View image 1: Stone villa with clay-tile roof set among conifers and limestone cliffs- View image 2: Rock-hewn bedroom with soaring raw limestone ceiling, wooden rafters, timber wardrobe, woven Berber rug
- View image 3: Cavernous living room carved into stone with monumental raw limestone wall, curved cream seating, arched opening
- View image 4: Stone archway with dark wooden lintels framing pale-draped dining room, Berber rug in foreground
- View image 5: Stone facade, gravel terrace with sun loungers, aquamarine pool, white cliff backdrop
- View image 6: Stone villa terrace beneath mature olive tree with wooden table, cypress borders, mountain landscape
A former shepherd’s house in the cliffs of Les Baux-de-Provence, run with the care of a small hotel.
Built into the cliffs of Les Baux-de-Provence, La Bergerie is a former shepherd’s house converted by the Geneva architects Alain and Liliana Meylan into a private villa on three levels. Four en-suite bedrooms sleep eight, one converting to twins, and several rooms keep the raw limestone of the cliff as their walls and ceilings.
Below the house, a spa set beneath the rock holds a heated indoor pool kept warm year-round, a sauna, and a shower. Outside, a second pool is heated from May through September in a 3,000-square-meter garden edged with olive trees. The house runs like a small hotel: daily breakfast, daily housekeeping, and a villa manager are included, with a chef, butler, babysitter, or yoga instructor arranged on request.
Photo Gallery
Rooms and Suites
- View image 1: Rock-carved bedroom with curved limestone walls, black cast-iron soaking tub, wooden dresser, Berber textile art
- View image 2: Rock-hewn bedroom with dramatic raw limestone ceiling, wooden structural beams, timber wardrobe cabinet
- View image 3: Ochre-toned bedroom with twin beds, patterned Berber pillows, woven textiles, rounded wooden doorway arch
- View image 4: Narrow dressing hallway with sheer linen curtains, tall mirror, geometric-woven seating bench
- View image 5: Dressing alcove with floor-length curtains, tall framed mirror, patterned woven stool, crisp white shelving
Dining
Amenities
- View image 1: Stone courtyard with pale loungers, turquoise pool, raw limestone cliff wall, cypress wind-break privacy
- View image 2: Hillside lounge terrace with tiered white shade sails, wooden loungers, cypress screens, valley horizon
- View image 3: Shaded lounging platform with multiple white umbrellas, wooden sun beds, cypress hedge, forested slope
- View image 4: Swimmer in crystal-clear turquoise pool beside textured limestone wall, bright water refraction patterns
- View image 5: Outdoor dining beneath ancient tree, wooden table, pale loungers, cypress, limestone cliffs, verdant lawn
- View image 6: Stone villa courtyard beneath spreading olive tree, wooden dining table, cypress sentries, limestone backdrop
Property
- View image 1: Stone villa set among cypress and olive trees amid soaring limestone rock formations, forested hillside
- View image 2: Pale stone villa facade with modern glass doors, cypress plantings, turquoise pool, limestone cliff wall
- View image 3: Aerial view of terra-cotta-roofed villa complex carved among limestone formations, cypress, forested valley
Property Details
Rooms built into the rock
Several rooms are set into the cliff and keep their raw limestone as walls and ceilings, left exposed rather than covered over.
A spa under the rock
Beneath the house, a spa holds a heated indoor pool kept warm year-round, a sauna, and a shower.
Four en-suite bedrooms, sleeping eight
Four bedrooms across the villa’s three levels, each with its own bathroom, and one that converts to twins.
The garden pool
An outdoor pool heated from May through September, with an open-air lounge and a dining table alongside.
Staffed like a small hotel
A daily continental breakfast, daily housekeeping, and a villa manager come with the house; a chef, butler, babysitter, or yoga instructor can be arranged on request.
Bookable activities
Cycling and hiking trails into the Alpilles begin at the house, with the markets of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence twenty minutes away and Arles, Avignon, and Aix-en-Provence within the hour.
