Celebrations
Celebrations
Birthdays, anniversaries, baptisms and the family weeks that come around once a decade.
The houses
A house big enough for everyone, quiet enough to hear the toasts.
Any of the eight houses, taken whole for a few nights around the day itself. At Le Mas de Chabran forty sit down at one long table in the French gardens and sixteen sleep in the eight bedrooms; in the other houses, the table is laid for everyone who sleeps there, under the plane tree, the pergola or the roses.
The house manager, Quentin and the gardeners who keep the house through the year are the ones who run the day. You tell us what it should feel like; we arrange it, and you arrive.
The occasions
What the houses are usually taken for
Birthdays
A long lunch under the pergola and a dinner in the garden the same evening. Quentin cooks for the day; the pool bar stays open after it.
Anniversaries and baptisms
A blessing in the chapel at Chabran or beside the fountain, then one table for everyone in the gardens or under the vaults. Quiet enough for speeches, close enough for the children to run.
A family week
Three generations in the house for a week, with one evening made into the occasion: simply the long table and the candles, or a marquee on the lawn at Chabran.
8
Houses to choose from
40
At the table at Chabran
16
Sleeping in Chabran’s eight bedrooms
What the house handles
The planning is not yours to carry
Only your people
The house, the gardens and the pool are yours alone: no other guests, no shared hours.
Our team on the day
The household organises the day with you and runs it from the first guest to the last, with the stylists and suppliers we know.
The table
Quentin, or the caterers we work with, cook from a menu written for the occasion: the potager, the cheese of the hills, the fruit of the market at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.
Lunch, dinner or both
A long lunch under the pergola, dinner at one table in the garden, or under the vaults if the mistral turns.
Flowers and the table
The florist’s arrangements and the tables, laid with the linen and glass we bring in, or from your own suppliers once we have met them.
Bar and cellar
Wines from the domaines of Les Baux-de-Provence, apéritif at the fountain, the pool bar open into the evening.
Music and suppliers
Musicians, photographers, a marquee, lighting and cars, arranged locally and approved by us. Music outdoors until ten, inside until four.
Room for everyone
Eight en-suite bedrooms sleep sixteen at Chabran, with cots and extra beds for the children, and more rooms in the houses nearby.
Enquiries
Tell us the date
Send the date, the house you have in mind and how many you are, and leave the rest with us. We come back with the shape of the day, what the house can hold and what it costs to take it whole.