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Mas, bastides, design hotels and seaside palaces — the rooms worth crossing the country for.
The Section · La rubrique

From a stone mas in the garrigue to a belle-époque palace on the sea — the houses where the South puts its guests to bed.

A courtyard of a country house at dusk The Grand Report · Across the South
The Grand Report · Across the South

The mas, the most southern way to sleep

Thick walls, a shaded courtyard and a pool you find by the sound of it. Inside the farmhouses that became the South’s quietest hotels.

Words — Camille Vasseur
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A white seaside palace above the bay
Palaces

Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat

A belle-époque palace at the tip of the cap, with a funicular down to a sea-cut pool.

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
A stone farmhouse in the hills
Mas & Bastides

Mas de Peint

A seventeenth-century manade turned small hotel, where breakfast comes after the morning ride.

Le Sambuc · Camargue
A pared-back hotel room with a view
Design Hotels

A vineyard of architecture

Sleeping among the pavilions of Château La Coste, between the vines and the contemporary art.

Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade · Provence
A perched village hotel at golden hour
Small Inns

La Colombe d’Or

A village auberge hung with Picasso and Léger — the most storied dozen rooms on the Riviera.

Saint-Paul-de-Vence
A garden pool below a stone village
Vineyard

A room in the vines

Wine-estate stays where the cellar is the lobby and the view is the harvest you’re drinking.

Narbonne · Languedoc
A balcony above the blue sea
Seaside

A room over the water

The seafront addresses where the balcony hangs over the Mediterranean and breakfast comes with gulls.

Côte d’Azur
The Address Book · Le carnet d’adresses

The South, at rest

Bastide
La Bastide de Gordes
Gordes · Vaucluse
Palace
Le Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat
Mas
Mas de Peint
Le Sambuc · Camargue
Design
Château La Coste
Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade
Inn
La Colombe d’Or
Saint-Paul-de-Vence
Village
Hôtel Crillon le Brave
Crillon-le-Brave · Vaucluse