Viens, Luberon, Provence, France
A working organic estate in the Luberon where vineyards, a thriving bakery, terrace dining, and a landscape promenade by Bas Smets grow from restored Provençal land.
Les Davids sits on Route de Banon in Viens, surrounded by the Luberon natural regional park. Vines climb the hillside. Le Fournil fills with bread before dawn. The cellar opens its doors by eleven. A walking promenade designed by landscape architect Bas Smets traces the contours of the land, passing frescoes built into the estate itself. Everything here is alive and working.
The guiding principle is restored land for greater biodiversity. Viticulture, baking, gastronomy, art, and architecture all serve that idea. Guests stay in one of two hameaux, or in La Madeleine, a four-bedroom farmhouse in the hilltop village of Oppedette. Each summer, Les Estivales du Haut Calavon brings a festival of nature and culture to the estate. This is not a hotel with a garden. It is an organic estate you happen to sleep in.
The wine cellar opens Monday through Friday, 11am to 5pm. Tastings walk through the estate's own organic vintages. The walking promenade by Bas Smets loops through the landscape, a designed route that reads the terrain. Le Fournil sells bread and pastries Thursday through Sunday, 8am to 2pm, May through October. Pre-orders are recommended. Sunday brunch fills the terrace. Each summer, Les Estivales du Haut Calavon turns the estate into a stage for cultural and nature programming.
Explore additional experiences in the surrounding area.
Route length: 0km loopEstimated time: 1minLoop routeThe Pont Roman de Mane is a historic Roman bridge. It dates back to the 12th century and is recognized as a heritage site, noted for its three arches. The bridge is classified as a track highway and is a known tourist attraction, offering scenic views of the natural surroundings.
Route length: 13.5km loopEstimated time: 3hLoop routeENS La forêt départementale de Sivergues is a classified nature reserve featuring forest landscapes. It is protected as a nature area under protection class 4.
Route length: 1.1km linearEstimated time: 15minLinear routeFalaise de Buoux is a natural cliff well-known as a climbing site. This specific cliff is sport climbing designated.
Route length: 4.8km loopEstimated time: 1hLoop routeENS Le vallon de l'Aiguebrun is a protected nature reserve classified as protection class 4. It is officially recognized and managed as a sensitive natural area in Vaucluse.
Route length: 0km loopLoop routeMines de Bruoux is a man-made adit path located underground (layer -1). It is a tunnel path accessible to hikers, with an official website providing more information.
Area sceneryStraight-line distance from hotel: 19 km directÉcole d'Escalade de Pont Julien is a climbing site. The location is categorized as bare rock and supports climbing activities.
Route length: 2km loopEstimated time: 27minLoop routeENS Les marnes Aptiennes de la Tuilière is a protected nature reserve with a protection class 4 designation. It is bounded as a protected area and known also as Les marnes Aptiennes de la Tuilière.
Area sceneryRoute length: 83km loopEstimated time: 6.5hLoop routeLavande et vieilles pierres is a long-distance cycling route of 83 km located near Céreste. The route allows cyclists to pedal through fields of lavender and discover old villas, offering scenic views and a connection to local nature and heritage.
Area sceneryRoute length: 0.5km loopEstimated time: 6minLoop routeParc André Turcan is a leisure park open 24/7. Visitors can enjoy the park any time of day and find more information through its official website.
Straight-line distance from hotel: 8.2 km directParc naturel régional du Luberon is a regional natural park classified with IUCN level 5 protection. It is a large protected area focused on natural heritage and sustainable outdoor activities.
The Terrace serves cuisine to share. Dishes follow the season, drawn from the organic estate and the Luberon around it. Wines come from the vineyard just downhill. Sunday brunch stretches long. Seasonal menus run through July and August.
Le Fournil is the estate's bakery. Artisan breads and pastries are available Thursday through Sunday, 8am to 2pm, May through October. The bread is baked on-site. Pre-orders ensure a warm loaf. The cellar pours estate wines for tasting every weekday.
The Treimars hameau includes a spa and fitness room. This twelve-bedroom rental property borders the main Les Davids estate. Details on treatments remain limited, but the setting, surrounded by vines and Luberon scrubland, shapes the pace.
Les Davids exists because of a single idea: restored land for greater biodiversity. The estate was not converted to organic farming as an afterthought. Ecological restoration is the founding purpose. Every activity on the property, from viticulture to baking to the Bas Smets promenade, serves the health of the land it stands on.
The vineyards follow organic practices. The estate grows what it uses, and the kitchen, bakery, and cellar close the loop between soil and table. Biodiversity is not a policy goal here. It is the visible landscape, the insects in the vines, the wildflowers along the promenade.
Les Davids offers 2 accommodation types.
Treimars Hameau
A 12-bedroom hameau rental bordering the Les Davids estate, with a fitness room and spa. Available for private rental stays.
La Madeleine
A 4-bedroom farmhouse situated in the hilltop village of Oppedette, available for private rental stays.
Stay in a Luberon hameau or the hilltop farmhouse at Oppedette. Taste estate wines, walk the Bas Smets promenade, wake to bread from Le Fournil.
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