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Ink and watercolour drawing: at night, six geodesic domes lit from within stand among dry-stone walls, olive trees and cypresses; in the middle, a few people around a fire pit; on the right, rows of lavender; in the distance, a hilltop village under the Milky Way and a shooting star.
Pl. 01Site plan, by night

A whole night spent watching the darkest sky in Provence.

Sault plateau, Vaucluse (84) – fictional location

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Pl. 02

Three ways to spend the night

  1. 01A night under the dome

    A glazed dome or a clear bubble, a proper bed and the sky for a ceiling. You fall asleep watching for shooting stars.

    Domes and bubbles

  2. 02Reading the sky with binoculars

    Binoculars and a rotating star chart in every stay: enough to find the Pole Star, Cassiopeia or Lyra before you even touch a telescope.

    Experiences

  3. 03Telescope evening

    A guide sets up the telescope on the observing field: lunar relief, planets, star clusters, depending on the season and the weather.

    Book an evening

Pl. 03

Tonight above the plateau

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Disc lit
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Sunset
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Fully dark from
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Next new moon
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Worked out in your browser for the Sault plateau (44.09° N, 5.41° E), with no external service. Paris time.

The sky guide, month by month

Pl. 04

The Provence notebook

The things that make you want to stay longer: the sky, the villages, the table and the turning seasons.

  1. 01

    The sky

    What you can see each month, and the names shepherds gave the stars.

  2. 02

    Villages & crafts

    Santons, lavender, dry stone, markets: the places and the skills.

  3. 03

    Food

    Tapenade, soupe au pistou, tian, the thirteen desserts.

  4. 04

    Seasons

    From the lavender bloom to the transhumance, month by month.

  5. Open the notebook