Provence,
France
Visit Alain Ducasse's gourmet getaway
From the April 22, 2002 Issue of New York
 If
food is your deity of choice, you'll want to make the pilgrimage to
Alain Ducasse's alimentary ashram, a breathtaking 90-minute drive
north of Nice in the tranquil village of La Celle. Occupying a beautifully
restored eighteenth-century inn adjoining a royal Benedictine abbey
dating from the twelfth century, Ducasse's Hostellerie de l'Abbaye
de la Celle has ten air-conditioned bedrooms set in seven acres of
parkland, with an orchard, a historic vineyard, a heated swimming
pool, and the restaurant's kitchen garden, where it grows its own
produce. Detailed hands-on cooking lessons are available each morning
in spacious kitchens with chef Benoît Witz. At lunch, consume the
fruits of your efforts on the shady terrace.
-- GILLIAN DUFFY
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