A billionaire turned an ancient village into a well-priced luxury hotel
You can see what impressed the Impressionists in this region: dotted olive trees, vertical pencil pines, brightly dotted oleander flowers and a blur of distant orange ridges.La Coquillade in the Luberon.There isn’t a bad view anywhere, and the Provencal light is lovely. La Coquillade takes it all in like surround cinema. You can follow the day around the resort, from sunset to sunrise, and never tire of squinting out over the sun-freckled landscape.This is hardly the expected location for a luxury resort.
- ▪You can see what impressed the Impressionists in this region: dotted olive trees, vertical pencil pines, brightly dotted oleander flowers and a blur of distant orange ridges.La Coquillade in the Luberon.There isn’t a bad view anywhere, and
- ▪La Coquillade takes it all in like surround cinema.
- ▪You can follow the day around the resort, from sunset to sunrise, and never tire of squinting out over the sun-freckled landscape.This is hardly the expected location for a luxury resort.
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