Villa La Coste

"Recently awarded The MICHELIN Guide's most prestigious hotel distinction (Three Keys), this gem, located just 20 minutes from Aix-en-Provence, stretches over 200 hectares. Designed by Frank Gehry, Oscar Niemeyer, Tadao Ando, and Jean Nouvel." - The MICHELIN Guide

"Built into a pretty hillside, this 28-suite villa—an assembly of low-slung rectangles in natural stone with green-planted roofs—looks as though it may have sprung up from Mother Earth when no one was watching. The latest addition to the 600-acre Château La Coste, a wine estate and contemporary arts centre, it combines deep comfort with a minimalist, vaguely Asian vibe. Each of the big, valley-facing bedrooms is a luminous space with floor-to-ceiling windows and a vast terrace. There are gauzy white four-posters and all-marble bathrooms. Museum-quality art abounds (a Perriand bookcase, a Hirst painting) as do places to eat. Steps away is the glass jewel-box Louison and Le Salon, serving all-organic specialities such as chicken with olives and lemon-fennel tart. But the real star of the show here is the landscape, a wondrous vista of pines, oaks and distant foothills entirely in sync with the uncluttered aesthetic of the hotel." - Lanie Goodman, Sarah James

"Villa La Coste is one of the only Three Key hotels in France. It is a striking hotel surrounded by one of the most remarkable art collections in the world. Villa La Coste is much more than a hotel with some artworks. It's a sculpture park, a design center, an architectural showcase, and a historic Provençal wine estate. The 28 suites and villas offer luxurious accommodation with private terraces and views over the vineyards. The hotel features a fine dining restaurant Hélène Darroze at Villa La Coste, an Argentinian restaurant by Francis Mallman, a café restaurant designed by Tadao Ando in the Art Centre, and a gorgeous spa." - The MICHELIN Guide

"Villa La Coste is much more than a hotel with some artworks. It’s a sculpture park, a design center, an architectural showcase. It’s 600 acres of art-obsessed ambition, all borne from the passion of one man, Patrick McKillen, who transformed an old French vineyard into a striking hotel with a collection of art and architecture to rival the world’s best. The estate contains art exhibitions, a wine estate, restaurants, and the hotel itself. It's home to works by artists and architects such as Louise Bourgeois, Renzo Piano, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Richard Serra, Ai Weiwei, and more. The hotel, opened in 2016, offers 28 suites and villas with luxurious amenities, including private courtyards and terraces, a fine dining restaurant by Hélène Darroze, an Argentinian restaurant by Francis Mallman, a café by Tadao Ando, and a spa. The property continues to produce organic wines and includes innovative wine cellars designed by Jean Nouvel." - The MICHELIN Guide

"Villa La Coste offers 28 contemporary rooms set in a unique vineyard where art, gastronomy and wine commingle. A stay here brings guests up close and personal with the leading names in architecture and modern art – such as Richard Serra, Louise Bourgeois, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Frank Gehry, Oscar Niemeyer, and Tadao Ando." - The MICHELIN Guide