Auberge du Point Sublime, country cooking at the entrance to the canyon

An inn at the Point Sublime

The Auberge du Point Sublime is a family hotel-restaurant, run by the same family for three generations, on the D952 road, in the commune of Rougon, right next to the Point Sublime viewpoint. From its terrace you see the entrance to the Couloir Samson, the stretch where the Verdon enters its Grand Canyon. It is the place to eat when you do the north bank by car, and also the natural end of the Blanc-Martel trail, because the return shuttle to La Palud leaves from the Point Sublime.

You eat on the terrace or in the indoor dining rooms, in Provençal tones. The house holds the Maître Restaurateur title and the Pays Gourmand label of the Verdon Regional Nature Park, and cooks with local producers whom it names.

What you eat

Home-style country cooking. The website gives as examples a soupe au pistou with cheese shavings, local lamb in a rosemary jus with thyme tomato and potato gratin, and a fig crème brûlée; the full menu is a PDF on its page. The formula of the day, starter and main or main and dessert, costs €24, and the children's menu, for under-13s, €14. If you sleep at the inn, half board with the three-course menu du terroir comes to €55 per adult and €45 per child.

The producers are named: the lamb and charcuterie from a butcher in Annot, the goat's cheese from a cheese dairy in La Palud, the yoghurt and sheep's cheese from Saint-André-les-Alpes, the black truffle from La Palud, the honey from Trigance and a beer from Moustiers.

The buffet breakfast costs €14 and includes bread, pastries and homemade jams, honey, eggs, ham and cheese.

When to go

In 2027 it opens on 1 May. It serves breakfast every day; it is closed on Sunday evenings and all day Tuesday, and in October it opens only Friday and Saturday, for lunch and dinner, and Sunday for lunch. The house warns that hours may change depending on bookings: call or write beforehand, which is also how you book a table.