Les Hortensias du Lac hosts executive committees, team seminars, wellness retreats and weddings, with festive dinners for up to 60 guests and 25 bedrooms and suites for an overnight group. The whole hotel can be privatized. It stands at 1578 avenue du Tour du Lac in Soorts-Hossegor, on the bank of the saltwater lake and 200 meters from the Atlantic, and belongs to the Fontenille Collection.
Seminars and company events
The hotel offers a reception room in the main building, which opens onto a terrace with a wide view over the lake. Working sessions can also move to informal spaces such as the lounge and the lakeside terrace, which suit a leadership retreat more than a large plenary. The restaurant, the spa and the park can be privatized on request, so a company can take the place for itself for a committee or a team stay.
The team builds the program with the organizer, mixing work sessions, time off and meals. Activities on offer include surfing, yoga and food-themed experiences. The hotel also welcomes groups led by coaches, therapists or studios for wellness retreats, and handles accommodation, meals and the daily schedule.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel can be privatized in full for a wedding. Lay ceremonies take place on the lakeshore, and festive dinners take up to 60 guests. The team works on personalized menus, accommodation for family and friends, and decoration. Smaller family celebrations and private dinners are also hosted.
Rooms and capacities
The reception room in the main building is the only dedicated event room, and its capacity is not published. The figure the hotel gives is 60 guests for a festive dinner. The restaurant, with its glazed dining room over the lake and a large wooden terrace, can be privatized for lunches and dinners.
Accommodation
The 25 rooms and suites open onto the lake, the pines or the dunes. Categories range from duplexes and lake-view superior rooms to junior suites, a lake-view suite and a house on the lake. Some rooms are adapted for guests with reduced mobility. A heated pool with a lake view is open from Easter to early November. The 450-square-meter spa has a hammam, sauna, outdoor Nordic bath, hot tub and treatment rooms. Bicycles, surfboards, paddleboards and rowing boats are available to rent.
Catering
Chef Philippe Moreno, trained under Gérald Passédat at Le Petit Nice in Marseille, runs the gastronomic restaurant, with seafood and produce from nearby growers and the Landes coast. The Beach House serves lunches and grills by the water in season and is currently closed.
History and setting
The hotel occupies an Art Deco villa with a surf lodge spirit and Basque-Landes design. It received a Michelin Key in 2024 and holds the Clef Verte environmental label. In 2026 the hotel opens daily from March 26 to November 10 and from December 10 to January 3, with a short Thursday-to-Saturday opening in mid-March.
Getting there
Biarritz-Pays Basque airport is about 35 minutes by car, and Bordeaux is about two hours by the A63. The nearest train station is Bayonne, about 30 minutes away. Dax and Biarritz stations are about 40 minutes away. The hotel can arrange private transfers from the station or airport. Free parking and an electric car charger are on site.
