Discover the wonders of the South of France

By staying at Madaleno, a hotel-restaurant located in Fontvieille, you have the opportunity to discover some emblematic sites of the South of France. Les Baux-de-Provence, a sumptuous village in the Alpilles, is only 5 minutes from your place of residence.

Cities not to be missed during your stay in Provence, Arles, Nîmes, Orange and Avignon, to name but a few, are less than an hour's drive from Madaleno. The village of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is 20 minutes away, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue 50 minutes...

The wild Camargue, with its fine sandy beaches, its salt marshes and its ancestral traditions, are also close at hand.

Les Baux-de-Provence and the Light Quarries

It is impossible to dissociate Les Baux-de-Provence from the Carrières de Lumières, an exceptional cultural and tourist site which offers immersive digital exhibitions during which works are projected on stone walls... An exceptional site that you will not miss to visit.

Les Baux-de-Provence is also one of the most beautiful villages in France, enjoying an exceptional architectural heritage. Lovers of gastronomy, crafts, art, history and architecture, Les Baux-de-Provence is a paradise for you.

Fontvieille and Alphonse Daudet's mill

Le Madaleno is located in Fontvieille, a remarkable picturesque village in the Alpilles. You will appreciate the old stone buildings, extracted in the quarries of the village. You will also visit Alphonse Daudet's mill and its museum. It was in Fontvieille that the writer slept on the paper “Les lettres de Mon Moulin”. A journey to the heart of Provence awaits you.

Arles, Nimes, Orange and Avignon

They are four essentials of your stay in Provence. Arles, Nîmes, Avignon and Orange, emblematic cities of the South of France, have the common point of being less than an hour away from Madaleno. The closest, Arles, is only 25 minutes away... The sublime city of the Popes, Avignon, less than 40 minutes away... Go to the reception of your hotel in Les Baux-de-Provence to know all the good addresses in these remarkable cities.

The Camargue

The Camargue, its salt marshes, its bulls, its horses roaming free, its vast expanses untouched by any urbanization... Less than an hour from your hotel-restaurant, discover preserved natural areas, intact ancestral traditions, beaches of exceptional fine sand bordering the Mediterranean and many other secrets that make La Camargue an exceptional land.