Domaine du Rayol, Le Jardin des Méditerranées

Landscape architect Gilles Clément has designed Le Jardin des Méditerranées, a veritable invitation to travel through the world's Mediterranean landscapes, including those of California, Chile, South Africa, Australia, the Mediterranean Basin and the Canary Islands. You'll also discover landscapes with more arid or subtropical climates, such as those of Mexico, Asia, New Zealand and subtropical America. "To discover this garden is to feel some of the emotions experienced by a botanical explorer surveying the planet!" The Domaine du Rayol offers daily discovery tours, themed tours, activities for families, training courses for individuals and professionals, temporary exhibitions and meetings with artists in residence, an event at each change of season, a major plant festival, an underwater trail, as well as musical evenings (classical and Mediterranean music) in summer. Among the permanent exhibitions, "De la villégiature au Jardin des Méditerranées de Gilles Clément," to be discovered in the Villa Rayolet, and an exhibition on the marine environment at the Maison de la Plage. On site, you'll find: - "Le Café des Jardiniers," a restaurant-tea room located in the heart of the Jardin des Méditerranées, offering Mediterranean dishes revisited and also making you travel with dishes with accents from here and elsewhere. - La Librairie des Jardiniers", one of France's largest bookshops specializing in nature and gardening, with over 4,000 references. - The Domaine du Rayol's ecological nursery: "sustainable and desirable", its aim is to produce without depleting resources, in accordance with a charter. Domaine du Rayol is open every day, all year round (except December 25). Shooting and filming: With its 20 hectares of unspoilt seafront facing the Golden Isles, its 10 landscaped settings and its historic buildings, the Domaine du Rayol offers daytime access to the heart of its gardens, without privatization. of its gardens, without privatization, for your photo and video shoots, clips, reports, advertising films or for the cinema. For all inquiries : contact reception on 04 98 04 44 00 or visit www.domainedurayol.org or consult the Domaine du Rayol space rental brochure Booking and payment on our website www.domainedurayol.org.