Les maisons Mistral — Six ways to experience Provence

The southern light.

This is the house where life happens outside. Where the pool house becomes the real living room of summer — bar, plancha, salt-water pool facing due south, a direct view over the Alpilles. You put down your bags, and almost without noticing, you stop coming back inside until nightfall.

The mas was entirely renovated in a contemporary style, without ever losing that connection to nature that gives Provençal homes their soul. The private terraces, the pergola, the pétanque court — everything here is made for those who know that the best conversations happen around an apéritif that lingers.

The house that brings people together.

Mas Gabriel carries centuries of history in its stones. You feel it the moment you step inside — the thickness of the walls, the generous volumes, the way old Provençal houses hold the cool in summer and the warmth in winter. A mas that has crossed time, renovated with care, without ever erasing what makes it its own.

Nestled in a landscaped park steps from the lively centre of Saint-Rémy, it brings together the tranquillity of an arboreal garden and the immediate proximity of the village markets and cobblestone streets. The charm of the old, the comfort of the new.

Behind the stone walls.

You push open a door, and the sounds of the village disappear. The wrought-iron staircase, the stone walls, the garden cottage tucked into the greenery — Maison Ginette doesn't announce itself. It reveals itself, slowly, like a well-kept secret five minutes' walk from the historic centre.

It is the only authentic village house in the portfolio. Intimate, full of soul, made for those who seek the opposite of the obvious — and who know that the essential often happens there.

Time suspended.

Two three-hundred-year-old plane trees stand watch over the house. A seven-thousand square metre park where the scents of lavender, pine and olive trees mingle with the song of the cicadas. At Mas Aurel, you don't holiday in Provence — you inhabit it. Truly.

The 1870 house, lovingly restored, offers four suites with en-suite bathrooms, two heated pools, a pool house, and a half-court for tennis. But what you remember is something else entirely — the evening light across the ochre façades, and the rare feeling of being exactly where you should be.

A retreat without effort.

All on one level. A fireplace at the centre of the living room, a kitchen opening onto the terrace, an arboreal park just beyond the glass door. Maison Louise is made for those who want to rediscover the simple pleasure of a holiday.

Perfect for two couples and two children, it gathers together what we so often forget to look for: ease. The ease of a space where everything is in its place, where mornings start gently, and where you don't need to organise anything to simply feel at home.

Eygalières, from the inside.

At the heart of Eygalières — one of the most beautiful villages in the Alpilles — Villa Maiou unfolds across 220 square metres of noble volumes, carefully chosen materials, and a décor where every detail has been considered. And behind its elegant walls, a private pool. A discreet luxury.

Everything is within walking distance: the market, the restaurants, the pale stone lanes. You come back when you want, you leave when you want. That is what it means to experience Eygalières from the inside — not as a visitor, but as someone who lives there, for a week.