Entrecasteaux

Visit Entrecasteaux, Provence

Entrecasteaux is a village in Provence about 50 kilometres inland from the Cote d'Azur (around 50 kilometres from Frejus and St Tropez), best known for its castle and gardens.

At the northern end of the Cotes de Provence vineyards and wine producing region, it is one of many small unspoiled towns that dot the region.

Exploring Entrecasteaux

The village itself is very pretty with plenty to discover and enjoy along the medieval streets, and plenty of those little architectural features and pastel painted houses that give the towns of Provence their own individual character.

You will also see two roman style religious monuments here: the fortified Church of Saint-Sauveur and the Chapel of Notre-Dame de l'Aube, while the Chapel of Saint-Anne has a nice view back across the rooftops of Entrecasteaux.

Entrecasteaux castle

Entrecasteaux is towered over by the chateau that stands at one side of the village. Although it stands on the site of an earlier fortress, the castle that you see now dates from the 15th to the 17th century, with little to remind us of the medieval fortress that once stood here.

The castle itself is Provencal in style, with an exterior less ornamented than we might expect in other regions of France.

Inside Entrecasteaux castle the rooms of the castle have been furnished with period furniture, tapestries and other items. The castle is open to visitors from easter to end september (closed Saturdays), admission price eight euros.

Notably, the castle gardens were laid out by le Notre, the designer who planned the gardens at Versailles. Here they are rather smaller in scale, but the formal gardens with their geometric clipped hedges are a nice backdrop for the castle.

Attractions nearby

Be sure to visit the Abbey at Le Thoronet, and some of the other small towns and villages in the Haut-Var region such as Tourtour, Lorgues and Flayosc, when you visit Entrecasteaux.

Photos kindly contributed by Valerie Willis

Suggested places to visit near Entrecasteaux, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

More suggestions: Aups 13km; Flayosc 13km; Draguignan 18km; Barjols 19km; Les-Arcs-sur-Argens 20km; Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 31km; Roquebrune-sur-Argens 33km; Seillans 35km; Grimaud 35km; Riez 36km; Bargeme 36km; Moustiers 37km; Bagnols-en-Foret 37km; Gorges du Verdon 38km; Fayence 38km; Port Grimaud 39km;

See these places and more on a map at places near Entrecasteaux

Entrecasteaux tourism: sights and attractions nearby

Abbaye du Thoronet (Le Thoronet) - religious monument (9km) : Lac de Sainte-Croix - site of natural beauty (28km) : Jardin d’Elie Alexis - remarkable garden (29km) : Verdon - regional natural parc (29km) : Clos de Villeneuve - remarkable garden (41km) : Cathédrale Saint Léonce (Frejus) - religious monument (41km) : Jardin Germaine l’Hardy-Denonain - remarkable garden (42km) : Jardin d’oiseaux tropicaux - remarkable garden (42km) :

French version: see Entrecasteaux (Francais)