Domaine Tarbouriech

Tucked between Picpoul vineyards and the Thau Lagoon, this small luxury hotel belongs to the Tarbouriech family, who happen to be the area's most famous oyster farmers. Rooms split between the old manor and its outbuildings are handsome and lively, two on-site restaurants and a lagoon-side oyster bar all feature the family's catch, and the spa uses oysters in treatments that resist any reasonable description. Yes, the spa.