Excellent the welcome, service, view, rooms, food, breakfast a bif fat 10 in all categories. A little noise from the cas driving by but not a major issue.

The Villa Mauresque is not a proper hotel but a private set up of two villas, one on the sea front, the other at the back, each of them offering no more than 6 or 7 rooms.

Make sure you do not book the back villa (Villa Le Palais): it is VERY noisy due to the Corniche road that passes right behing the rooms. We stayed there the first night and were about to cancel the whole 8 day stay.
It is much cheaper than the sea front villa (Villa Les Jardins) but a true robbery as you feel like staying by a motorway.

The sea front villa is another story- just about perfect. Clearly another range. Very quiet, makes you feel like home. We stayed in the Miller room (each room is named after a famous writer) which was exquisite in terms of comfort, style and view.

Relaxed service - don't expect a 5 star hotel service, it is not a hotel: no restaurant (whenever you decide to have breakfast, lunch or dinner at the villa, in the garden, by the pool or inside, you have to mention it first so that the cook prepares it for you).

Kept aside from the crowdy-noisy-lousy Saint Raphael center, the beaches nearby are a little disappointing as for bothe the crowd and the sand. Keep in mind that Villa Mauresque's boating facilities are more for teenagers than sportive adults (myu husband was a bit disappointed to find out that the promised caramaran boat was actually a kid's plastic one rather a proper adult one like a hobby cat etc..). The Centre Nautique is about 2km away.

In terms of restaurants nearby, we much enjoyed La Tortue, right on the beach, at a walkable distance from the hotel, and a couple of little places set on the beach.

Last but not least, Villa Mauresque staff (mostly young German speaking beginners waitresses, very gentle and trying hard and the supervisor Sylvain) were adorable.

We stayed for a long weekend in May 2009 in the most basic room. Room was small (we spent most of the time in the garden so it didn't matter) and a bit expensive at 185 EUR per night room only but it was during the Cannes Film Festival and everywhere else was charging 3 times their normal price. We wanted a place which we could get to easily by train (station is 10 minutes walk), flop in a heap by the pool in a beautiful garden near to good restaurants and the sea. It was perfect for this. Also service by the manager was above and beyond the call of duty. When we got back to England I discovered that I had left my glasses at a local restaurant and emailed the manager, as I didn't have the restaurant contact details. They contact the restaurant for me, picked up the glasses and posted them back to me. Wonderful! We wish the place was nearer to home.

My fiancée and I spent a dream weekend at this amazing secret hideaway... We went for our pre wedding "relaxing weekend" as we were getting stressed out, and if you need a place to relax and chill out, this is it! The view is incredible, the room was huge and well decorated, and best of all is the sea-front jacuzzi where you can drink a glass of champagne overlooking the sea and the palm trees and listen to the birds sing! Absolute heaven! Not to mention the chef Philip who is a magician, he made a dish specially for us (we asked in advance) - shrimps as entrée then lobster with the most incredible sauce... I drool when i remember it...This is a magical corner of the earth, don't change it please