Wedding Venue in Provence France: Three Days Entirely Yours

Choosing a wedding venue in Provence, France from another country means trusting photographs, time zones and a long email thread. It also means asking a harder question: will this place still feel like ours once 130 friends arrive? At L'Oasis du Saule, in Monteux in the Vaucluse, the answer is written into the booking itself — the estate is privatised for three full days, from 5 p.m. on day one to 4 p.m. on day three, with no other couple, no other event, and no evening curfew.

Three days, one estate, no one else

Most venues sell an evening. Provence, and the way people celebrate here, deserves longer. The three-day, two-night privatisation turns a wedding into a small festival: your loved ones arrive on the first afternoon, the paper lanterns come on, and a welcome dinner around the plancha grill begins before anyone has unpacked. The ceremony happens the following afternoon in the gardens, before a flower-decked gloriette. The morning after, brunch stretches out on the grand terrace at whatever hour your guests surface — a food truck is welcome if you want one last flourish.

The freedom is practical as well as romantic. There are no imposed suppliers, so your own caterer, florist, photographer or band travels with you. There is no corkage fee, so the champagne is the one you chose. Furniture, tableware for 50, bed linen and towels are included, and cleaning afterwards is handled. Aurélien, the estate's single point of contact, runs the venue side from the first visit to the last dance — he is not your planner, he is your guarantee that nothing on site goes wrong.

Seven settings, one celebration

The estate is not one room reconfigured seven times; it is seven distinct places, each sized for up to 130 seated guests. Cocktails unfold on shaded terraces around wrought-iron tables and a pétanque court. Dinner is served under the open sky beneath a canopy of lanterns, or under the grand nomad tent with its suspended wicker lamps if the mistral has other plans. Then the open-air dance floor, adjoining the dinner area, with fixed and mobile bars and no time limit whatsoever. There is also an air-conditioned indoor hall with carved-stone mirrors — ideal for a separate children's dinner, an intimate wedding of up to 50, or shelter should the weather turn.

"A beautiful venue with so much space — not to mention the number of beds! All our guests were able to sleep on site, which is truly a great advantage for a wedding." — Tatiana, wedding July 2025, verified review on mariages.net

Guests who sleep where they danced

For a destination wedding, accommodation is the detail that quietly decides everything. L'Oasis du Saule sleeps your inner circle on site across three independent gîtes — six double bedrooms plus comfortable extra beds — with a dedicated bridal lodge for the morning preparations, complete with dressing table, mirror and a getting-ready lounge. Beyond the gates, more than 100 guest beds sit within a few kilometres, from a €40-a-night four-star campsite to hotels at €90–146 and country houses further afield. Two car parks and night taxis on request close the loop, so nobody is calculating driving distances at 3 a.m.

Reaching Provence, and what it costs

The estate is 25 minutes from Avignon TGV station and 15 minutes from Sorgues, which puts Paris 3h30 away by train. Marseille and Montpellier are 1h20 by car, Aix-en-Provence TGV 50 minutes, Lyon 2h10 — so guests flying into any southern French airport arrive the same afternoon. Pricing is published rather than quoted on request: 2027 rates start at €780 including VAT for a three-day, two-night privatisation in low season, rising to €3,980 for a Friday-to-Sunday weekend between June and September. Couples comparing options across the region will find a full breakdown in our guide to a private estate wedding in Provence.

Rated 5.0/5 on mariages.net and 4.8/5 on Google, with 100% of couples recommending it, L'Oasis du Saule has hosted weddings from April frosts to August heat. The best way to know whether it is your wedding venue in Provence is still the oldest one: come and stand under the trees. Visits are free, and Aurélien answers within 24 hours.