Residence Les Villas Du Lagon à Petit Cul De Sac, Residence4 stars Saint-barthelemy

We may call Saint-Barthelemy an exceptional place, but only when we enter the Villas du Lagon at Domaine du Levant do we realise just how true that really is. These are villas of exception on an island of exception.

Artists come regularly to stay here, we could say take refuge here, and leave traces of their heart , their soul. and also of their work.

• The deep blue of the lagoon, the immensity of the ocean, the Traveller’s Palmtree or the Majestic Royal Palms, the dazzle of the bougainvilleas, the splashes of Jean Michel Maulpoix paintings, Luis Mizon’s watercolours and Virgile Novarina’s minimalist lines are all linked together. They merge and harmonize creating a wonderful tranquil athmosphere inviting our body and soul to rest and forget. To quote Baudelaire : « there is nothing here but luxury, calm and pleasure.»

Wherever you look your see original works, for example pictorial studies of three of the most well-known poets of the French language, Jean-Michel Maulpoix, Luis Mizon and Virgile Novarina.All three have stayed at Villas du Lagon and all three have managed to add another dimension to the wondrous blues of the sky and sea and the startling greens of the fabulous gardens of the domain.