The reason to stay here is the pool and sea access. It is extremely relaxing to read a book, watch the boats go by, swim and lounge all day. The region smells of pine and eucalyptus, and is very green and wild. It must also be noted that the restaurants along the main street in Giens, where the hotel is located, are all lovely. We loved the atmosphere of the region. On the downside, we stayed in an old room with musty carpet, mold on the air conditioning unit, outdated fixtures and lots of noise from the street below. We like old, charming, yesteryear patina properties, but this room was worn out not in a good way. The staff often seemed stressed and disorganised. The fine dining restaurant in the hotel was not worth it. Painfully slow service and so-so food, much better to dine elsewhere in town. The pool area is only open from 9am to 6pm, which means us early risers had to find somewhere else to swim at dawn. A small inconvenience, but annoying as a paying customer nonetheless. Finally, while the hotel advertised many COVID-19 sanitary precautions for the pool area, we did not once see any lounge chairs be disinfected. Everyday we watched them be unstacked at 9am, re-stacked at 6pm, with no cleaning. Mask-wearing by staff was hit-and-miss, and often masks were pulled down below the chin. Disinfectant gel is provided throughout the hotel common areas and many guests voluntarily wore masks.