Olives en Provence Gallery

One of the double bedrooms

Looking through the dining/sitting room to the large double room and its window beyond

Access to the gite apartment in spring time when the wisteria is out.

Aerial view of the bastide, the mill building and "in by" olive trees.

Children helping to feed our sheep

Breakfast on the terrace

Children exploring the cave.

The gite terrace, swimming pool and seats in the shade

The entrance.... Welcome to the Domaine des Escavalins

Breakfast in the sunshine

View of the bastide, gite on top floor

View down the valley from the Bastide des Escavalins

A lovely walk from the village towards the bastide

Driving up to the bastide

The double room on the garden side.

The story of the gite

Children helping in the bergerie

Our Olive oil

Gerry and her farm animals 

Kilometers of private walks around the farmhouse

Boule area for the gite guests

Behind the farmhouse in spring

The larger double bedroom

The sheep on the terrace under the old olive tree

Breathtaking sunrises

Wild flowers among the olive tress at the main gate.

Gathering wild asparagus among the olive trees, delicious in omelettes

View of the bastide from the track

Hiking gives fantastic views across the domaine and the village of Belgentier towards the sea

Window in the garden bedroom

Sheep with their lambs

George our rooster

Our old goats, all retired from producing milk for cheese

Olive trees, the Cayet Roux variety which gives beautiful yellow and red fruit 

Gerry walking with the sheep

Sheep, with their new lambs

Our beautiful olive trees

A mix of tomato varieties from our veg patch

Green tomatoes, ready for chutney

A handful of wild asparagus from among the olive trees.

Thanks to our hens for delicious fresh eggs

Max the sheepdog loves to welcome our guests

The vegetable patch in summer.

Nothing more curious than goats!

Olives at harvest time

Statues under the centuries old olive tree

Welcome to the farm!

Max, our faithful companion

Strawberries from our garden going into jam

Olives, Harvesters under the big olive tree in the early morning light

Fresh tangerines, lemons and Cape gooseberries or Chinese lantern fruit, all from our garden

Restaurant at Sollies Toucas

Restaurant "Table d'Eux" 

Wonderful seafood and restaurants at Les Halles, the old market, in Toulon  

Restaurant Pique Bouffigue at Les Salins near Hyeres and the beach. 

Seafood delicacies in Provence

Restaurant "LE CABASSOIS" not far away in the Var

Discover our local producers

The restaurant "Kouros" closeby at Cuers

Pasta and lobster at Le Pique Bouffigue

Nothing like a BBQ at home

Haute cuisine, beef, morilles and truffles

Our local producers

Delicious seafood, soupe de pecheur

Pastries and truffles at the Restaurant "Bauden"

Speciality of the area, the famous Aioli

Bee on spring flowers  

Bright green praying mantis

Bird hiding in the autumn leaves of the Kaki tree

Acorns

Bright orange butterfly Argynnis pahpia (JC Tempier)

Provençal black bee in the purple flowers of Cercis Siliquastrum

Huge green giant peacock butterfly larva (the size of a finger)

Hermann’s turtle in the wild, a protected species

Beehive seen between two huge trunks of olive trees

Brer Fox sliding under the garden gate at night

Superb butterfly Aurore de Provence (JC Tempier)

Multicoloured Sphynx larvae

Bonelli’s eagles, there are several on the plateau behind the farm

Red ochre praying mantis

Papilio machaon, fairly common (JC Tempier)

Yellow and black omen of a hot summer

A toad festival

Red and white mushrooms

Cayet Roux olives ready to be harvested

Gerry & brother Oli in the Vallon

Harvesting black olives of the Cayon variety

Our olive press after we installed it in 2015

Green oil pouring from the centrifuge at the end of the pressing

Fresh olive oil 

A mass of tarpaulins spread out on the ground ready for harvesting

Under the house, with our dear Tati dog

Oli using a yellow comb on a small tree

Beads of autumn dew on olives

The harvest team takes a tea break

Harvesting, tickling the olives off the tree with the electric comb on trees under the house

Use of electric combs

Bottled oil in our laboratory  

A tank of sparkling golden olive oil