Welcome people in love with the sky
At Vahina-Paradis for 2027
Two rooms for two couples, facing the Tallard airfield. All day long, aircraft pass over the trees. There is nothing for you to do: lie down in the grass and look up.
The ground is yours, the sky takes care of the rest.
A husky lying in the tall grass. A mattress thrown down in the shade of the great trees. And up above, it never stops. Look closely: this is exactly what we are offering. You do not move, and something is happening.
A permanent ballet above your heads.
Tallard is one of the largest light-aviation airfields in Europe: gliders, parachutists, microlights, helicopters, hot-air balloons. The house stands two kilometres away, beneath the flight path. The aircraft pass over the roof, within binocular range — and the silence of the gliders, in the middle of all that movement, has something unreal about it.
2 kms or 5 minutes
as the crow flies — the runways in direct view from the terrace
100 ha
of nature reserve beginning at the end of the garden
0
compulsory activities — you owe nothing to anyone
This is not a silent place. It is a living one.
From morning to evening, engines turn above the trees. The steady hum of light aircraft, helicopters, microlights. If you are looking for the absolute silence of the high mountains, this is not the place — and we would rather tell you before you book.
But the airfield closes at nightfall, and everything stops at once. Evening comes down over the mountain, and the silence that returns is not the same as the silence of a place where nothing has happened.
You came here to settle. We will not disturb you.
We will not suggest activities. We will not organise anything. In the morning, we set off walking with Vahina — you may follow us, or stay in bed. The rest belongs to the two of you, and to the sky.
The grounds
Six thousand square metres of grass and great trees, far from any other house. No neighbours, no road. Just a meadow, a house, and the sky above.
The privacy
Two rooms. Two couples at most under the same roof. No children, no pets. Your room, your shower room, your WC — and no one to knock at the door.
The wild
A hundred hectares of nature reserve begin at the end of the garden. The canyon, the trails, the cold water. You need only step outside.
It takes three days to come back to yourself.
On the first day, you sleep. On the second, you look at the sky and say nothing — and there is always something to look at. On the third, something starts moving again, and that is when the stay really begins.
That is why we ask for three nights at the very least. Rest cannot be summoned in a single night, and neither can finding each other again.
Dawn in the hills, before the airfield opens.
Vahina is a Siberian husky. Every morning she sets off into the hills of Châteauvieux, at the hour when the light still grazes the rock and the first aircraft has not yet taken off. It is the only rhythm of the house, and it obliges no one.
You may follow her — an hour, two hours, the two of you, at an hour of the day few people still know. Or you may stay under the covers and let the day break without you. Breakfast will be waiting either way.
This place is for you if…
You love watching the sky
Without necessarily wanting to go up into it. Gliders, canopies, balloons — a spectacle that asks nothing of you but a little attention.
You have worked too hard
And you no longer quite know how to stop. Here, stopping is not an option: it is all there is.
You are coming as a couple
To find each other again, without screens or schedules. You need only give the evening silence three days to do its work.
You prefer the real to the glossy
A white house with a red roof, standing alone among the trees. Plain linen, an honest breakfast. This is not a luxury hotel. It is far better than that.
We do not host children or pets. Two couples at most, never more. Vahina is the only animal presence on the grounds.
Wir sprechen Deutsch · Nous parlons français
Guests from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are warmly welcome here. Welcome, conversation and practical information in German and French alike — and the whole site is available in all three languages.
Choose your room: Lilas or Cerises.
Chambre Lilas
A large bed, cotton linen, French doors onto the balcony, a window open on the mountain. Private shower room and WC. Nothing superfluous — and nothing missing.
€140 / night · breakfast included
Chambre Cerises
A large bed, French doors onto the balcony, morning light coming through the leaves. Private shower room and WC.
€140 / night · breakfast included
Three-night minimum · Dinner at the family table on request · No Wi-Fi, and little phone signal: the mountain sees to that.
Philiboss & Vahina — present, never in the way.
An artist, a photographer, in love with the sky: Philiboss chose to live facing the runways of Tallard. He makes breakfast, then he sets off walking with Vahina. He knows the trails, the right hours and the right places — he will tell you if you ask, and say nothing if you do not.
Thirty-five years on stage taught him one thing: to receive people well is also to know how to disappear.
Opening April 2027 · Season April–October
Two rooms. Two couples. A whole sky.
Chambre Lilas · Chambre Cerises
€140 per night, three-night minimum, breakfast included · Private shower room and WC · Adults only · No children, no pets