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Intimate. Luminous. Evocative.
Four nights in the south of France, May 19–23, 2027, with a small, intentional cohort of entrepreneurial creative women doing the work that actually changes things. Your own room at Les Bords de Mer, a restored 1930s Art Deco hotel above the Mediterranean.
DESCRIPTION
Your sanctuary for the week is Les Bords de Mer, a 19-room house from the Fontenille Collection on Marseille's Corniche. It was once the Hôtel Richelieu, a 1930s landmark perched over the Plage des Catalans. Its Art Deco bones are intact, and its rooms are white, pale wood, and soft pastels, washed in light off the water.
Between sessions there's the heated rooftop pool, the Susanne Kaufmann spa with its hammam and sauna, and terraces cut into the rock for watching the sun drop behind the Frioul Islands. From here we venture inland, to the ochre hills of the Luberon, to Ménerbes, and to the cave at Sainte-Baume. The sea is always there when we return.
This listing reserves a private solo room for all four nights. It's a space entirely your own, for rest, solitude, and integration between gatherings.
YOUR RETREAT INCLUDES
Four nights in a private solo room at Les Bords de Mer, Marseille
Daily breakfast
Welcome happy hour and welcome dinner on Night One
Celebratory dinner of regional Provençal cuisine on Night Four
Daily morning yoga
All retreat programming, including Weird Specialty workshop sessions, business tarot, and group exercises in collective intelligence and free writing
Opening and closing ceremonies
A Luberon village and market morning
A pilgrimage to the cave at Sainte-Baume, where Mary Magdalene is said to have spent her last thirty years in sovereign contemplation
An afternoon in Ménerbes, where Dora Maar retreated to her farmhouse and reclaimed herself as the artist Picasso could never fully see
A Mediterranean ceremonial swim
Retreat materials, including a workbook and daily practice prompts
Optional one-on-one sessions with gJ, by sign-up
NOT INCLUDED
Flights, spa treatments, and independent lunches and suppers, which are billed separately.
INVESTMENT
Solo room from $4,900
Full payment secures your room. Space is subject to availability.
DATES
Arrive Wednesday, May 19, 2027 · Depart Sunday, May 23, 2027 (late checkout)
GOOD TO KNOW
Les Bords de Mer is about 30 minutes by car from Marseille Provence Airport and 10 minutes from Saint-Charles station.
This is a small, intentional cohort held to sacred capacity. Every voice is heard, and every seat matters.
Salon members receive priority access and preferential rates. Write to gJ@gretchenjones.co before booking.
Year One alumni are warmly welcomed back, since Year Two builds on what we began. No prerequisite is needed for first-timers.
Travel, hotel relationships, and on-the-ground logistics are thoughtfully curated by our partner Michelle Zelena of Zelena Travel.
Intimate. Luminous. Evocative.
Four nights in the south of France, May 19–23, 2027, with a small, intentional cohort of entrepreneurial creative women doing the work that actually changes things. Your own room at Les Bords de Mer, a restored 1930s Art Deco hotel above the Mediterranean.
DESCRIPTION
Your sanctuary for the week is Les Bords de Mer, a 19-room house from the Fontenille Collection on Marseille's Corniche. It was once the Hôtel Richelieu, a 1930s landmark perched over the Plage des Catalans. Its Art Deco bones are intact, and its rooms are white, pale wood, and soft pastels, washed in light off the water.
Between sessions there's the heated rooftop pool, the Susanne Kaufmann spa with its hammam and sauna, and terraces cut into the rock for watching the sun drop behind the Frioul Islands. From here we venture inland, to the ochre hills of the Luberon, to Ménerbes, and to the cave at Sainte-Baume. The sea is always there when we return.
This listing reserves a private solo room for all four nights. It's a space entirely your own, for rest, solitude, and integration between gatherings.
YOUR RETREAT INCLUDES
Four nights in a private solo room at Les Bords de Mer, Marseille
Daily breakfast
Welcome happy hour and welcome dinner on Night One
Celebratory dinner of regional Provençal cuisine on Night Four
Daily morning yoga
All retreat programming, including Weird Specialty workshop sessions, business tarot, and group exercises in collective intelligence and free writing
Opening and closing ceremonies
A Luberon village and market morning
A pilgrimage to the cave at Sainte-Baume, where Mary Magdalene is said to have spent her last thirty years in sovereign contemplation
An afternoon in Ménerbes, where Dora Maar retreated to her farmhouse and reclaimed herself as the artist Picasso could never fully see
A Mediterranean ceremonial swim
Retreat materials, including a workbook and daily practice prompts
Optional one-on-one sessions with gJ, by sign-up
NOT INCLUDED
Flights, spa treatments, and independent lunches and suppers, which are billed separately.
INVESTMENT
Solo room from $4,900
Full payment secures your room. Space is subject to availability.
DATES
Arrive Wednesday, May 19, 2027 · Depart Sunday, May 23, 2027 (late checkout)
GOOD TO KNOW
Les Bords de Mer is about 30 minutes by car from Marseille Provence Airport and 10 minutes from Saint-Charles station.
This is a small, intentional cohort held to sacred capacity. Every voice is heard, and every seat matters.
Salon members receive priority access and preferential rates. Write to gJ@gretchenjones.co before booking.
Year One alumni are warmly welcomed back, since Year Two builds on what we began. No prerequisite is needed for first-timers.
Travel, hotel relationships, and on-the-ground logistics are thoughtfully curated by our partner Michelle Zelena of Zelena Travel.