france · April — October
Aix, Gordes, Saint-Rémy, Lorgues, Tourtour. The inland Var and the Luberon — the country that the Riviera quietly drives to on the Tuesday of every August. La Bastide de Gordes, La Bastide de Tourtour, Château la Coste. The Provence we send our clients to when the coast becomes too much.
Hotels
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Palace · 5★ · GordesThe Sireh family palace on the cliff of Gordes — the long pool with the Luberon valley in the front, the Tigrr restaurant, the most ambitious Provence palace of the last decade.
5★ Country hotel · Le Puy-Sainte-RéparadeThe eighteenth-century château hotel north of Aix — the long park, the working vineyard, the swimming pool in the formal garden.
Festive · clubs, line-ups, long lunches
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Asian · GordesThe Asian dinner room inside La Bastide de Gordes — the long terrace with the Luberon view, the Asian-Mediterranean kitchen, the most festive Provence dinner of the moment.
Authentic · the quiet rooms
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Country hotel · Les Baux-de-ProvenceThe Manville estate below Les Baux — the working golf course, the long terrace lunch, the Sunday brunch the local clients build the week around.
1★ Michelin · GordesThe gastronomic dining room inside La Bastide de Gordes — one star, the seasonal Provençal kitchen, the precise alternative to the Tigrr next door.
Restaurant · Avignon
Country lunch · Aix area
Bistro · Aix centre
Restaurant · AvignonThe Avignon dining room in the nineteenth-century mansion — the candlelit dinner, the long garden terrace, the address the regulars have kept.
Bistro · near Avignon
Bistro · AvignonTables
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Brasserie · Aix centreThe cours Mirabeau brasserie facing the fountain — the long pavement terrace, the all-day kitchen, the Aix institution.
Events · what's on this season
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Wednesday market · Saint-Rémy-de-ProvenceThe Wednesday market in the centre of Saint-Rémy — the long stall walk, the bouquinistes, the most photographed Alpilles morning ritual.
Walk · RoussillonThe ochre cliffs of Roussillon — the marked walk through the orange sandstone, the morning hike that the Luberon villas build the day around.
Vineyards & cellars
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Vineyard · Aix-en-ProvenceThe Gaude winery and gastronomic table on the road to Saint-Marc — own vineyards, the cellar tour, the long lunch on the terrace facing the Sainte-Victoire.
Vineyard art hotel · Le Puy-Sainte-RéparadeThe Paddy McKillen wine-and-art estate north of Aix — Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, the cellar by Jean Nouvel and the contemporary art walk through the vines.
Vineyard · LorguesThe Roubine vineyard near Lorgues — the long cellar tour, the rosé tasting, the inland Var producer the locals have built into the rotation.