Located on a headland with rooms facing over the Bay of Biscay. The Old Fort is the perfect place for a relaxing break with a superb restaurant, fantastic rooms and it's own outdoor swimming pool and sun terrace. They even provide bikes which we used daily for the 15 minute cylce to Le Croisic

We are used to Relais & Châteaux properties, so expectations are always quite high. Le Fort de l'Ocean managed to exceed such expectations along several dimensions. First, the location is quite spectacular and special, in the middle of the "wild coast" and the view from the rooms is always extremely refreshing. The rooms are very nicely decorated and well equipped.... More

A tiny hotel in total number of rooms, but our room was spacious and supremely comfortable, and the staff were some of the best we have met in France. Nothing was too much effort for them. The food was first class - we ate in the restaurant for 5 nights - and the chef can arrange for surprise menus too!

The drama of this oceanside location (see photos) – formerly a fort -- is unmatched by any hotel/ restaurant site we know of except perhaps Harbor House, in Elk, California. The hotel (****) is very fine -- see picture of our room, overlooking the ocean -- and the restaurant (where we dined only one night or our two-night stay) is... More