There is a version of Provence that is about market mornings, slow lunches in the shade, and the particular silence of a well-kept garden in the afternoon heat. Bastide Cigale sits right in the middle of that version. Located in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence at the edge of the Alpilles, this authentic country house carries an atmosphere that is impossible to manufacture: a deep sense of place, accumulated over many years, that makes guests want to slow down the moment they arrive and find it genuinely difficult to leave when the week is over, and is available to book through The Luxury Rental.

The bastide sleeps fourteen guests across seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, each arranged for comfort and individual character. The interior decoration draws on what you might call retro-chic detail: vintage advertising posters, carefully chosen objects from another era, and a palette that references the Provencal countryside without veering into cliche or predictability. The eye keeps finding small things to enjoy in each room. The vast garden surrounds the house with conifers, roses, and rows of lavender in full bloom, and the views across to the Alpilles mountain range are the kind that stay with you long after the stay has ended and the summer has moved on into the cooler months of autumn.

Outside, a private swimming pool and a full tennis court give the property everything you need for an active week without leaving the grounds at any point. The garden is large enough that you can spend an entire afternoon in it and still not run out of places to sit or quiet corners to explore. Terraces catch the sun at different hours of the day, and the pool area is sheltered and genuinely private throughout. In the evenings, the scent of lavender drifts across from the garden beds and the light on the Alpilles shifts from gold to copper as the sun drops behind the ridge line and the countryside darkens slowly and completely.

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence rewards the kind of unhurried exploration that a full week makes possible. The Wednesday market draws producers from across the Bouches-du-Rhone, the Roman monuments at Glanum are a short walk from the centre, and the village itself has an excellent concentration of independent restaurants for its size and its population. Les Baux-de-Provence and Arles are both within thirty minutes by car, giving the group real and varied options for day trips throughout the week without any need to plan far in advance.

We at The Luxury Rental arrange every aspect of the stay at Bastide Cigale, from the initial welcome through restaurant bookings, private chef arrangements, and local experiences built around what each group actually wants from their time in the region. Our team is on hand throughout the week to handle whatever comes up and to make the most of what the area has to offer.

Marseille Provence airport is approximately forty-five minutes by car. Avignon TGV connects to the capital in around two and a half hours and is around twenty minutes from the bastide by car or private transfer.