Chalet in Austria With Heated Pool and Views

Château de Montcaud's chic bistro serves wholehearted cuisine with Mediterranean overtones as chef Mathieu Hervé shines the spotlight on local, often organic ingredients: Gubernat duck pâté en croûte and foie gras, mustard espuma; tataki of tuna and basil-laced humus; breast of Blaches guinea fowl, spelt risotto, green peas and St George’s mushrooms. A blissful shaded terrace overlooking the grounds, a warm welcome and cordial service add the final touches to this hospitable portrait.

From a long line of bakers, chef Richard Durand has made C'la Vie a real mecca for food lovers. The food is good and life is good! The daily menu features terrific ingredients (most of them local), the flavours are distinctive, and the focus is firmly on dining pleasure. Enjoy your meal in the pared-back dining area inside, or on the terrace in the shade of a hundred-year-old plane tree. A fine selection of wines that celebrates the Rhône Valley and Languedoc, and rightfully so.

In the charming, peaceful setting of this former silkworm farm, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, dine in the resolutely contemporary interior or on the pleasant terrace in a pretty courtyard. The cuisine draws inspiration from the terroir and tradition to showcase local ingredients: aubergine caviar with extra virgin olive oil; delicious daube provençale (beef stew); pistachio financier and vanilla mousseline. As an added bonus, you can taste the wines and olive oil produced right here on the estate. Spacious contemporary guestrooms and a sense of serenity.

This modern building just outside the village of Vagnas harks back to traditional Provençal architecture. In its spacious interior, which is done out in a contemporary style and has an open kitchen, sample the cuisine of Tarik Mezri-Charmasson, who ticks all the boxes, remaining true to the seasons and letting the ingredients speak for themselves.

You are made to feel right at home here at La Maison, once a winegrowers' home, with a magnificent stone interior. Creative cuisine is served in the form of dishes in which a number of different elements are juxtaposed. Ludovic Davouze always makes sure to showcase local producers, and enjoys adding an element of surprise, with original combinations of flavours such as just-seared little tuna marinated with chives, with smoked aubergine and miso sauce. The patio is a joy in fine weather.