Retreats & Workshops
Retreats and workshops, in the painters' light.
Yoga weeks, photography workshops, small painting retreats — the four bungalow rooms or the whole estate, with the pool and gardens as the space between sessions.
Yoga weeks, photography workshops, small painting retreats — the four bungalow rooms or the whole estate, with the pool and gardens as the space between sessions.
Retreats work here because the estate is already arranged for them. The Bungalow's four rooms each have their own door and terrace, so people have privacy between sessions; the gardens, the covered terrace and the twenty-metre heated pool are the shared ground where the group comes back together. Take the four rooms, or add Maison Braque — a self-contained two-bedroom apartment with its own kitchen — for a facilitator, a chef or a couple who want their own front door.
Then there is the light. Matisse, Chagall, Léger and Soutine all worked within a few kilometres of the door, and the Fondation Maeght and the village are five minutes away — a painting week or a photography workshop has its subject matter waiting outside.
Morning practice on the lawn or the terrace, the pool between sessions, and rooms that give everyone their own quiet at the end of the day.
The medieval village, the hill towns of Vence and Tourrettes-sur-Loup, the coast and the light — a working studio within a few minutes' drive.
The Fondation Maeght, the Matisse chapel and the Léger museum as the curriculum; the loggia and gardens as the studio.
Four ensuite rooms, sleeping nine, each with a private terrace. Bookable as one — the natural size for a small retreat.
Add Maison Braque for up to a dozen or so, with a kitchen for the group and a separate space for whoever is leading.
Parking for ten cars, Nice airport fifteen minutes away, shops and the Polygone Riviera centre five minutes down the hill.
Group stays are quoted according to the season, the length of the stay and which buildings you take. The main house stays the owners' private residence.
Nine in the Bungalow (three rooms of two, and Chambre Soutine with three single beds), or around a dozen with Maison Braque added.
The lawn, the covered terrace and the arched loggia are the natural spaces. Tell us the size of your group and what you need and we'll say honestly what works.
Maison Braque has its own kitchen. The bungalow rooms do not — groups who want to cook for everyone usually take the whole estate.
Both. Longer stays and shoulder-season dates are the easiest to arrange.
Your dates, the size of the group and what you'll be doing — we'll reply with availability and a price.