Fontevraud L’Ermitage, an eco-responsible venue
Fontevraud L’Ermitage is committed to sustainable development. Everything has been designed to combine guest well-being with respect for the environment. As a result, it has been awarded the demanding iso 26000 label.
Control and comfort: green energy
The heating and hot water at L’Hôtel are provided entirely by the wood pellet boiler room, making it possible to do without fossil fuels. Insulation is at a maximum, thanks to full double-glazing and the thick original walls of the Saint-Lazare priory: these ensure low energy consumption and avoid the need for an air conditioning system.
In addition to the boiler room and solar panels, the Fontevraud Energy Centre also has a high-efficiency composter. Comfort, always, but combined with a real commitment to the environment!
Controlled impact: short circuits
Bio-waste is transformed into compost for the 13 hectares of landscaped grounds, which are particularly concerned with biodiversity. Local skills – and therefore short supply chains – are encouraged in the hotel, as they are throughout the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud.
In the bedrooms, 100% natural handmade soap made in Fontevraud is on offer. In the restaurant, the fine bubbles of the Saumur region take pride of place.
Committed to an eco-responsible approach, the hotel’s breakfast includes honey produced just a few metres away! The Royal Abbey of Fontevraud has its own beehives. Since 2013, in the undergrowth as well as in the Bourbon Park, the hives have been buzzing with the harmonious and supportive work of hundreds of thousands of beekeepers, echoing the ancient life of the monks. Some forty hives have been set up, producing between 1,000 and 1,800 kg of honey a year.
A truly ecological hotel, Fontevraud L’Ermitage is committed to reducing its environmental impact and encouraging selective waste sorting. The hotel also offers its own spring water, which is served in the various restaurant areas.
Environmental charter
Our approach
- Soap handmade in Fontevraud by MARTIN DE CANDRE.
- Shower gel made in France, fragrance created for Fontevraud by MAW.
- Eco-labelled cleaning products.
- Tailor-made mattresses, headboards and bed bases, made in Nantes by BIOSENS for Fontevraud.
- Glass bottles made in France.
- Leather baskets tanned in Cholet and made in Saumur.
- Bio-sourced wall paint made from seaweed.
- Heating and hot water by wood pellet boiler.
- Reduced energy consumption, double glazing in all our buildings and intelligent lighting management
- Discretionary hot drinks in the hotel lounge.
- Water from the Fontevraud spring, still or sparkling, at the hotel reception desk, at your discretion
- The choice to favour local skills and short circuits is favoured.
- Daily use of the Fontevraud vegetable garden for our gourmet restaurant.
- Refuge LPO (bird protection league) label for its commitment to preserving biodiversity.