{"id":168868,"date":"2025-06-19T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/?p=168868"},"modified":"2025-06-19T09:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T07:19:19","slug":"luxus-magazine-le-clair-de-la-plume-the-secret-address-in-drome-provencale-where-gastronomy-and-literature-come-together-in-perfect-harmony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/luxus-magazine-le-clair-de-la-plume-the-secret-address-in-drome-provencale-where-gastronomy-and-literature-come-together-in-perfect-harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"[Luxus Magazine] Le Clair de La Plume: the secret address in Dr\u00f4me Proven\u00e7ale where gastronomy and literature come together in perfect harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>In the heart of the famous village of Grignan, the H\u00f4tel Le Clair de la Plume enchants lovers of unique experiences. Its Michelin-starred restaurant, with a menu co-created by three-star chef Glenn Viel, is well worth a detour on your travels through Provence.<\/h4>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31938\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31938\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31938 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/2-le-chateau.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31938\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Renaissance castle of Grignan and its lavender fields below. DR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dromeprovencale.fr\/destination\/incontournables\/chateaux\/chateau-de-grignan\/\"> Renaissance castle of Grignan<\/a>, with its <b>lavender fields in bloom in mid-June<\/b>, is <b>a picture-postcard image<\/b> that instantly captivates visitors&#8230; far from the hustle and bustle of the world. In the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ville-grignan.fr\/\"> village of Grignan<\/a>, located in the <b>Dr\u00f4me Proven\u00e7ale<\/b>,<b> literature<\/b> plays an important role with the<b> 29th edition of the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grignan-festivalcorrespondance.com\/\"><b>Festival de la Correspondance<\/b><\/a>, which will once again be presided over by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt <b>from June 30 to July 5, 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why a cultural event to celebrate the art of letter writing? Madame de S\u00e9vign\u00e9 is being honored because she frequently stayed at the Ch\u00e2teau de Grignan with Fran\u00e7oise-Marguerite, her beloved daughter, who was married to Count Fran\u00e7ois Adh\u00e9mar de Monteil de Grignan. When the Marquise was painfully separated from her, she wrote her beautiful letters that have survived the centuries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the streets of this pretty village, you may come across writers Sylvain Tesson and Pierre Assouline this summer in a relaxed atmosphere. Nothing like the Cannes Film Festival!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>The Main House facing one of the most beautiful neoclassical wash houses<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>At the foot of Grignan Castle<\/b>, built on a rocky outcrop, nestles <b>the four-star hotel Le <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clairplume.com\/\"><b>Clair de la Plume<\/b><\/a>, housed in a<b>17th-century bourgeois mansion<\/b>. Before entering, you can admire <b>one of the most beautiful neoclassical wash houses in Provence<\/b>, built in <b>1840<\/b>. It is an impressive centerpiece in this <b>small village of 1,800 inhabitants<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The glass roof of the Main House, which overlooks the <b>garden decorated with wisteria and rose bushes<\/b>, houses the <b>Michelin 1-star gourmet restaurant<\/b>. It is a poetic place imbued with gentleness. It heralds a way of life where time stands still. In the Main House, formerly the residence of the Canons, as it is said, you will find the reception area, eight bedrooms and a suite furnished in the style of yesteryear, with luxury and finesse. At any moment, you could imagine your grandparents appearing in the glow of one of the rooms of this residence. A nostalgic charm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31940\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31940\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/3-Jean-Luc-Valadeau-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31940\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean-Luc Valadeau, owner and talented scriptwriter of Clair de la Plume \u00a9Corine Moriou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magazine.luxus-plus.com\/wp-admin\/post.php?lang=en&amp;action=edit&amp;post_type=post&amp;post=31931\">Click here to read the full article<\/a> on Luxus Magazine<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured photo: The Main House at Clair de la Plume, a four-star hotel and Michelin-starred restaurant \u00a9Alain Maigre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the heart of the famous village of Grignan, the H\u00f4tel Le Clair de la Plume enchants lovers of unique experiences. Its Michelin-starred restaurant, with a menu co-created by three-star chef Glenn Viel, is well worth a detour on your travels through Provence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":507,"featured_media":168884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"%%post_title%% %%sep%% %%sitetitle%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"Our reporter Corine Moriou takes you on a tour of Le Clair de la Plume, a hidden gem that combines Proven\u00e7al charm and literature in the Dr\u00f4me region.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22488],"tags":[23171,22999,24191,23030],"class_list":["post-168868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle-en","tag-france-en","tag-hotel-and-catering","tag-luxus-plus-mag-en-2","tag-riviera-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/507"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/luxus-plus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}