( “An angel passes overhead...” : a french expression used when a lively conversation is broken by a long silence).

A surprising haven of peace and quiet at the very heart of the Côte d'Azur, this guest-house is a source of new energy where you'll experience real serenity and relaxation.

Lulled by the chirping of the cicadas, the tinkle of bells worn by goats grazing nearby, and the evening ballet performed by the fireflies, you can hardly believe you're only 3 km from Saint-Paul-de-Vence and just a 12-minute drive from Nice Airport...

In this vast countryhouse built around an 18th-century farm which calmly surveys a luxuriant wooded valley at the edge of the Gorges du Loup, five comfortable suites and guest-rooms, all facing full south, bid you a warm and soothing welcome. A small seminar room is dedicated to a programme of regeneration combining artistic activities, initiation in local gastronomy, original circuits for fans of culture, treatments for both body and soul.

Open all year round

Springwater swimming pool

The guest-rooms All guest-rooms have their own private access and are equipped with : Private shower room with toilet Reversible air-conditioning Small refrigerator Electric kettle Television DVD player Double-glazing with mosquito netting Bathrobes and pool towels Each guest-room has its own small private terrace.

In addition : The Savane suite also has a kitchenette, a table and chairs, as well as a low-level mezzanine with extra sleeping accommodation for two children or teenagers The Marine suite has a table and chairs, a double sofa-bed and a low-level mezzanine with extra sleeping accommodation for two children or teenagers The Soleil guest-room has a kitchenette The Touareg guest-room has a single sofa-bed The Yin and Yang guest-rooms also have a communicating door All rooms face due south, except the Yin guest-room which has a French window facing west

Activities :

Halfway between Cannes and Monaco and 7 km from the A8 motorway, the property is ideally situated at the heart of the Côte d’Azur. Nestling between the coast and the hill-country, it is an ideal compromise enabling guests to benefit from the impressive and contrasting diversity of leisure activities proposed by the France’s second most important tourist destination.

Set slightly inland from the coast, it also provides immediate access to more relaxing activities offered by the nearby hill-country with its rich array of attractions just waiting to be discovered

Visits and shopping : La Colle-sur-Loup and its famous antique-dealers less than 1 km away, the village of Saint-Paul-de-Vence and its artists 3 km away, the village of Tourrettes-sur-Loup, famous for its violets, Grasse, “capital of the perfume industry”, Gourdon “the eagle’s nest of the Côte d’Azur”, the medieval town of Vence, Bar-sur-Loup and its sweets and candies, Auribeau-sur-Siagne...

Culture : The famous Maeght Foundation at Saint-Paul, the Matisse Chapel in Vence, the Renoir Museum at Cagnes-sur-Mer, Picasso Museum in Vallauris, Fernand Léger Museum in Biot... And if you simply want to breathe fresh air, the hundreds of acres of forests in the surrounding area invite you, on leaving the guest-house, to enjoy day excursions on foot, horseback, even in kayaks on the nearby River Loup.

Itineraries for gourmets :

The spectacular Gorges du Loup and their “itinerary of savours, flowers and fragrances” : small restaurants and talented market-gardeners intent on satisfying all gustatory and olfactory senses in perfume workshops, fragrance studios, with tours of plantations and sampling sessions...

Sports : horse-riding just 500 m away at the equestrian center of La Loubière which proposes many excursions through hundreds of acres of preserved woodlands, walks along the riverbanks, canoeing, fishing in whitewater streams, nine 18-hole golf-courses within a radius of 15 km.

Corporate seminars and training courses :

The 18th-century sheepfold with its visible beams and rooftiles, very light and airy, can be used for seminars and training courses for groups of about twenty seated participants.

It offers the following equipement :
- Internet access with Wifi connection
- Pearly white screen
- Hifi system
- Sound system / micro

Visitors’ car-park 300 metres away. Drivers’ shuttle possibility

Rates per night including breakfast:

High Season - (Beginning of April to end of October 2006 and public holidays all year long)

Room:            95 Euros
Suite:           105 Euros
Two communicating rooms, 3 guests:      150 Euros
Two communicating rooms, 4 guests:      170 Euros

Low Season - (November 2005 to the end of March 2006)

Room             80 Euros
Suite              90 Euros
Two communicating rooms, 3 guests:       130 Euros
Two communicating rooms, 4 guests:       150 Euros

Extra bed :     25 Euros