The chateau
Two round towers with pointed roofs, rare in Provence, a sixteenth-century façade, and all around, private hills planted with vines and centuries-old olive trees.
Four centuries of history
For four hundred years Robernier passed down through the same family, often through the daughters, which is why the owners’ surname changed over the generations. Legend has it that you could once cross the Var without leaving the chateau’s land. Successive inheritances divided it up, but the chateau is still surrounded by its own private hills and valleys.
16th century
The main building and its two round, pointed towers are built.
18th century
The chateau grows: the chapel, the orangery and the ballroom date from this period.
2005
Four centuries of family ownership come to an end.
Since 2006
A major restoration brings back the original details and adds twenty-first-century comfort, without taking anything away from the chateau’s character.
Today
The chateau hosts a few weddings and private celebrations each year.
One façade, two towers
The main façade is framed by two round towers topped with pointed roofs, a silhouette you will hardly find anywhere else in Provence. Inside: the hall with its Versailles-style marble floor, the wrought-iron gallery, the damask-lined drawing rooms and the Napoleon III crystal chandeliers of the ballroom.
The estate
The hills and valleys around the chateau belong to the estate. Vineyards (Syrah, Grenache, Rolle, Cabernet Sauvignon) and centuries-old olive groves set the scene for your photographs. Closer to the house: the formal gardens, the park, the swimming pool and the tennis court.
Around the chateau
For guests who make a holiday of it, green Provence starts at the estate’s gates.
Cotignac
Just beyond the estate, the village with its fountains, its cliff dotted with cave dwellings, and the shrine of Notre-Dame-de-Grâces, where Louis XIV came on pilgrimage with his mother, Anne of Austria, in 1660.
Le Thoronet Abbey
One of the three great Cistercian abbeys of Provence, about twenty minutes away.
The Verdon Gorge
Lake Sainte-Croix and the gorge, about an hour’s drive.
The Riviera
Saint-Tropez, Cannes and Nice, all within an hour and a half.
Come and see it
Nothing beats a visit to picture your day. Write to us to arrange a time.