La Palmeraie - Château de Valmer

Nestling between vineyards, orchards and the sea, this early-20C hotel-restaurant lounges in a lush garden. No-nonsense, big-boned food is sampled in the shade of a pergola in summertime. The chef conjures up a menu whose six courses, bearing short and sweet titles and flanked by a vegetarian version, all star first-rate ingredients sourced from Provence, the coast and the estate’s own market garden. Heroically wondrous, lip-smacking flavours, illustrated by Tamaris oysters with artichoke or lamb with wild broccoli.