Luxury Travel Advisor - September 2008 - (Page 14)

MAISON DES CASCADES (above) at Les Andéols features a private pool and green boomerang sofa. MAISON BLANCHE (right) is well appointed with impressive works of art. guished by tall ceilings, a fireplace and an enormous dressing room, the suite can also connect with the Marie Antoinette Suite. Upstairs on the third floor, three rooms (Eucalyptus, Marronnier and Cèdre) have views over the park or the village marketplace. Eucalyptus is the smallest and Marronnier features a large wood beam in the ceiling. Bathrooms in all rooms are spacious and designed with local tiles. Note: There is no elevator because this is a historic-listed building. Across the park in the Beguinage building, five rooms have private gardens opening onto the vineyards. Roseraie, Glycine and Fontaine are duplexes with upstairs bedrooms and downstairs sitting rooms. Northwest in the Vaucluse département in the Lubéron hills, Le Domaine des Andéols (www. domainedesandeols.com) offers a different Provençal experience. Olivier and Patrizia Massart converted an entire hamlet into a hotel; here each stone house was transformed into a chic suite designed to a specific theme. (There are 19 rooms distributed across the nine houses in this family estate.) The eccentric Maison du Voyageur, for example, is designed with objets d’art discovered during the Massarts’ extensive travel: furniture from Mali, a stuffed tiger, a fireplace designed like those of West Africa’s Dogon tribe. Nestled on a hill overlooking sun-splashed olive groves and lavender fields, the 10 houses are traditional on the exterior, but sexy and contemporary on the inside. As Olivier Massart is the founder of the Parisian events company La Mode en Images, the hotel’s guest list often includes fashionistas, filmmakers and artists, who lounge on daybeds around the pool. Insiders tell us that Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe are also fans of this seductive property and that designers for Christian Dior come here for inspiration. Art is omnipresent at Les Andéols—from the Andy Warhol icons on the walls in the Maison de Toujours, to the art books and designer lamp by Andrée Putman in the Maison de l’Artiste. Each maison is equipped with its own art catalogue detailing each exquisite work found in the house. Outside, an art exhibit changes seasonally, and sculptures are found throughout the gardens. In the off-season, Les Andéols welcomes artists-in-residence. We stayed in the Maison des Terrasses, named for its large private sundeck. The twolevel house boasts two spacious bedrooms with a designer tub near each bed. Downstairs, clients will find a kitchenette, mini-bar, espresso machine and dining table. Book the Maison des Cascades, a three-bedroom oasis with a green boomerang sofa for clients seeking their own private pool. For your VIP clients, contact Laurent Tardieu, the hotel director, or Anita Garardeau, the sales manager (011-33-49-075-5063). The kitchen is headed up by Julien Dumas, who has worked at the Plaza Athenée and Hotel de Crillon in Paris. We dined on the terrace in a manicured boxwood hedge with “windows” looking out over the olive trees, a “private room” of sorts. The restaurant was packed for a birthday celebration, and as the evening grew chilly, staff brought blankets for all the ladies. We were dazzled by a tomato tart, and even a simple chicken dish was mind-blowing. Garden cherries were transformed in three different ways for the dessert called le temps des cerises. Of Note: Beautiful villages with breathtaking vistas are at this property’s doorstep. 14 LUXURY TRAVEL ADVISOR | September 2008 http://www.domainedesandeols.com http://www.domainedesandeols.com

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