# La Colombe d’Or — The South of France
> A village inn on the Riviera hills where the walls hold Picassos and Mirós — our review, the verdict, the practical details and what to see nearby.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/la-colombe-d-or/*

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Type

Village inn

Best season

April – October

From

€430 / night

Rooms

25

Good for

Art lovers

The Review · Notre avis

## The inn where the artists paid in _paintings_.

Some hotels hang prints in the corridor. At La Colombe d’Or a Léger faces you at breakfast and a Calder turns slowly above the pool. In the lean years between the wars the painters of the coast — Picasso, Miró, Braque — settled their bills with canvases, and the family never sold a single one. The result is a village inn with the wall-power of a small museum and the manners of a friend’s house.

The rooms are few and deliberately plain: terracotta floors, white walls, shutters thrown open onto fig trees. You do not come for the marble bathroom. You come for the terrace, where the same families have eaten the same loup grillé under the same fig tree for three generations.

### The table

Lunch is the thing — the famous hors-d’œuvre trolley, a glass of cold Bandol rosé, the long Provençal afternoon. Book the terrace and surrender the rest of the day. See our [Riviera table guide](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/the-table/riviera-table-guide/).

### Getting there

Saint-Paul-de-Vence is twenty-five minutes inland from Nice, hung on its ridge above the orange groves. Come by car and arrive before noon, when the village is still its own. See also our [Riviera in three days](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/riviera-in-three-days/).

The verdict · En un mot

“A working museum where you are allowed to spend the night. Come for lunch; stay because you cannot bear to leave.”

The Address · L’adresse

La Colombe d’Or

Address

Place du Général de Gaulle, 06570 Saint-Paul-de-Vence

Website

la-colombe-dor·com

Open

Mid-December to late October

Reservations

Essential, well ahead

[Check availability](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/contact/)

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes

The Gallery · En images

![The hill village at first light](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1600762849691-4b51bc94009c?fm=jpg&q=74&w=1200&auto=format&fit=crop)

![A stepped lane in the old village](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![A fig tree by an old stone wall](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![The garden terrace](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![A village street at dusk](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1587579785043-eccb9f70391d?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

Nearby · À proximité

### While you are above _Nice_

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![Fondation Maeght](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1715792001784-708b1d2c0bcd?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Art · 10 min

#### Fondation Maeght

Saint-Paul-de-Vence

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/)[

![The Matisse Chapel](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Art · 15 min

#### Chapelle du Rosaire

Vence

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/)[

![The village ramparts](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1597824854158-9226c52cd21b?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Walk · 5 min

#### The ramparts walk

Saint-Paul-de-Vence

](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/french-riviera/)