Provence

It’s summer: a time for festive eating!

Away with formality! Summer brings down the barriers and makes it easier to take the structure out of meals to make them more relaxed and friendly. Relais & Châteaux de Provence have understood this and use their creativity to offer festive dinners and lunches linked to the many events and festivals that are going on in the region.

Keeping right up to date with the Aix-en-Provence Festival, the Villa Gallici is promoting its “Lunches under the plane trees”, a light, “à la carte” formula served at midday until September, under the ancient trees or by the swimming pool. In the evening, so that guests don’t miss a minute of the music, it opens its restaurant from 19.00 to 20.00 with a “Festival” menu. For 65 € (excluding drinks), this offers dishes such as “carpaccio of beef, olive oil, parmesan, mixed-leaf salad and balsamic vinegar”, or “large scampi roast in smoked tea, bundle of green beans, artichoke brochette and mango vinegar”, which are changed every day.

The Abbaye de Sainte-Croix in Salon-de-Provence also spares a thought for its festival-goers. Every day, also from 19.00 to 20.00, it serves its “Festival” menu, priced at 70 €, before the shows start. At lunchtime, it has reinvented “Déjeuners sur l’herbe”, an artistic reference, where, for 30 €, guests cn enjoy a “gourmet platter of slices of country bread with foie gras, salmon and home-made terrine”, followed by fromage frais and a dessert, served with a glass of wine.

On the right bank of the Rhone, the Château de Montcaud, in the Gard, has brought back its famous jazz lunch. Until 17 September, guests can lunch “Louisiana style” on Sundays, enjoying a sumptuous buffet set out under the chestnut trees while listening to the heady rhythms of New Orleans jazz. All this for 66 € per person... and free for children under 116 cm!

In Marseille, the Petit Nice Passédat is promoting its “Maldormé Cove” lunch menu, served from Tuesday to Saturday: mackerel and tuna, whiting, baby pigeon and dessert, for 55 € (excluding drinks). At the Hostellerie Le Phébus, summer is an excuse for organising a cookery-meal-tasting course on 21 July and a Pommery champagne party on 19 August, with a special menu.

Villa Gallici
Hotel and restaurant in town
This country house overlooking Aix is bathed in the soft Provençal light so often depicted by Cézanne. Set amidst an elegant Florentine garden, where cypress trees are reflected in a luxurious pool, it offers sumptuous rooms with terraces and private gardens. Linger over an aperitif in the shade of the plane trees, then savour traditional Provençal cuisine accompanied by the finest Bordeaux, Burgundy and Aix wines. ...Read more
France, Aix-en-Provence

Château de Montcaud
Hotel and restaurant in the country
The buzz of local festivals fades into the background in this haven of wellness and light. Guests enjoy calm, serene days lounging by the pool, playing tennis or strolling through the rose garden. Tastefully decorated rooms open onto a peaceful park. The dinner, served on the patio of a charming «mas» when the weather permits, pays tribute to the sea and the Provençal markets. Excellent Côtes du Rhône. ...Read more
France, Sabran

Le Petit Nice-Passédat
Relais Gourmand Restaurant ‘Relais Gourmand’ and hotel on the seafront
From the women in the family whom he watched as a child to the master chefs who taught him his trade, one thing is sure: Gérald Passédat’s cuisine is southern. His favourite dish is, of course, the «bouillabaisse», light and zephyr-like without a trace of fat. By reducing the bouillon he creates the impression of eating the very best from the sea! The rooms flooded in blue prolong the magic of dinner with a sea haze. ...Read more
France, Marseille

Hostellerie Le Phébus
Hotel and restaurant in the country
Here in the Luberon, between Gordes and Roussillon, in the heart of the Garrigue, the cuisine and the atmosphere have a Mediterranean flavour. A dry-stone residence in a 4-hectare park, erected over remains dating back to the Templars, offers its guests beautiful rooms full of the colours of Provence, some with a private swimming pool. Xavier Mathieu conjures up creative culinary delights full of Mediterranean flavours. ...Read more
France, Gordes

Abbaye de Sainte Croix
Hotel and restaurant in the country
This magnificent XIIth century abbey, set amidst gardens of lavender and rosemary, has been lovingly restored and the monks’ cells converted into luxury suites and guest rooms. You will be enchanted by the superb Romanesque architecture, the beautiful vaulted ceilings and the delightfully rustic furniture. Dine on the restaurant’s panoramic terrace and savour Provençal cuisine and excellent local vintages. ...Read more
France, Salon-de-Provence


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