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.
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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.
