Hotel de Caumont stands in the Mazarin quarter, south of the cours Mirabeau. Restored and reopened as an art centre, it retains its historic rooms and unfolds more than a thousand square metres of private formal gardens around a paved three-sided courtyard. Movement between inside and out is the strength of the place: it allows a seated moment and a standing one to follow each other without leaving the walls.
The art centre distinguishes four private formats. Ground-floor rooms and gardens host cocktails and dinners, the spaces being made available once the site has closed to the public. The private visit gives access to the historic rooms, the gardens and the temporary exhibition then showing. Two lounges and a fully equipped auditorium serve seminars, for a full or half day. Intimate ceremonies are also received under exclusive conditions.
Other experiences in Vieux-Port de Marseille
At Le Puy-Sainte-Reparade, a biodynamic wine estate where Jean Nouvel's cellar and a contemporary art trail answer one another.
Food & VineyardsLe Petit Nice Passedat, the table above the coveAbove the anse de Maldorme, below the corniche Kennedy, a Marseille house whose dining room and terrace can be hired for small groups.
Shopping & CraftsmanshipSavonnerie Fer a Cheval, cauldron-made soapA Marseille soap works active since 1856, listed as a Historic Monument, which receives constituted groups at its Sainte-Marthe site.
Shopping & CraftsmanshipAteliers Marcel Carbonel, the santon maker's craftIn the Saint-Victor district, a house of santon makers opens its production workshops, by appointment only and from Monday to Thursday.
Culture & HeritageFondation Vasarely, the privatised alveoliVictor Vasarely's architectonic centre in Aix-en-Provence opens its seven monumental alveoli and its three-hectare grounds to private hire.