Le Pigonnet
Some houses belong as much to their city as to their guests. In Aix-en-Provence, that institution is le Pigonnet.
For more than a century, its bastide and its gardens have watched the seasons pass like conversations, fleeting stays like grand occasions. It is said that Cézanne found here a privileged view of the Sainte-Victoire. Barbara, Serge Gainsbourg, Juliette Gréco and Clint Eastwood have also left their mark. Here, the stories still circulate, quietly, between the verdant pathways and the sunlit terraces.
Today as ever, one comes, and then returns to le Pigonnet, certain to find a place where one feels expected, carried by the gentleness of Provençal living.
Rooms, Suites and Villas
The Art of Living in Provence
Forty-seven rooms and suites, and as many ways to feel at home. Throughout, the same promise: honest materials, soft light, the calm of the gardens drifting in through the window. You part the shutters, and Provence is already there.
The three new suites, designed by Thibault Picard, carry the invitation further still. Each opens onto its own terrace, facing the greenery, like a balcony poised upon summer.
Set apart, two villas of four bedrooms each keep a life of their own. You come here to slip away for a while, with family, among close friends, or for a seminar kept in confidence.
And when the wish to celebrate arises, the house thinks grandly: up to 250 guests, for occasions imagined entirely to measure.
Here, you do not simply sleep. You live.
Dining
Provence, to Share
At le Pigonnet, Provence is cooked the way it is told: with a love of the land and a sense of sharing. At La Table du Pigonnet, within interiors designed by Jacques Garcia, chefs Thierry Balligand and Fabien Torrente read the Mediterranean as closely as possible to the growers of this region, supported by one of the finest wine lists in Provence. Freer in spirit, the Les Amis menu may be shared wherever you please, in the gardens, at the bar or in your room, a tribute to those who once brought this house to life: writers, musicians, painters and travellers.
On the ground floor, the Rose Bar, named after Rose Swellen, its former owner, revives vintage cocktails with a touch of audacity, and welcomes the Instant Chocolat each day at teatime. When summer comes, the gardens become a stage: every Thursday evening, a plate, a glass, live music, and the season is savoured outdoors, long into the night.
Wellness at the Folie Verte Spa
The Garden Will Care for You
In the eighteenth century, a folie was a pleasure house set among the trees. The Folie Verte spa wears the name well. Across three hundred and fifty square metres designed by Marion Mailaender, it draws the gardens within. Here unfold signature massages, treatment rituals, HydraFacial and botanical care, along with singing lessons and art therapy, caring for the body as much as for what gives it life. For beauty, three French houses heighten the senses of the moment: Beau Domaine, Oden and Minois.
Here, everything invites you to breathe. Time slows, and the garden keeps watch.
