This genuine haven of peace has acquired a half-buried cellar, a cellar-cum-grocery, a farm-cum-auberge and some villas since being restored from top to bottom by Caroline and Philippe Chauvin.

In addition to its fully-equipped meeting rooms, the estate can accommodate up to 45 people in its guest rooms, studios and suites – or you can hire an entire residence with terraces, swimming pools and pétanque courts. Guests also have the option of going on a wine tourism cruise from Sanary-sur-Mer.

In the farm-cum-auberge, chef Raphaël Linossier gets his supplies both on the spot – the estate is blessed with a vegetable garden, herbarium and henhouse, not to mention olive trees – and, for his  goat cheeses and seafood, he stocks up from local producers. In fact, only the caviar is not local… which means  you can make the experience last that little longer at the grocery store, cellar and restaurant in Sanary-sur-Mer.