Live in Chalamon
Beyond a double alley of century-old plane trees, the 16th century country house slowly reveals itself in the middle of its remarkable gardens.
Beyond a double alley of century-old plane trees, the 16th century country house slowly reveals itself in the middle of its remarkable gardens.
Nestled behind cypress hedges on the outskirts of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Domaine de Chalamon doesn't reveal itself at first glance.
The surprise is all the greater: this house boasts some of the finest gardens in the Alpilles.
30 years ago, Dominique Lafourcade, the great landscape gardener of the south, literally sculpted nature here, invented perspectives and tamed streams to create a series of six gardens, each with its own history and identity: a cypress esplanade, large lawns to celebrate unforgettable moments, alternating greenery and antique-style pilasters for meetings, fields of olive trees governed by skilful topiary pruning, numerous streams to keep the place cool...
Surrounded by pines and cypresses, the house covers nearly 1700 square meters.
Along the streams that meander through the property, various gardens follow one another around the house: parterres of carefully trimmed boxwoods, an esplanade of cypress trees, fields of olive trees formed into topiaries: a fascinating variety.
Thanks to its proximity to the heart of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence and to the magnificent landscapes of the Alpilles, Domaine de Chalamon is an ideal holiday location to discover or rediscover Provence.