# Le Mas de Peint — The South of France
> A working Camargue rice farm that takes a handful of guests, deep in the delta among the bulls and the horses — our review, the verdict and what to see nearby.

*Source : https://the-south-of-france.com/en/stays/mas-de-peint/*

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Type

Farm guest house

Best season

April – October

From

€260 / night

Rooms

13

Good for

The real Camargue

The Review · Notre avis

## A working farm that lets you stay in the _delta_.

Le Mas de Peint is not a hotel pretending to be a farm. It is a farm — a large estate in the heart of the Camargue, raising rice, black bulls and the white horses of the delta — that happens to keep thirteen rooms for guests. You wake to the work of the place: the gardians riding out, the bulls in the far fields, the flat silver light coming off the marsh.

The house itself is an eighteenth-century mas, restored with great restraint — bleached wood, white walls, copper in the kitchen. Dinner is taken at the long table, from the farm and the garden. It is quiet in a way that the coast, an hour south, has long forgotten how to be.

### The land

Ride out with the gardians, or take the little pool and a book and watch the flamingos work the lagoon. The sea at Beauduc is a long sandy hour away. Read our full [Camargue guide](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/camargue-guide/).

### Getting there

The mas is twenty kilometres south of Arles, down the road to Salin-de-Giraud. Come by car; there is no other way to reach the delta. See also our [Arles in a weekend](https://the-south-of-france.com/en/camargue/arles-in-a-weekend/).

The verdict · En un mot

“The Camargue without the costume. Stay two nights, ride out once, and let the delta slow you to its own pace.”

The Address · L’adresse

Le Mas de Peint

Address

Le Sambuc, 13200 Arles

Website

masdepeint·com

Open

Spring to autumn

Reservations

By the night; book ahead

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

Le Sambuc, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône

The Gallery · En images

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

![The farmhouse courtyard](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1673423050661-134515109330?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

![A horse in the reeds](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1446155844149-5ac83a06ca74?fm=jpg&q=74&w=800&auto=format&fit=crop)

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

![The marsh 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 in the _Camargue_

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

Birds · 20 min

#### Pont de Gau bird park

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

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

![The salt flats of Salin-de-Giraud](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604948559069-3287d5c5a6e5?fm=jpg&q=74&w=900&auto=format&fit=crop)

Drive · 25 min

#### The pink salt flats

Salin-de-Giraud

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

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

Town · 25 min

#### Roman Arles

Arles

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