The Luxury Hotel in Montpellier
Hand-picked in Montpellier: the 5-star hotel Hotel Richer De Belleval. Book through suitespot and breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service come with it – worth over €500 together.
Your guide to the best luxury hotel in Montpellier
Hotel Richer De Belleval · CentreFor this guide we reviewed the best hotels in Montpellier and picked one: a single luxury hotel – from 220 euros a night, in the middle of the Centre.At no extra cost: booking through suitespot costs the same as booking direct with the hotel – the benefits come on top, free of charge.
One luxury hotel in Montpellier – and who it suits
Our choice for Montpellier is the Hotel Richer De Belleval. It sits in the Centre, carries six categories from 28 to 110 square metres and starts at 220 euros a night.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comTwo benefits are included, and both apply from the first night: breakfast for two people and a welcome gift.
Our travel advisors’ insider tip
Here the name of a category and its size contradict each other – clearly enough to decide your booking.
The hotel’s two largest categories both measure 110 square metres and are named almost identically: “La Chambre Pierre” and “La Suite Pierre”. One is named as a room, the other as a suite – at an identical floor area.
And the only category simply called “Suite” measures 49 to 65 square metres. That is at least 45 square metres less than the category called “Chambre”.
What follows from that:
• Ask for the square metres, not the word. Booking “a suite” here without naming the area can cost you 45 square metres.
• 110 square metres is the ceiling, and it exists twice. If one of the two is taken, the other is not a compromise but the same amount of space.
• Settle the outlook in advance. Two categories come with a view, and our travel advisors will tell you what they look onto – in an old town of lanes this width, that is not a side issue.
Our advice: give our travel advisors the number you want. Here it is the more reliable detail.
Where to stay in Montpellier: the Centre, on Place de la Canourgue
The Hotel Richer De Belleval stands in the Centre, on Place de la Canourgue – the city’s oldest laid-out square, a terrace of plane trees above the rooftops where the notables of the 17th century built their mansions. This hotel is exactly one of those.
Our recommendation is therefore for anyone who wants to walk: there is barely any traffic in the Écusson, and everything that matters lies within ten minutes on foot.
What is within reach: Place de la Comédie, one of the largest pedestrian squares in Europe, with the opera at its narrow end; the Musée Fabre, holding one of the strongest French collections outside Paris; Saint-Pierre cathedral, whose porch rests on two massive round towers; and the Jardin des Plantes, the oldest botanical garden in France, laid out in 1593.
For orientation: the sea is about ten kilometres away – the tram takes you towards the coast in half an hour. Trains reach Nîmes and the Pont du Gard in a good half hour to an hour, and Sète in twenty minutes.
Rooms and suites: the best hotel in Montpellier from the inside
The Hotel Richer De Belleval carries six categories. The ladder runs from 28 to 110 square metres – a ratio of almost four to one, which usually only large hotels have.
From the bottom up: Classic Room at 28, Superior Room at 31 to 39, Executive Room at 38 to 50 and the Suite at 49 to 65 square metres.
At the top sit the two categories that make this destination unusual: “La Chambre Pierre” and “La Suite Pierre” at 110 square metres each. Same area, almost the same name, two different designations – and both 45 square metres larger than the category officially called “Suite”.
Two categories come with a view, the Executive Room and the Classic Room. Ask our travel advisors about the outlook – in an old town of narrow lanes it decides whether you wake up facing a square.
What a night at the luxury hotel in Montpellier costs
A night at the luxury hotel in Montpellier starts at 220 euros.
Two benefits are included and both apply from the first night: breakfast for two people and a welcome gift. Neither is tied to any programme membership.
When the city is at its most pleasant: in May and June, and in September. The terraces stay full into the evening and the sea is already, or still, warm.
When it is busiest: in July. The festivals are running, the city stays up late, and the coast is half an hour away by tram.
When it is cheapest: from November to February. Montpellier is then a student city to itself, the museums are empty, and the lanes smell of woodsmoke.
When to enquire early: for the weeks around the grape harvest in September and for the summer festival days. With a single hotel in town, lead time decides.
How long to stay: two to three nights for the city – or four if you add the sea, the Pont du Gard and the Camargue.
And whatever the date: you get the suitespot benefits in the quietest week of the year just as you do in the busiest.
Breakfast, welcome gift and exclusive services in a 5-star hotel
Of the great cities of the Midi, Montpellier is the youngest. There is no Roman amphitheatre and no ancient main street; the city begins in the 10th century as a trading place and becomes famous through medicine – the faculty of 1220 is the oldest to have taught without a break, and the Jardin des Plantes of 1593 was laid out as its medicinal garden.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comThree things that make this city:
• The Écusson, the old town shaped like a heraldic shield. The lanes here are so tight that two people brush past each other – and behind them lie courtyards with stair towers you would never guess at from the street.
• Place de la Comédie, where the whole city meets, and from there the Esplanade into the park – one square is the stage, the other the living room.
• The Peyrou with its arch and water tower: the end of the aqueduct that supplied the city, and the terrace from which you see the Cévennes in clear air.
What our travel advisors arrange most often: a day in the Camargue with a driver – salt pans, flamingos, the white horses – and the estates of the Pic Saint-Loup north of the city, where the vineyards lie along a limestone ridge and tastings rarely work without an appointment.
And for the hotel itself the advice from above holds: name the square metres. Here they are the clearer detail than the name of the category.
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Frequently asked questions about luxury hotels in Montpellier
How many luxury hotels in Montpellier does suitespot work with?
We reviewed the best hotels in Montpellier and picked one: the Hotel Richer De Belleval on Place de la Canourgue in the Centre.
What does a luxury hotel in Montpellier cost per night?
From 220 euros. That is the price for our hotel in town, including breakfast for two people and a welcome gift.
Which is the best hotel in Montpellier?
The Hotel Richer De Belleval – a 17th-century mansion on Place de la Canourgue, with six categories from 28 to 110 square metres.
Where is the best place to stay in Montpellier?
In the Centre, that is inside the Écusson. There is barely any traffic there, and Place de la Comédie, the Musée Fabre and the cathedral are ten minutes on foot.
Which room category should you choose in Montpellier?
Go by the floor area, not the name: the two largest categories are called “La Chambre Pierre” and “La Suite Pierre” at 110 square metres each, while the category named “Suite” is 49 to 65.
Which benefits apply in Montpellier?
Breakfast for two people daily and a welcome gift. Both apply from the first night and neither is tied to a programme membership.
Is there a minimum stay in Montpellier?
No. The benefits apply from the first night, even for a single overnight.
When is the best time to visit Montpellier?
May, June and September are the most pleasant. July is the liveliest with the festivals, and November to February the quietest and cheapest.
Can I earn hotel loyalty points in Montpellier?
No. Hotel Richer De Belleval does not belong to a hotel loyalty programme. You still receive all the suitespot benefits there in full.
