Maillane
7 km north-west of Saint Rémy de Provence and 13 km north-east of Tarascon.

Not far from Saint Rémy de Provence and Tarascon, Maillane is a peaceful little village situated at the heart of magnificent countryside: hills covered with olive trees and cypresses, long level roads lined with plane trees, orchards and cicadas, shady little squares, blue and green shutters faded by the sun… villages sleepy during the siesta and lively at aperitif and pastis time… here you are, in picture postcard Provence- the beautiful Provence of the Alpilles.

Maillane is largely devoted to the memory of Freric Mistral, the illustrious Provencal poet who was born here on 8 September 1830. Mistral was founder of Felibrige (a group of militant Provencal writers who campaigned for the preservation of the langue d’Oc - the language of southern France), ardent defender of the cultural identity of Provence in the 19th century, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1904, author of Mireille, the famous poem, Mireio, and founder of the Arlaten Museum in Arles. He wrote beautifully about Provence and lived all his life in his beloved Maillane.

Your visit to Maillane will reveal a pretty little village typical of the Midi, with attractive stone houses, old doors, pretty flower-bedecked windows and little narrow lanes.

To finish, you can visit his final resting place in the cemetery where he lies beneath a replica of the mausoleum of Queen Jeanne, which he had erected before he died.
What to see
Sainte Agathe church.
Frederic Mistral Museum.
Mistral’s grave (cemetery).
Maison du Lezard (Mistral’s house, next to the museum).
Leisure activities
Market on Thursday mornings.
Horse riding and pony club. Tennis.
Walking.
Summer events.
Accomodations




NEIGHBOURING TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Graveson (4 km), Eyragues (6 km), St Rémy de Provence (7 km) et Mas Blanc/Alpilles (7 km).