Before showing you this place so close to my heart, let me share one of my best-kept secrets. Two years ago, in one of these rooms, I fell in love. It was on the cusp of summer. We barely knew each other, he and I, and on a whim, we decided to head down together to Arles for the Rencontres de la Photographie. We stayed in one of the twenty-nine rooms of the Hotel Les Cabanettes, curving gracefully across two crescent-shaped buildings. I had never seen a hotel like it; neither had he. Sharing this address with you feels like giving you a tiny piece of this love story—one of my most beautiful. Perhaps, lingering between the curved walls and open patios, you will catch a whisper of a feeling that never truly fades.
Designed between 1965 and 1967 by architect Armand Pellier, the hotel is recognized as Architecture Contemporaine Remarquable by the Ministry of Culture. For fifteen years, Kate and Aaron, a Franco-American couple, have been its keepers. Every room opens onto its own private terrace, completely secluded. The restaurant hosts guest chefs in residence: Taqueria El Luchón and Kita Kitchen in the spring of 2026. Sophie offers bespoke massages here, and Fabien Dendievel's exhibition, Winter Sleep, is currently on display.
A true glimmer of the South!
