Le Mas de Castillone

Paradou

Under a plane tree four hundred years old, the day takes its time:
a swim in the infinity pool among the olives, a set on the tennis court,
the heat of the hammam, dinner picked from the potager.
Seven bedrooms for fourteen, in the heart of Paradou village.

House manager

Breakfast included

Daily housekeeping

Personal laundry

The village on foot

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From €4,400 / per night

Weeks in summer, Saturday to Saturday; from three nights the rest of the year

Included in your stay

Mornings are ours: breakfast laid and served, every room restored. Afternoons and evenings are yours, in complete privacy, with our concierge a message away. Should you wish our team to stay on, a chef to cook, or the beds turned down at dusk, we arrange it à la carte.

What’s included

Breakfast, a buffet of local and seasonal produce, prepared and served by our team

Housekeeping every morning

Bed linen and towels renewed during the stay

A house manager and our concierge every day in office hours: the welcome, the tour of the house, bookings, transport and our addresses

The garden and the pool looked after, the pool heated from May to September

The house itself: Wi-Fi, Sonos, bath products renewed, candles, books and pétanque

Cleaning on departure

On request

Our team in the afternoon or the evening

Turndown at dusk

Extra hours of housekeeping

Dry cleaning

A private chef

Table service

Childcare

Groceries and wines

Experiences and excursions

Wellness

Transfers

History

Once the heart of the village

4th century
Long before the house, people gathered here. In 1990, just nearby, archaeologists uncovered a great Roman villa, lived in from the 4th to the 6th century. Around the church of Saint-Martin, already mentioned in the 10th century, a village took root. Its old name was Castillon, and the house still carries it.
1861
Then the house became the heart of Paradou: the boys’ school opened here in 1861, the girls’ in 1867, and in 1876 the town hall moved in between them. Picture the school bell, the chalk dust, the shouts at recess under the great plane tree.
2025
We kept what the village loved: its stone, its light and its tree. In 2025 the house opened its doors again, and for a while, the house that belonged to the whole village belongs to you.

House

Interiors

The living rooms

Light the fire and the house gathers round: a living room of 110 m² around its monumental original fireplace, under wooden ceilings and reclaimed beams, with deep sofas for fourteen. Upstairs, a second living room of 85 m², with a desk for the hours when the world will not wait.

A living room with a large stone fireplace, sofas and wooden beams, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

A large stone fireplace with a dark animal sculpture beside a sheer curtain, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The kitchen

The kitchen is the heart of the house: a Lacanche range, a long island, and a table for fourteen beside a fireplace that still works, laid with plates made by a local ceramist. Behind it, a professional kitchen with its own entrance, for Quentin or a chef of your own; below, a small wine cellar.

A kitchen with wooden counters opening onto a dining table and a fireplace, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

A kitchen with a curved wooden island, bar stools and a range under beams, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

Art and craft

Much of what you see was made for this house: end tables of walnut and resin, lamps carved in stone by Di Fretto Studio, rope suns by Honoré on the walls, raffia shades with golden fringes, and works by local artists. Old doors and heavy beams keep it all warm.

A blue painting beside open shelves with ceramic pieces under wooden beams, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

A metal sculpture between two upright stone slabs, with trees behind, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

House

Bedrooms

Bedroom 1

Morning light over the garden, burnt poplar underfoot, walls in natural limewash: a bedroom of 35 m² with a king-size bed, a desk and a walk-in wardrobe. In the bathroom of 13 m², a bathtub and a shower, a large marble basin and wrought-iron furniture.

Bedroom 2

Open the shutters onto the four-hundred-year-old plane tree and the pool: a bedroom of 35 m² with a king-size bed on a Vispring mattress, hardwood floors, exposed stone and limewashed walls. A bathroom of 15 m² with a large black bathtub, and a walk-in wardrobe of the same size.

Bedroom 3

Sleep under a canopy: a bedroom of 25 m² on the first floor, looking over the garden, with a king-size canopy bed, a dressing room, burnt poplar underfoot and walls in natural clay by Matteo Brioni. The bathroom has an open walk-in shower, a double basin and a separate lavatory.

Bedroom 3's bathroom, two stone basins under oval mirrors, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

Bedroom 4

Rustic silk by Pierre Frey on the lower walls, and a bath to sink into: a bedroom of 25 m² with a king-size bed and a walk-in wardrobe, and a bathroom as big as the room itself, 25 m².

Bedroom 5

Lime on the walls, dark parquet underfoot and the garden outside: a bedroom of 28 m² with a king-size bed and a walk-in wardrobe, and a shower room with a double basin.

Bedroom 6

On the ground floor, with its own door onto the garden: step out barefoot onto the grass before breakfast. A bedroom of 30 m² with a king-size bed, a plaster floor and exposed stone walls, and a bathroom of 25 m² that opens onto the garden too, with a shower and a double basin.

Bedroom 6's walk-in shower in pale stone, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

Bedroom 7

A room of its own, reached only from the garden: 25 m² with a king-size canopy bed and a walk-in wardrobe, and rustic silk by Pierre Frey on the lower walls. The bathroom is in beige limestone, with antique bronze fittings.

House

Outdoors

The plane tree

Four hundred years of shade: lunch under it runs well into the afternoon, and the boules ground waits nearby for the hour before dinner. The village is a minute away on foot, when you want it.

Garden chairs on gravel under the spreading branches of a plane tree, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The pool

An infinity pool of 18 by 5 metres, saltwater and warm from May to September, among century-old olives. It joins the house to the park, and in the evening the sunset crosses the gardens and sets the stone glowing.

A corner of the pool, with dark water and a stone edge, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The pool house

A house in itself: its own summer kitchen, a long table for everyone, a barbecue, an ice machine and an outdoor shower. Some days, nobody goes back up to the house before dinner.

An old olive tree arching over a terrace by the pool, with wooden posts, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

House

Fitness & spa

The spa

A true spa, all yours: a hammam, a sauna with light therapy, and a massage room where a masseuse comes when you ask. Ask, and the hammam is warm when you come back from the pool.

Mist rising from dark water in low golden light, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

Fitness

A gym of 48 m² fitted with the latest Technogym, for those who cannot skip a day, and a trainer or a yoga teacher who comes to the house in the morning.

Tennis

A tennis court in the park, with rackets and balls in the house and a coach who comes on request. Play early in the morning, or late in the afternoon when the heat lets go.

Two players at the net of the tennis court, seen from above, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The table

What the market gives

The chef preparing vegetables in the kitchen

Every morning, breakfast waits inside or under the plane tree: bread and pastries from the village, fruit from the market, cheese, jams and honey.

The kitchens are yours. When you would rather be cooked for, Quentin, our chef, comes for an evening or for the week; he can teach a class at the big table, or we book you a table at a domaine nearby.

From this house

Activities

Tennis and pétanque

A court in the park, a coach on request, and boules before dinner while the stone turns gold.

Hiking in the Alpilles

The paths of the Alpilles start a few minutes away: easy walks from the house, longer ones with a guide.

Horse riding

Rides through the olives or in the Camargue with a guide, from a stable nearby; ponies for the children at Chabran, on request.

A shop front under a vine, baskets set out on the street

Markets and domaines

The Wednesday market at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, the domaines of Les Baux-de-Provence and the farms of the Alpilles, arranged for you.

Golf and bikes

The greens of Manville and Servanes, bikes and e-bikes delivered to the house, the lanes between the olive groves.

Yoga in the garden

A teacher comes to the house in the morning: mats on the terrace, birdsong, the house still asleep.

The market with Quentin

Quentin takes you to the market at first light, then you cook lunch together and sit down to it under the trees.

From €200 per guest.

Wildlife Safari and private visit to the salt marches

The Camargue by 4×4

Lagoons, salt marshes, white horses and black bulls from a vintage Defender, then the wild beaches of Salin-de-Giraud.

From €1,050 for the day, six per car.

White Camargue horses crossing the grass with their riders

A manade in the Camargue

A family manade opens its gates: the bulls, the horses, the gardians who work them.

Price on request.

At the wheel with Florence

Florence, who makes the candles in our houses, brings her wheels and you leave with a piece of your own.

From €150 per guest.

Private antiques shopping with artist Ruth Ribeaucourt

Antiques with Ruth Ribeaucourt

A day in L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue with the artist and gallerist who finds things the way we do, then lunch in the village.

From €700 for two, half a day.

A starred chef at your table

A celebrated chef writes a menu around you and cooks it in the house, for up to ten adults.

On request.

The French table

How we lay a table in the houses, and why each thing goes where it goes: a morning’s class.

From €250 per class, from eight.

A day at sea in the Calanques

From Marseille or Cassis, a yacht and its captain for the day, a swim in every cove, lunch on board or ashore.

From €7,150 for the day, up to twelve.

The garden and the house's terraces from above, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

Breakfast laid by the pool under the plane tree, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The house, its plane tree and the pool, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

The garden path to the house under the trees, white flowers in the foreground, Le Mas de Castillone, Paradou, Alpilles

What the house holds

Amenities and services

Everything the house holds, from the infinity pool and the tennis court to daily housekeeping and your house manager.

Sleeps 14

7 en-suite bedrooms

8 bathrooms

Heated saltwater infinity pool, 18 × 5 m, with electric shutter

Tennis court

Pétanque ground

Technogym fitness room, massage room, sauna and hammam

Air conditioning in every bedroom

Living room of 110 m² with original fireplace

Working lounge of 85 m²

Three kitchens: main, professional with its own entrance, and the pool house summer kitchen

Pool house with barbecue and ice machine

Stone wine cellar

Laundry room

Outdoor shower

Fibre Wi-Fi

Sonos inside and out

EV charging station

The village on foot

House manager

Daily breakfast

Daily housekeeping

Mid-week change of linen

Personal laundry

Cot, high chair and baby bath

How to get here

Getting here

Le Mas de Castillone is in the village of Paradou, in the Alpilles Regional Natural Park. We send the exact address and directions with your confirmation.

By car

A54 motorway (Saint-Martin-de-Crau), 15 minutes
A7 motorway (Avignon Sud), 30 minutes
Parking on the property

By plane

Marseille Provence airport, 45 minutes
Private jets land at Avignon, Nîmes or Aix-en-Provence
Transfers arranged by the house

By train

Avignon TGV station, 35 minutes
Direct trains from Paris to Avignon TGV in 2 h 40

4th century

1861

2025

What the market gives

Le Mas de Chabran

La Santoline

Mas Brunard

La Bastide de Fléchon

Le Respelido

Mas Cagalou

La Bergerie de Calabrun

Le Mas de Castillone

Included in your stay

What’s included

On request

Once the heart of the village

4th century

1861

2025

Interiors

The living rooms

The kitchen

Art and craft

Bedrooms

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Bedroom 4

Bedroom 5

Bedroom 6

Bedroom 7

Outdoors

The plane tree

The pool

The pool house

Fitness & spa

The spa

Fitness

Tennis

What the market gives

Activities

Tennis and pétanque

Hiking in the Alpilles

Horse riding

Markets and domaines

Golf and bikes

Yoga in the garden

The market with Quentin

The Camargue by 4×4

A manade in the Camargue

At the wheel with Florence

Antiques with Ruth Ribeaucourt

A starred chef at your table

The French table

A day at sea in the Calanques

Amenities and services

Getting here

By car

By plane

By train

Explore other houses

Le Mas de Chabran

La Santoline

Mas Brunard

La Bastide de Fléchon

Le Respelido

Mas Cagalou

La Bergerie de Calabrun

Every week here is made to measure