Sculpture Garden at La Bastide Rose
Guest Post · Hotels Provence & Cote d'Azur · Stay: Accommodation & Rentals in ProvenceThis place is just gorgeous. It was the home of Pierre Salinger, President Kennedy’s press secretary and spokesman, and his fourth wife Poppy. He chose this 17th-century mill on the river Sorgue for retirement in 2000, having sworn that if George W Bush was elected president he would quit the country and live in France!
La Bastide Rose a boutique hotel in le Thor, near Avignon. You can visit the hotel, dine at the onsite restaurant “Au Gusto” or simply stroll the grounds to see the sculpture garden.
Bastide Rose
Chemin des Coudelières, 84250 Le Thor
Phone: +33 (0)4 90 02 14 33
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