A vineyard (1,000 hectares no less!), a five-star hotel with a spa, a Michelin-starred restaurant and a vegetable garden: this half Provençal, half Tuscan edifice is home to chef Louis Rameau, formerly second chef here. He sings an ode to the Upper Var thanks to garden vegetables, herbs and flowers and wine and olive oil from the estate. The cheeses and other ingredients are local and organic: ‘scatter-brained’ leek with a velvety lemon and saffron sabayon, confit of lamb in a bread crust or a mind-blowing chocolate delight by fiendishly talented pastry chef éric Raynal. Open evenings only.