It's time to share a secret with you. The best way to enjoy art, just soak it all up, dare we say, with the experience even better than spending a whole leisurely afternoon at your favourite sculpture garden museum.

Stay at a hotel where the owner has decided to share his/her private collection with their patrons : La Colombe d’Or in Saint-Paul de Vence, South of France.

Going online you start scratching your head about this place. The food at the restaurant is getting savaged and the pool seems a little noisy when kids and the crowds are around, especially in August.

But don't count this place out for a visit, especially if you're an aesthete.

Its past guest list reads the ultimate who's who, including such cultural heavyweights as Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Leger, Miro, Braque, and Calder, amongst others.

Said one style maven: "La Colombe d’Or’s art collection is one of the greatest travel secrets of the world. You live with 20th century art masterpieces."

ADDRESS

1 Place du Général de Gaulle, Saint-Paul de Venc

CONTACT

https://www.la-colombe-dor.com

contact@la-colombe-dor.com

ph: +33493328002

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