NEAR THE CITY CENTER, IN THE HEART OF THE SURROUNDING AIX EN PROVENCE COUNTRYSIDE, LA BASTIDE DUE ROY RENE OFFERS A LEVEL OF COMFORT IN AN HISTORIC SETTING. DISCOVER OUR 66 APARTMENTS/THE DECORATION ANDFURNISHINGS HAVE BEEN TASTEFULLY SELECTED FOR THEIR SIMPLICITY AND ELEGANCE. . A WIDE RANGE OF A LA CARTE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED FOR YOUR COMFORT, CONVENIENCE, AND WELL BEING. BY THE BANKS OF THE ARC RIVER, YOU CAN STROLL ALONG TREE LINED PATHS. NEXT DOOR, THE VAL DE LARC SPORTS CENTER OFFERS YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELAX. FOR GREEN LOVERS SEVERAL GOLF COURSES ARE JUST A SHORT DRIVE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENCE. . IN 1472 KING RENE, DUKE OF ANJOU AND COUNT OF PROVENCE HAD THE BASTIDE DE PERIGNANE BUILT AND FROM BEGINNING PERPETUATED THERE AN AMBIANCE OF PLEASURE AND FEAST. LATER, THE BASTIDE WAS ACQUIRED BY THE SAINT SAUVEUR CATHEDRAL OF AIX AND TOOK A RELIGIOUS FUNCTIONS UNTIL THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE BASTIDE WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A HOSPITAL, A SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF THE EPIDEMICS WHICH RAVAGED EUROPE AT THE TIME. RUIN, RENOVATION, THE ANCIENT BASTIDE HAS BECOME A NICE RESIDENCE WELCOMING BUSINESS GUEST, TOURISTS AND ADMIRERS OF AIX EN PROVENCE.