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WHAT’S NEW?
IN PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR
[ 2018 EDITION ]
WHAT’S NEW?
IN PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR
[ 2018 EDITION ]
With sun-filled destinations, cooled by About the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Regional Tourism Board
the winds coming off the Mediterranean, The number one tourist destination in France after partner and consultant, helping all the tourist
the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region Paris, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur welcomes institutions and professionals with support through
is always innovating to enchant visitors 30 million visitors each year, with 6 million of them promotional activities in the press, with tour operators
from overseas. The tourist economy generates 18,6 billion and the general public. Our strategy for promotion
looking for the dolce vita, the avant-garde
euros in the region – 13% of regional GDP – and and communication is mainly built around
and strong emotions. provides140,000 jobs. The Provence-Alpes-Côte 3 “world-brand” destinations – Provence, the Alps
In 2018, with major events, outstanding chefs, d’Azur Regional Tourism Board takes care of and the French Riviera – on the European and
prestigious or discreet restaurants, promoting the region to visitors. We are a supporting international markets.
locavore shopping and special guests,
accommodation beside the sea or close to KEY FIGURES FOR TOURISM IN PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR
the stars, a stay in the region of lights • 30 million visitors to Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, with 6 million from overseas.
• At its annual peak (around 15 August) an estimated 2,7 million visitors.
is an even fuller experience. So, at the
• Average amount spent per day and per person: €64 (€53 for French visitors, €114 for the overseas clientele).
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Regional
• 218 million overnight stays (with 44 % of visitors in paid accommodation).
Tourism Board we hope that
• 18,6 billion euros in annual revenues linked to visitor spending. 13% of regional GDP.
everyone will add their own discoveries! • 35 million euros in revenues for towns through the tourist tax.
• 25,000 companies and over 140,000 jobs – almost 10% of salaried employment in the region.
• Over 2,000 hotels, 700 campsites, 420 tourist residences.
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WHAT’S NEW?
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HOPPING 23 | A
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ASS SPORT 31 | WHAT’S ON
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ARCHITECTURE
& HERITAGE
It’s a pure coincidence, but Brigitte Bardot and the Marquis de Sade are
both in the news in Provence. Recently reopened, the Château of the de
Sade family in Saumane introduces us to a scandalous family, while the
statue of “BB” has taken form on the road into Saint-Tropez. Also new is
the reconquest of city centres by art and artists, such as in Toulon, which
has become an open-air gallery, the reopening of Montmajour Abbey, the
resting place of the Counts of Provence, and a new immersive visit to the
Palais des Papes in Avignon. In Arles, meanwhile, they are keeping up
with progress on the renovations to the long-awaited Fondation Luma
and the tower designed by Franck Gehry.
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TEN YEARS OF THE UNESCO LABEL THE SECRET OF THE ABBEY A MUSEUM IN BOSCODON ABBEY, THE LUMA EVENT IN ARLES:
IN MONT-DAUPHIN AND BRIANÇON MONTMAJOUR AGAIN ACCESSIBLE NEAR EMBRUN IN THE ALPS ROLL ON 2019...
TO VISITORS
In 2018, the Fortifications of Briançon and A 12th-century Romanesque edifice at an altitude of A project that is unique in Europe, the creation of the
Mont-Dauphin will be celebrating their 10th anniversary A gem of pre-Romanesque architecture that is unique in 1,150 m, in a beautiful mountainside setting, Boscodon Luma Foundation to promote contemporary
as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The fortifications western Europe, the Saint-Pierre hermitage constitutes Abbey rose from the ashes in 1972. The site has been art is without doubt the project of the century in
by Vauban, a “major contribution to universal military the oldest architectural trace of Montmajour Abbey. returned to its earliest purpose and now welcomes the Arles-Camargue. For Maja Hoffmann, a Swiss art
architecture”, were added to this international list of This troglodyte building, partly built into the rock at Saint Dominique Fraternity as residents. On 18 May collector and patron who launched the project, this
masterpieces in 2008. To celebrate the event, the south of the mountain, had become inaccessible: 2018, the Friends of the Abbey Association inaugurated vast cultural complex begun in 2004 aims to “take
a commemorative 10th anniversary medal by the the National Monuments Centre has just renovated the a museum visit, introducing the Renaissance figures up the challenges faced by the world of art”, while
Monnaie de Paris, as well as a board game about the outer walls and interior areas. What’s more, the lower associated with the site, as well as its medieval builders. becoming part of “the artistic, intellectual, ecological,
major sites built by Vauban, will be available. While we part of the monument is now accessible and the interior The experience is exciting, since the builder-monks social and economic fabric of Arles and the region.” The
are waiting for the many events scheduled this summer, spaces of the caves are now visible and enhanced. from the Chalais Order gave great importance to the iconic 56-metre-high tower, designed by the famous
the Mont-Dauphin site will be hosting special “snowshoe” Four km away from Arles, Montmajour Abbey stands on symbolism of the elements: the repetition of elements architect Frank Gehry, is inspired by the brushwork of
visits every Wednesday from 1 January to 31 March. a rocky peak, overlooking the La Crau Plain. Originally, using key numbers (7 vaults, like the 7 days of the week), Van Gogh. The 6-hectare site is a former railway area
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), Louis this was a mortuary site: the Mont Majour rock, relations of proportions in harmony with the golden running alongside Les Alyscamps and renamed Parc
XIV’s military architect, built twelve groups of fortified encircled by pools of water, welcomed the deceased number, 1,618, or divine harmony... des Ateliers. Five former workshops, which are now
buildings and constructions in France. Alongside new and the hermits who chose solitude and meditation to www.abbayedeboscodon.eu exhibition spaces, are being renovated by Annabelle
towns begun from scratch, citadels, city walls, bastion watch over them. The first group of hermits grew, giving Selldorf’s New York agency. The Belgian Bas Smets,
forts, mountain and coastal forts, a mountain battery rise, before 1000 A.D., to a powerful Benedictine abbey a landscape architect, has unearthed a green ring that
and two communications structures in the mountains, with, at the summit of the rock, an impressive abbatial will be the town’s biggest park. The organisation of the
the the fortifications in Briançon and Mont-Dauphin church consecrated to the Virgin Mary. The Counts of project site has made it possible to open some spaces
(Hautes-Alpes) are witnesses to the high point of Provence were buried in the cloister, while the crypt, in the Parc des Ateliers for exhibitions organised by the
bastion forts in the classic era. uniquely in Provence, is a church built beneath the Fondation Luma and by the International Photography
www.sites-vauban.org abbatial church. The Saint-Pierre hermitage is situated Festival, “Les Rencontres d’Arles”. The Renovations
in the southern rock, with a few capitals from the early House and the Project House are a chance for the
Romanesque age as a witness to Saint-Pierre’s public to visit the Luma Arles architectural and cultural
monastery (10th to 15th centuries), the first building on project. Guided visits to the site to see the developing
the site. Inside, the rooms are partly built in the caves project are organised. Visitors just need to sign up on
towards the north and made from plastered rubble the website or at the ticket office in the Grande Halle.
stone and cut stone in the north. www.luma-arles.org
Montmajour Abbey, Pays d’Arles
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MUSAMA, TO THE GLORY OF THE ONE MUCEM: VISIT THE RESERVE THE CARMIGNAC FOUNDATION IN TOULON, THE RENAISSANCE
AND ONLY REAL MARSEILLE SOAP WITHOUT RESERVE! IN PORQUEROLLES: A UNIQUE SITE OF MONT FARON
ON AN IDYLLIC ISLAND
In the 18th century, soap was Marseille’s main export, The MUCEM has got together with Google Arts & Mont Faron looks down on Toulon with its impressive
and made the large port famous all over the world. But Culture for an interactive visit to its reserves. With Edouard Carmignac, the President of Carmignac and a silhouette from a height of 530 m. Its Landing and
not just any old soap. The square, aromatic “EXTRA a magic click, you can - virtually - enter at any time keen collector, first visited Porquerolles, off the Hyères Liberation in Provence Memorial, inaugurated by
PURE 72% FATTY ACID” soap was developed after a in some of the most secrets places in the great coast, for a wedding. Attracted by the largest of the General de Gaulle on 15 August 1964 was re-opened
real alchemic quest, filled with unforeseen developments. Marseille museum, with collections ranging from three Golden Islands, he saw it as the ideal setting for in 2017 after two years of renovations. The aim was
This is the rich story to be told from April 2018 at the Antiquity to today. his paintings by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, to give a livelier, more interactive and educational
MuSaMa, the Marseille Soap Museum, immersing the www.mucem.org Gerhard Richter and Roy Lichtenstein - his private approach to the history of the soldiers from France,
visitor in the world of soap-making in Marseille. Records collection of the latter artist’s works is the biggest in overseas territories and the colonies who took part in
See the vidéo
of the first official Marseille soap-maker, Crescas Davin, France. A ten-minute walk from the landing stage to the the liberation of France and Europe in August 1944. The
date from 1371. Master soap-makers then handed Courtade beach, the Foundation includes a Provençal memorial is housed in a 19th century fort and enjoys a
down their secret “magic formula” from father to son. THE VILLA NOAILLES NAMED AN ART farmhouse surrounded with 15 hectares of olive trees, wonderful panorama over the sea and the city. Access
The ingredients of Marseille soap were officially CENTRE OF NATIONAL INTEREST prairie and forest. The architecture is daring: an area of to Mount Faron, which also houses the zoo and
regulated in the 17th century under King Louis XIV, but 2,000 m2, giving the works room to breathe, was built Notre-Dame-du-Faron chapel built in a former gunpowder
despite the discoveries of Leblanc, Chevreul On 18 March, the Villa Noailles in Hyères (Var) was under a transparent pool-roof filled with water. Some magazine, is by cable car or along the cliff road.
and Gay-Lussac, soap-makers still speak about a named an Art Centre of National Interest. This 15 monumental sculptures stand in a garden that was http://toulontourisme.com
certain “mystery” taking place in the manufacturing distinction given for the first time to an institution linked redesigned by the landscaper Louis Benech. Press
process. On the old “Via Romana”, in a Haussmann-style to the plastic arts, adds to the other labels awarded reports carried out for the Photo-Journalism Prize, IN TOULON, RUE PIERRE SEMARD
building near the Old Port and opposite the Marseille to the building designed in 1923 by Robert Mallet created in 2009, will also be on display. The collection BECOMES RUE DES ARTS
History Museum, the MuSaMa recalls how Marseille Stevens (1886-1945): Historic Monument, 20th Century of the Foundation headed by Charles Carmignac is
soap was used and its impact. The highlight of the Heritage, House of the Illustrious and Remarkable expanded each year with some 20 new works. On site, To revive activity, dynamism and youth - this is the
visit: after being hired by one of the great Marseille Garden. A sign that the site is still at the cutting edge there is a bookshop and refreshments. challenge for all city centres, a challenge that is going
soap-makers, you will become a soap-maker yourself… of ideas about fashion, design, architecture and Admission: Adults €15, discounts and young people in the right direction in the historic heart of Toulon,
and take home your own soap!” The architecture of photography. (ages 12-26) €10 and free for children aged 11 or under. where major changes are afoot. Shops dedicated to
the site is the work of the Richard and Anne-Claude Villa Noailles Open from 2 June to 4 November 2018 lifestyle and decoration, and arts and craft workshops
Carta agency. Interestingly, the architect is the author www.villanoailles-hyeres.com www.fondationcarmignac.com have taken up residence in the shops of Rue Pierre
of a novel featuring a master soap-maker: Le Jour du Sémard, near Place de l’Equerre. An active policy
Safran by Richard Carta. undertaken by the City with the help of ANPUR has led
www.musama.fr to some 30 ground-floor premises being bought and
offered without key money to individuals with projects
based around culture and lifestyle. Enjoy a stroll and
look out for the subtle and permanent photo display
designed for the site.
www.ruedesarts.fr
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BRIGITTE BARDOT TAKES WELCOME TO THE MARQUIS DE SADE’S THE NEW INGUIMBERTINE OPENING OF THE CNR HYDROELECTRIC
SHAPE IN SAINT-TROPEZ HOUSE IN SAUMANE LIBRARY-MUSEUM AT HOTEL-DIEU POWER STATION IN BOLLENE: A PLUNGE
IN CARPENTRAS INTO THE ENERGY OF THE RHONE!
A statue of Brigitte Bardot now stands on the road into The Château de Saumane, near L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,
Saint-Tropez. This bronze statue weighs 700 kg and is is a gem of Provençal heritage and was the home of After two years of renovations, the first part of the Majestically bridging a canal running parallel to the River
2.5 metres high, and was given to the star for her 83rd the De Sade family. It has now reopened its doors to Inguimbertine has been opened to the public at Rhone, the Bollène hydroelectric power station, which
birthday. It is inspired by a watercolour by the Italian the public. For over four centuries, until 1868, it was Hôtel-Dieu. It combines two symbols: the Inguimbertine is opening to the public in 2018, was nicknamed the
erotic cartoon master Milo Manara. The statue stands the property of the De Sade family, and the castle was Library, a unique library-museum in France, and the “French Suez” at its inauguration in 1952. The canal
opposite the Gendarmerie Museum and the cinema, renovated several times in line with the periods and the Hôtel-Dieu, the most impressive hospital of the capital lock opening the way to the boats under the arches, is the
opened in 2016, where several rooms are devoted to wishes of its owners. Its labyrinthine architecture combines of the Comtat Venaissin. Lacking space in its former site, highest in France, with 23 m of height difference upstream
films shot in St Tropez, as well as to Brigitte Bardot, the charm of the Renaissance and the fantasy of the the library-museum, named after Joseph-Dominique and downstream. This remarkable historic monument
whose sensual curves thrilled spectators of the film And 17th century. Filled with hidden passages and dungeons, it d’Inguimbert, known as Dom Malachie, the Bishop of provides 13 % of the hydro-electric production of the
God Created Woman (1956). must have fired the imagination of the young Donatien, Carpentras, has gone from 120 m2 to over 1,800 m2 Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR, a subsidiary
www.saint-tropez.fr the controversial author in the making... The young by joining up with the Hôtel-Dieu, built in the mid-18th of the Suez group), equal to the annual consumption
Marquis de Sade lived here from the age of 5 to 10, century and listed as a historic monument. It has kept of the city of Lyon. The new visit includes information
AT THE PALAIS DES PAPES IN AVIGNON, A with his uncle, the Abbé de Sade, another colourful its unusual character and includes both books and about the history of the Donzère-Mondragon dam (its
TACTILE IMMERSION IN THE PAPAL ERA... figure. Seductive, learned and a libertine, the friend of pictures. Using digital technology, 60,000 documents other name), about the CNR and navigation on the
Voltaire and Emilie du Châtelet, the Abbé de Sade had have been brought together with some 40 paintings Rhone, as well as explaining how electricity is produced
The Histopad, a free touchscreen tablet (with the price a great many affairs. He was the author of a book about and a hundred objects. Video games have their place, and where it comes from. This is a practical demonstration,
included in admission) is given to each visitor to the Petrarch, the lover of Laura de Noves, the wife of the too, and the sites have eight dedicated computers and since the CNR added a wind farm and two
Palais des Papes, immersing them in the splendour Abbé’s ancestor, Hugues de Sade. The Marquis de four consoles for the younger school of “game design”. photovoltaic farms to the site in the 2000s. Guided visits
of the pontifical court in the 14th century. You enter Sade’s father, the Count de Sade, the lord of Saumane, Video games are even combined with truffles in season, from Monday to Saturday on reservation, duration
nine rooms in the biggest Gothic palace in the world was also a famous libertine. Visiting the château is a since one of the biggest markets in France is held in 1 hr 30 mins.
as if you were a canon or a peasant of the time. A film chance to come closer to a family that is exceptional the main courtyard... lescircuitsdelenergie@cnr.tm.fr
recounts its construction, and zooms and panoramic in every way... http://inguimbertine.carpentras.fr
views at 360° reveal the fragile painted decors. And to http://oti-delasorgue.fr/tourisme/le-chateau-desaumane WHEN HISTORY AND TRADITION GIVE
delight the youngest visitors, a coin stamped with the GREATER MEANING TO SHOPPING
effigy of the popes is hidden in each room... But finding
the Popes’ treasure calls for effort! Perfume and soap shops, ceramics and santon
www.palais-des-papes.com/fr/content/ makers, cheesemongers, beekeepers, confectioners,
histopad-pour-tous wine and olive oil producers… over 150 companies in
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur open their doors each
year to the public, introducing them to all the magic
and the secrets of their skills and their products, the
symbols of Provence, the Alps and the French Riviera.
www.entrepriseetdecouverte.fr/find-a-place-to-visit
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NEW SLEEPING SPOTS
A suite in a convent, a bubble at the top of the ski slopes, an equipped
Cadillac, a barrel on a wine estate – fans of original nights will have plenty
to choose from. Your hosts have great imagination! 2017-2018 has seen
the birth or rebirth of refined spots next to the water, such as Les Roches
Blanches (Cassis), Les Roches Rouges (Saint-Raphaël), Les Sablettes
(La-Seyne-sur-Mer) or La Villa Douce (Rayol-Canadel). The wealth of
guesthouses, gîtes and residences at affordable prices consolidates the
welcoming reputation of people from the South. And the opening in the
Aix countryside of two prestigious sites, the Domaine de Fonscolombes,
with its listed 10-hectare park, and the Villa La Coste with its masterpieces
of contemporary art, show that hosting and sharing are as one.
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Luxury, upscale Red, white and rosé wines from the estate are all certified
as Organic. Rooms from €195 a night. VILLA LA COSTE: ENCHANTMENT FOR LE SAINT-REMY:
& top-of-the-range Château de Fonscolombe*****, near Aix-en-Provence ALL THE SENSES IN PROVENCE A NEWCOMER TO THE COURS
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CHATEAU DE FONSCOLOMBE: Opened in 2017, the Villa La Coste is in perfect affinity In the little capital of Les Alpilles, we are all looking
THE QUINTESSENTIAL ART OF LIVING with the artistic world of the estate, which in just a few forward to the inauguration of this new five-star hotel - the
IN PROVENCE years has become a landmark in contemporary art, third - with a surface area of 2,500m2 on Boulevard
gastronomy and wine. Visitors come from all over Victor Hugo (which is usually known as “Le Cours”). It
With three centuries of rich history, the Château de the world to admire the wine cellar designed by Jean will have 32 rooms and suites from 30 to 60 m² and
Fonscolombe welcomed its first guests in June 2017. Nouvel, and the prestigious visit with 30 works by artists a 5-bedroom independent villa. The decoration will
Near Aix-en-Provence, this residence and park are such as Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Andy blend tasteful colours in Bohemian Gypsy style with
listed as Historic Monuments and have been radiating Goldsworthy, Franck Gehry and Tadao Ando. They very natural touches - abundant vegetation, stone, old
history, wit and festivities since the 18th century. Built can now relax in 28 spacious suites, with light-coloured wood, wood floors... Plus, the “Côté Jardin” restaurant
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in quattrocento style, the château belonged to the wood, marble and rough stone, in a simple style, although with organic food at great prices, a lounge bar and
Marquis de Saporta et de Fonscolombe. The members decorated with pictures and sculptures. The Spa, the a rooftop bar in the evening, a spa and indoor and
of this great family humanists were illustrious in the bar and the library foster relaxation, the sky is reflected outdoor swimming pools.
sciences and in warfare, and above all in medicine in the swimming pools, and the view over Luberon, Le Saint-Rémy***** Opening in May 2018.
and botany. The vast residence was bought in 2014 between the oak, pine and vineyards delight all lovers
by Hélène Martel-Massignac, CEO of the Caravelle LES ROCHES BLANCHES, of beauty. Rooms from €600 a night. LES ROCHES ROUGES,
group, and has been totally rejuvenated. Craftsmen THE ENTRANCE TO THE CALANQUES Villa La Coste near Aix en Provence BESIDE THE BLUE WATERS
have restored the 18th century Genoa leather and www.villalacoste.com
Chinese wallpapers, the plasterwork and wooden At the entrance point to the calanques and a 15-minute www.chateau-la-coste.com One of the great successes of the past year! The Hotel
furnishings, chandeliers and door frames. Noble materials, walk from Cassis, the Bestouan district is ideal both Les Roches Rouges adopted a modernist architecture
precious fabrics, art works and photos decorate the to enjoy a swim and a view over the little port. After in a special location: a beach in Var facing the small Or
50 rooms and suites. A spa gives visitors a chance to a year of renovation work, Les Roches Blanches, the Island, immortalised by Hergé in “The Black Island”.
relax. The new Orangerie restaurant has a capacity area’s flagship hotel and one of the few villas next to the Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay have kept the
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for up to 120 diners. Encircled by vast vineyards, the water, will be reopening in the spring. With a nod to the relaxed, almost naive atmosphere of holidays in the late
Château extends for over 10 hectares in a listed park, 1920s, the period when it was built, a Hispano-Suiza 1950s. Here you can go barefoot. The 50 rooms and
with fountains of spring water and a circular pool with takes centre stage in the entrance. The 36 rooms, with suites open onto the sea. The two swimming pools,
four dolphins, a reference to the four Aix Dauphins. four suites, the patio and the swimming pool overlook including “the iconic” sea water pool carved out of
Enhanced by the famous botanist from the Gaston de Cap Canaille, which plunges down into the sea from a the rocks, are an invitation to work on your tan. The
Saporta family, the park is today a rich arboretum in height of 363 m. This independent 4-star hotel aims to Esthederm spa and its sun-treatment programme round
the region, listed as a Historic Monument. The queen be original, chic but accessible, like the restaurant with off the relaxing experience. A wide range of activities
of England stayed here and planted a tree, in the shade its vast patio. Rooms from €290 a night. are scheduled, including a boat trip with a fisherman, a
of which you can still sit. As for the wine estate, it dates Les Roches Blanches****, Cassis, Calanques “pétanque” lesson with the local French boules club and
back to the Roman period, and we owe to Louis de www.roches-blanches-cassis.com open-air cinema. Rooms from €160 a night, reopening
Saporta the creation of the Confrerie des Echansons du in early May.
Roy René, promoting the Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence. Hotel Les Roches Rouges, Saint-Raphaël
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the Club Papillon, where tapas or meals on a tray are refinement, and in the view over the village of Roussillon Rose&Marius showroom (that can be used for seminars)
GRAND HOTEL DES SABLETTES: also served, made by the chef Anthony Lopez. A shuttle perched on a hill. At the new “Café de la Fontaine” you and a “wellness and beauty room” (yes, that’s its name!)
A PET-FRIENDLY HILTON COMES TO service runs to the five beaches in Rayol-Canadel below. can enjoy a meal of grilled meat with a glass of rosé. with a power plate, a coach and hairdresser. Plus, a
TOWN WITH THE TRAVELLER SPIRIT Electric bikes are available to rent to visit the nearby wine This unique dry-stone farmhouse was rebuilt on the restaurant with very accessible prices for healthy menus
estates or the wonderful Mediterranean gardens at the remains of a site owned by the Knights from the Order and “market-fresh” meals to enjoy in the quiet of the
In June 2017, the Grand Hotel des Sablettes in Domaine du Rayol. The hotel also has three seminar of Malta. From €196 a night. converted stucco lounges or in the peace of the garden,
La- Seyne-sur-Mer cracked open the Champagne: rooms, if the meeting room at the Villa Douce, with a Le Phèbus, Joucas, Luberon between bamboo and horse chestnut trees. In winter, a
totally renovated, the hotel became the first Curio capacity for 12 people, is not enough. From €150 to 500 per lephebus.com heated tent is set up there. From €80 for a double room
Collection by Hilton hotel in Provence-Alpes-Côte room, breakfast and “tea-time” included. and €104 for a quadruple room for accommodation
d’Azur. The white 19th century building overlooks the La Villa Douce**** Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer only with reservation 20 days beforehand.
Sablettes beach and provides a wonderful view over near Saint-Tropez
For family, business and art Maison Montgrand*** Vieux Port 13006 Marseille
Toulon Harbour. In the lobby, a collection of trunks and www.lavilladouce.com www.hotel-maison-montgrand.com
suitcases pays homage to travel. Each of the HOTEL ROC BLANC 4*
75 rooms and suites, with open bathrooms and padded IN SERRE-CHEVALIER
headboards, has a telescope to look out at the rock of
the Deux Frères or the boats. The hotel has three With a patio and a 180° view over the ski slopes of
restaurants, a ballroom for 350 guests, three meeting rooms Monêtier-les-Bains, this 4-star hotel will enjoy the
with a capacity of up to 600 people, two swimming pools luxury of space. An area of 1,300 m2 with 21 rooms
and a Nuxe spa. What’s more, the hotel is pet-friendly are planned with patios and balconies facing south in
with toys for dogs and a kennel on hand. As well as the the spirit of a charming mountain hotel, as well as a
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private beach below, guests can dive into the history of wellness area and a 300 m2 restaurant.
Toulon 10 km away or sail off to the Port-Cros National Hotel Roc Blanc****, Serre-Chevalier,
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Park. Rooms from €110 a night. Hautes-Alpes Opening late 2018
Grand Hotel des Sablettes,
La Seyne-Sur-Mer near Toulon MAISON MONTGRAND VIEUX-PORT
ghsplage.fr MARSEILLE, MY LITTLE CITY GARDEN
A NEW HAUTE COUTURE VILLA TOYOKO INN: JAPAN IN MARSEILLE
THE VILLA DOUCE, AT PHEBUS&SPA Brimming with dynamism, the Puget district, the former
THE COCOON IN RAYOL-CANADEL quarter of noteworthy people between the Old Port An impressive white parallelepiped has been built in
Xavier Mathieu, the chef and owner of the Relais & and the Prefecture, is now the home of showrooms the Euroméditerranée to house the first French hotel
At the Villa Douce, people live outside, like the villa’s Châteaux Le Phébus, has opened a private Provençal-style and galleries. This 2-star hotel shares three worlds opened by the Toyoko Inn brand. This 3-star hotel with
symbol the butterflies fluttering in the decoration, in the villa, the Villa des Anges, with a park. Four rooms and a on either side of Rue Montgrand, but its heart is a 267 rooms near Saint-Charles Station is particularly
logo and the fabrics by Christian Lacroix. Gentleness is suite with eggshell colours and Provençal contemporary delicious garden, an oasis of peace in the city centre. easy to access by public transport. Another distinctive
present in the soothing sea as far as the eye can see furniture share a fresh water swimming pool (with The simple rooms are refined and equipped with “My feature of the chain is that the manager, Akiko
and the hills speckled with stone pines or mimosas - the ultra-violet treatment). The renovation work undertaken Bed” bedding, with some for families, in the two 18th Busnel-Ryuzaki, is backed by a friendly team who
hotel is open all the year round. Caroline Thetiot, the by the Michelin-starred chef included adding dry stone and 19th century buildings. On the other side of the know the city well and can give guests the tips they
manager, seeks to take good care of her guests in the to the dining room in the main building; it runs street, the main building, a private residence dating need. The most recent arrival at Toyoko Inn, which
31 rooms. Organic breakfast and cakes at teatime (both lengthways, like an elegant gallery. The spectacle is from the 17th century, includes a concept store with has 250 hotels in Japan and some 30 elsewhere, is
included in the price of the rooms) can be enjoyed at both on the plate, with surprising flavours, colours and a wide choice of local design, fashion and creation, a due to open in April 2018.
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Eight rooms open onto the sea with a patio or balcony.
HOTEL VICTOR, THE SECRET ADDRESS Some guests will prefer the number 6 with cork resin THE BEST WESTERN PLUS HYERES Urban or rural residences
FOR TRAVELLERS, CLOSE by the Dutch design agency Odd Matter, others the COTE-D’AZUR: “BLEISURE”
TO AIX-EN-PROVENCE TGV STATION white room by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez. Here you’ll find IN THE SPOTLIGHT! LA BASTIDE DU ROY RENE
a room for the budding artist inside you! While we are
Business travellers whisper the address. Just a kilometre waiting for the seafood bistro and the rooftop terrace, The neologism “bleisure”, a contraction of business and Built in 1472 by King René of Anjou and Queen Jeanne
away from the Aix-en-Provence TGV station and a few a seafood brunch in on offer on Sundays. From €120 leisure, is a feature of hotels designed both for work and de Laval, the Bastide of King René became their country
minutes by car from Marseille- Provence international to €220 per room, €35 for brunch. holidays. Among the most recent hotels in the chain with residence. It was later extended to welcome patients
airport or the activity zones of Les Milles or Vitrolles, they La Reine Jane, Hyères 300 hotels in France, the Best Western Plus Hyères and took on impressive dimensions, and is today a pleasant,
can now choose between working or having a nap... https://lareinejane.fr/ Côte-d’Azur is included in this segment: 10 minutes’ historic site with 65 studio flats and kitchenettes. Ten
The 12 rooms in the Hotel Victor, renovated by the new walk from the historic centre of Hyères and the station, minutes away by bus from the historic centre of
owner, overlook a terrace in the shade of century-old 56 rooms with a contemporary Provençal design, a Aix-en-Provence, on the banks of the Arc, it will also
plane [new sleeping spots] trees. The water laps in the swimming pool, a Mediterranean garden, a lounge-bar delight sports fans, since it is now part of a municipal
fountain, and the Blue Lake nearby is ideal for jogging. and a restaurant. Adjoining rooms for families, seminar swimming pool and sports complex, with tennis, running
The chef, Nicolas Herbé, has created a much appreciated room for companies, the perfect “bleisure” combination, and French boules all available. A chance to meet the
“bistronomic” menu, and due to its success a private as we now say! new king and queen of the Bastide, the friendly young
room is being created. Car park, wifi and free turn-down Best Western Plus Hyères Côte d’Azur couple, Félicia & Barnabé! From €77 for a studio flat for
service on request to set up the bed. Rooms from €90 www.bestwestern.fr two to €119 for a studio flat for four
to €130, breakfast €13. Bastide du Roy René, Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel Victor, Cabriès near Aix-en-Provence THE BEST WESTERN LE GALICE http://aixbastide.com/
www.hotelvictor.fr IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE
MARSEILLE, BELLE DE MAI THE FIRST
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HOTEL ARLATAN IN ARLES The Best Western Le Galice has recently been renovated URBAN VILLAGE CLUB IN FRANCE
to offer a modern atmosphere through a refine and
Like Le Cloître, redesigned by India Mahdavi, the Arlatan peculiar decorating. Located at an 8-minute walk from A place where many Marseille babies were born between
which has been bought by Maja Hoffmann, is undergoing the city centre, this four-star hotel has 90 comfortable 1920 and 1996, including the footballer Zinedine Zidane,
major renovation. Reopening in the spring. LE DOMAINE DE LA PIERRE BLANCHE rooms (some are pet-friendly) and a car park which can the former maternity hospital in the Belle de Mai district
www.hotel-arlatan.fr IN THE ALPILLES welcome buses on request. has been reborn and has been welcoming visitors
With 600m² of adaptable seminar rooms along with since 2017 to the first Urban Holiday Village in France.
Only 30 minutes away from Avignon, in the charming village tailor-made services, a swimming pool and a restaurant, Backed by the Villages Club du Soleil brand, it
LA REINE JANE, AN ARTISTIC MEETING of Eygalières, this boutique hotel offers nine rooms and the Best Western Le Galice is able to meet the needs has 124 residential rooms, an outdoor pool (heated
PLACE IN HYERES suites, as well as an outdoor swimming pool, several of both leisure and corporate customers. from April to November) a restaurant, a wellness area
seminar rooms, a tennis court and an enjoyable view www.hotellegalice-aix.com and gym, and a 2-hectare tree-lined park. A children’s
On the pretty port of L’Ayguade, five minutes from on the Alpilles mountain. In the restaurant, L’Opale, the club welcomes the under 6s all the year round and
Hyères airport, this small, atypical hotel looks out on bistronomic and semi-gastronomic cuisine, made with teenagers up to the age of 17 in the school holidays.
the Îles d’Or. Its owners have entrusted each of the local products, is perfectly integrated into a refine and Special shuttle buses run to the village.
14 rooms to a designer or design studio that had taken warm atmosphere.
part in the Design Parade at the Villa Noailles. Each www.domainelapierreblanche.com
had a free hand to design the room, from 15 to 17 m2.
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The cherry on the cake is the all-inclusive packages
including a Marseille City-Pass to visit Notre-Dame- de- LODGES IN DOMAINE MÉJAN Guesthouses CIMES, A GUESTHOUSE AT THE SUMMIT
la-Garde in a little sightseeing train, the Château d’If or (ORIGINAL: A SUITE IN A CONTAINER!) LES ORRES HAUTES-ALPES
a boat trip to the Frioul islands... One week from €369 VILLA SAINT-MARC IN FORCALQUIER
per adult, €332 per child aged 13-17, €258 per child Beneath the limestone crest of Les Baux, among the ABOVE THE CITADEL Sandrine and Xavier Lecharny have transformed a former
aged 2-13, €148 per child under 2. pine and juniper, a suite has been set up in a real gîte in the old village of Les Orres into a guesthouse with
www.villageclub-marseille.com shipping container opening onto a wooden patio. Its The inhabitants of Forcalquier expectantly awaited the enchanting warmth. Four of the five rooms, decorated
neighbours (at a reasonable distance) are four lodges new avatar of Villa Saint-Marc. This 18th century bastide with linen and contemporary furniture, look out from
IN MARSEILLE, NINE SUITES with eco-friendly wooden structures and cladding. Each rises on Saint-Marc hill, providing a wonderful view over the balcony or patio southwards over the surrounding
IN A CONVENT one has its own character: an opening above the bed Notre-Dame-de-Provence Cathedral and the citadel of mountains: Touzenc, the Boussolenc, the Col de l’Ane.
for the modern lodge, a private jacuzzi for the wellness Forcalquier, with Luberon in the distance. After five years But it’s in the dining room, with “table d’hôte” meals
At Le Panier, near Place de Lenche, this 17th century lodge. The 13mx4m heated pool is fitted into a large of restoration work, the house, which was in turns the three times a week, and restaurant service on Friday
building was a royal foundry before belonging to the deck. The Domaine also has a room for 100 people and residence of politicians and a restaurant, has been reborn and Saturday evenings, that Les Cîmes reveals its secret
Jesuit order. After the French Revolution it became part a wooden patio. From €130 a night for the container, as charming 4-star furnished tourist accommodation. It weapon: the food! A qualified cook, who has worked
of the patrimony of the city of Marseille. The nine modern, €165 for the lodge. includes two gîtes - including a “cottage” in 4,500 m2 alongside Guy Savoy and Éric Menchon, Xavier gives
spacious suites designed for minimum stays of two Domaine Méjean, Paradou in Les Alpilles of land – and a handful of guest rooms with windows pride of place to good, local and organic food. His wife
nights have kitchens and well-designed bathrooms. near Baux-de-Provence wide open onto an exceptional panorama. The presiding Sandrine seeks out organic wines. And to digest your
Suites from €130 to €160 a night. http://domaine-mejan.com/fr/ spirit of the house, Cristiana, takes care of breakfast and meal, the Serre-Ponçon lake is 10 kilometres away
Le Couvent, 13002 Marseille brings a subtle hint of Italy… Rooms from €80 for two, and the ski slopes are even closer! From €110 to €130
www.fonderievieille.com breakfast included. per double room with breakfast / €32 for the day’s
Villa Saint-Marc, Forcalquier, special menu.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Maison Cimes, Les Orres, Hautes-Alpes
www.villa-st-marc.com www.maisoncimes.com
LA FABRIQUE MAISON ABEIL IN L’ARGENTIERE-LA-
IN MOUSTIERS-SAINTE-MARIE, BESSEE, ECRINS NATIONAL PARK
VERDON GORGES
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At the heart of the mountains of the Écrins National Park,
This former faïence workshop beside the river and this family home has been renovated by fans of design,
below a belvedere, has been a five-room guesthouse photography and well-being. Arielle teaches Hatha Yoga
since June 2017. The owners, Christian and Florence in a converted barn with an aroma of larch. The vaulted
YOU’LL SLEEP SO WELL IN LES ORRES, Allègre, have preserved the vast spaces and industrial breakfast room opens onto the patio, and in the four
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IN THE FRENCH SOUTHERN ALPS! atmosphere, with sliding steel doors and unvarnished bedrooms, art works are blended with antique furniture.
materials. Room from €98 for two to €135 for four. The GR 54 trail runs in front of the large residence encircled
In the Balcons de Bois Méan residence: Les Orres 1800, La Fabrique, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, with meadows and orchards, and the legendary cols of
the very latest residence in the Mona Lisa group, includes a Verdon Gorges the Alps are close by, whether you are walking, cycling,
heated swimming pool that’s ideal for families, plus 67 flats www.moustiers.eu/?La-Fabrique on a motor bike or even in a kayak. From €80 per room.
opening onto the mountains in the Ecrins National Park Maison Abeil, Argentière-La-Bessée
www.monalisa.fr/etablissements/hebergements- Ecrins National Park
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Venice, Naples or the Far East... Rooms from €250 a Écrins, they thought it a pity no one could stay there.
LES VARIETES: SECRET ROOMS night with breakfast. So, they restored a former mountain-pasture house HUTTOPIA CAMPSITE IN FONTVIEILLE
IN SAINT-REMY-DE-PROVENCE La Divine Comédie, Avignon known as “Chez Polyte”. Leaving from Grenoble, 1 hr
www.la-divine-comedie.com 15 min by bus and six kilometres on from the village In Les Baux valley, since 2017, you can camp as you
Above a restaurant of the same name, in a converted of Le Chazelet (La Grave) bring visitors to this haven of wish at Huttopia Fontvieille with your tent, caravan or
cinema on Le Cours, two prestigious suites and three peace, 1,950 m above sea level and facing the Meije. campervan on well-separated pitches, in Toile&Bois
rooms have been tastefully decorated. Mini-bar, flat Self-sufficient in energy, well located for exploring the tents for a comfy night under canvas or in a wooden
screen TV, rain shower: everything is on hand so you Massif de l’Oisans and near the GR 54 trail (Tour des chalet! Camping Huttopia, Fontvieille, Alpilles
can enjoy a stay with your loved one without leaving Ecrins), it has 32 comfortable beds in rooms for four or https://europe.huttopia.com/site/camping-font-
the premises. Meals can be served in your room. Two small dormitories. When the refuge is not staffed (from vieille-provence
suites and three rooms from €110 a night. 6 February to the end of March) six beds are available
Les Variétés for €10 per person. In summer, it will be open from FLOATING CABINS IN THE VINEYARDS
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in Les Alpilles 15 June to 15 September €48 for adults (half-board), OF CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
http://brasserielesvarietes.com/ and €24/€18/€12 per night, depending on age.
© La Divine Comédie
Refuge Chez Polyte, La Grave, Hautes-Alpes The Domaine des Grands Cépages now has floating
SLEEP IN A CADILLAC! http://refugedupicdumasdelagrave.fr cabins, some with a Nordic bath, on the Lionne lake,
between Châteauneuf-du- Pape and Avignon. This area
Spend the night in the country in a beautiful red Cadillac of original accommodation was set up in partnership
from the 1960s! This is the new challenge met by Margot with the town of Sorgues and the Vaucluse Fishing
and Murielle, handywomen of happiness and the AN EXHILIRATING BARREL Federation. It joins the three other domains created
founders of the Attrap Rêves Bubbles in Provence IN BEAUMES-DE-VENISE by the young entrepreneurs Gaspard de Moustier and
(www.attrap-reves.com). The Cadillac is a convertible Emmanuel de la Bédoyère.
Deville from 1968, and has been painstakingly restored On a 10-hectares estate producing red and Muscat Cabanes Domaine Des Grands Cépages,
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and transformed into a cosy bed, and is parked in a 40 m2 Beaumes-de-Venise wines for four generations, Corinne Châteauneuf-du-Pape
suite with jacuzzi, near Lorgues in the Var region. For an and Jean-Luc Bernard have set up an inhabitable barrel www.cabanesdesgrandscepages.com
original night-time journey. 219 € a night and breakfast. between the olive trees and the oaks trees. The view over
Atelier de Cupidon, Villecroze, near Lorgues, Var the Dentelles de Montmirail is intoxicating! This completely
www.atelierdecupidon.com circular guestroom can accommodate 2 to 3 people.
Night for two people: €90 or €115 breakfast included. A A BUBBLE 1900 M UP
LA DIVINE COMEDIE IN AVIGNON week for two people: €630 or €700 breakfast included.
www.evajade.fr This half-bubble on the slopes at an altitude of 1900 m,
This private residence standing beside the papal city is one of the nine rooms in the Chalet Hôtel de Serre
ramparts under the guiding hand of the interior decorator Ratier in Serre-Chevalier. This comfortable chalet outside
Gilles Jauffet has become the residence of collector Open air time is accessible by cable car in winter and by a forest
guests. The lounges, library, monumental staircase track in summer. The “bubble dwellers” will enjoy the
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and five suites are decorated with countless objects: THE LAST REFUGE: CHEZ POLYTE restaurant, its large patio and jacuzzi, before they look
animal sculptures, faïence and paintings from the 17th IN LA GRAVE (MASSIF DE L’OISANS) up under the transparent vault to see a million stars,
to the 20th centuries. A long, heated swimming pool nice and warm beside a pellet stove! €240 for 2 people,
stretches out in the shelter of a hedge in the biggest The latest French refuge, in the Pic du Mas de La Grave, half-board.
private garden in Avignon, planted with centuries-old was inaugurated in August 2017 by Denis and Victor Bulle Chalet-Hôtel de Serre Ratier, Chantemerle
plane trees. A wellness area is nestling in a pavilion. Lavenant. Both enamoured of the Emparis plateau, a Serre Chevalier, Hautes-Alpes
The suites are an invitation to travel, with souvenirs from magnificent listed site, and the terrace on the Massif des http://chalethotel-serrechevalier.com
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THE EYES
Stylish gastronomic and local restaurants light up the region, with
newcomers arriving and culinary concepts created. Here, the landscapes
supply meat, fish and vegetables, and the day’s menu is decided at the
tempting markets. With olive oil as the presiding spirit, a Provençal diet
is today inseparable from the tomato, which arrived relatively recently in
Marseille, however, from America. From Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to Arles,
La Camargue
the countryside has also kept a taste for chick peas, spelt, honey and
goat’s cheese that once had pride of place. For 2600 years, the grapevine
has worked its way all over Provence and moved north, and the major
wine estates give us a lesson in the art of living and sometimes in art, too.
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FROM STAR WARS TO RHONE WINE TOURISM, THE LIKEABLE APP Shower of stars, talents... GERALD PASSEDAT, FRANCIS
CHATEAU MARGUÏ… MALLMANN: A FRANCO-ARGENTINE
Downloaded on www.vins-rhone.com, the application THE HIGHEST STAR IN EUROPE DUO AT CHATEAU LA COSTE
In August 2017, the great US film director, George presents an off-the-wall visit to Avignon, the capital of
Lucas, bought Château Marguï in Châteauvert, in the Côtes du Rhône, as well as routes based on destinations In Saint-Véran, a town reckoned to be the highest Gérald Passedat, the starfish
Var region, with 115 hectares producing certified with the “Vineyards and Discoveries” label - among in Europe, the tradition says that “the hens peck the As an art lover, Gérald Passédat was attracted by
organic grapes. Around the 18th century chateau and its others “Around the Dentelles de Monmirail”. You will stars”. And now a new star, a particularly brilliant one, is the Domaine La Coste and “works in total freedom,
Romanesque chapel, the estate has 15 hectares of also find the programme of events in the wine region. ready for their beaks. “Le Roc Alto”, with its 31-year-old matching the landscapes painted by Cézanne”. In his
vineyards and produces wine in the three colours, with the An essential application for all wine lovers... chef, Alexandre Lechêne, has been awarded his first gastronomic restaurant, Louison, standing on piles
appellation coteaux-varois-en-provence. The acquisition www.vins-rhone.com Michelin star. The award will come as no surprise to in the pavilion designed by Tadao Ando, the 3-star
is still discreet, although on the estate’s website can be anyone lucky enough to have tasted his Molines lamb in Michelin chef from Marseille also provides food “art
seen “a member of Skywalker Vineyards” in reference LA CAVALE WINE CELLAR TAKES a hay crust, asparagus and sweet clover or his matured works” that celebrate the sea. So, the duck foie gras
to the hero of the film saga… The wine-tasting cellar is A GIANT LEAP MADE BY WILMOTTE rump steak with carrots in larch. A consecration for is plunged in a seaweed stock, the lobster matched
open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. the prestigious Alta Peyra Hotel, perched at an altitude with black sausage and the fish of the day are served
www.chateaumargui.com The new wine-tasting cellar at La Cavale is housed of 2040 m. with a distillation of black olive and a brandade sauce.
behind a dry-stone wall, 80 metres long and cutting Le Roc Alto Restaurant, Alta Peyra Hotel, Gérald Passédat also watches over the other restaurant
AVIGNON, A WINE SCHOOL across the green horizon of the vineyards. Near the Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes areas, the room-service, the lounge and the ballroom.
FOR THE INQUISITIVE PALATE unspoilt village of Cucuron, this architectural work www.hotel-altapeyra.com www.villalacoste.com/restaurant-gastronomique-
by Jean-Michel Wilmotte shows the ambition of Paul provence/
A wine school has just opened in the centre of Avignon, Dubrule for the wines of his estate, but also for the Francis Mallmann, the master of fire
the capital of Côtes du Rhône, in a former Banque appellation Luberon, still little known. After seven years FANNY FROM SAINT-REMY “FEMALE Recognised all over the world for “cooking with seven
de France building. It joins the Carré du Palais, the wine of work, the “finest wine cellar in Luberon” (according CHEF OF THE YEAR” fires”, the Argentine chef learned respect for ingredients
bar and wine cellar inaugurated in June in this prestigious to the founder of the Accor group) strives to be both and cooking time alongside great chefs in France, as he
building, between Place de l’Horloge and the Palais an effective technical tool and a great place to taste 2017 was a wonderful year for Fanny Rey, decorated says. A specially designed wood-fired oven and a fire
des Papes. The Suze La Rousse Wine University and buy wine. With a tastefully designed tasting area, in October by the Michelin guide as the “Woman dome mean he can cook using seven different utensils
supervises the programme of courses ranging from small groups for tastings, a shop with wines from the Chef of the Year 2017”, after receiving her first star in and techniques, but always keeping it slow and gentle
relaxed beginners’ lessons to expert level. Because estate as well as from all over the world and local fine February 2017 - the only female newcomer. Settled in for the delicate textures and a light smoked flavour. On
knowing how to taste a wine must be learned, tasting foods – the site really stands out. Picnic baskets available Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, this thirty-something always the menu, there is meat, of course, but also fish, fruit,
workshops, food and wine matching sessions are for an elegant picnic on the patio or the rooftop. praises her team and her partner Jonathan Wahid, a vegetables, including potatoes - “one of the best things
scheduled on Fridays and Saturdays. A gastronomic La Cavale Vignobles Paul Dubrule, Cucuron remarkable Pastry Chef, voted Champion of France South America has ever given the world”. Meals are
restaurant and a shop dedicated to other products www.domaine-lacavale.com for Desserts. With the Maître Restaurateur label, their served in a black and white lounge with Astier de Villatte
produced by fermentation, such as cheese and bread, restaurant invites diners to share the effervescence porcelain and bowls filled with lemons.
will round off the project. Courses from €39 to €150. of the kitchen team in an open kitchen. The poetic https://chateau-la-coste.com/restaurant-mallmann/
In French and English (on request). menu gives pride of place to local, seasonal produce. An extra chance to visit the exceptional contemporary
Carré du Palais, Avignon Auberge La Reine Jeanne, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence art on offer at the Château La Coste, between the
www.carredupalais.fr www.aubergesaintremy.com vineyards and the olive trees. Amazing!
Château La Coste, near Aix-en-Provence
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MICKAEL FEVAL IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE IN CASSIS, DIMITRI’S NEW CHEF, STEPHAN PAROCHE before his customers’ eyes and in a kitchen open onto
WONDERFUL BRASSERIE AT LE HAMEAU DES BAUX the dining room, he combines flowers, leaves and fruits
Learning his trade with such great names as Bernard with fish eggs, oysters, red mullet or chocolate... Lunch
Loiseau, Antoine Westermann or Bruno Oger, Mickaël On the first floor of the gastronomic restaurant La Villa “I like to add some pep, some freshness to the plate. from €35 to €52. Dinner from €89 to €110. On Saturday
Féval saw his first restaurant in his own name given a Madie, Le Corton brasserie looks down on the small bay The region of Les Alpilles is ideal for all fans of the ‘land evening, pure creativity with two unique menus at €115
Michelin star in 2017. Mickaël excels in fish, and his wife of the same name. Dimitri Droisneau, with two Michelin and sea’ like me. The sea spray from the Mediterranean and €140. Alexandre Mazzia has also opened “Art et
Olivia takes care of welcoming diners with panache. stars oversees the menu, and you can dine on a terrace brings a salty flavour to the meat,” says the chef, who Création” a bimonthly event with a chef taking inspiration
At the heart of old Aix, on the delightful Place des caressed by the pine trees or in a light-filled dining room has recently begun working at the Hameau des Baux. from a texture or an ingredient.
Tanneurs, the menu here is accessible and served in with curved designs, specialities and recipes that are In this site blending art, culture and five hectares of AM Restaurant by Alexandre Mazzia, Marseille
four and six courses. A waltz for the pleasure of the often reinvented. The selection of wines from the Cassis nature, the chef supervises two areas: the Table du alexandremazzia.com
taste buds... region matches the local fish, the Marseille sausage Hameau, with its terrace looking out on the La Crau
Mickael Féval Restaurant, Aix-en-Provence with fennel, and the day’s specials for a sunny lunch. plain, and the Camion Bleu, opening for business from
www.mickaelfeval.fr Menu: €32. 1 June. Lunchtime menu: €35
Brasserie le Corton, Cassis Le Hameau des Baux, Restaurant la Table,
POINTE NOIRE, THE NEW WORK www.lavillamadie.com Paradou Alpilles
BY THE MAZZIA BROTHERS IN AIX www.hameaudesbaux.com
MATTHIEU DUPUIS-BAUMAL AND GLENN
After AM in Marseille, Alexandre Mazzia has opened VIEL: TWO OF TOMORROW’S GREAT A DISH BAR BY AM ON THE OLD PORT
a second restaurant, Pointe Noire, with his brother in NAMES IN BAUX-DE-PROVENCE
Aix-en-Provence. They have everyone talking about Alexandre Mazzia is one of the chefs who are
this “Dish Bar” offering “dishes” that are “bigger than In November 2017, the chef at the Domaine de revolutionising the Marseille gastronomic landscape. The
tapas and smaller than main courses” on the pretty Manville, Matthieu Dupuis-Baumal, was awarded the success of Pointe Noire, the “Dish Bar” he opened with
Place des Tanneurs. From the day’s dish at €21, to the title of “Great Name of Tomorrow” by Gault & Millau and his brother Jean-Laurent Mazzia in Aix-en-Provence,
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five-dish menu at €59, we loved the “preserved beef joined the circle of talented chefs one needs to follow encouraged him to launch the Marseille version. The
cheek, lentils with Cinco Jotas ham and buckwheat” closely. In a former farm in the Baux Valley, the Domaine inauguration is scheduled for early in the year on the Old
or the Lemon curry in homage to Laurent Jeannin. A de Manville became a 5-star “rural palace” with a golf Port, opposite the City Hall and next to the legendary bar
“giant” pomme dauphine to share, with a béarnaise course in 2014. His neighbour, Glenn Viel at L’Oustaou La Marine. A real adventurer underneath his placid
sauce and seaweed, or panisses in Espelette pepper de Baumanière was also recognised as a Young Talent exterior, Alexandre Mazzia has multiplied the experiments
with warm, spicy yoghurt - even the names of the side and awarded 4 Toques. Other prize-winners included since 2014 in the AM restaurant in Rue Paradis. There, in
dishes are mouth-watering. Paul Langlère (Sépia, Marseille), while Guillaume Godin, a decor without extravagance and limited to 24 places,
Pointe Noire Restaurant, Aix-en-Provence the pastry chef at La Vague d’Or by Arnaud Donckele in
www.pointenoire.fr Saint-Tropez, was given the Young Pastry Chef award.
Domaine de Manville, Les Baux de Provence
www.domainedemanville.fr
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