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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
30 million visitors each year, with 6 million of them promotional activities in the press, with tour operators
is always innovating to enchant visitors
from overseas. The tourist economy generates 18 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
promoting the region to visitors. We are a supporting international markets.
prestigious or discreet restaurants,
locavore shopping and special guests,
accommodation beside the sea or close to KEY FIGURES FOR TOURISM IN PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR
• 30 million visitors to Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, with 6 million from overseas.
the stars, a stay in the region of lights
• At its annual peak (around 15 August) an estimated 2.6 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 • 207 million overnight stays (with 44 % of visitors in paid accommodation).
Tourism Board we hope that • 18 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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[ 2018 EDITION ]
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& 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 THE LUMA EVENT IN ARLES: MUSAMA, TO THE GLORY OF THE ONE
IN MONT-DAUPHIN AND BRIANÇON MONTMAJOUR AGAIN ACCESSIBLE ROLL ON 2019... AND ONLY REAL MARSEILLE SOAP
TO VISITORS
In 2018, the Fortifications of Briançon and A project that is unique in Europe, the creation of the In the 18th century, soap was Marseille’s main export,
Mont-Dauphin will be celebrating their 10th anniversary A gem of pre-Romanesque architecture that is unique in Luma Foundation to promote contemporary and made the large port famous all over the world. But
as UNESCO World Heritage sites. The fortifications western Europe, the Saint-Pierre hermitage constitutes art is without doubt the project of the century in not just any old soap. The square, aromatic “EXTRA
by Vauban, a “major contribution to universal military the oldest architectural trace of Montmajour Abbey. Arles-Camargue. For Maja Hoffmann, a Swiss art PURE 72% FATTY ACID” soap was developed after a
architecture”, were added to this international list of This troglodyte building, partly built into the rock at collector and patron who launched the project, this real alchemic quest, filled with unforeseen developments.
masterpieces in 2008. To celebrate the event, the south of the mountain, had become inaccessible: vast cultural complex begun in 2004 aims to “take This is the rich story to be told from April 2018 at the
a commemorative 10th anniversary medal by the the National Monuments Centre has just renovated the up the challenges faced by the world of art”, while MuSaMa, the Marseille Soap Museum, immersing the
Monnaie de Paris, as well as a board game about the outer walls and interior areas. What’s more, the lower becoming part of “the artistic, intellectual, ecological, visitor in the world of soap-making in Marseille. Records
major sites built by Vauban, will be available. While we part of the monument is now accessible and the interior social and economic fabric of Arles and the region.” The of the first official Marseille soap-maker, Crescas Davin,
are waiting for the many events scheduled this summer, spaces of the caves are now visible and enhanced. iconic 56-metre-high tower, designed by the famous date from 1371. Master soap-makers then handed
the Mont-Dauphin site will be hosting special “snowshoe” Four km away from Arles, Montmajour Abbey stands on architect Frank Gehry, is inspired by the brushwork of down their secret “magic formula” from father to son.
visits every Wednesday from 1 January to 31 March. a rocky peak, overlooking the La Crau Plain. Originally, Van Gogh. The 6-hectare site is a former railway area The ingredients of Marseille soap were officially
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633-1707), Louis this was a mortuary site: the Mont Majour rock, running alongside Les Alyscamps and renamed Parc regulated in the 17th century under King Louis XIV, but
XIV’s military architect, built twelve groups of fortified encircled by pools of water, welcomed the deceased des Ateliers. Five former workshops, which are now despite the discoveries of Leblanc, Chevreul
buildings and constructions in France. Alongside new and the hermits who chose solitude and meditation to exhibition spaces, are being renovated by Annabelle and Gay-Lussac, soap-makers still speak about a
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, certain “mystery” taking place in the manufacturing
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 process. On the old “Via Romana”, in a Haussmann-style
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 building near the Old Port and opposite the Marseille
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 History Museum, the MuSaMa recalls how Marseille
(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 soap was used and its impact. The highlight of the
bastion forts in the classic era. uniquely in Provence, is a church built beneath the Fondation Luma and by the International Photography visit: after being hired by one of the great Marseille
www.sites-vauban.org abbatial church. The Saint-Pierre hermitage is situated Festival, “Les Rencontres d’Arles”. The Renovations soap-makers, you will become a soap-maker yourself…
in the southern rock, with a few capitals from the early House and the Project House are a chance for the and take home your own soap!” The architecture of
Romanesque age as a witness to Saint-Pierre’s public to visit the Luma Arles architectural and cultural the site is the work of the Richard and Anne-Claude
monastery (10th to 15th centuries), the first building on project. Guided visits to the site to see the developing Carta agency. Interestingly, the architect is the author
the site. Inside, the rooms are partly built in the caves project are organised. Visitors just need to sign up on of a novel featuring a master soap-maker: Le Jour du
towards the north and made from plastered rubble the website or at the ticket office in the Grande Halle. Safran by Richard Carta.
stone and cut stone in the north. www.luma-arles.org www.musama.fr
Montmajour Abbey, Pays d’Arles
www.montmajour.monuments-nationaux.fr
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MUCEM: VISIT THE RESERVE IN TOULON, THE RENAISSANCE BRIGITTE BARDOT TAKES WELCOME TO THE MARQUIS DE SADE’S
WITHOUT RESERVE! OF MONT FARON SHAPE IN SAINT-TROPEZ HOUSE IN SAUMANE
The MUCEM has got together with Google Arts & Mont Faron looks down on Toulon with its impressive A statue of Brigitte Bardot now stands on the road into The Château de Saumane, near L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue,
Culture for an interactive visit to its reserves. With silhouette from a height of 530 m. Its Landing and Saint-Tropez. This bronze statue weighs 700 kg and is is a gem of Provençal heritage and was the home of
a magic click, you can - virtually - enter at any time Liberation in Provence Memorial, inaugurated by 2.5 metres high, and was given to the star for her 83rd the De Sade family. It has now reopened its doors to
in some of the most secrets places in the great General de Gaulle on 15 August 1964 was re-opened birthday. It is inspired by a watercolour by the Italian the public. For over four centuries, until 1868, it was
Marseille museum, with collections ranging from in 2017 after two years of renovations. The aim was erotic cartoon master Milo Manara. The statue stands the property of the De Sade family, and the castle was
Antiquity to today. to give a livelier, more interactive and educational opposite the Gendarmerie Museum and the cinema, renovated several times in line with the periods and the
www.mucem.org approach to the history of the soldiers from France, opened in 2016, where several rooms are devoted to wishes of its owners. Its labyrinthine architecture combines
overseas territories and the colonies who took part in films shot in St Tropez, as well as to Brigitte Bardot, the charm of the Renaissance and the fantasy of the
See the vidéo
the liberation of France and Europe in August 1944. The whose sensual curves thrilled spectators of the film And 17th century. Filled with hidden passages and dungeons, it
memorial is housed in a 19th century fort and enjoys a God Created Woman (1956). must have fired the imagination of the young Donatien,
THE VILLA NOAILLES NAMED AN ART wonderful panorama over the sea and the city. Access www.saint-tropez.fr the controversial author in the making... The young
CENTRE OF NATIONAL INTEREST to Mount Faron, which also houses the zoo and Marquis de Sade lived here from the age of 5 to 10,
Notre-Dame-du-Faron chapel built in a former gunpowder AT THE PALAIS DES PAPES IN AVIGNON, A with his uncle, the Abbé de Sade, another colourful
On 18 March, the Villa Noailles in Hyères (Var) was magazine, is by cable car or along the cliff road. TACTILE IMMERSION IN THE PAPAL ERA... figure. Seductive, learned and a libertine, the friend of
named an Art Centre of National Interest. This http://toulontourisme.com Voltaire and Emilie du Châtelet, the Abbé de Sade had
distinction given for the first time to an institution linked The Histopad, a free touchscreen tablet (with the price a great many affairs. He was the author of a book about
to the plastic arts, adds to the other labels awarded IN TOULON, RUE PIERRE SEMARD included in admission) is given to each visitor to the Petrarch, the lover of Laura de Noves, the wife of the
to the building designed in 1923 by Robert Mallet BECOMES RUE DES ARTS Palais des Papes, immersing them in the splendour Abbé’s ancestor, Hugues de Sade. The Marquis de
Stevens (1886-1945): Historic Monument, 20th Century of the pontifical court in the 14th century. You enter Sade’s father, the Count de Sade, the lord of Saumane,
Heritage, House of the Illustrious and Remarkable To revive activity, dynamism and youth - this is the nine rooms in the biggest Gothic palace in the world was also a famous libertine. Visiting the château is a
Garden. A sign that the site is still at the cutting edge challenge for all city centres, a challenge that is going as if you were a canon or a peasant of the time. A film chance to come closer to a family that is exceptional
of ideas about fashion, design, architecture and in the right direction in the historic heart of Toulon, recounts its construction, and zooms and panoramic in every way...
photography. where major changes are afoot. Shops dedicated to views at 360° reveal the fragile painted decors. And to http://oti-delasorgue.fr/tourisme/le-chateau-desaumane
Villa Noailles lifestyle and decoration, and arts and craft workshops delight the youngest visitors, a coin stamped with the
www.villanoailles-hyeres.com have taken up residence in the shops of Rue Pierre effigy of the popes is hidden in each room... But finding
Sémard, near Place de l’Equerre. An active policy the Popes’ treasure calls for effort!
undertaken by the City with the help of ANPUR has led www.palais-des-papes.com/fr/content/histopad-
to some 30 ground-floor premises being bought and pour-tous
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.
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THE NEW INGUIMBERTINE OPENING OF THE CNR HYDROELECTRIC WHEN HISTORY AND TRADITION GIVE
LIBRARY-MUSEUM AT HOTEL-DIEU POWER STATION IN BOLLENE: A PLUNGE GREATER MEANING TO SHOPPING
IN CARPENTRAS INTO THE ENERGY OF THE RHONE!
Perfume and soap shops, ceramics and santon
After two years of renovations, the first part of the Majestically bridging a canal running parallel to the River makers, cheesemongers, beekeepers, confectioners,
Inguimbertine has been opened to the public at Rhone, the Bollène hydroelectric power station, which wine and olive oil producers… over 150 companies in
Hôtel-Dieu. It combines two symbols: the Inguimbertine is opening to the public in 2018, was nicknamed the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur open their doors each
Library, a unique library-museum in France, and the “French Suez” at its inauguration in 1952. The canal year to the public, introducing them to all the magic
Hôtel-Dieu, the most impressive hospital of the capital lock opening the way to the boats under the arches, is the and the secrets of their skills and their products, the
of the Comtat Venaissin. Lacking space in its former site, highest in France, with 23 m of height difference upstream symbols of Provence, the Alps and the French Riviera.
the library-museum, named after Joseph-Dominique and downstream. This remarkable historic monument www.entrepriseetdecouverte.fr/find-a-place-to-visit
d’Inguimbert, known as Dom Malachie, the Bishop of provides 13 % of the hydro-electric production of the
Carpentras, has gone from 120 m2 to over 1,800 m2 Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR, a subsidiary
by joining up with the Hôtel-Dieu, built in the mid-18th of the Suez group), equal to the annual consumption
century and listed as a historic monument. It has kept of the city of Lyon. The new visit includes information
its unusual character and includes both books and about the history of the Donzère-Mondragon dam (its
pictures. Using digital technology, 60,000 documents other name), about the CNR and navigation on the
have been brought together with some 40 paintings Rhone, as well as explaining how electricity is produced
and a hundred objects. Video games have their place, and where it comes from. This is a practical demonstration,
too, and the sites have eight dedicated computers and since the CNR added a wind farm and two
four consoles for the younger school of “game design”. photovoltaic farms to the site in the 2000s. Guided visits
Video games are even combined with truffles in season, from Monday to Saturday on reservation, duration
since one of the biggest markets in France is held in 1 hr 30 mins.
the main courtyard... lescircuitsdelenergie@cnr.tm.fr
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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 Roy René, promoting the Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence. 1920s, the period when it was built, a Hispano-Suiza suites open onto the sea. The two swimming pools,
& top-of-the-range Red, white and rosé wines from the estate are all certified takes centre stage in the entrance. The 36 rooms, with including “the iconic” sea water pool carved out of
as Organic. Rooms from €195 a night. four suites, the patio and the swimming pool overlook the rocks, are an invitation to work on your tan. The
Château de Fonscolombe*****, near Aix-en-Provence Cap Canaille, which plunges down into the sea from a Esthederm spa and its sun-treatment programme round
CHATEAU DE FONSCOLOMBE: https://fonscolombe.fr height of 363 m. This independent 4-star hotel aims to off the relaxing experience. A wide range of activities
THE QUINTESSENTIAL ART OF LIVING be original, chic but accessible, like the restaurant with are scheduled, including a boat trip with a fisherman, a
IN PROVENCE VILLA LA COSTE: ENCHANTMENT FOR its vast patio. Rooms from €290 a night. “pétanque” lesson with the local French boules club and
ALL THE SENSES IN PROVENCE Les Roches Blanches****, Cassis, Calanques open-air cinema. Rooms from €160 a night, reopening
With three centuries of rich history, the Château de www.roches-blanches-cassis.com in early May.
Fonscolombe welcomed its first guests in June 2017. Opened in 2017, the Villa La Coste is in perfect affinity Hotel Les Roches Rouges, Saint-Raphaël
Near Aix-en-Provence, this residence and park are with the artistic world of the estate, which in just a few LE SAINT-REMY: www.hotellesrochesrouges.com
listed as Historic Monuments and have been radiating years has become a landmark in contemporary art, A NEWCOMER TO THE COURS
history, wit and festivities since the 18th century. Built gastronomy and wine. Visitors come from all over GRAND HOTEL DES SABLETTES:
in quattrocento style, the château belonged to the the world to admire the wine cellar designed by Jean In the little capital of Les Alpilles, we are all looking A PET-FRIENDLY HILTON COMES TO
Marquis de Saporta et de Fonscolombe. The members Nouvel, and the prestigious visit with 30 works by artists forward to the inauguration of this new five-star hotel - the TOWN WITH THE TRAVELLER SPIRIT
of this great family humanists were illustrious in the such as Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Andy third - with a surface area of 2,500m2 on Boulevard
sciences and in warfare, and above all in medicine Goldsworthy, Franck Gehry and Tadao Ando. They Victor Hugo (which is usually known as “Le Cours”). It In June 2017, the Grand Hotel des Sablettes in
and botany. The vast residence was bought in 2014 can now relax in 28 spacious suites, with light-coloured will have 32 rooms and suites from 30 to 60 m² and La- Seyne-sur-Mer cracked open the Champagne:
by Hélène Martel-Massignac, CEO of the Caravelle wood, marble and rough stone, in a simple style, although a 5-bedroom independent villa. The decoration will totally renovated, the hotel became the first Curio
group, and has been totally rejuvenated. Craftsmen decorated with pictures and sculptures. The Spa, the blend tasteful colours in Bohemian Gypsy style with Collection by Hilton hotel in Provence-Alpes-Côte
have restored the 18th century Genoa leather and bar and the library foster relaxation, the sky is reflected very natural touches - abundant vegetation, stone, old d’Azur. The white 19th century building overlooks the
Chinese wallpapers, the plasterwork and wooden in the swimming pools, and the view over Luberon, wood, wood floors... Plus, the “Côté Jardin” restaurant Sablettes beach and provides a wonderful view over
furnishings, chandeliers and door frames. Noble materials, between the oak, pine and vineyards delight all lovers with organic food at great prices, a lounge bar and Toulon Harbour. In the lobby, a collection of trunks and
precious fabrics, art works and photos decorate the of beauty. Rooms from €600 a night. a rooftop bar in the evening, a spa and indoor and suitcases pays homage to travel. Each of the
50 rooms and suites. A spa gives visitors a chance to Villa La Coste near Aix en Provence outdoor swimming pools. 75 rooms and suites, with open bathrooms and padded
relax. The new Orangerie restaurant has a capacity www.villalacoste.com Le Saint-Rémy***** Opening in May 2018. headboards, has a telescope to look out at the rock of
for up to 120 diners. Encircled by vast vineyards, the www.chateau-la-coste.com the Deux Frères or the boats. The hotel has three
Château extends for over 10 hectares in a listed park, LES ROCHES ROUGES, restaurants, a ballroom for 350 guests, three meeting rooms
with fountains of spring water and a circular pool with LES ROCHES BLANCHES, BESIDE THE BLUE WATERS with a capacity of up to 600 people, two swimming pools
four dolphins, a reference to the four Aix Dauphins. THE ENTRANCE TO THE CALANQUES and a Nuxe spa. What’s more, the hotel is pet-friendly
Enhanced by the famous botanist from the Gaston de One of the great successes of the past year! The Hotel with toys for dogs and a kennel on hand. As well as the
Saporta family, the park is today a rich arboretum in At the entrance point to the calanques and a 15-minute Les Roches Rouges adopted a modernist architecture private beach below, guests can dive into the history of
the region, listed as a Historic Monument. The queen walk from Cassis, the Bestouan district is ideal both in a special location: a beach in Var facing the small Or Toulon 10 km away or sail off to the Port-Cros National
of England stayed here and planted a tree, in the shade to enjoy a swim and a view over the little port. After Island, immortalised by Hergé in “The Black Island”. Park. Rooms from €110 a night.
of which you can still sit. As for the wine estate, it dates a year of renovation work, Les Roches Blanches, the Charlotte de Tonnac and Hugo Sauzay have kept the Grand Hotel des Sablettes,
back to the Roman period, and we owe to Louis de area’s flagship hotel and one of the few villas next to the relaxed, almost naive atmosphere of holidays in the late La Seyne-Sur-Mer near Toulon
Saporta the creation of the Confrerie des Echansons du water, will be reopening in the spring. With a nod to the 1950s. Here you can go barefoot. The 50 rooms and ghsplage.fr
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THE VILLA DOUCE, refinement, and in the view over the village of Roussillon a wide choice of local design, fashion and creation, a owner, overlook a terrace in the shade of century-old
THE COCOON IN RAYOL-CANADEL perched on a hill. At the new “Café de la Fontaine” you Rose&Marius showroom (that can be used for seminars) plane [new sleeping spots] trees. The water laps in the
can enjoy a meal of grilled meat with a glass of rosé. and a “wellness and beauty room” (yes, that’s its name!) fountain, and the Blue Lake nearby is ideal for jogging.
At the Villa Douce, people live outside, like the villa’s This unique dry-stone farmhouse was rebuilt on the with a power plate, a coach and hairdresser. Plus, a The chef, Nicolas Herbé, has created a much appreciated
symbol the butterflies fluttering in the decoration, in the remains of a site owned by the Knights from the Order restaurant with very accessible prices for healthy menus “bistronomic” menu, and due to its success a private
logo and the fabrics by Christian Lacroix. Gentleness is of Malta. From €196 a night. and “market-fresh” meals to enjoy in the quiet of the room is being created. Car park, wifi and free turn-down
present in the soothing sea as far as the eye can see Le Phèbus, Joucas, Luberon converted stucco lounges or in the peace of the garden, service on request to set up the bed. Rooms from €90
and the hills speckled with stone pines or mimosas - the lephebus.com between bamboo and horse chestnut trees. In winter, a to €130, breakfast €13.
hotel is open all the year round. Caroline Thetiot, the heated tent is set up there. From €80 for a double room Hôtel Victor, Cabriès near Aix-en-Provence
manager, seeks to take good care of her guests in the and €104 for a quadruple room for accommodation www.hotelvictor.fr
31 rooms. Organic breakfast and cakes at teatime (both
For family, business and art only with reservation 20 days beforehand.
included in the price of the rooms) can be enjoyed at Maison Montgrand*** Vieux Port 13006 Marseille HOTEL ARLATAN IN ARLES
the Club Papillon, where tapas or meals on a tray are HOTEL ROC BLANC 4* www.hotel-maison-montgrand.com
also served, made by the chef Anthony Lopez. A shuttle IN SERRE-CHEVALIER Like Le Cloître, redesigned by India Mahdavi, the Arlatan
service runs to the five beaches in Rayol-Canadel below. TOYOKO INN: JAPAN IN MARSEILLE which has been bought by Maja Hoffmann, is undergoing
Electric bikes are available to rent to visit the nearby wine With a patio and a 180° view over the ski slopes of major renovation. Reopening in the spring.
estates or the wonderful Mediterranean gardens at the Monêtier-les-Bains, this 4-star hotel will enjoy the An impressive white parallelepiped has been built in www.hotel-arlatan.fr
Domaine du Rayol. The hotel also has three seminar luxury of space. An area of 1,300 m2 with 21 rooms the Euroméditerranée to house the first French hotel
rooms, if the meeting room at the Villa Douce, with a are planned with patios and balconies facing south in opened by the Toyoko Inn brand. This 3-star hotel with
capacity for 12 people, is not enough. From €150 to 500 per the spirit of a charming mountain hotel, as well as a 267 rooms near Saint-Charles Station is particularly LA REINE JANE, AN ARTISTIC MEETING
room, breakfast and “tea-time” included. wellness area and a 300 m2 restaurant. easy to access by public transport. Another distinctive PLACE IN HYERES
La Villa Douce**** Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer Hotel Roc Blanc****, Serre-Chevalier, feature of the chain is that the manager, Akiko
near Saint-Tropez Hautes-Alpes Opening late 2018 Busnel-Ryuzaki, is backed by a friendly team who On the pretty port of L’Ayguade, five minutes from
www.lavilladouce.com know the city well and can give guests the tips they Hyères airport, this small, atypical hotel looks out on
MAISON MONTGRAND VIEUX-PORT need. The most recent arrival at Toyoko Inn, which the Îles d’Or. Its owners have entrusted each of the
A NEW HAUTE COUTURE VILLA MARSEILLE, MY LITTLE CITY GARDEN has 250 hotels in Japan and some 30 elsewhere, is 14 rooms to a designer or design studio that had taken
AT PHEBUS&SPA due to open in April 2018. part in the Design Parade at the Villa Noailles. Each
Brimming with dynamism, the Puget district, the former had a free hand to design the room, from 15 to 17 m2.
Xavier Mathieu, the chef and owner of the Relais & quarter of noteworthy people between the Old Port HOTEL VICTOR, THE SECRET ADDRESS Eight rooms open onto the sea with a patio or balcony.
Châteaux Le Phébus, has opened a private Provençal-style and the Prefecture, is now the home of showrooms FOR TRAVELLERS, CLOSE BY THE Some guests will prefer the number 6 with cork resin
villa, the Villa des Anges, with a park. Four rooms and a and galleries. This 2-star hotel shares three worlds AIX-EN-PROVENCE TGV STATION by the Dutch design agency Odd Matter, others the
suite with eggshell colours and Provençal contemporary on either side of Rue Montgrand, but its heart is a white room by Jean-Baptiste Fastrez. Here you’ll find
furniture share a fresh water swimming pool (with delicious garden, an oasis of peace in the city centre. Business travellers whisper the address. Just a kilometre a room for the budding artist inside you! While we are
ultra-violet treatment). The renovation work undertaken The simple rooms are refined and equipped with “My away from the Aix-en-Provence TGV station and a few waiting for the seafood bistro and the rooftop terrace,
by the Michelin-starred chef included adding dry stone Bed” bedding, with some for families, in the two 18th minutes by car from Marseille- Provence international a seafood brunch in on offer on Sundays. From €120
to the dining room in the main building; it runs and 19th century buildings. On the other side of the airport or the activity zones of Les Milles or Vitrolles, they to €220 per room, €35 for brunch.
lengthways, like an elegant gallery. The spectacle is street, the main building, a private residence dating can now choose between working or having a nap... La Reine Jane, Hyères
both on the plate, with surprising flavours, colours and from the 17th century, includes a concept store with The 12 rooms in the Hotel Victor, renovated by the new https://lareinejane.fr/
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THE BEST WESTERN PLUS HYERES MARSEILLE, BELLE DE MAI THE FIRST LODGES IN DOMAINE MÉJAN LA FABRIQUE IN MOUSTIERS-SAINTE-
COTE-D’AZUR: “BLEISURE” URBAN VILLAGE CLUB IN FRANCE (ORIGINAL: A SUITE IN A CONTAINER!) MARIE, VERDON GORGES
IN THE SPOTLIGHT!
A place where many Marseille babies were born between Beneath the limestone crest of Les Baux, among the This former faïence workshop beside the river and
The neologism “bleisure”, a contraction of business and 1920 and 1996, including the footballer Zinedine Zidane, pine and juniper, a suite has been set up in a real below a belvedere, has been a five-room guesthouse
leisure, is a feature of hotels designed both for work and the former maternity hospital in the Belle de Mai district shipping container opening onto a wooden patio. Its since June 2017. The owners, Christian and Florence
holidays. Among the most recent hotels in the chain with has been reborn and has been welcoming visitors since neighbours (at a reasonable distance) are four lodges Allègre, have preserved the vast spaces and industrial
300 hotels in France, the Best Western Plus Hyères 2017 to the first Urban Holiday Village in France. Backed with eco-friendly wooden structures and cladding. Each atmosphere, with sliding steel doors and unvarnished
Côte-d’Azur is included in this segment: 10 minutes’ by the Villages Club du Soleil brand, it has 124 residential one has its own character: an opening above the bed materials. Room from €98 for two to €135 for four.
walk from the historic centre of Hyères and the station, rooms, an outdoor pool (heated from April to November) for the modern lodge, a private jacuzzi for the wellness La Fabrique, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie,
56 rooms with a contemporary Provençal design, a a restaurant, a wellness area and gym, and a 2-hectare lodge. The 13mx4m heated pool is fitted into a large Verdon Gorges
swimming pool, a Mediterranean garden, a lounge-bar tree-lined park. A children’s club welcomes the under 6s deck. The Domaine also has a room for 100 people and www.moustiers.eu/?La-Fabrique
and a restaurant. Adjoining rooms for families, seminar all the year round and teenagers up to the age of 17 in the a wooden patio. From €130 a night for the container,
room for companies, the perfect “bleisure” combination, school holidays. Special shuttle buses run to the village. The €165 for the lodge. CIMES, A GUESTHOUSE AT THE SUMMIT
as we now say! cherry on the cake is the all-inclusive packages including Domaine Méjean, Paradou in Les Alpilles LES ORRES HAUTES-ALPES
Best Western Plus Hyères Côte d’Azur a Marseille City-Pass to visit Notre-Dame- de-la-Garde near Baux-de-Provence
www.bestwestern.fr in a little sightseeing train, the Château d’If or a boat trip http://domaine-mejan.com/fr/ Sandrine and Xavier Lecharny have transformed a former
to the Frioul islands... One week from €369 per adult, gîte in the old village of Les Orres into a guesthouse with
Urban or rural residences €332 per child aged 13-17, €258 per child aged 2-13, Guesthouses enchanting warmth. Four of the five rooms, decorated
€148 per child under 2. with linen and contemporary furniture, look out from
LA BASTIDE DU ROY RENE www.villageclub-marseille.com VILLA SAINT-MARC IN FORCALQUIER the balcony or patio southwards over the surrounding
ABOVE THE CITADEL mountains: Touzenc, the Boussolenc, the Col de l’Ane.
Built in 1472 by King René of Anjou and Queen Jeanne IN MARSEILLE, NINE SUITES But it’s in the dining room, with “table d’hôte” meals
de Laval, the Bastide of King René became their country IN A CONVENT The inhabitants of Forcalquier expectantly awaited the three times a week, and restaurant service on Friday
residence. It was later extended to welcome patients new avatar of Villa Saint-Marc. This 18th century bastide and Saturday evenings, that Les Cîmes reveals its secret
and took on impressive dimensions, and is today a pleasant, At Le Panier, near Place de Lenche, this 17th century rises on Saint-Marc hill, providing a wonderful view over weapon: the food! A qualified cook, who has worked
historic site with 65 studio flats and kitchenettes. Ten building was a royal foundry before belonging to the Notre-Dame-de-Provence Cathedral and the citadel of alongside Guy Savoy and Éric Menchon, Xavier gives
minutes away by bus from the historic centre of Jesuit order. After the French Revolution it became part Forcalquier, with Luberon in the distance. After five years pride of place to good, local and organic food. His wife
Aix-en-Provence, on the banks of the Arc, it will also of the patrimony of the city of Marseille. The nine modern, of restoration work, the house, which was in turns the Sandrine seeks out organic wines. And to digest your
delight sports fans, since it is now part of a municipal spacious suites designed for minimum stays of two residence of politicians and a restaurant, has been reborn meal, the Serre-Ponçon lake is 10 kilometres away
swimming pool and sports complex, with tennis, running nights have kitchens and well-designed bathrooms. as charming 4-star furnished tourist accommodation. It and the ski slopes are even closer! From €110 to €130
and French boules all available. A chance to meet the Suites from €130 to €160 a night. includes two gîtes - including a “cottage” in 4,500 m2 per double room with breakfast / €32 for the day’s
new king and queen of the Bastide, the friendly young Le Couvent, 13002 Marseille of land – and a handful of guest rooms with windows special menu.
couple, Félicia & Barnabé! From €77 for a studio flat for www.fonderievieille.com wide open onto an exceptional panorama. The presiding Maison Cimes, Les Orres, Hautes-Alpes
two to €119 for a studio flat for four spirit of the house, Cristiana, takes care of breakfast and www.maisoncimes.com
Bastide du Roy René, Aix-en-Provence brings a subtle hint of Italy… Rooms from €80 for two,
http://aixbastide.com/ breakfast included.
Villa Saint-Marc, Forcalquier,
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
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MAISON ABEIL IN L’ARGENTIERE-LA- Deville from 1968, and has been painstakingly restored Open air HUTTOPIA CAMPSITE IN FONTVIEILLE
BESSEE, ECRINS NATIONAL PARK and transformed into a cosy bed, and is parked in a 40 m2
suite with jacuzzi, near Lorgues in the Var region. For an THE LAST REFUGE: CHEZ POLYTE In Les Baux valley, since 2017, you can camp as you
At the heart of the mountains of the Écrins National Park, original night-time journey. 219 € a night and breakfast. IN LA GRAVE (MASSIF DE L’OISANS) wish at Huttopia Fontvieille with your tent, caravan or
this family home has been renovated by fans of design, Atelier de Cupidon, Villecroze, near Lorgues, Var campervan on well-separated pitches, in Toile&Bois
photography and well-being. Arielle teaches Hatha Yoga www.atelierdecupidon.com The latest French refuge, in the Pic du Mas de La Grave, tents for a comfy night under canvas or in a wooden
in a converted barn with an aroma of larch. The vaulted was inaugurated in August 2017 by Denis and Victor chalet! Camping Huttopia, Fontvieille, Alpilles
breakfast room opens onto the patio, and in the four LA DIVINE COMEDIE IN AVIGNON Lavenant. Both enamoured of the Emparis plateau, a https://europe.huttopia.com/site/camping-font-
bedrooms, art works are blended with antique furniture. magnificent listed site, and the terrace on the Massif des vieille-provence
The GR 54 trail runs in front of the large residence encircled This private residence standing beside the papal city Écrins, they thought it a pity no one could stay there.
with meadows and orchards, and the legendary cols of ramparts under the guiding hand of the interior decorator So, they restored a former mountain-pasture house FLOATING CABINS IN THE VINEYARDS
the Alps are close by, whether you are walking, cycling, Gilles Jauffet has become the residence of collector known as “Chez Polyte”. Leaving from Grenoble, 1 hr OF CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE
on a motor bike or even in a kayak. From €80 per room. guests. The lounges, library, monumental staircase 15 min by bus and six kilometres on from the village
Maison Abeil, Argentière-La-Bessée and five suites are decorated with countless objects: of Le Chazelet (La Grave) bring visitors to this haven of The Domaine des Grands Cépages now has floating
Ecrins National Park animal sculptures, faïence and paintings from the 17th peace, 1,950 m above sea level and facing the Meije. cabins, some with a Nordic bath, on the Lionne lake,
maisonabeil.fr to the 20th centuries. A long, heated swimming pool Self-sufficient in energy, well located for exploring the between Châteauneuf-du- Pape and Avignon. This area
stretches out in the shelter of a hedge in the biggest Massif de l’Oisans and near the GR 54 trail (Tour des of original accommodation was set up in partnership
LES VARIETES: SECRET ROOMS private garden in Avignon, planted with centuries-old Ecrins), it has 32 comfortable beds in rooms for four or with the town of Sorgues and the Vaucluse Fishing
IN SAINT-REMY-DE-PROVENCE plane trees. A wellness area is nestling in a pavilion. small dormitories. When the refuge is not staffed (from Federation. It joins the three other domains created
The suites are an invitation to travel, with souvenirs from 6 February to the end of March) six beds are available by the young entrepreneurs Gaspard de Moustier and
Above a restaurant of the same name, in a converted Venice, Naples or the Far East... Rooms from €250 a for €10 per person. In summer, it will be open from Emmanuel de la Bédoyère.
cinema on Le Cours, two prestigious suites and three night with breakfast. 15 June to 15 September €48 for adults (half-board), Cabanes Domaine Des Grands Cépages,
rooms have been tastefully decorated. Mini-bar, flat La Divine Comédie, Avignon and €24/€18/€12 per night, depending on age. Châteauneuf-du-Pape
screen TV, rain shower: everything is on hand so you www.la-divine-comedie.com Refuge Chez Polyte, La Grave, Hautes-Alpes www.cabanesdesgrandscepages.com
can enjoy a stay with your loved one without leaving http://refugedupicdumasdelagrave.fr
the premises. Meals can be served in your room. Two
suites and three rooms from €110 a night. AN EXHILIRATING BARREL A BUBBLE 1900 M UP
Les Variétés IN BEAUMES-DE-VENISE
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in Les Alpilles This half-bubble on the slopes at an altitude of 1900 m,
http://brasserielesvarietes.com/ On a 10-hectares estate producing red and Muscat is one of the nine rooms in the Chalet Hôtel de Serre
Beaumes-de-Venise wines for four generations, Corinne Ratier in Serre-Chevalier. This comfortable chalet outside
SLEEP IN A CADILLAC! and Jean-Luc Bernard have set up an inhabitable barrel time is accessible by cable car in winter and by a forest
between the olive trees and the oaks trees. The view over track in summer. The “bubble dwellers” will enjoy the
Spend the night in the country in a beautiful red Cadillac the Dentelles de Montmirail is intoxicating! This completely restaurant, its large patio and jacuzzi, before they look
from the 1960s! This is the new challenge met by Margot circular guestroom can accommodate 2 to 3 people. up under the transparent vault to see a million stars,
and Murielle, handywomen of happiness and the Night for two people: €90 or €115 breakfast included. A nice and warm beside a pellet stove! €240 for 2 people,
founders of the Attrap Rêves Bubbles in Provence week for two people: €630 or €700 breakfast included. half-board.
(www.attrap-reves.com). The Cadillac is a convertible www.evajade.fr Bulle Chalet-Hôtel de Serre Ratier, Chantemerle
Serre Chevalier, Hautes-Alpes
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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
La Camargue Marseille, however, from America. From Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to Arles,
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!
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THE STARS OF THE STARS
MICKAEL FEVAL IN AIX-EN-PROVENCE IN CASSIS, DIMITRI’S NEW CHEF, STEPHAN PAROCHE
WONDERFUL BRASSERIE AT LE HAMEAU DES BAUX The time is long gone when people spoke
Learning his trade with such great names as Bernard condescendingly about hotel restaurants. Five of 2017’s
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. six new Michelin-starred restaurants in the region are in
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 exceptional hotels… Here you will find comprehensible,
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 sensitive and precise cuisine with the chance to explore
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 new things, sometimes with an organic vegetable garden,
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. and giving even more taste to our great experience in
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 the region! You’ll be hearing all about them! Benjamin
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 Collombat is doing great things at the Château de
taste buds... region matches the local fish, the Marseille sausage Hameau, with its terrace looking out on the La Crau Berne in Lorgues, Le Jardin de Benjamin.
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.chateauberne.com/fr/gastronomie-provence/
www.mickaelfeval.fr Menu: €32. 1 June. Lunchtime menu: €35 jardin-de-benjamin.html
Brasserie le Corton, Cassis Le Hameau des Baux, Restaurant la Table, Philippe Colinet has made the Bastide even more
POINTE NOIRE, THE NEW WORK www.lavillamadie.com Paradou Alpilles attractive in Saint-Tropez
BY THE MAZZIA BROTHERS IN AIX www.hameaudesbaux.com www.bastide-saint-tropez.com/restaurants
MATTHIEU DUPUIS-BAUMAL AND GLENN Jimmy Coutel lights up the Château-Valmer, La
After AM in Marseille, Alexandre Mazzia has opened VIEL: TWO OF TOMORROW’S GREAT A DISH BAR BY AM ON THE OLD PORT Palmeraie in La Croix-Valmer
a second restaurant, Pointe Noire, with his brother in NAMES IN BAUX-DE-PROVENCE www.chateauvalmer.com/fr/restaurant/la-palmeraie/
Aix-en-Provence. They have everyone talking about Alexandre Mazzia is one of the chefs who are restaurant-gastronomique-saint-tropez
this “Dish Bar” offering “dishes” that are “bigger than In November 2017, the chef at the Domaine de revolutionising the Marseille gastronomic landscape. The Jérome Faure will surprise your taste buds at 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 Domaine de Fontenille, Le Champ des Lunes
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, www.domainedefontenille.com
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 Pierre Reboul has retrieved his star at the Domaine
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 de la Pioline, Pierre Reboul Restaurant, Château de
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 La Pioline
“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 www.chateaudelapioline.com
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 before his customers’ eyes and in a kitchen open onto
www.pointenoire.fr Saint-Tropez, was given the Young Pastry Chef award. the dining room, he combines flowers, leaves and fruits
Domaine de Manville, Les Baux de Provence with fish eggs, oysters, red mullet or chocolate... Lunch
www.domainedemanville.fr from €35 to €52. Dinner from €89 to €110. On Saturday
evening, pure creativity with two unique menus at €115
and €140. Alexandre Mazzia has also opened “Art et
Création” a bimonthly event with a chef taking inspiration
from a texture or an ingredient.
AM Restaurant by Alexandre Mazzia, Marseille
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Regional Tourism Tourism Provence-Alpes-Côte
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