It is a discreet and authentic village where it is good to stroll. Many stars have fallen in love there, including an emblematic figure of French television.
Ideally located in the heart of the Alpilles massif, this Provençal village located a few kilometers from Saint-Rémy-de-Provence has seduced walkers and stars alike, and most recently the prestigious New York luxury travel magazine Condé Nast Travelerwhich puts him at the top of his list of 13 most beautiful villages in France. You will be dazzled by its green expanses, its vineyards and its olive groves as far as the eye can see, creating an enchanting natural canvas. A setting worthy of the most beautiful postcards of Provence! You can admire its oratories, fountains and wash houses, before stopping in its charming cafés and restaurants on the edge of the Town Hall or at the market on Friday morning.
Welcome to Eygalières! This confidential village, lost in the southern scrubland, is home to magnificent restored Provencal farmhouses. In one of these tastefully decorated residences, a television star has taken up residence with his wife. In this old family home since the 1970s, he discreetly organizes business lunches, before getting on his bike for a ride around Mont Ventoux… it’s Michel Drucker!
In his work It takes time to stay young released in 2018, the star host of Looking forward to Sunday confides in forgetting the TV trays in this peaceful retreat, thus becoming the “Guys from Eygalières“. It is also in this same work that he reveals that another huge star has taken up residence not far from his white stone home, which includes a lavender field and a vast swimming pool… It is the British actor Hugh Grant! “It gets people talking in the village”, he confided, “But it’s the same problem, I don’t think that Hugh Grant, who I also like a lot, as likeable in town as on screen, can become what you call a friend”.
If you decide to settle down in Eygalières, the village is the ideal starting point to explore the emblematic sites of the Alpilles. At the top of the Bausset hill, the ruins of the old village overlook one of the most beautiful panoramas in Provence. The view of the Alpilles, the Caume mountain and the Durance is breathtaking. In the surrounding area, The Saint-Sixte chapel is worth a little detour. This 12th century Romanesque chapel dominates a small rocky hill.