Le Phébus & Spa hosts small seminars, business meetings, company committees and weddings. Its independent seminar room of 70 m² takes 30 people in meeting layout, 20 around a U-shaped table or 50 at a banquet, with 30 rooms and suites on site for an overnight programme. The hotel is a five-star Relais & Châteaux property at 508 route de Murs in Joucas, in the Luberon, between the villages of Gordes and Roussillon.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells intimate seminars in Provence. The seminar room is a separate building from the guest rooms and is bathed in daylight. Published layouts are 30 in meeting style, 20 around a U-shaped table and 50 for a banquet. That size suits a board retreat, a management committee or a two-day strategy session with work in the morning and time outside in the afternoon.
Group requests are handled by the hotel, which asks for dates, nights, number of participants and the split between single and double rooms. Beyond the meeting room, the hotel offers a spa, cooking classes and a range of activities that can fill a programme, and it has a second restaurant for a less formal lunch.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel sells weddings, with the chef-owner Xavier Mathieu and his family as hosts. Receptions draw on the Michelin-starred restaurant, the bistro, the spa and the gardens with views over the valley. A guest capacity for weddings is not published; the seminar room takes 50 at a banquet, so ask the team for the reception options for a larger party.
Rooms and capacities
The one published event space is the seminar room of 70 m², for 30 in meeting layout, 20 in a U-shape and 50 at a banquet. Ask the hotel which terraces and gardens can be used for a cocktail or a dinner outdoors.
Accommodation
The hotel has 30 rooms and suites. Some suites open onto a private pool, and rooms look over the valley, the ochre cliffs of Roussillon or the wooded park. For a group that wants privacy, the Villa des Anges covers 500 m² with seven bedrooms and suites for up to 14 guests, large lounges with fireplaces, a full kitchen, a 7,000 m² private park, a 12 by 6 m pool, a fitness room and a pétanque court. A butler, a housekeeper and a chef can be arranged. A separate Provençal farmhouse of 150 m² has two bedrooms and a suite.
Catering
Catering is in-house. La Table de Xavier Mathieu holds a Michelin star, and Le Café de la Fontaine is the second restaurant. Xavier Mathieu comes from a family rooted in the region for five generations and works with old Provençal recipes. The hotel also runs cooking classes, which can serve as a team activity.
History and setting
Le Phébus is a dry-stone mas in Provence, run as a family house by Xavier Mathieu and his family. The hotel describes its site as listed as a historic monument. The surrounding Luberon landscape of garrigue and lavender is part of the draw for a retreat.
Getting there
The hotel is on route de Murs in Joucas, in the Vaucluse, a short drive from Gordes and Roussillon. Ask the hotel for transfer options from the nearest train station and airport.
