Style
Parterre piece
Setting
Painterly corner of Provence
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When it comes to hotels, we’re usually more concerned about the beds indoors, but at Domaine de Chalamon, a 16th-century bastide magically turned into a chic, pastel-hued home as part of the Fontenille famille, we’d rather spend time in its six gardens, which are lovingly cultivated by Dominique Lafourcade. They could easily compete for the loveliest in Provence with their boxwood hedging, trim topiary, cypress, pine and plane trees, and dainty parterre, rolling out into lush olive groves. There’s ample time for frolicking in the lavender fields in the surrounding Alpilles, but we’re happy to read a book on Van Gogh under the arbour, linger over a picnic or play gentle tennis games until afternoon pâtisserie, Med-style dining and – we suppose – returning to those indoor beds to snooze.
Smith Extra
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A bottle of Fontenille wine in your room on arrival