Celebrate Easter with your family at a château in Provence.
Easter is a chance for you and your children to discover a new place in one of France's most beautiful regions: Provence. For an unforgettable experience, the Bern Castle offers tailor-made holidays for celebrate Easter with your family.
An egg hunt to celebrate Easter with your family
The Easter holidays are the perfect time for a family getaway for a few days. Our establishment, the Bern Castle is part of the historical and cultural heritage of the Provence region. Our team offers you a tailor-made stay for Celebrate Easter with your family in an authentic and privileged setting: more than 1,000 hectares of nature, a large part of which is reserved for the vineyards.
The origins of Easter
Easter is a particularly important religious festival for believers. For the Christian religion, it commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. During the three days before this date, the bells stop ringing as a sign of meditation and mourning on the eve of Christ's crucifixion.
Le Holy Thursday represents Christ's last supper with his apostles - the Last Supper - while Good Friday is the Last Supper. Passion of Christhis crucifixion. Easter corresponds to THIRD DAYduring which, for Christians, Christ rose from the dead.
Why eggs and rabbits?
Since ancient times, the egg has been a symbol of life and rebirth. In the 9th century, the Catholic Church decided to ban the consumption of eggs during Lent. Since people had plenty of eggs but couldn't eat them, they decided to decorate them and give them as gifts.
In the 19th century, when cocoa became a more affordable consumer product, chocolate makers took up this medieval tradition. Chocolate eggs made their appearance in shops, to the delight of young and old alike.
In ancient Greece, suitors used to give their beloved a hare to declare their love. The Catholic religion adopted this symbol. In the collective imagination, rabbits, seen as symbols of fertility and life, distribute eggs during Easter.
A family Easter in a castle
To surprise your children this year, book a stay in a château for Celebrate Easter with your family. Le Bern Castle is easily accessible by car, train or plane. Our estate is located in the commune of Flayoscin the heart of Provence.
A traditional Easter activity: the egg hunt
The idea of piercing eggs on one side and emptying the contents before filling them with chocolate dates back to the 18th century. But in the 1830s, the advent of moulds, combined with new techniques for working cocoa paste and the fall in the price of chocolate, democratised chocolate eggs. Today, the tradition continues. Whether you're a believer or not, it's customary to give yourself decorated chocolate eggs, or sometimes just chocolate.
For children of all faiths, the egg hunt is an occasion not to be missed. It's an accessible activity that can be enjoyed by children of all ages. It's an enjoyable moment, immortalised in photographs, and is often one of the most memorable moments of childhood, on a par with Christmas and birthdays.
Suggest to your children, during your stay at the Bern CastleAn egg hunt in a sumptuous natural setting will make them particularly happy. This activity, offered by the team at our top-of-the-range establishment, Relais et ChateauxIt's fun and educational at the same time. Your children will feel responsible for their baskets. Invested in them, they'll go egg hunting with confidence and pride.
Choose to Celebrate Easter with your family en Provence guarantees you an unforgettable stay. Our region, renowned for its particularly mild climate, has plenty of sunny days in store for you. We offer an exceptional setting for egg hunt Easter: your children can walk through the vineyards, look for eggs under the olive trees and visit the vegetable garden. At Easter, our Michelin-starred chef has a special meal in store for you. Garden of Berne.
Celebrating Easter with the family in our establishment is also an opportunity for you, parents, to book a table, a room or a treatment in our 800 m² Spa, unique in Provence.
Contact our teams to find out more about exact dates activities. Don't hesitate to contact our team Relais et Châteaux to prepare for your holiday.
