Fontvieille

Fontvieille is a small Provencal village in the Bouches-du-Rhone, set among the olive groves and low limestone hills between Arles and the Alpilles. It is best known for its old windmills on the ridge above the village, one of them long associated with the writer Alphonse Daudet and his Letters from My Mill, and for the quiet stone-quarry landscape that surrounds it.

This is gentle, classic Provence, a place of olive mills, weekly markets, pine and cypress and long views across the plain towards Arles and the Camargue. Summer is warm and fragrant, while spring and autumn bring softer light and easy walking and cycling in the Alpilles. For families and groups who want a garden, a pool and the pace of the countryside, luxury villa rentals in Fontvieille sit among the olive groves and quarries around the village.