Chateau de Massillan

A 16th-century castle in the Orange hinterlands of Provence, where the fortifications still look like they mean it but the 34 rooms inside run thoroughly contemporary, with modern art and no two decorated alike. One room, the Lumipod, sits alone in the garden and opens entirely to the night sky. A spa, two pools, and a gastronomic restaurant round out a boutique hotel that takes its wine country setting seriously.