“Guests at Chef Alain Ducasse’s Bastide de Moustiers can explore the Provençal countryside armed with a wicker basket full of fruit tarts and fresh baguettes.”
– Travel + Leisure

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In the Alps of High-Provence, at the foot of the village of Moustiers, the legendary restaurateur Alain Ducasse opened his first country inn: La Bastide de Moustiers. Once the country house of a master potter, La Bastide has been restored and renovated to perfection, with 11 individually designed rooms and one luxury suite, each charmingly named to evoke a particular Provençal theme: Lavande. L’Olive. Framboise (raspberry). L’Abeille (bee).

This is a place that celebrates the best of country living. Fresh Provencal cuisine is skillfully prepared by Chef Eric Santalucia and his team (all former pupils of Ducasse himself) and has earned the inn a Michelin star. A day’s menu might feature such local specialties as Sisteron lamb, Banon cheese or Riez truffles, and always offers plenty of vegetables, herbs and fruits harvested daily from La Bastide’s own gardens.

Guests are welcomed as if at a private home, with freedom to wander wherever they choose – even into the kitchen. Each day holds its own distinct delights with several activities offered, from pottery classes once a month to a game of pétanque, a romantic picnic, or a four-wheel-drive adventure through the spectacular Verdon Gorge. Children and the young at heart will be enchanted by La Bastide’s menagerie of animals – ponies, fawns, donkeys, and a horse named Eliot.

Paragliding, kayaking and rock-climbing are just a few of the recreational options that await thrill-seekers in the surrounding countryside, and the resulting sore muscles can be soothed with a tempting menu of Ayurvedic massage treatments back at La Bastide. Yet no one could blame a guest for choosing to simply relax by the heated pool, or on a hammock in the shade of the trees, whiling away the hours with a book or a refreshing aperitif.

La Bastide de Moustiers is one of four exceptional inns in the Alain Ducasse Country Inns collection. There are two others in Provence, Domaine des Andéols and Hostellerie de L’Abbaye de la Celle, as well as L’Andana in Tuscany.

La Bastide de Moustiers
Chemin de Quinson

04360 Moustiers Sainte-Marie, France

Phone:  + 33 (0) 4 92 70 47 47

Fax: + 33 (0) 4 92 70 47 48
Owner: Alain Ducasse

Reservations:

E-mail: contact@bastide-moustiers.com
or visit the hotel's website directly below.

11 rooms and 1 suite

Airports: Nice (2 hrs.); Marseille (1 hr. 45 min.)

Credit cards accepted at hotel: American Express, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, Diners

Air conditioning: yes

Currency: Euro
Open: year-round