Nestled in the Armagnac vineyards of Gascony, under the shade of old plane trees, stands this beautiful 18th century charterhouse. Restored in an elegant french style, the lounges and 25 rooms and suites of La Bastide En Gasconne distill a warm atmosphere.

Two large fireplaces for winter time and an outside italian gallery for sunny days, set the scene of a gorgeous restaurant and delicious local cuisine. Nestled in the Armagnac vineyards of Gascony, under the shade of old plane trees, stands this beautiful 18th century charterhouse.

In the garden, a cosy spa of 500 m² embraces a nurturing philosophy embodied by natural body and facial treatments, and genuine 20 000-year mineral water springs. Our Maison is plentiful of lounges, patios and green cabinets. Various welcoming settings to unwind and enjoy a drink in good company. Open daily.

THE HISTORY
A former charterhouse, built in the 18th century, La Bastide was originally home to monks, who probably worked in the vineyards.

With the rise of the spa industry in the 20th century, the charterhouse was quickly converted into a hotel, welcoming the “Belle Société” who came to benefit from the waters. It was also used as a hospital, welcoming the wounded during the great world conflict.

The Barthélémy family, founders of the first group of private thermal establishments in France, acquired La Bastide at the same time as the thermal baths, in 1957. La Bastide was then called Le Grand Hôtel Thermal. Christine Barthélémy (later Christine Guérard), carried out a complete restoration campaign in 1965.

Modern comforts were introduced within these walls, and the decoration was entirely redesigned, in a scenario worthy of the Musketeers and other cadets of Gascony. At that time, the most beautiful flats of the House were named Roxane, d’Artagnan and Cyrano, after the emblematic works of Edmond Rostand.

On this occasion, the Grand Hôtel Thermal is renamed La Bastide Gasconne. This beautiful residence quickly became the chic flagship of the region. In 1972, it joined the Association des Relais de Campagne (today’s Relais & Châteaux), which it left in 1986, in anticipation of the titanic renovation of the thermal baths.

In the 70’s and 80’s, it was the delight of racing drivers, who at that time experienced the Golden Age of the Nogaro Circuit. On Sundays, the restaurant’s terrace and its swimming pool host warm aperitif dances.

THE RENEWAL
The major works carried out on the thermal baths marked the end of this era, and La Bastide gradually lost its chic and festive clientele. In 2000, water damage forced the owners to close the house, which did not reopen until 2011, after extensive restoration and embellishment work.

In the meantime, La Bastide has been reduced from 48 to 25 rooms, and its decoration has been entirely re-imagined by Christine Guérard, allowing the natural, southern elegance of the building’s architecture to shine through. La Bastide was once again awarded the Relais & Châteaux label in 2011.

ROOMS & SUITES
Bright and spacious, all our rooms and suites are different. All of them are an ode to well-being and serenity. Their decoration is a stylish, colourful reinterpretation of French countryside style.

Shades of warm colours ranging from ochre to dusky pink, grege to chestnut plus saffron echo prints that pay tribute to the purity of whitewashed walls and ceruse beams.

SUITE DE LUXE
Nestled between ancient stone walls, these 2 vast apartments have a private terrace, overlooking the rose garden. Their design creates a romantic, country-inn atmosphere through a muted color palette of sand, old terracotta and ocher.

The addition of custom-made furnishings, sculptural bathtubs, bee-waxed floors, original paintings and fine antiques make for an exquisitely relaxing environment, providing a true sense of serenity and escape. The bathroom features a separate walk-in rain shower, double vanity, and a sculptural Pyrénées marble tub.

The Aramis Suite encompasses a bedroom, separate living room that includes a spacious seating area, queen sofa and a desk. The d’Artagnan Suite, features a large open floor plan, with an adjacent living space and a beautiful english workdesk.

SUITE
These beautiful rooms enjoy a clear view on the gardens or the village and a modern arrangement with its open floor plan. Each suite features a generous open lounge area with mellow sofa and armchairs. These suites are tastefully decorated with original paintings and art photographs.

The suites feature custom-made furnishings including a super king-sized bed, oversized armchairs, ottoman and a desk. Accommodations are fully outfitted with high definition televisions, as well as high-speed wireless internet.

The spacious bathrooms are filled with natural light and include a separate walk-in rain shower and double vanity, and one of the suites boasts a sculptural Pyrénées marble tub. These large suites are perfect for families! Sofas can be turned into soft beds (180×70 cm) and accommodate children up to 12 (extra charge may apply).

JUNIOR SUITE
With large comfy beds as well as large chairs to sink into, these rooms are bright and spacious. These accommodations feature clean architectural lines that blend French countryside details with a modern bright style.

Our Junior Suites are decorated with Pierre Frey fabric and feature custom-made furnishings, oak wooden floor, white linen and Briare mosaic providing an exquisitely relaxing environment.

The spacious bathroom is filled with natural light and comes with a huge walk-in shower. These large rooms are perfect for long stays and family with young children. Babies are our guests in their parents’ room in a complimentary cot.

SUPERIOR ROOM
Three color tones adorn these spacious rooms : natural and graphic for the “pullet” scenery, bright and warm for the “Cupid” decor, cool and feminine in the “Dot” rooms. They overlook our lovely gardens.

The layout encompasses a generously proportioned bedroom and a large bathroom with walk-in shower. Some of our rooms connect together, which makes this arrangement perfect for parents and children who seek intimacy.

THE RESTAURANT
Under the creative guidance of Grand Chef, Michel Guérard, La Bastide Restaurant offers a four-season cuisine, that reinvents French “Classiques”.

Under the Bastide Archway nestles a luminous Restaurant. With its huge Antique Dresser, made of Gascony oak, the Restaurant provides an elegant and warm Decor: “cabochon” tiled floor, fireplace, antique paintings and furniture, a romantic supper or a family celebration are perfect occasions to savor our Cuisine.

South West naturally inspire our Chef, Jérôme Artiguebère : delicious Foie-Gras and Poultry from the Landes, Gascony Black Pig, strawberries, plums and tomatoes grown in the Garonne Valley. As Chef Artiguebère renews his menu regularly, You may pop in several times in the season!

BAR & LOUNGES
Under the shade of the arcades, in the gardens or in the lounges on the soft sofas, enjoy the refreshment of your choice! Whether you’re visiting or staying at the hotel, you’re welcome to take a break!

SPA & WELLNESS
The Spa features an elegantly simple interior designed to blend a delicate decoration of stone and ivory enamels and the most contemporary spa innovations. Barbotan’s hot spring is 20,000 years old. Its purity and abundance of minerals makes it the perfect natural healing for bones, joints and muscles.

THE VINEYARD
La Bastide is the hospitality part of a widder estate, which produces Armagnac spirit since 1967, under the label of Château de Sandemagnan. Dan Andrews is the oenologist. After assisting the previous cellar masters of the estate, he is now involved in the evolution of the estate.

He receives in Sandemagnan wine and history lovers and narrates them how Armagnac is made, what makes it different from other spirits such as Cognac. Follow with a tasting to understand the beauty and shades of “eau de vie”.

THE WINE CELLAR
In 1983, a beautiful huge brass alambic (still) was accommodated in the Cellar. Every november, a festive period called “la Flamme” takes place : white wine is distilled in the Alambic, night and day. The lucky ones who may pop in at this frosty time, will enjoy a very warm pre-dinner drink, by the still.

BUSINESS EVENTS
Located between Bordeaux and Pau, La Bastide is a perfect place to host a productive seminar, one-day meeting or product launch. With its 25 rooms and suites, we host you comfortably.

Salon El Cordobés: Capacity 15 guests, projector and screen, paperboard and Wifi access, private terrace. Adrien Barthélémy Room: Capacity 60 guests, projector and screen, paperboard and Wifi access, small office next to the meeting room, soundproofing.

WEDDINGS & PARTIES
In the heart of gardens and fountains, La Bastide is a dream place in Gascony for your special event. Get unforgettable memories in a refined 5-star hotel. Your guests will be pampered.

GASCONY HERITAGE
The fortified towns, small castles and small free villages contain the monuments of the civil and religious heritage, wealth of an ancient history. The routes to Santiago de Compostela go up and down the department. Villages with character invite you to thousands of detours in the Gers.

GERS & SURROUNDINGS 
Country of d’Artagnan and the musketeers, our region holds the key to a charming stay in the countryside. It offers rolling and luminous landscapes, flavours and tones of character, a philosophy of the time, a culture of delight to all the senses, leisure activities propitious for recharging one’s batteries and tourism to be discovered all year round from fortified towns to medieval castles.

LONG LIVE LA FETE
As the spring shows up, the sound of the bandas (brass bands), Gascon, traditional, Latin, jazz, country, or classical rhythms… ring out in the village squares.

Corridas, bull races and traditional games enliven the whole area and remind visitors that Gascons are Iberians’ cousins. Whether they are festive, sports-orientated or cultural, our local events will delight you an provide you with wonderful memories, for Gascony knows how to talk to your heart!

VISIT THE ARMAGNAC WINERIES
The enjoyment of wine and Armagnac is a part of life in Gascony. The major part of Armagnac properties are family owned, for decades. And we know all the legendary families by name!

Passionate vintners, century-old estates and exceptional spirits, hid out at the end of a peeble path, a few miles away from La Bastide. Enjoy a pastoral sunny day, walking through the cellars of domaines Laberdolive and Tariquet, Château de Laubade, and Château de Maniban

HIKING & BIKING
La Bastide offers mountain bikes to run a wonderful no-car forest track of 50 kilometers: the Voie Verte du Marsan et de l’Armagnac.This track, arranged after the old railway were removed, connects Gabaret to Mont-de-Marsan, snaking across the sunflower hills and vineyards.

The no-car regulation makes it the perfect activity for parents and children. One mile away from La Bastide, the Uby Lake’s banks have been landscaped with great biking, hiking and running tracks.

PIQUE-NIQUE
After a day of running the Gascony roads, your appetite will be ready for just a little bit more discovery with the Chef’s Picnic. The Chef treats you with selection of local and home made delights: A delicious “Caesar salad” sandwich in a turmeric and pumpkin seed bread, accompanied by a lemon and olive oil cake homemade. You are ready to go on a trip!

ON THE SAINT-JAMES WAY
Wide-open spaces, silence, light, serenity: in Gascony you’ll find the authenticity, atmosphere and splendour of the pilgrim’s journey to Santiago de Compostela.

Our region is traversed by long stretches of France’s main St James’s Way pilgrimage routes, paths alive with centuries of history that you can discover and share, an unforgettable experience in which the journey counts more than the destination.

Website: www.bastide-gasconne.com

Rooms: 25

Price: from 234 EUR per night

Starting from a small oyster farm on the Lagoon of Thau in the 1960s, Maison Tarbouriech is now diversifying its activities and invites you to discover a unique place in the heart of Occitania.

Through our products and by welcoming you to places that are dear to us, our ambition is to share with you our passion and our taste for innovation.

In order to bring Domaine Tarbouriech to life, « l’ostréi-créateur » Florent Tarbouriech and his wife Sabine have assembled an experienced multidisciplinary team of designers, artisans and artists.

The infinite expanse of the sea, the endless calm of the lagoon, the restful view of the Mont Saint Clair. Land, sea and sky blend together. The only movements are flamingos taking flight. Live in the moment, without any limitations, enjoy the view, and share our special place.

In the 18th century, between Montpellier and Béziers, a mansion hidden by foliage in the middle of the countryside was called a folly. Come and stay at the Domain and share in our “folly”.

There are four rooms and suites in the mansion itself, nine lodges in the 13th century barn with a traditional thatched reed roof, 2 artists’ residences and a SPA, tucked away in the winery of this former vineyard.

We seek to maintain a warm, family atmosphere, so that you can completely relax in a quiet, secluded environment. Over the millennia, this landscape, between the vineyards and the lagoon, has taken shape.

Over the centuries, this family residence has become a harmonious retreat. Over the years, the Tarbouriech family has transformed this property into “the Domain”, replacing the antique walls with contemporary architecture.

This slow passage of time is our heritage, and we invite you to savour every passing moment, unwind, move at your own pace, and go with the flow, weightlessly. Allow yourself the privilege of taking your time.

Suites
Harmonious shades of white, carefully selected for precious relaxation. The contemporary décor is bathed in the light and energy of the South. A “pearl” effect against a backdrop of antique stones. 55 sqm, terrace 12 sqm, view on lagoon and vineyards, double bath and walk-in shower in the tower.

Casanova
A boudoir atmosphere awaits you, for one night or more, as you discover the world of this legendary lover.

Story has it that Casanova stayed near the Domain, while he was passing through the Languedoc region, to go on an invigorating diet of oysters. 48 m², view of lagoon and vineyards, 17th century copper bath and walk-in shower in the tower.

Deluxe Rooms
A subtle blend between Japanese elegance and the Mediterranean style of living. Between the vineyards and the lagoon, stone and burnished wood set the scene for relaxation and contemplation. 26 m², terrace 36 m², view of lagoon and vineyards, outdoor bed and Japanese garden, bath and Italian shower.

Artists’ Residence
In a contemporary atmosphere, the Domaine regularly welcomes artists in residence or those who wish to spend a quiet moment to reflect on their project as part of a partnership program with our Domaine.

20 m² with 1 to 2 rooms, view on the vineyards, Italian shower, bed 100 x 200, sofa bed (living room), bed 140 x 200 (bedroom)

The taste experience
Oyster farmers for three generations, we have invented the solar tide, which opens the tables of the starred chefs to oysters from the Thau lagoon. From the salt spray to the soft evening light that falls, everything here is flavorful.

Our biodynamic vegetable garden offers us daily all the flavours of the earth and the sun. This taste for life motivates us and we want to share it, not only through an authentic and healthy cuisine, but by immersing you in a total experience.

From the view of the vineyards to the lagoon, the terroir opens up to you to make your moment unique, from waking up to dinner.

Between land and sea
Around the oyster, our signature, you will enjoy our modern and creative interpretation of Sète gastronomy all year round. Fishing of the day in the lagoon, shellfish, seaweed….

On the land side, our cuisine highlights vegetables from local biodynamic agriculture and meat from local farmers. Throughout the seasons, our chef will be there to offer you his exclusive products, always sublimating and respecting the local products.

A perfect balance between oysters and wine
Our region is full of pleasant surprises for wine lovers and oenologists alike, and local wines will be given a place of honour at your table. We will make sure that the wine you select suits both your personal taste and your chosen dishes.

A symphony of authentic flavours, with a just a touch of novelty and extravagance. Our open kitchen demonstrates our devotion to quality food and reveals our chef’s secret techniques for all to see.

Ostrealogy is the study and knowledge of oysters. It is aimed at all Oyster Lovers, curious and passionate, who wish to learn and put words to their feelings. Discover a little-known universe dotted with stories, travels, flavours, textures, taste experiences and more!

THE OYSTER BAR
Come and take a delicious break, and discover the simple pleasures of this little paradise. Our cosy, lounge-style oyster bar is the perfect setting to share a moment together. With a platter of shellfish and a glass of local wine, you will enjoy the seafood as much as the beautiful surroundings.

A unique spot
Down by the lagoon, at the St Barth’, a renovated traditional oyster farm, you can taste the oysters which have made our family famous: the Spéciales Tarbouriech® oysters.

Prepare yourself for a unique experience in taste, flavour and texture! To ring the changes, we also serve Bouzigues and Seven oysters, as well as Sabine Tarbouriech’s version of Brasucade de moules

Free your senses, to make sense of every moment
Step into a sensory paradise, a bath of ultrafine bubbles infused with exclusive active marine and oyster ingredients (Ostreathérapie®). Feel the energy circulating in your body, the calming effect on your mind, and enjoy the soothing sensations. Revitalize yourself at our SPA.

Ostreathérapie®
For over three years, we have been developing body care treatments and products based on the therapeutic qualities of oysters, inspired by the thousand-year-old heritage of Chinese medicine…

Several active ingredients with known beneficial effects are being studied: aragonite, seafood collagen, sea silk… Tarbouriech Ostreathérapie® enhances your physical well-being, bringing you all the goodness of our shellfish, which have been polished by the marée solaire (“solar tide” system).

Our exclusive formulas and treatments are the result of years of research in partnership with state-of-the-art laboratories, to provide you with a source of energy and harmony.

Pause for a moment
Domaine Tarbouriech wants to be entirely focused on well-being. All the essential elements are here to enjoy a moment of almost organic happiness. This is achieved through a holistic approach to well-being where the culinary concept and activity programmes complement the range of treatments on offer.

We have taken great care in determining the most appropriate methods of applying facial and body care products for each specific treatment. Every massage brings out the benefits of our cosmetics and enhances your well-being.

Full of natural goodness
Ostréathérapie® is a new way of using oysters as effective food supplements and cosmetics. These products have been developed through co-operation with leading academic and industrial partners.

The distinctive feature of Spéciales Tarbouriech® oysters is that they contain antioxidants (phenols, lipids, amino acids) and detoxifiers (amino acids).

Tailor-made events
The Tarbouriech Domain, which has a range of reception rooms, is available to host your event and make it into a unique, personal moment, according to your wishes. Our events team is attentive to your needs, to make sure that you receive the best possible welcome.

ACTIVITIES
The Tarbouriech oyster farm, where the oyster-culture structures, fitted with solar panels and the growing cycle of the “Huîtres Spéciales Tarbouriech” can all be discovered on a “solar barge ».

The MadLab, a space for multidisciplinary experimentation and collaboration on the edge of the lagoon, where talents from varied universes will create, in situ, and run themed workshops for Domaine Tarbouriech customers, children and adults alike

Le St Barth’, the renovated oyster farmer’s house (locally known as a “mas” instead of “maison”) on the edge of the Thau Lagoon, where the Tarbouriech “sea harvests” can be tasted.

From an immersion in the oyster world to a moment of escape
With our guides, learn about oyster farming through workshops or excursions. To you the richness of our protected environment, dive into the heart of our passion. Thanks to Oysterology, oysters will soon have no secrets for you.

And if you let your creativity run wild: draw with an artist, hear a lecture, discover the region with a historian, swim among seahorses, cross the lagoon by boat or paddle, read in the local plants with a botanist, finally write your novel.

Walk to the end of the world
The coastal paths are our best kept secrets, go explore them on foot or by bike. Starting from the Domaine, in complete immersion between vineyards and lagoon, this 30 min walk will take you to an endless pontoon stretched between sea and sky, a Robinson hut and a wild beach where a terrace has been put…

You will then discover our tasting counter, Le St Barth’, a world’s end, a paradise, and our family’s cradle.

Introduction to Original Ayurveda

On the program, wellness sessions » Kripalu Yoga, The Yoga of Grace » You will also discover the « Nagas Bhyanga » massages, and Ayurvedic food workshops including the production of Ayurvedic butter, ghee.

Picnic / Oysters
Fancy a picnic with your lover or with your family? Pick the basket of your choice composed of products from our Domaine, a nice tablecloth, a bottle from our vintage, and escape along the coastal paths during a unique gourmet break.

Apprentice gardener / harvesting
Meet Noé, our gardener, who will share his passion with you along an aromatic path between medicinal plants, forgotten species or vegetation with the sweet scent of the Mediterranean. He will reveal all the secrets of our biodynamic vegetable garden and you will be able to make your own detox juice.

Boutique
A real living showroom where you can discover the creations (clothes, accessories and decorative objects) of local manufacturers. So you can leave with a wonderful souvenir during your stay at the Domaine.

Apprentice oyster farmer
Become an oyster farmer for a moment. Join our oyster farm to create your own oyster farming rope by participating to our collage workshop… and come back to taste them in 3 years.

Tarbouriech adventure
On board one of our work boats, discover these innovative tables which are the heart of « La Marée Solaire », the patented breeding method that makes Tarbouriech oysters so special. From June to September you have the possibility to privatize one of the boats all year round on reservation.

Ostrealogy®
Learn how to taste oysters as a great vintage. This convivial and participative workshop will allow you to discover this shellfish’s history, oyster farming methods around the world, but also the diversity of consumption patterns from the dawn of time until the present day.

NEARBY
Little harbor sheltered at the edge of the lagoon of Thau

Marseillan keeps the memory of the ancient civilizations that have tasted the Mediterranean sweetness. The dimensions of houses made of black lava, testify to a discreet opulence.

Porte du Canal du Midi, Marseillan assumes its commercial and marine agricultural origins. Let yourself go lazing for a drink or stroll along narrow streets to the tip of the Onglous.

Visit the company, invent your own exclusive cocktail or taste the James Bond cocktail made with their famous vermouth.

In the historic cellars of a modern and innovative house, rediscover the dream of Joseph Noilly and Claudius Prat, recreating the taste of the wine transported was on the deck of the ships. Then enjoy a moment of idleness on the docks.

Enjoy the unalterable light of the Mediterranean, watch the sun play with the foliage of the vines. Capture the brilliance of a reflection on the blue of the lagoon. A peaceful walk to bathe in the sweetness of life between vineyards and lagoon.

Dominated by the clear Mont Saint and irrigated by the canals, which everywhere bring a marine charm to modest or bourgeois houses, Sète is nothing but surprise and wonder. Solid traditions, an astonishing and true gastronomy. Let yourself be seduced!

Located about fifteen kilometres from Domaine Tarbouriech, Pézenas is one of the most beautiful cities in France. Former capital of the Languedoc region in the 12th century, it has more than 30 buildings classified as « Historic Monuments », which testify to the richness of a flourishing past, in terms of art, crafts and trade. Come and discover its culinary specialities such as the famous pâtés or berlingots de Pézenas

Built in concentric waves around its 13th century university, the 8th largest city in France is a concentration of energy. A veritable melting pot of influences from styles and lifestyles, Montpellier is constantly vibrating, art, culture, sport and shopping will enchant you. And if you dream of a romantic moment in the medieval courtyard of a private mansion or, on the contrary, a clubbing atmosphere, you will be spoilt for choice.

Website: www.domaine-tarbouriech.com

Rooms: 13

Price: from 178 EUR per night

In the heart of Occitanie and the Pyrénées-Orientales, just 20 minutes from Perpignan, a singular building draws a silhouette at the foot of the medieval castle of ‘Bélesta de la frontière’, this is Domaine Riberach!

Between vineyards and scrub land, in a renovated former cooperative winery, our estate is the ideal spot for lovers of the slow life. Stylish, zen, refined, eco, gastro… the list of adjectives is long when it comes to describing this estate which offers a Eco-lodge hotel, a gastronomical restaurant and a winery with bistro.

In harmony with our philosophy of an ‘elegy to slowness’, the Riberach spa offers a bubble of comfort right in the heart of the hotel, pampering to lovers of well-being, body care and the slow life.

Not forgetting our ‘Nature & Progrès’ labelled organic wines… Nurtured by the Roussillon’s hot days and cool nights, which accompany slow maturity and excellent healthy fruit, Domaine Riberach wines are ambassadors of elegance.

Full flavoured, refined and generous, the wines’ names thoughtfully speak for themselves: Thèse, Antithèse, Synthèse, Hypothèse*… to be enjoyed, why not, during a wine tourism escapade.

A PLACE OF ARCHITECTURE AND STORIES
PEOPLE’S STORY
Riberach adventure starts in 2006 with the association of people and ideas around one common goal. On these terroirs of the Pyrenean foothills, 5 men commit to produce high-quality and resolutely organic wines that they want to mature here, in a place that captures the very essence of who they are.

STORY OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS
Nothing could be better than an old winery to make wine. The ancient cooperative winery of the village had been an industrial wasteland for 10 years.

Karin and Luc restored it in order to accommodate Riberach wine warehouses. The remaining area (2,000sqm) is dedicated to a luxury contemporary hotel-restaurant which is inspired by their urban culture.

Story of perspectives
Riberach is a long slender building, clinging beneath the mediaeval castle of Belesta. The natural swimming pool lies at one end of the building, reminiscent of the prow of a ship.

The building’s interior hallways and its appearance of gables dotted with portholes are just two of Riberach’s many similarities with naval architecture. An invitation to travel, to dream and to be at one with your inner self…

Story of architectures
Preserving the Eiffel’s framework of the hall of the old presses, and creating a restaurant. Opening the former wine vats looking onto the gardens, and creating rooms and suites. Hanging the lounge terrace made of metal and wood on the stones of the facades.

Using raw materials. Combining plants, minerals and organic matters. Retaining the same volumes and structuring the space blending industrial style and natural materials. All floors are full of surprises!

Story of ecolo(d)gy
As they are greatly influenced by their environmentally friendly architectural culture, Karin and Luc put their convictions into practice.

“The best energy being that which we don’t use”, they have chosen to take advantage of the technical characteristics and thermal inertia of the building, heat, cool, and produce their own domestic hot water using geothermal energy.

The 500sqm of photovoltaic panels on the roof complete the installation. The water of the natural swimming pool that has been designed like a biotope is naturally filtered by plants. It welcomes guests – young and not so young – among bamboos, frogs and dragonflies.

SLEEPING IN A CELLAR…
above the tanks
Gain height! Slate floor, coloured walls and shimmering cloths, exotic furniture, terrace or panoramic balcony, views of the garrigue and surrounding vineyards.
A characterful environment coupled with a wild imaginary world offering both comfort and luxury in the slightest details.

Great chic in an atmospheric place
On the same theme, you can choose enjoying reading on the sofa or in your bath. 36sqm of pure relaxation made by Riberach!

in the tanks
Oak parquet floor and pebbles, soft whitewashed walls, midnight blue suspended ceiling, silk curtain panels creating a cocoon effect, and private terrace guarantee a restful night and peaceful sleep in a “vat”.

A wonderful universe highlighting natural, pure and refined charm, and offering great comfort and luxury in the slightest details.

Soft whitewashed walls
One plus two is three. Three vats and an uncompromising design to make you change your view about concrete.

The Restaurant
At Riberach, we defend a certain idea of “Slow food” cuisine: fluid, structured and gourmet, our cuisine vibrates according to the seasons, the market and the cravings of the moment.

In a constant search for fresh products of local origin, 0 km is our motto. This terroir is discovered and appreciated in a succession of dishes with flavours that reveal themselves, respond to each other or challenge each other…

Gaining height, reinventing space, playing with the history of the premises, marrying the mineral with the organic, rediscovering the ancestral traces of wagons, planting a tree and turning a press room into a restaurant.

Outside, on the terrace in the shade of an olive tree, you will linger to taste wines from here and from abroad, in harmony with Julien’s gastronomical poetry…

THE KITCHEN CHEF
Julien Montassié trained under Michel Troisgros, Gilles Goujon and Laurent Lemal took over the kettles of the restaurant « La Coopérative Riberach » in January 2020.

Previously Head Chef at Host and Vinum, he was also Laurent Lemal’s right-hand man for three years in the kitchens of the Domaine Riberach. For Julien, it’s a real return to the roots, literally and figuratively!

Combining technique and simplicity, accuracy and precision, modernity and tradition, Contemplating nature, exploring it, understanding it. Rediscovering the meaning of the product, working it, respecting it, magnifying it, while making sure you never lose the notion of sharing!

In this terroir where he draws his roots, he is inspired by the women and men who work it with humanity and minimalism. Between land and sea, in this sun-drenched and partly unspoiled natural environment, Julien reinvents a sensory game of forgotten flavours, combining the expected with the improbable.

A succession of impressionist paintings animated with vegetal touches, a return to the origins on the tracks of the snail.

EVENTS
With its contemporary design and bucolic setting, Domaine Riberach is the ideal venue for the organisation of your receptions.

Whether for family gatherings, weddings, christenings, private or Holy Communions, wedding anniversaries, stag and hen parties, or other events, Riberach is certainly one of the top venues in the Pyrenees-Orientales.

UNIQUE VENUE
Perfectly organised services, assistance, welcome, comfort, quality of products and remarkable architecture make for the ideal venue situated less than 25 minutes from Perpignan.

From the dining area of “La Coopérative” restaurant and its lounge terrace providing panoramic views, which can be entirely reserved for your exclusive function (50 seated or 80 standing for buffet option), to our 60sqm and 240sqm function rooms accommodating up to 100 seated guests (or 200 for buffet option)… we have the perfect function space for your gathering.

With its picture windows offering fabulous views of the Mediterranean gardens, covered terrace looking like a ballroom, our function spaces are flexible, versatile and can be arranged to accommodate your requirements.

LIVING AREAS
In high season, the restaurant offers its lounge terrace whether for a meal, a drink or a gourmet coffee/tea with your partner, friends or family, or alone with a book!

The garden planted with Mediterranean species spreads out over terraced grounds, and slopes down to the village stream, thus providing both a haven of peace and a regenerating pleasure. The environmentally responsible approach of the architects – Karin and Luc – was influenced by their Germanic culture.

So the use of rainwater and drainage system for garden watering is essential, and the traditional swimming-pool at Riberach is a natural pool (known as “biotope”). The technical yet attractive biotope is divided into three parts and includes one paddling pool for small children.

Two pools use plants to filter the pool water. The natural pool ensures pure enjoyment with its abundance of flora and fauna. You have the feeling that your skin is soft and silky (sunscreen prohibited), the gentle lapping of water helps calm your senses down, and the planet says thank you.

Recreational areas are available… From the pétanque strip to the children’s play area, our Domaine has something for everyone to enjoy.

The Winery
Wine is a way to promote culture, stimulate exchanges and favour encounters. Reflecting this diversity, we invite you to share our production – a work of art in 5 acts based on the themes of Thèse (Thesis), Antithèse (Antithesis), Synthèse (Synthesis) and Hypothèse (Hypothesis).

In 2006, the group formed by combining the talents of all, and founded Domaine Riberach. This fusion of competences and ideas resulting from different backgrounds has, over the last ten years, enabled to broaden one’s experience when in contact with others’ experience.

What is true for human beings is also true for wines, and this “multicultural” blending can be savoured in a glass today. RIBERACH is first of all the result of the meeting between Jean Michel Mailloles, Patrick Rodrigues, Moritz Herzog and Luc Richard, and very recently, Guilhem Soulignac.

HISTORY
In the name of the sky, land and men who work it!

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN VINEYARDS MEANT EVERYTHING!
At that time, men and women gathered, and shared their strength and courage. They shaped the mountain and built terraces on the slopes. The land was cleared, turned over and planted with vines, and they hoped that nature would be generous. And then they built a winery, their winery, a winery just like them…

Through sheer hard work, they piled up stones and built cyclopean walls… Just within the limits of balance. And when they had finished, they thought it was well done and they signed. As if they wanted to defy adversity, like a cry for universality, they did it. A world map, two intertwined hands and a maxim for eternity:

“All for One, One for All”. This would be their future! Much time has gone by since then… From successes to failures, from great victories to lost illusions, it is not so much that nature has changed but humankind has evolved. Evolution! Here is the keyword that rules mankind’s world.

Nearly 80 years later (in fact, a man’s or woman’s lifetime), what is left of this ideal, these waved flags and raised fists? Images, memories, convictions? Nature is still here. It has its own rules that reason knows nothing of, and the grapevines formerly planted for the happiness of men and women still today produce the fruits of this labour.

AIn the name of those women and men who took destiny into their own hands, showed us that daring was not an empty word, and happiness is first what we do with it, we cultivate, in our turn, this touch of fantasy… called RIBERACH!

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
In order to maintain ecosystem processes and protect our health and yours, our wines are produced through agroecological methods from the start.

NWe selected « NATURE & PROGRÉS » label and were certified by it in 2011, which enables us to offer you an honest and consistent organic approach with reference to both the vineyards and winery.

We exclude pesticides and herbicides, and more generally all synthetic products or GMOs. Our goal is to preserve and promote existing natural balance, biodiversity in our countrysides and, finally, maintain and improve soil fertility from a more general perspective on sustainable development.

We therefore favour local grape varieties (Carignans, Grenaches, Maccabeu) using mainly massal selections. Because “wine is first made from the grapevine”, we use traditional vinification methods without technology.

Our wines are made by spontaneous fermentation using indigenous yeast flora which naturally grows in the environment. No chemical or physical amelioration to wine during winemaking process. No addition of animal/vegetal fining agent, and/or no sterile filtration. Use of sulphites is extremely limited, or even prohibited.

OUR WINES
Whatever the vintage, we strive to vinify our wines without artifice and to reveal the unique character of their mountain terroir.

THÈSE
A fine and elegant cuvée made from Black Grenache. This fresh, well-balanced wine includes notes of fresh cherries and graphite.

Accompaniments
It is excellent with delicate, savoury dishes: saddle of lamb with rosemary, Bresse poultry, fillet of doe with cranberries…

ANTITHÈSE
Aux notes florales et d’épices, cette cuvée antithèse exprime une belle fraîcheur avec un joli caractère enrobé d’une texture fine.

Accompaniments
Caractère, finesse, des notes florales qualifie cette cuvée et se marie à merveille avec un quasi de veau rôti, filet de bœuf aux cèpes, daube de bœuf, gigot d’agneau aux herbes…

SYNTHÈSE
The synthesis of the different grape varieties of the estate. This cuvée is neither too light nor too robust. It offers notes of black fruits, spices and smoked notes marked by the terroir while retaining fine flavours.

Accompaniments
Due to its neither too light nor too powerful character, it is excellent to drink with a chicken liver terrine, a roasted Tirabuixo pork with herbs from the Fenouillèdes, a free-range chicken with thyme…

HYPOTHÈSE
A pure Carignan… and to think that this grape variety was unpopular… This red hypothesis matches powerful flavours, and fresh and fine notes mingled with complex character of black fruits, spices, smoky aromas on the palate… with a round finish.

Accompaniments
Everything is here! This cuvée is a perfect accompaniment to a 60-day matured rib of beef, a roasted pigeon with mushrooms, a bull meat guardiane with spices or a daube of wild boar…

FOU-THÈSE
A limited cuvée, an unexpected vinification process producing a powerful, complex wine with aromas of black fruits and spices. It is well balanced and fresh with a silky finish.

Accompaniments
This cuvée is best served with a thickly-cut beef steak with cepe mushrooms, a rack of lamb with herbs, a roasted woodcock…

ROUGE N°
The same character as for rosé No , light, fruity, gourmet and crisp on the palate. It is ideal at any time of the day!

Accompaniments
Since it is light, gourmet and cheerful, this red cuvée No is ideal with aperitif or any other meal. It is best served with a saucisson, grilled meats, a roast chicken with herbs, a pork shoulder with mustard…Convivial, simple yet delicious meals!

SYNTHÈSE GRIS
Original grape selection, a grey rosé wine which is nicely fresh and full-bodied, and offers floral and spicy aromas.

Accompaniments
Since it has character and vinosity, this grey rosé wine is ideal with convivial spicy dishes such as a paella (the authentic one!), a zarzuela or a fish tagine… Can be served during the whole meal!

SYNTHÈSE BLANC
A dry white wine with a fresh character, notes of citrus fruits, white flowers and fennel, and a saline, mineral finish… A mouthwatering wine. An easy-going wine!

Accompaniments
When young, the cuvée white Synthèse is perfect as an aperitif and with oysters, mussels à la Marinière, fish brochettes, Catalan-style anchovies, sardines Escabeche, fresh goat cheese… When older, the cuvée white Synthèse is a good match for a tuna fish carpaccio, salmon gravlax, fillet of john dory with vegetables…

HYPOTHÈSE
A rare cuvée due to its grape selection. Great dry white wine which is complex and very mineral

Accompaniments
A complex wine which is perfect with a dish including a sea bass with olive and fennel jam, turbot steak with snails, Dublin Bay prawns with chanterelles, roasted lobster, creamy land and sea risotto, highly flavoured cheeses…

PARENTHÈSE MACÉRATION
This dry white wine has a deep yellow colour, aromas of exotic fruits, a rounded structure combined with fresh character, a nice bitter finish derived from the maceration using whole bunches of grapes. Atypical and original!

Accompaniments
Thanks to its aromatic expression, structure and nice bitter finish, this cuvée is excellent with exotic, spicy meals, fish curry, marinated white meat, chicken tagine, guinea fowl with orange and honey, old Mimolette cheese…

PARENTHÈSE BULLE
This cuvée was made from a base wine, our Synthèse Blanc 2018, to which was added, during the May 2019 tirage, a proportion of juice which had been kept refrigerated since the harvest.

The sugar brought by the juice thus served as a substrate for the foaming in the bottle without increasing the alcoholic degree. The wine thus obtained was kept for 9 months on laths before the first disgorging.

Accompaniments
From aperitif to dessert, the fine bubbles will refresh your taste buds.

SEMINARS & CONVENTIONS
At the heart of the vineyard…
Our sales department is at your disposal to plan corporate seminars, festive and professional evening parties, weddings, meetings, receptions and cocktails in Domaine de Riberach.

Depending on your needs and/or your customers’ needs, we can provide our seminar rooms ranging from 60sqm to 240sqm, together with state-of-the-art equipment and logistics to make your meetings from 5 to 120 persons a success.

…expertise and support
We can also offer our expertise and assistance to help you create high-standard comprehensive seminar programmes. Dense yet stress-free, and providing a good overview, these seminars, whose duration is two or three days, evaluate the situation of a sector, analyse the new trends, and are the reference in the main areas of the enterprise.

Educational contents and approaches have been developed with the support provided by a selection of leading professionals of the sector.

…and as an optional extra
We provide an all-inclusive programme of activities and entertainments to be carried out in our establishment or in the close proximity, between the Pyrenees and Mediterranean, and a range of selected gifts to make available to your guests and delegates.

SURROUNDING AREAS
Between Cathar Country and Catalan Region
All roads lead to Belesta… Whether you are travelling from Millas or the Agly valley, passing not far from the summit of Força Real from which you can enjoy stunning views of Roussillon

Bélesta de La Frontière watches over the Roussillon Plain. The delightful small village formerly marked the frontier between the kingdoms of France and Aragon before the annexation of Roussillon to the kingdom of France under the Treaty of the Pyrenees.

A walk around the village will allow you to discover traces of the frontier still visible thanks to boundary posts. At a height of 370 metres, Bélesta de La Frontière is a picturesque, charming village dominating the garrigue, the white, black, grey, red and ochre rock, and the vineyards.

On the hillside, facing south, the village is located in front of the majestic Mount Canigou, the emblematic mountain (2 784m) of the Eastern Pyrenees and symbol of the Catalans.

Castle-Museum of Prehistory
The medieval castle, now home to the Museum of Prehistory, dominates the village. Created following the discovery of a cave and numerous Neolithic artefacts in 1983, it retraces the history of that period.

Water tour
Whether you are looking for green tourism or want to explore local environment, you will follow the bed of the stream, admire the fauna and flora of the Fenouillèdes, listen to the music of birds singing or the chirping of cicadas.

Moli del Vent dolmen
This is a tomb made up of a burial chamber called ‘cella’. It has upright slabs and a large stone access corridor. The construction is exceptionally preserved (- 2 500 years) since it is very rare to observe an almost in place tumulus with its flat stone walling.

Boundary posts
Today they can be found at the limits of the territories of the towns of Bélesta and Ille-sur-Têt. They were used as landmarks when the system of land registration was created in the Napoleonic era.

As they were in a perfect state of preservation, they would mark the existing frontier between France and Catalonia between 1258 (Treaty of Corbeil) and 1659 (Treaty of the Pyrenees).

Orgues d’Illes/Têt
In the Têt valley, halfway between the sea and the mountain, the site offers an amazing landscape of ‘fairy chimneys’. This is a unique landscape with coloured reliefs that water has sculpted in the clay and the sand that has been torn away from the Pyrenees. A one-hour walk will lead you inside this natural masterpiece.

Perpignan and the Palace of the Kings of Majorca
In Perpignan, the Palace of the Kings of Majorca was built by the Catalan King James II of Majorca. It is among the great palaces and fortresses built in the late Middle Ages. This is a jewel of Gothic architecture in Roussillon.

The Cathar castle of Peyrepertuse
Set high on a limestone defensive crag at an altitude of nearly 800m and over the garrigue and vineyards. It is among the most beautiful examples of Cathar fortresses. It was also one of the ‘Five Sons of Carcassonne’ and an important part of French border defence.

Collioure

Collioure, the jewel of the Rocky Coast, enjoys an authentic setting and a preserved environment. At the foot of the Royal Castle, the small Catalan harbour is nestled in a sheltered rocky cove where the schistose Pyrenees meet the Mediterranean Sea.

Website: www.riberach.com

Rooms: 18

Price: from 187 EUR per night

Welcome to a place like no other: an atypical wine tourism estate in the picturesque village of Assignan, in Occitanie. The epicureans exchange the address as one whispers a confidence. Here, living is an art, eating an emotion, drinking a poem.

With its “split” hotel throughout the village, its digital detox culture and its unique experiences, Château & Village Castigno – Wine Hotel & Resort is shaping the contours of a new epicurean dream.

Consisting of a hotel with 24 rooms distributed in the colorful houses of the village , three restaurants , a micro-brewery , a spa , a 30-hectare organic wine estate and a spectacular cellar , Château & Village Castigno – Wine Hotel & Resort reinterprets 5-star hospitality.

Castigno is the rediscovered dream of Marc Verstraete and Tine Claeys , who fell madly in love with this former property of the Knights of the Order of Malta. Renovation of the castle, restoration of the wine estate, purchase of a first village house, and soon thirty to accommodate their desire to share, the site surprises as much as it seduces.

In Castigno, the alleys of the village are the corridors of the hotel. Nestled in houses with red, pink or mauve facades, the rooms and suites are a refuge where the decor inspires and the comfort soothes . No wifi, no television, we take the time to live in the moment.

ROOMS & SUITES
Digital detox & sprawling hotel, the art of living Castigno. To the east, west or in the center of the village, you can access the 24 rooms and suites of the ” exploded hotel” of Castigno by going around the church and crossing the square with the red parasols.

Do not be surprised to come across the baker or the Mayor: here, village life is anything but figurative! In this postcard setting , time freezes to give way to true rest. In Castigno, “digital detox” is our interpretation of the Occitan Dolce Vita.

No telephone, television or wifi in the rooms, but the comfort of a hand-sewn decor, designed to reconnect with the essentials. The song of birds, the caress of the sun, the pages of a novel or even a few musical notes: letting go is no longer a luxury, simply the art of living well by Castigno.

Reception and check in at “La Maison des Amis”, at the entrance to the Village, towards Saint Chinian. All our rooms and suites have a parking space and access to the swimming pools.

ROOMS CUVÉE PRESTIGE
Located in the center of the village, one in the Maison 1660 and the other two in the Ecurie building, our three Prestige rooms offer large volumes and breathability: from 50 to 90m² of space to dream.

Composed of a bathroom with shower and a large lounge area, they also captivate with their heterogeneous decoration, between old stones, parquet, colored walls, raw materials, works of art and second-hand trinkets. The room of Maison 1660 also has a large roof terrace, looking lost towards the distant horizon.

In the center of the village , in the immediate vicinity of the breakfast place, the restaurants, the spa and the wellness area, the Prestige rooms are located a 2-minute walk from the reception and the swimming pools.

VILLA ROUGE 
To the east of the village, quiet and independent, the Villa Rouge offers all the privacy of cocooning stays in Occitania, with family or friends. Composed of two double bedrooms, a beautiful fitted kitchen, a living room and a bathroom with separate toilet, it is particularly attractive with its pretty garden and private swimming pool.

Deckchair by the water, terrace area under the trees for endless aperitifs, outdoor benches for summer siestas, the Villa Rouge is the heart of confidential stays. Farniente, Dolce Vita: when the Italian art of living nibbles the lands of Haut-Languedoc.

Total independence or immersion in village life, with our restaurants, spa and wellness centre, the choice is yours. La Villa Rouge is located 2 minutes walk from the center of Assignan and its entertainment venues.

LA TABLE
Languedoc stone walls, lanterns and suspensions of Mediterranean inspiration, the colors of the wine to recall the DNA of the estate: the Table de Castigno has this something totally captivating bohemian chic.

Omnipresent at Castigno, vegetables also find their way onto the plates with cuisine inspired by Provençal nature, twisted with a fine acidity. Dictated by the South but also elsewhere, the signature of the duo of chefs Stephan Paroche and Justine Viano is audacious and incisive.

In Aubrac, the Cévennes, the Etang de Thau, it imprints a few fleshy oysters, caviar, well-bred beef and sweet onions. In Asia it imprints dashi, turmeric, coriander. Accurate and playful at the same time, it is full of relief.

Totally anchored in the DNA of the estate, eco-responsibility is the queen of the heart of the Table de Castigno. In addition to producing some of its vegetables and aromatic herbs, the estate also has a few hens and soon beehives. The network of local producers allows direct and short-circuit supply.

LA PETITE TABLE
In the beating heart of Castigno, La Petite Table spreads its colorful chairs and sofas on the village square . The place resembles the holidays: paved square, stone houses and climbing ivy, a few trees for shade, the sun in the red parasols and an air of music.

It is here that holidaymakers, locals and the curious meet to sit down while remaking the world. No to wifi, yes to human connection! Under the leadership of Stephan and Justine, the starred chefs from Castigno, chef Lucas is concocting a beautiful cuisine for sharing.

On the menu: aperitifs to peck at your fingertips, seasonal starters, traditional dishes and popular desserts. But if you come to La Petite Table, it’s above all for its barbecue cuisine and its grills that simmer over the embers.

Matured Aubrac rib of beef, piece of Duroc pork or Aveyron lamb, the tenderness of the meat makes the knives jealous! Even Mediterranean fish and seasonal vegetables go on the grill.

LE THAI
It is an understatement to say that the Thaï, Asian restaurant in Assignan, is a journey. The decor inspires elsewhere. Facing the village square, the Thai has placed his bamboo reeds and red lanterns on a small open-air terrace. At nightfall the lights ignite the sky of Assignan.

Objects brought back from travels , statuettes and deities complete the “asian-mutated” atmosphere, sometimes evoking Indian temples, Thai sanctuaries or Chinese monasteries. Tables outside on the terrace or small private rooms inside, the Thaï offers several convivial configurations.

Crazy about Asia, the chefs Justine and Stephan have fun here with a sapid and colorful cuisine . Umami, lemongrass and cardamom broths, sweet and sour sauce and spicy curry are some of the hallmarks of this exotic gastronomy inspired by the diversity of the Asian continent.

From the banks of the Chao Phraya which waters Bangkok to New Delhi, from the island of Java to the remote regions of Vietnam, the trip offers a wide variety of flavors. Very happy who will be able to choose between the confit pork Bao, the Pho Bo, the Mango Sticky Rice or the Curry Massaman.

LES BRASSEURS
Castigno a désormais sa propre bière. Entre la Maison des Amis et l’église du village, le domaine a installé sa micro-brasserie « Les Brasseurs de Castigno ».

Lieu de brassage qui sent bon le malt chaud, lieu de dégustation et bar à picorer, on aime la convivialité de cette nouvelle brasserie nichée dans une ancienne remise du village. Entre les cuves en inox et les poutres en bois, on vient assoir sa curiosité pour découvrir une gamme de quatre bières artisanales fraichement embouteillées.

On the menu, the “ Local ”, a blonde aged in barrels, the “ Divin ” with wine reduction, a coppery blonde with sweet aromas reminiscent of caramel and ripe fruit, the classic “ Pintje ”, a well-marked sun-coloured blonde on notes of citrus and exotic fruits, and finally the ” Divin XL “, a triple aged in barrels.

Style and character to spare, Castigno foams have it under the cap. They are eaten with charcuterie and cheese platters and a few tapas to nibble on.

THE CATHEDRAL OF WINE
The newspaper Le Parisien has designated it as “the Cathedral of wine” and the Midi Libre as “The most original cellar in France”. As if coming out of the ground, our cellar takes the form of a gigantic bottle of wine lying on the ground , entirely covered with cork bark and blending into the landscape of Occitania.

The aerial view of the building leaves no doubt about its function: this is where the vats, barrels and barrels are stored. More than a singular work of art, the cellar is a tribute to wine , with which everything began in Castigno.

Reception of individuals and groups, from April to December, in French and in English for one hour or one day. Visits take place at fixed times for individuals, and activities are organized à la carte for groups.

A TERROIR WITH GREAT WHITES
Sometimes clay, limestone, sometimes bauxite and sandstone, the subsoil of Assignan is a diamond in the rough. And that’s without counting on the scrubland that permeates the grapes to their very heart.

Undoubtedly a terroir with great whites, made from Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Grenache Gris and Carignan Blanc, the Château Castigno estate also relies on a variety of red grape varieties, mainly Carignan, Grenache Noir and Syrah, but also cinsault or merlot. This diversity is an asset for building complex blends, making the most of each grape.

THE SPA
With its 100m² spa that can be fully privatized , and its “Le Petit Péché” wellness center dedicated to massages and treatments , Castigno invites pleasure to reside.

Located in beautiful winegrowers’ houses in the center of the village of Assignan, these two places of relaxation open up an intimate break, between letting go and relaxation. An intense experience, from Castigno with love.

Walls made of local stone, ageless wood and braided bohemian suspensions, the soul of the Castigno spa vibrates with a beautiful authenticity. In this winegrower’s house, everything invites you to rest for body and mind.

Composed of a dry or humid heat sauna , a jacuzzi and two massage tables for duo treatments , our spa is the asset of moments of tranquility, to slip into your Occitan stay at leisure.

Face or body treatment, relaxing or revitalizing massage to erase tension, all our services are based on the power of nature, distilled in our oils based on macerate of organic vine leaves and our homemade elixirs from wild plants from the Haut -Languedoc.

MASSAGES AND TREATMENTS 
A few steps from the spa, Le Petit Péché is Castigno’s other well-being area. In a village house, as usual in Castigno, this relaxation center is the temple of care, solely dedicated to massages.

Signature massage based on organic vine leaves and formulations extracted from local wild plants , hot stone massage , regenerating treatment or soothing treatment, our beauty rituals eliminate tension and erase signs of fatigue.

TOURISM IN OCCITANIA
With its small villages hidden in the vineyards , its ponds scattered here and there and the Mediterranean on the horizon , Occitania is the region of all possibilities. On foot, by bike, by boat or even on horseback, the Haut-Languedoc reveals its beauties without restraint and is offered to be shared.

Walk on the Canal du Midi, oyster tasting at the Etang de Thau, visit the Cathar cathedral of Minerve or stroll through the village markets, choose your dose of happiness, made in Occitanie.

Website: www.villagecastigno.com

Rooms: 24

Price: from 158 EUR per night

A verdant setting on the doorstep of Montpellier, “The venue has all the qualities of “otherworldliness”, a place that disconnects you from the world without making you a foreigner. The Domaine de Verchant is a land unto itself, a place that exists outside time and space, a cosy cocoon like a family home” Chantal and Pierre Mestre.

Over five years, the new owners renovated this unique place with a passion to transform it into a luxurious hotel complete with a sublime spa, in the heart of a restored vineyard estate. 1582, a key date in the history of the Estate, On 1 February 1582, the Bishop of Montpellier gave Pierre Verchant an estate, which acquired his name and remained in the family for the next two centuries.

On 23 September, 1878, Jules Leenhardt acquired the estate and manor house inspired by the “Montpellier Follies”, which had been built in the heart of the unique grounds. He paid particular attention to these grounds, even calling on eminent Swiss landscape architects of the time: the Bühler brothers.

A picturesque setting with old stone buildings, a contemporary gem. The deliberately intimate hotel maintains a low accommodation capacity to promote optimal service and comfort. 26 luxurious apartments, rooms and suites from 30 to 90 m² achieve a subtle blend of old architecture and contemporary design that extends into the hotel’s reception, lounges and lounge bar.

The château itself has 9 rooms and suites, 14 are located in outbuildings including 2 rooms for people with reduced mobility; there are also 2 apartments and a detached villa occupying the former forge. Each room is unique and differs in its décor, configuration and facilities.

​THE VILLA SARNELLY
Since January 2012, the Villa Sarnelly has also been available for rent at the Domaine de Verchant. A 16th century mansion, entirely renovated, masterfully blending modernity and authenticity and just a hop from the hotel.

At the heart of a 7,000m², landscaped garden, the villa boasts 600m² of living space. Contemporary decor, an 80m2 master with a bathroom featuring a balneo bath and a private hammam, two rooms with a private water room and a self-standing apartment of 60m².

The living space is ideal with its 50m² TV room, 70 m² living room with fireplace and 120m² living and dining area, ideal for parties with family or friends. The fully-equipped kitchen and dining area commands superb views of the garden, the 20×8 m swimming pool (and 10×4 m paddling pool) and the large covered terrace with its large barbecue.

Tennis court, City Park, indoor bar area with baby foot, a pinball machine, children’s playroom, wellness area with gym of 150 m2, indoor heated pool, sauna and steam room.

THE RESTAURANT
The restaurant “Verchant” of the Domaine de Verchant is open throughout the week whether it’s for a business lunch or dinner with friends or family. With stunning views of the outdoor pool and grounds, come and discover the skills and creativity of our executive chef Mathieu Gourreau. Choose from the seasonal menus created by our chef where the emphasis is on regional produce and enhanced by a warm, intimate atmosphere.

BREAKFAST
Whether as a buffet or through room service, have your breakfast in the Domaine de Verchant hotel and spa on the edge of the garden or on your room’s terrace. Enjoy the delicacies prepared by our chef when you wake up each day accompanied by one of the many teas or coffees on our breakfast menu.

LUNCH
For lunch, the restaurant offers an à la carte menu and set menus with a southern French flair prepared by our chef Mathieu Gourreau. With the Mediterranean breakfast, you can sample the flavours of the south with the changing seasons.

DINNER
The Domaine de Verchant’s restaurant is a great place for dinner with friends or family. Choose from the seasonal menus created by our chef especially for the Domaine de Verchant’s restaurant in a quiet atmosphere.

BAR
An absolute must for this charming oasis among the vines: an invitation to escape, relax and unwind… You will experience the pleasure of lazing in the sun, with Mediterranean scents wafting by… just 10 minutes from the city center protected from the urban bustle, a unique, exceptional place.

The restaurant among the vines, seating 70, where you can sample cuisine with a southern French flair, at once refined and delicious. The relaxed yet sophisticated atmosphere will relax and delight you.

The “La Plage” bar, a concept combining: champagne, innovative cocktails, DJ, bands, tapas… a whole programme over the summer season. The whole beach team will be at your service to leave nothing to be desired, and to help you have a truly relaxing experience.

The appealing 11 x 21 m swimming pool overlooking the vineyard and lined with sunbeds and deckchairs is conducive to that luxuriousness found on all the best beaches. The restaurant, bar area and parties are open to everyone, subject to availability.

For customers who are not staying at the hotel, access to the pool is only granted when coupled with a restaurant option either by reserving a table or with a relaxation option. You also need to have a privilege card, which you can request from our friendly staff.

SPA & WELLNESS
As they love to travel, Mr and Mrs Mestre, the owners, were able to bring the various benefits offered by spas worldwide back with them and develop them in their own well-being space: Verchant Le Spa.

This cocoon of bliss covering 2,000 sq meters located at the heart of 17 hectares of vineyards, the Domaine de Verchant spa is dedicated to relaxation and wellness and is open Monday to Sunday from 8:30am to 9pm. Verchant le Spa is open to hotel guests, members of the private club and also external visitors in the form of a half day discovery experience or Day spa.

At the edge of the vineyards that surround the Estate, our resort has a garden-level indoor pool equipped with a countercurrent swim system, experience showers, Jacuzzi, Turkish bath, 3 saunas and a relaxation room where relaxation and serenity are the order of the day.

In luxurious surroundings dominated by minerals and relaxing fragrances, our eight treatment rooms, including three VIP duo suites with indoor gardens, private Jacuzzis and Turkish baths, offer your senses a journey where time stands still.

To combine well-being of body and mind, the Domaine de Verchant has a 400 sq meters gym with the latest generation Technogym equipment and the expertise of a personal trainer to guide you. The spacious changing-rooms with a sauna provide every comfort.

SHOP
Just next to the spa’s reception you will find the shop. Verchant Le Spa has established affiliations with renowned brands such as Valmont, Anne Semonin and Biologique Recherche to create a unique space dedicated to treatments for the face, body and mind.

Our team of practitioners offer various teas from Mariage Frères, personalised treatments and advice, and will introduce you to the Anne Semonin, Valmont and Biologique range of products. You will also find our gift sets, all our full day offers and our Verchant Le Spa private club cards.

MASSAGES & TREATMENTS
We have developed a comprehensive menu of Anne Semonin treatments exclusively for the Domaine de Verchant Spa based on the benefits of essential oils and trace elements. The Anne Semonin experience means personalised treatments through the synergy of essential oils and trace elements specially selected for you.

The Domaine de Verchant Spa also selected Valmont, from the Swiss medical tradition with 20 years of expertise in skincare, providing effectiveness, safety and pleasure in using their highly technical anti-ageing treatments with visible, lasting results.

Finally, since the end of 2017, Verchant Le Spa has been offering Biologique Recherche, it is the combination of a clinical approach to esthetic care, pure, concentrated, almost raw products, and original and rigorous protocols that underpin the reputation of amazing efficacy of Research Biological Methodology.

DUO ROOMS
Unique to Montpellier, the Domaine de Verchant Spa invites you to discover its 3 duo rooms.  The Verchant experience just for you: a Spa within a Spa. Fancy a romantic day out? A mother and daughter day out? Celebrating the birthday of someone you love in an original way?

Come and discover our fully privatised duo rooms. The first, overlooking the vineyard, offers two massage tables, a spa bath, Turkish bath and a private garden for an exclusive experience.

A second duo room with private Jacuzzi and Turkish bath for the ultimate relaxing experience, and a third overlooking the gardens with two massage tables for a true bonding experience. Our “duo” menu features a range of Verchant signature treatments.

PRIVATE CLUB
The Domaine de Verchant Spa is also a private club exclusive to Montpellier offering various membership packages for 6 or 12 months, including unrestricted access to all our facilities, group classes, as well as credit to use on treatments throughout the subscription period according to your needs.

Our coach will establish a fitness programme with you and monitor your progress. The 400m² gym, group lessons (abdominals, gluteals, running, aqua aerobics and aquabikes) with our coach are all designed for your satisfaction.

A map of our 64 treatments from various world cultures: shiatsu, Ayurvedic massage, Balinese, hot stone, shirodhara, foot reflexology. A wide range of beauty treatments (facials, hair removal, wraps, exfoliation, manicures and pedicures)

Discover our Spa through various discovery days including lunch at the Estate’s restaurant, and discover our well-being menu designed by Damien Cousseau. These discovery days are available as a gift card.

SEMINARS
The Domaine de Verchant is a venue for your events in a verdant setting: seminars, product launches, conventions, gala evenings. For memorable, natural, luxurious, gourmet stays, the Domaine’s two large function rooms and two small lounges are available throughout the year.

The 280m² prestige function room on the ground floor where everything has been designed for the comfort of guests: architecture combining modernity and authenticity, opening onto the gardens or the vineyards, as well as the 200 m² covered terrace seating up to 400 people for dinner.

Nearby, our 180m² Grand Chai cellar room is customisable into three 60m² breakout rooms or workshop rooms for groups of 30 to 150 people with a number of possible configurations.

The Domaine de Verchant in Montpellier also has two lounges on offer inside the hotel for groups of up to 30 people, for meetings or executive seminars, with the option of privatising them for business meals, but also for private lunches and dinners.

Our function rooms and lounges are equipped with flip charts, video projectors, screens, Wi-Fi, modern furniture, lighting, sound systems, etc. Different views are available to you: the Languedoc courtyard and fountain or the 250m² terrace overlooking the vineyard, or our pool and the garden.

Other spaces available for exclusive use on request in our 5 star hotel: reading lounge, white lounge. An expert and professional team dedicated to your event to fulfil your every request.

WEDDINGS
Ideally located, the Domaine de Verchant invites you to live an unforgettable experience in an enchanting setting. Celebrate the best day of your life in a venue full of charm. Take advantage of the leafy grounds for your ceremony or our traditional Languedoc courtyard complete with a fountain for your reception.

The air-conditioned 280m² reception room, combining modernity and authenticity, can seat more than 200 people and allows you to continue the evening on the fully equipped dance floor.

In addition, the adjoining 200m² terrace overlooking our vineyard and covered by a transparent marquee is the perfect setting to help make your dream wedding a reality. The Domaine de Verchant Hotel & Spa is the very romantic touch needed to make your wedding reception unforgettable.

ACTIVITIES & EXPERIENCES
To help you can relax and unwind, the Estate has a spa with heated indoor pool, Turkish baths, saunas and eight treatment rooms, two outdoor pools and a tennis court. Our 13-hectare vineyard lets you explore and discover our grape varieties.

Bicycles are available for your use. In our shop/tasting cellar you can find out about and taste our range of wines, and buy them as well. The beach… among the vines, an ideal place to rest and relax in a deckchair looking out onto the vineyard with a refreshing cocktail in your hand.

SURROUNDING AREA
Why not set out to explore the iconic Place de la Comédie, Montpellier’s old town, the protected marshes of the Camargue, the ramparts of Aigues-Mortes, the medieval walled city of Carcassonne, Nîmes’s Roman amphitheatre, the Pont du Gard, Cevennes National Park, the fishing port of Sète or discover the charms of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert and Pic Saint-Loup.

PRIVATE BEACHES
Just a 15-minute drive from the Domaine de Verchant, you can find the Mediterranean with its charming, completely protected coastline and marinas…Its long beaches of fine sand, ideal for lazing about or going for long walks, playing water sports or enjoying a drink on one of the many private beaches…

GOLF
The region also guarantees golf lovers the chance to play on high quality courses all year round:

• Golf de Montpellier – Massane and Golf de Fontcaude just ten or so kilometres away
• Golf de la Grande Motte 20km away
• Golf de Nîmes Campagne 60km away

THE PONT DU GARD & LES BAUX DE PROVENCE
One hour from the Domain, this architectural structure was built over 2,000 years ago. The Pont du Gard is a site unique to France, as it is the only three-tiered Roman aqueduct still standing today. Discover this marvel that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, while enjoying the charm and authenticity of the Gardon Valley.

Located in the Parc Naturel des Alpilles (a nature reserve), Baux de Provence is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France. You will be immersed in a magical, spectacular setting and discover the incomparable charm of villages in Provence.

THE VINEYARDS
On the region’s slopes, vines have been cultivated since ancient times. AOC and vins de pays account for the bulk of production. The Languedoc-Roussillon region is the backdrop for a wide variety of terroirs, each with its own soil, climate and grape varieties, whose different blends make for unique wines with ever increasing quality.

Grès de Montpellier, Pic Saint-Loup, Faugères, Coteaux du Languedoc, Corbières, Limoux, Minervois, Saint-Chinian, Côte du Roussillon, Fitou, Costières de Nîmes…are among the more famous designations.

THE CAMARGUE
Just 25 minutes from the Estate, visit the Camargue, typical landscapes of the Languedoc-Roussillon region. Discover this beautiful region on horseback, visit the Salin sea salt ponds, go on a 4×4 safari to see pink flamingos, bulls, horses and more.

THE PORT OF SETE & THE BASSIN DE THAU
25 minutes from the Estate, the waters of a mollusc-rich lagoon lap against the towns of Sète, Balaruc-les-Bains, Bouzigues, Mèze and Marseillan. A place to visit between sea and sky at the foot of Mont Saint-Clair in Sète, this vast lagoon plays an important role in the economy. Oysters and shellfish have been farmed here since Antiquity.

Rooms: 26

Price: from 227 EUR per night

Source: www.domainedeverchant.com

Located between the Provencal Gard and Southern Ardèche, Le Mas du Terme, a charming 4-star hotel, enjoying an idyllic location at the gates of the Ardèche, welcomes you to a haven of peace in the heart of its 40-hectare vineyard dotted with fields of lavender and olive trees.

More precisely, the Mas du Terme is situated at the convergence of three territories: the Ardèche, the Cévennes and Provence. It is certainly this diversity and this exceptional setting in the heart of nature that makes Mas du Terme so unique. A rare place where life is good! Welcome to Mas du Terme: stay, savor, live unforgettable moments in Languedoc Roussillon.

Between the Provençal Gard and Southern Ardèche, at the foot of the vineyards and fields of lavender and olive trees on our domain, the Mas du Terme welcomes you with the choice of refined “high-end” rooms in the “M” design style, rooms with the historic character of the old farm of the Mas or its aparthotels for stays in complete privacy.

THE LIFE OF THE DOMAIN
Facing Mont Ventoux and Mont Bouquet, rooted in an exceptional terroir that extends over 120 hectares, the 40 hectares of vines, olive trees and lavender fields of the Mas du Terme estate offer you the best of Provence.

As a passionate catalyst, Thierry Marron, owner of this Land of Plenty, works throughout the year to pamper this land to extract its quintessence and enable you to enjoy it. To allow you to take home a little of our Provence, our range of Pays de Cocagne by Mas du Terme wines, our lavender essential oil and our olive oil are on sale in the hotel shop.

Deeply rooted in its land and in its time, the Mas du Terme favors traditional harvesting and winemaking methods with respect for nature, wine and people.

Thus, between scrubland, low walls, smallholdings, lavender and olive trees, the grape varieties Merlot, Syrah, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache…. (for the reds and rosés), and Chardonnay and Viognier (for the whites) express themselves beautifully. Fine tannins, generous fruit, pleasure for the senses … the balance is perfect. Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, to be consumed in moderation.

Emblematic of Provence, the olive tree is a fascinating thousand-year-old tree which holds a very special place in the heart of the Domaine du Mas du Terme. From its generous fruit we extract the marvelous oil which so delicately perfumes our Provençal cuisine.

Cultivated in the pure Provençal tradition, our olives are harvested by hand, crushed and cold pressed at the mill to obtain this pure fruit juice with rich vitamin flavors and beneficial properties for health.

Other Symbol of Provence, lavender flourishes fully on the Mas du Terme terroir. As summer approaches, swept by the mistral, the long stems topped with delicate purple flowers give the illusion of an ocean in the heart of the scrubland, thyme, boxwood and other broom on the estate.

Each flower delivers a tiny part of its olfactory treasure that our essential oil, Amour de Cocagne, a virtuous condensed of scents, perfumes and colors, lovingly reveals.

ROOMS AND SUITES
Behind the pretty typically regional and authentic stone walls of the Mas and the Bastide slumber 17 rooms full of charm. Elegant and pretty, spacious and bright, they have been recently renovated to offer you the best comfort of a four-star boutique hotel.

In the modern part of the Mas du Terme, the “M” houses 10 “prestige”, chic and contemporary rooms. Sometimes “sapphire”, “diamond”, “ruby”, “amber” … They are all as precious as they are rare, like the stones whose names they proudly display.

Your nights are sweet, nestling in your king-size bed and your wake-up, sunny, with a view of the magnificent panorama offered by the Cévennes and the olive groves from your window or your terrace with private jacuzzi in some rooms. A concentration of luxury just for you!

DINING
Generous lands with fine produce, the Ardèche and the Cévennes reveal a gourmet nature that cultivates the taste and pleasure of authentic traditions. Values shared by our chef, “Maître Restaurateur”, “defender of flavours” and his team whose dishes honor the tradition and the territory.

Their tasty and creative cuisine sublimates the freshness of seasonal produce. Cooking subtly perfumed by the aromatic plants of the garden and enhanced by the wines of the Domaine.

The beautiful “home-made” dishes and desserts follow one another around the patio fountain or in the exceptional setting of the former silkworm farm, an 18th century vaulted room which illustrates the very successful combination of the historic character of the building. and its resolutely contemporary layout.

An idyllic setting and distinguished cuisine to enjoy during a gourmet stopover, a stay at the Domaine or even on the occasion of an evening stopover, a business meal, a seminar or a reception. Exceptional site with veranda, patio and vaulted room.

SEMINARS
At the crossroads of three regions, the Ardèche, Provence and the Cévennes and 40km from the A7, our site steeped in history proposes a privileged stopover for your professional meetings, study days, meetings, residential seminars or semi-residential.

A subtle marriage between tradition and modernity, our haven of peace is a place conducive to effective work sessions, reflection and other motivations, incentive and team building sessions between employees.

At your disposal, two connected, equipped (video projector, projection screen, flipchart, WiFi, air conditioning, photocopy and fax service at reception, etc.) and modular rooms can accommodate up to 80 people.

Their contemporary design, comfortable furniture, natural light, adjustable lighting with blackout curtains, high speed internet access and wifi, reversible air conditioning and perfect acoustics are real assets.

At your service: three categories of accommodation that can adapt to all expectations, the refined cuisine of the restaurant “Le Carré des Saveurs” (up to 100 seats) and the variety of activities proposed to accompany your private or professional event particularly around the wine-growing activity of our estate.

SPA AND WELL-BEING 
Let yourself go with a time just for yourself… At Mas du Terme, we have planned everything for your well-being. Generously inspired by the nature which surrounds it, the SPA at Mas du Terme proposes a delicious relaxing break to compose according to your desire of the moment.

This dedicated area proposes a spa, a sauna and a range of massages complemented by an outdoor swimming pool with two pools, one dedicated to swimming and the other to relaxation, separated by a median composed of rocks and plants.

Bar, pergolas, tables and deckchairs adorn the pool area to fully enjoy each ray of the sun at any time of the day. A rustle, that of the wind in the pines. A silence, that of benevolent nature. You feel quite simply contented!

DISCOVER THE ARDÈCHE, THE CÉVENNES, PROVENCE
With its view of Mont Ventoux, Mont Bouquet and the Cévennes, its proximity to the Gorges de l’Ardèche and de la Cèze, the Mas du Terme invites you to relax and escape.

The Ardèche, Provence and the Cévennes offer many possibilities for discoveries in the heart of a natural environment. outstanding and a variety of activities that meets all tastes, all desires and all ages …

Action and thrill seekers will have the choice between canoeing, canyoning, climbing, white water swimming, hooking. branch, paragliding, quad, karting, mountain biking, paintball, tennis, horseback riding …

Whereas for others it will be more pétanque, golf, archery or even pretty walks and hikes to imbibe the delicious fragrances of the Gard garrigue. Through the vineyards, lavender fields and olive trees, they will discover superb landscapes between hills and picturesque villages.

Among them, of course, our village, Barjac, 4 km away, a “Renaissance” town labeled “village of character”. A village whose history linked to agriculture, mining and silk has forged a personality close to the land, authentic, friendly and peaceful.

Within a radius of 20 kilometers around the Mas du Terme, you will be able to visit exceptional natural sites: the Caverne du Pont d’Arc – Replica of the Chauvet Cave (20 Min); the Grotte Aven d´Orgnac and its Prehistoric town (15 min); the Cocalière cave; the Sautadet waterfalls, the Bois de Païolive and the unmissable Gorges de l’Ardèche between Vallon Pont-d’Arc and Saint-Martin-d’Ardèche as well as to visit picturesque villages and monuments such as Aiguèze, Labeaume, Goudargues, Saint-Montan … and the Roure castle.

A little further away, the Madeleine cave, Aven Marzal (3 places in one: underground cave, dinosaur park, caving museum), the Bambouseraie de Prafrance, Balazuc, Uzès as well as Avignon and its Palace of the Popes, Orange and its ancient theater, the Pont du Gard and the Arènes de Nîmes …

So many remarkable sites and villages that make the reputation of our beautiful region, its art of living, its traditions, its generous local products and delicious flavors. you can enjoy the alleys of its many colorful markets…

There is definitely no shortage of ideas for leisure activities and excursions around the Mas du Terme. Our entire team will be happy to advise you in discovering our magnificent region.

Website: www.hotel-masduterme.com

Rooms: 26

Price: from 154 EUR per night

A single place with multiple services, open to life, the Domaine des Escaunes and its Archestrate restaurant house several spaces dedicated to strong work, to the family, to discovery, to leisure.

For your seminars, meetings, meals, stays, wedding, events or parties, an irreproachable organization and a “tailor-made” service will make your event a unique experience. We will be present and supervise the unfolding behind the scenes and make every moment unforgettable because we are at your listening to make your dreams come true.

ACCOMMODATION
Domaine des Escaunes offers you to spend the night in one of our 22 comfortable rooms and suites in Occitanie, near the Pont du Gard, Uzès, between Nîmes and Avignon.

We suggest different types of accommodation: Comfort Room, Superior Room, Junior Suite, Junior Suite with Terrace, and Suite. You will necessarily find the formula that suits you. Several rooms are equipped with air conditioning. Those that are not enjoy a pleasant natural freshness.

SUITE ROOM
The Grenache Suite is nestled in the oldest part of the house, on the first floor, accessed by a majestic staircase. During your stay at the Domaine des Escaunes, you will have the privilege of staying in an accommodation with two bedrooms, with queen size bed 160 x 200 cm for the first, king size double bed 180 x 200 cm for the second (possibility of bed extra).

There is a bathroom with bathtub, a desk, TV, Wi-Fi, a safe and a hairdryer. Comfort and refinement are at the corner of your Suite which offers a view of the historic courtyard of the estate and nature. Upon arrival, you will find bath products.

JUNIOR SUITE
Domaine des Escaunes offers you the Juniors Suites “Mourvèdre” and “Carrignan”, two spacious accommodations for 2 to 4 people. During your stay in Sernhac, you will enjoy a king size double bed 180 x 200 cm and possibility of adding two single beds 90 x 200 cm. You will have a large bathroom with shower and bathtub for the first Junior Suite, with spacious shower for the second.

Decorated with care, combining old and new, these 47 and 56 sq. M. Accommodations, located in the historical part of the estate, offer a breathtaking view of the surrounding countryside. Junior Suites are equipped with flat screen TVs and Wi-Fi, safes and hair dryers. At your entrance you will find bath products.

SUPERIOR ROOM
Spend a pleasant and relaxing night in one of our superior rooms with spacious rooms ranging from 30 to 55 m² and a choice view of the countryside or the garden of the estate. During your stay in Occitanie, you will benefit from a sleeping area with king size double bed (180 x 200 cm) and a private bathroom with shower and / or bath.

Designed to accommodate two people, the Superior room allows the addition of an extra bed or a sofa bed for the reception of a third person eventual. Your room is equipped with a flat-screen TV with TNT channels and Wi-Fi, a safe and a hairdryer.

DINING
Archestrate, the restaurant of the Domaine des Escaunes welcomes you on its terrace, in the shade of the mulberry trees or in our vaulted dining room, with period stones and offers you tasty and refined cuisine, imagined from regional specialties by our chef. Take advantage of our complete menus, whether you are a resident or not, as part of a family event or a professional seminar.

The Domaine des Escaunes’ restaurant offers a moment of conviviality on the shaded terrace of the estate, or in its dining room, at the corner of a fire. Patricia and Marc, the happy owners of the place, and the chef, welcome you in a warm decor, a chic and relaxed atmosphere at a time. The cuisine of our restaurant is the image of the place, refined and authentic.

For a business meal, lunch or dinner at your professional seminar, for your marriage between Nimes and Avignon , birthday, communion, baptism, etc. enjoy our Archestrate restaurant and its gourmet cuisine. The Domaine des Escaunes restaurant adapts to your needs and desires, do not hesitate to contact us to work out together the menu you need.

YOUR TAILOR-MADE EVENT
The Domaine des Escaunes is the perfect place to host your family celebration , wedding , communion , baptism , wedding anniversary , anniversary. Invite your loved ones to a domain for reception near Nimes, Avignon and Uzès, in calm, in the beautiful middle of a vineyard, in a house of character benefiting from a garden shaded, a large swimming pool and comfortable rooms.

Domaine des Escaunes suggests the privatization of the table d’hôte, as part of the organization of your family or professional event. In a intimate and warm setting, dine by the fireplace and taste our tasty and authentic cuisine, just like the place. You will enjoy a meal on the spit with meat or fish prepared before your eyes. A moment of unforgettable conviviality.

WEDDINGS
For your wedding near Nîmes, Avignon and Uzès, the Domaine des Escaunes offers you the opportunity to experience unique moments in a exceptional setting for a dream day.

After a aperitif and an extended early evening in our garden, you will be able to sit under our beautiful mulberry-plane trees, or inside our home to continue the festivities. The dance floor can attract the most playful, while those who want quieter moments can meet on the terrace.

SEMINARS
Our domain for seminars near Nimes and Avignon, offers three meeting rooms equipped with all the necessary equipment for your event: video projector, projection screen, flipcharts, markers, pens, and of course internet connection. The Domaine des Escaunes houses the Salle Henri IV (95 m²), the Salle François Ier (75 m²) and the Salle Richelieu (27 m²).

The capacities of the rooms differ according to the arrangement you choose: around a table, in a U, in class, in conference, in cocktail or in banquet. Take advantage of our domain for seminars in Avignon and Nimes for your professional gatherings.

SERNHAC
The village of Sernhac is worth a detour. Peaceful and charming, it boasts remarkable architectural curiosities. You will find in the village tunnels (galleries of section 3m x 2m) dug by the Romans in the middle of the 1st century AD. They served as passage to the conduit Pont du Gard aqueduct.

GARD’S BRIDGE
A 10-minute drive from our estate, the Pont du Gard is the majestic witness to the grandeur of the Roman Empire. This bridge-aqueduct is one of the most visited monuments of the South of France. It is a construction prowess that seduces young and old.

DISCOVER UZÈS
The small town of Uzès is one of the essential visits of an always tourist stay in the Gard. Famous for its duchy, the cathedral, the Fenestrelle square or its garden, the medieval city has the charm of these cities with a rich past.

Uzes is very popular for its shaded streets, its place in the Herbs, where you will love to ask a moment, a terrace bar or restaurant. The city is also a good place to discover the local cuisine.

AVIGNON
Avignon, the city of the Popes, its famous bridge, Notre-Dame des Doms cathedral … a wonderful city which hosts every year the famous Festival d’Avignon, considered by some as the most important manifestation of contemporary living show in the world . City loaded with history, cultural city, Avignon testifies of more of a charm. It is 30 minutes from our domain.

NIMES
Less than 30 minutes by car from the Domaine des Escaunes, the city of Nîmes, prefecture of the Gard department is world famous for its buildings dating from the Roman Empire, in an exceptional state of conservation. You will not fail to visit the majestic arenas of Nîmes, the Maison Carrée and the Magne tower. Many also appreciate the Fountain Gardens and the Temple of Diana.

THE CAMARGUE
The Camargue, a vast wetland located in the Rhone delta, is a Mecca of Provençal culture and an original area of high quality: biological richness, diversity of fauna and flora, variety of landscapes, specificity of agricultural activities.

The territory of the Camargue Regional Nature Park covers three communes: Arles, Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer and Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône. It extends over more than 100,000 ha and 75 km of coastline.

The Camargue, “island of exception”, known throughout the world for its natural landscapes and its cultural wealth, is also a land where men and women work … Succeeding marsh, fields and rice paddies; and a mix of wild flamingos, breeding bulls and white horses.

THE TRUE PROVENCE OF ALPHONSE DAUDET
Domaine des Escaunes offers a circuit designed and guided by Michel Carly, writer and historian, who takes you to the discovery of Fontvieille, the valley of Les Baux, Paradou, Barbigal, Tarascon, St. Gabriel, Beaucaire, Maillane, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Jonquières and Nîmes. Find out about the dates and booking of this off-the-beaten path tour.

BACK 2000 YEARS BACK
The Gard department was particularly marked by the Roman presence. This tour called Roman Provence takes you to Uzès, Pont du Gard, where you will learn that tunnels join our area; Nîmes, arenas and the square house; the ancient theater, the museum and the Arc de Triomphe of Orange; the city of Vaison-la-Romaine, which has not yet revealed all its secrets. A tour led by an approved guide-lecturer.

THE LIFE OF THE ARTIST IN PROVENCE
The famous painter lived in Provence. Michel Carly, writer and historian, invites you to follow in the footsteps of the artist: the places where he lived, the places where he painted … Your guide will tell you Vincent Van Gogh, his life, his work.

He will read you extracts of letters from the painter, to give more life to the circuit. You will go to Arles, Fontvieille, Baux-de-Provence, Maillane, Tarascon, Sète, Montpellier, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and Uzès.

THE GARD BRIDGE BY BIKE
By bike, mountain bike, or perched on an electric mountain bike, discover the Pont du Gard, by visiting the village of Uzès, the Eure Valley, Nîmes, and Avignon, by taking the greenway, an old fully tarmacked and secure railway, and via Rhona, a surprising 815 km long cycle route. A 5-day circuit rich in discovery … and in sport!

Website: www.escaunes.com

Rooms: 22

Price: from 178 EUR per night

Steps from from Tour de Constance and a 5-minute walk from the gare d’Aigues-Mortes train station, Hotel Des Remparts in an 18th-century building is also 8 minutes’ walk from L’église Notre Dame des Sablons.

The sleek, individually decorated rooms and suites feature modern en suite bathrooms, flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi. Some offer views of Tour de Constance, plus fireplaces and sitting areas. Complimentary amenities include parking, and continental breakfast served on a dining terrace. There’s also an elegant restaurant with stone arches, and a casual cocktail bar.

ACCOMMODATION
All our rooms, unique in their decoration and their location will offer you an extraordinary view of the ramparts and the Tower of Constance. You will find in each, for your comfort, separate toilet, double basin, Italian shower and bath in foot of bed to take care of you.

Stay connected anytime and anywhere with our Fibre free Wi-Fi of 30 mega power. We welcome in our establishment people with all forms of disabilities. They have access to all facilities and for people with reduced mobility, we have a Deluxe room on the ground floor to accommodate them.

SUITE
A monumental fireplace in ocher shades will ensure your nights in an elegant room where a beautiful sofa bed will host a guest (e). You will love the spacious bath area, designed to fully enjoy the pleasure of taking care of yourself.

JUNIOR SUITE
A vast bright room where the details of an original decoration offer a beautiful place to sleep and a large living room with comfortable sofa bed that will easily accommodate two children. You will keep your privacy thanks to the monumental headboard which delimits the spaces of each one while keeping the complicity of a stay in family.

PRESTIGE ROOM
Unique room, filled with the light of the south which penetrates by the high glazed windows and awakes the ardors of a monumental fireplace in gilded stone. Warm light that will wrap you from bath to bed to accompany you to a generous and soothing night.

SUPERIOR ROOM
An ideal atmosphere to enjoy in two, in a beautiful space, the details of a contemporary decoration married to the timeless elegance of the stone, and to offer the warmth of an Italian shower before enjoying together the relaxation and the comfort of the sleeping area.

LOUNGE BAR
Outside, our panoramic terrace, shaded by large umbrellas that sift the raw light of the Camargue sun, invites you to laze. Inside, our vaulted living rooms offer freshness, conviviality and intimacy. The cocktail specialties of our bartenders will refresh your daydreams and highlight the originality of your stay.

SPA ECLAE
The SPA ECLAE of the hotel des Remparts will offer rituals of new treatments through a unique and sensory experience that reveals the beauty of each woman.

This exceptional place dedicated to the harmony of the body and the senses in which the know-how of ECLAE expresses, includes two luxurious cabins of care, including a double cabin, for a new moment of complicity.

Eclae is a brand of anti-aging care diffuser of Eclat, face and body dedicated to the well-being of the woman. This brand was born on Le Salin d’Aigues-Mortes, which has always been home to a real natural treasure against the signs of time and lack of radiance: La Dunaliella Salina.

This micro-alga highly concentrated in carotenoids, glycerol and trace elements make it a powerful anti-aging active ingredient: helps cell renewal, fight against oxidation and hydration.
True concentrate of energy, it provides more brightness and brightness to the skin.

The Spa has a sloped swimming pool with views of the ramparts, equipped with Jacuzzi, massage jets and swim against the current. An unforgettable experience in a unique place steeped in history. This area is not normally allowed for under 16s, however on request and subject to good behaviour, access may be tolerated accompanied by a parent.

SERVICES & BENEFITS
Facing the ramparts of Aigues Mortes, a hotel filled with history, a magical and bewitching place…Total change in this remarkable building steeped in history. Our huge vaulted salons and our bar will make you spend an unforgettable moment. Our large panoramic terrace will give you a great sense of time travel. Discover our wines, cocktails and tapas.

We welcome in our establishment people with all forms of disabilities. They have access to all facilities and for people with reduced mobility, we have a room on the ground floor to accommodate them.

Website: www.remparts-aiguesmortes.fr

Rooms: 10

Price: from 234 EUR per night

Welcome to Domaine des Clos, Boutique hotel in Beaucaire, located between Camargue and Provence. A family home in an 18th century winery, opens its doors wide to welcome you into its home and beautiful gardens.

David and Sandrine Ausset are both natives of the region. In the late 90’s they fall under the charm of Domaine des Clos, an old wine estate, built in the 18th century and abandoned for many years.

Age 30, they leave behind them their Parisian lifestyle with its office hours (American Accountancy Firm for David and Communications Agency managed by Sandrine) and accompanied by their 3 young children return to the country side.

Over the years, David found himself being overseer, gardener and accountant. Sandrine painter, decorator, receptionist and cook. Together, they patiently imagined, restored, transformed, the old buildings the Pigeon House, the stables, the refectory, the sleeping quarters for the grape pickers, the bread oven, the wine store-house (chai), the fountain and covered terraces and designed and planted a vast garden and swimming pool.

Charm and authenticity, with contemporary comforts, were and still are their guiding principles in the restoration and decoration of the farmhouse and its buildings. Situated in the middle of the countryside, the Domaine des Clos is located in the centre of the cultural triangle formed by Nîmes, Arles and Avignon.

Comfort Room
These 5 rooms are situated on the 1st Floor of the old building, originally inhabited by the wine-estate manager. On the same floor is a small living room with sofas, chairs and table, and a magnificent stained glass window, the perfect place to relax and consult the maps and guide books available for your perusal.

Suite Superieur
The 2 suites are situated on the 1st Floor. From the interior courtyard garden you access the 2 suites by a lovely old walnut door on the ground floor where the suites share a sitting and dining room. Its antique fireplace is an ideal place to relax next to during the winter evenings.

Cosy Rooms
Lavande and Lilas, are situated on the 1st Floor, the 2 rooms are opposite each other, separated by a small sitting room with its own private access.

Apartment Le Sud
Situated on ground and 1st floor over. Apartment non-air-conditioned. Duplex apartment of 180m2. With its spacious interiors, private garden and vine-entwined arbour you feel like you are living in your own Provencal farmhouse!

Apartment Camargue
Situated on the 1st floor this air-conditioned apartment of 75 m2 has a private terrace of 30m2. Views to the east, south and west allow you to enjoy both the sunrise and sunset over the Domaine.

Breakfast
Breakfast is held in the ‘Les Ecuries’, (the former stables) now the dining hall and during spring, summer and the balmy days of Autumn, weather permitting, you can eat outside on the terrace.

Table D’Hotes
It’s a moment of conviviality. Our speciality is Provençal cuisine, prepared using fruit and vegetables from our garden or local and seasonal products. A unique menu is prepared with an apéritif, starter, main course and dessert. Time 8pm.

Our vegetable and herb gardens supply our kitchen for the summer guest dinners and our olive groves produce a fruity olive oil to complement it. From the garden to the plate, a philosophy of well-being…

The Dinner
You’re expecting to arrive late, or you’d like to simply sit back and enjoy your day at the Domaine, we can prepare a gourmet picnic hamper for your lunch or dinner using local and seasonal products as well as the Domaine’s own fruit and vegetables during summer.

The Gardens
4 hectares of nature where you can wander between the towering alley of Cyprus’, pineapple palms ,the olive grove, or the flowering oleanders and the aromatic lavender and rosemary shrubs. Sun loungers, seats, deck chairs and picnic tables, are dispersed throughout the gardens, in shady terraces, flowering arbours, or under magnificent ancient plane trees…

Here and there you’ll find a trampoline, a baby foot, a ping pong table, a sand pit. Further afield a petanque (boules) ground or a games room to play chess, monopoly or carem in. In winter a cosy room with a fireplace beckons.

Far from the noise of the town, you’ll awaken to birdsongs, drowse in the afternoons to the chant of the cicadas and at dusk listen to the concerts given regularly by the frogs.

The Swimming Pool
The swimming pool, measuring 17m by 7m is situated at the end of the Cyprus Alley and flowering Oleanders, with a view over the olive grove. A fence of wrought iron secures its entrance. Vast sunny terrace with wrought iron sun loungers and a shaded terrace. Pool house with shower, toilet and hand basin.

Visit Arles, Nîmes or even Avignon during your stay!
The key sites not to be missed!These 4 sites classed UNESCO World Heritage sites are all less than 30km from Domaine des Clos: Le Pont du Gard 22kms, Arles and its roman and romanesque monuments 20km. The historic centre of Avignon and its magnificent Papal Palace and Avignon Bridge 27km!

But not to be forgotten:

• The montagnette is 12mins drive, Nîmes with its splendid Roman architecture and its contemporary buildings and fountains is 20mins away,
• the Baux de Provence and St Rèmy de Provence are at 25mins,
• the Alpilles and the Camargue 30mins, historic Uzès at 35mins,
• the Luberon at 45mins,
• Isle sur Sorgue and its antiquaires at 55mins
• and the bay of Marseille, and Montpellier and Aix en Provence at an 1 hour’s drive.

The less well known….

• The Carrieres de Lumieres in the Baux de Provence with its spectacular multi-media show (unique in the world!),
• the troglodyte abbey of St Roman, the 17th and 18th century mansions of Beaucaire,
• the Royal castle of Tarascon and the Souleido Museum,
• the Abbey of St Gilles,
• the Chateau of Avignon in the Camargue,
• the Van Gogh Foundation in Arles and
• the Foundation Luma and the Abbey of Montmajour.

And the not to be forgotten…The numerous festivals which are organized throughout the Spring and Summer seasons:

• July: the festival of Performing Arts in Avignon
• July to September: The International Photographic Festival of Arles (Les Rencontres de la photographies à Arles)
• July : the Musiques du Sud in Arles, a week of Southern music
• From June to July : Pop concerts in the Nîmes Arena
• You can also enjoy some local colour with the

Sports and activities 

• Rental of canoes on the Gardon River and under the Pont du Gard
• Via ferrata and speleology in the gorges of the Gardon
• Horseriding, hiking, walking and VTT in the Montagnette, the Alpilles and Camargue
• 4 wheel drive safari in the Camargue
• Visit to the Camargue by paddle-steamer and boat from Saintes-Maries or Aigues-Mortes
• Tennis in Bellegarde
• Karting in Beaucaire
• Riding school in Beaucaire
• Sailing Lessons in the Rhone, mono-hulls, catamaran etc
• Hot air ballooning
• Driving circuits for both cars and bikes in Lédenon
• Jet ski hire in Bellegarde
• 7 golf courses within easy reach including : Golf de Beaucaire, Golf de Nîmes-Campagne, Golf de Nîmes-Vacquerolles, Golf de Domaine des Manville in les Baux de Provence, Golf de Servanes in Mouriés…

Activities for all the family

• Le vieux Mas (the old 18th century farmhouse and farm). Situated in the Beaucaire plain. Children will experience a day full of fun activities during their visit to the farm. The visit is lively and animated.

The médiévales at Baux de Provence
Reconstituted medieval encampment with Gladiator shows, archery-crossbowmen, sword-fights….

Le musée du bonbon «Haribo» à Uzès
The museum tells the story of the creation of its famous sweets (lollies). At the end of the visit there is a shop where of course the ‘bonbons’ can be bought.

Descent from Gardon on canoe-kayak
Departure from Collias, arrival Remoulins with a passage under the Pont du Gard, certainly the best way to admire this magnificent Roman aquaduct classed World Heritage by UNESCO.

La grotte des Demoiselles
Spectacular dimensions 120m long by 52m high and the richness of its stalactites and stalagmites which adorn it have given it the name ‘the underground cathedral.

La visite de Manades en Camargue
Visits to Manades (ranches) can include a welcoming committee of guardians (traditional cowboys of the Camargue) on horseback, followed by a visit to the ranchon tractor sitting on hay bales or by horsedrawn carriage.

Le petit Train à Vapeur des Cévennes
Departure from St Jean du Gard, traversing a scenic route with arrival at the Bambouseraie of Anduze, a private botanical garden specialising in the growing of bamboo.

Le Moulin de Daudet à Fontvieille.
The windmill where Alphonse Daudet known for his Tartarin trilogy was inspired to write Letters from my Windmill.

Website: www.domaine-des-clos.com

Rooms: 40

Price: from 148 EUR per night

In 1636, a feeling of apprehension and expectancy prevailed in the La Caze castle. The master of the house, David de MALIAN, had gone to Paris with his wife Marguerite de GARCEVAL to pay court to King Louis 13 th and to Cardinal Richelieu, who ruled France with a rod of iron.

In recent years, the kingdom had been spasmodically shaken by the urge to get rid of the terrible prime minister. Heads and castles had fallen in the attempt.

Hadn’t they just finished dismantling the extraordinary Peyrelade fortress, perched like an eagle’s eyrie 6 or 7 leagues downstream, and believed to be impregnable?

The sight of the half-demolished walls had checked many hotheads and David de MALIAN, Lord of LA CAZE, had no desire to be counted in the rebel’s camp. He left his feoff in the capable hands of Anne des ONDES, his father’s second wife.

In his castle protected by towering cliffs, moats filled with running water and the Tarn River, the elderly dowager kept watch over a little world of men-at-arms, menservants and peasants.

She also watched over David and Marguerite’s children, for whom she acted as grandmother, and was especially attentive to Martha, whose health was delicate.

One winter evening when gusts of wind made the stained glass windows creak in their leaden frames and the crows caw in the machicolations, she went to visit Marthe in her room, before she went to bed. She found the child pale and trembling in her feather bed, her lashes glistening with tears.

The little girl confessed that she was frightened by the storm and that with her parents away the castle made her gloomy. She dreamed that an army of crows had torn away the roofs and ceilings and left her all alone in a bare room, at the mercy of all weathers.

Moved by the child’s fears and wanting to instil in Marthe a sense of the dignity of her ancestors, Anne des ONDES told her story of the ladies of LA CAZE.

Soubeyrane – Suite Royale

Apartment, composed of a living room with a view on the river, a main room with a French queen size canopied bed (150/195cm), a smaller room for kids with two single beds. Two bathrooms, one in a tower with an old fashion tub and the other with a shower. (1st floor)

Jeanne – Suite Junior

A junior suite which has a living room with a view on the valley, a room with a French queen size bed (160/200cm)located in a square tower with a view on the river, a bathroom with an old ashion tub and view on the river (1st floor)

Lounge Area
The Château invites you to come and relax in its bar/lounge area after one of your kayak outings or your hikes. Come and enjoy a wide selection of soft drinks, whisky, beer and wine in front of the fireplace. Here, take advantage of our Wifi connection to share your emotions with your friends.

Cellar
Visit and discover our cellar during a tasting and an initiation organized by our Sommelier accompanied by dishes prepared by our Chef.

Explore France Travel to the four corners of France through our best selection of wines: Languedoc, Rhône, Burgundy, Bordeaux These themed tastings are organized on request for a maximum of 15 people.

Your wedding reception
You are looking for a place to organize your wedding, the Château de la Caze offers to welcome you in its authentic setting with its park and gardens, its swimming pool and its 16 rooms.

The Château de la Caze located in the Gorges du Tarn has been restored with the aim of preserving the authenticity of the place and will offer you an unforgettable setting to organize your wedding. In order to make you feel at home and respect the tranquility of our customers, we offer you a privatization of the Château.

Thanks to this, you will be able to fully enjoy this unique moment with your guests. This formula will accommodate some of your guests on site. You will also have access to all the spaces of the Château according to your desires, both outside and inside.

Professional events
In the exceptional setting of the Château de la Caze (15th century), all the conditions are met to create this type of event. Our establishment offers you meeting spaces in a unique setting, in harmony with an environment made of nature and calm, thus allowing you greater productivity.

Our seminar rooms are accompanied by high-performance technical equipment. From your arrival until your departure, our teams will be available and will respond to your requests as best and as soon as possible.

Swimming Pool
Nothing better, after a hot summer day or a long hike in the Gorges du Tarn, than to relax by the heated swimming pool (27°C) and take advantage of the jacuzzi (34°C) to relax.

Fitness
For bad weather days and for the more sporty, a fitness room is at your disposal to keep in shape. Treadmill, weight bench, elliptical trainer and rowing machine are at your disposal and freely accessible throughout the season.

Relaxation
In addition, to take care of both body and mind, our temporary masseur will receive you by appointment for sessions of 30 to 90 minutes, in duo or solo (reservations are taken 24 hours in advance).

At the castle
Going on holiday in the Gorges du Tarn also means being close to nature. Stroll through the castle grounds and discover our vegetable garden, our beaches and a 1.5km hiking trail along the Tarn. Explore and follow the wild animal trail.

Surrondings
Take advantage of a departure from the Château de la Caze by canoe to stop in the hamlet of Haute Rives, the village of La Malène, in the Cirque des Baumes or Pas de Soucy.

All under the watchful eye of egrets, beavers and even Cévennes vultures. Kayak, canoe, paddle, everything is possible at Moulins de la Malène. For more information contact our partner Des Canoë Blanc de La Malène.

For a family outing, we can only recommend Les Bateliers de La Malène. A real guide to the bottom of the gorges, let yourself be embarked on a one-hour boat trip on the blue waters of the Tarn.

For those who love strong sensations, let yourself be taken to the center of the earth by La maison du plein air. Canyoning, Caving, Via Ferrata, Climbing, nothing stops them and neither can you.

Website: www.chateaudelacaze.com

Rooms: 16

Price: from 154 EUR per night