Manosque, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur 04100

A unique, centuries-old chateau and its terraced garden on the edge of a typical Provence village set in a regional nature park. Expanded and adjusted over the course of the centuries, the chateau, somewhere between a Provencal country house and a chateau-like dwelling, extends over approximately 520 m², while its architecture combines materials and styles from different eras: stone, brick, terracotta and slate. With nine bedrooms, several reception rooms and immense living spaces in the chateau, some of which feature wide windows overlooking the gardens and valley, the property also comes with many outbuildings (former stables, a self-contained flat, a converted dovecote and a pavilion), of approximately 490 m², which naturally extend the chateau and create a particularly diverse composition. As for the former stables, they specifically include a reception hall (146 m²) and a flat (approx. 130 m²), whereas the entire estate features a total of nearly 959 m² of interior floor area as well as 14 bedrooms. This layout, already articulated around the property's bedrooms, reception areas and self-contained accommodations, creates a configuration particularly adapted to a charming hotel with a restaurant, while the main volumes necessary for this sort of establishment already exist, making it possible to imagine changing its vocation without a radical transformation of the estate. Boasting reception areas, outbuildings, gardens and a large patio facing the valley, which, together, make up the necessary components of human-size tourism accommodations in a particularly sought-out area of Haute-Provence, its terraced gardens represent one of the property's most breath-taking features. All around the chateau, formal gardens, as well as ones planted with roses, fountains, an ornamental pond and views of the valley have been designed to enrapture one and all, whereas their inherent charm is further highlighted by a number of stunning water features: a series of eleven vaulted pools, supplied by an inexhaustible natural spring, the water of which is constantly renewed. This free and exceptionally abundant water source, particularly precious in Provence, is accompanied by the property's eye-catching architecture, gardens, water features and landscape, which come together to create a rare composition, while its prime address, in the middle of a highly-visited region with strong tourism appeal, creates the ideal location for tourism accommodations, a hotel and a restaurant.