Hôtel Le Pigonnet
Aix-en-Provence, France · 5-star Hotel
Hôtel Le Pigonnet in photographs
When to go
We do not yet have enough months on record to call a cheapest season for this one. It is on the tracker and this page updates as that fills in.
Where to book
- Book on Booking.com - Free cancellation options, guest reviews and a familiar checkout.
- Hotel website - Photos, facilities and location.
Our notes
Hôtel Le Pigonnet
Le Pigonnet is a five-star hotel in a century-old Provençal bastide at 5 avenue du Pigonnet in Aix-en-Provence, steps from the Cours Mirabeau. It stands in a large Mediterranean garden with century-old trees, lavender, pines and twenty-nine fountains, and has long been a haven for artists and writers. It belongs to Esprit de France and to Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
The centenary renovation was led by the designer Jacques Garcia. The hotel has rooms, garden suites, a family suite and private villas, including La Villa 1926, and many rooms open onto the garden. There is an outdoor pool for guests only, the Folie Verte spa, which opened in spring 2025, and the restaurant La Table du Pigonnet, serving Provençal cuisine. Free secure parking and valet service are offered, and the TGV station is about 16 minutes away.
Photographs: the hotel's page on the Esprit de France website.
The area
Aix started as a Roman spa: Aquae Sextiae, founded in 123 BC around thermal springs the Romans had discovered, making it one of the oldest Roman settlements in Gaul and giving the city both its name and its enduring nickname, the "city of a thousand fountains." The springs are still there, quietly, under a town now better known for the Cours Mirabeau - a broad avenue shaded by plane trees and interrupted every hundred metres or so by another fountain, the loveliest and mossiest of them, the Fontaine Moussue, warm to the touch from the thermal water still feeding it after two thousand years.
Aix is also inseparable from Paul Cézanne, born here in 1839 and painting the surrounding countryside - above all Mont Sainte-Victoire, visible from the edges of town - for most of his working life; his studio, the Atelier des Lauves, is preserved much as he left it and is a short walk from the old town. Between the two, the old quarter is worth simply wandering - the Saturday market on Place Richelme, the honey- coloured stone facades, and a stop for calissons, the almond-and-candied-fruit sweet that has been made here since the fifteenth century and is still Aix's most-exported souvenir.
What it costs through the year
| Cheapest we have seen | USD 343 ≈ €307 |
|---|---|
| What it usually costs | USD 394 ≈ €352 |
| Dearest we have seen | USD 446 ≈ €399 |
| Times we looked | 2 |
| Gap between the two | - |
| Last checked | 2026-07-29 |