TOP 10 Experiences in les Alpilles
Over the years, we have built a circle of friends and passionate souls who share our values: authenticity, quiet excellence, a love of beautiful things. Experiences crafted exclusively for our guests — found nowhere else.
1-Savouring Mas de l’Amarine
Mas de l’Amarine is the newly opened Contemporary Inn of two-Michelin-starred Chef Sylvestre Wahid — a place woven into our own story. Bastides guests enjoy exclusive privileges: breakfast at the Mas, priority reservations at the gastronomic restaurant, aperitifs on the terrace, and catering delivered directly to your door. mas-amarine.com
2-Exploring the Alpilles on Donkeyback
The trails of the Alpilles take on a different flavour when walked at their pace. Led by Les Petits Ânes from the Bastides doorstep, with a picnic prepared by Tom & Josh tucked into the saddlebags — it’s a day from which you return not quite the same.
3-Cooking at the Heart of the Provençal Market
On Wednesday mornings in Saint-Rémy, Jane leads her guests through the market — choosing the day’s ingredients together. Back in her kitchen in the historic centre, she passes on the gestures and recipes of traditional Provençal cooking. By late morning, you sit down to eat what you’ve made. A way of living the market from the inside. lacuisineprovencale.com
4-Meeting Laurène & Fabien in the Kitchen Garden
They farm their land in St Rémy de Provence, organically, with a rare attentiveness to the living world. One of their speciality: an exceptional collection of heirloom tomatoes, discovered and tasted in the middle of the fields. A visit to their farm is a reminder of where food truly comes from — and you leave with your arms full. fabiendumont.com
5-Tasting William’s Olive Oil
In the Vallée des Baux, William of Terres de Pierre produces an olive oil that connoisseurs quietly covet. Generous and warm, he opens his table and tasting counter to our guests. His wife Prune, a master feather artisan, offers to craft a bespoke feather bracelet in her workshop. An afternoon unlike anything else.
6-Weaving Lavender with Elsa
In her field at Les Baux-de-Provence, Elsa teaches the art of the lavender wand — an ancestral gesture, a scent that stays. You leave with something made by your own hands, carrying the emblematic perfume of Provence.
7-Drinking Living Wines but her Milans
Domaine Milan is walkable from the Bastides — already a statement in itself. Nathalie and Théo welcome with disarming generosity, in the spirit of the free, committed wine their family has championed for generations. You come to taste; you stay for the conversation.
8-Roaming à Provençal Wild Estate
Between Maussane and Mouriès, the Callet family opens the gates of their 400-hectare estate at the foot of the Alpilles. On board their Defenders, you set off to meet horses, cattle and a rewilded landscape, before stopping for aperitifs as the Alpilles blush at dusk. A secret territory, lived by a family who calls it home. domainedemalaga.com
9- Surrendering to the Carrières des Lumières
The Carrières des Lumières cannot be described. Works of art here take on a dimension no museum can offer — images covering the walls, the floor, your body. An hour outside of time, fifteen minutes from the Bastides.
10-Wandering the Village of Antique Dealers
Browsing the 350 antique and brocante shops of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue is a Sunday ritual. Known as the little Venice of Provence, its winding streets are made for unhurried wandering.
