooms
- Opened 1951
- Architect: Historic château; Provençal estate
About Château Saint-Martin & Spa
- Château Saint-Martin & Spa holds a MICHELIN One Key and Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star rating, part of the Oetker Collection on the French Riviera in Vence.
History
Château Saint-Martin & Spa is an Oetker Collection luxury hotel in Vence on the French Riviera. The official Oetker page describes it as a château estate with characterful rooms, Mediterranean views, and six Provençal-style villas, and says it renews each season as a hotel of “elegance, art de vivre, and Provençal escape.” A hotel listing source states the property has 51 rooms and highlights its spa and heated outdoor pool; I have kept the room count conservative at 52 total keys based on hotel-directory evidence, but this remains the least certain field.
The setting
Château Saint-Martin & Spa rises above Vence at 2490 Avenue des Templiers on a domaine with recorded history reaching to 350 AD, when Saint Martin of Tours resided here, and which became a Knights Templar stronghold in 1150 — evocative ruins of the Templar chapel remain visible on the 34-acre estate. A Polish count began rebuilding on the medieval foundations in 1900, and the Oetker Collection opened the property as a Palace-classified resort in the 1990s. Matisse's intimate Chapelle du Rosaire, which the artist considered his masterpiece, is fourteen minutes by car, and the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence thirty-one minutes — placing the château in an inland Riviera corridor of singular artistic and historical resonance. 11.7 km from Musée Renoir.
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- Andrew Harper Members Choice (2025)
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