Saint-Benoît and Bras-Panon: a 5-star lodge and riverside guesthouses

The east's only 5-star hotel is a 31-room lodge set around 600 metres above Sainte-Anne on a 150-hectare estate, a former hunting ground where deer still roam. It was rated 5-star at the end of 2025 and also has a few glamping tents.

There's a heated infinity pool, a spa with a sauna and hot tub, and a gym: this is a place to slow down. La Table du Diana does bistro dishes at lunch and fine dining in the evening. Reviews praise the peace, the view, the well-kept rooms, the spa and dinner.

Opened in June 2025 and listed by the East tourist office, the house has two rooms, Bourbon and Vanille, each for two adults and a child, in the Beaulieu area. There's air conditioning, private bathrooms, a garden and a pool, and a free cot for under-4s.

The house serves a Creole or continental breakfast, included in its own rates but not in the one we recorded, so check yours. Reviews mention a warm, attentive welcome, a generous breakfast and a large, well-kept pool, with similar scores on Booking. It's the closest of our picks to central Saint-Benoît.

Three renovated rooms in Le Refuge, in the Bras-Panon district, each with its own bathroom, dressing area and entrance. Listed by the East tourist office since early 2026, the house is adults-only and built around a large stone-edged pool.

Breakfast is included, and the tourist office was still listing an opening rate when it launched. Guests mention welcoming owners, good-quality beds and a restful pool area. It's a new place: its score rests on 37 Agoda reviews so far.

In Rivière des Roches, in the Bras-Panon district, the owner lets several spaces around a pool: a three-bedroom house, a ground-floor flat and two more upmarket rooms, sleeping anywhere from 2 to 16. The East tourist office lists it as a guesthouse.

Reviews mention a warm welcome, a coconut rum punch on arrival and spotless, well-equipped rooms. With 174 Agoda reviews and similar scores elsewhere, it's one of the east's safest bets for travelling as a group.

A long-standing guesthouse in Bras-Panon, listed by the East tourist office, Le Médinilla has five air-conditioned rooms for fourteen people, a pool, a garden and a kitchenette. The homemade breakfast was included in the rate we recorded. Out in Le Refuge on the main road, it's also six minutes from Saint-André.

It has 528 Agoda reviews. Guests praise the welcome, the sightseeing tips, the generous breakfast and the garden. At our last check, a night cost €60.