A gîte for sale in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence comes with landscapes known well beyond the region, from the Valensole lavender fields to the Verdon gorges and the hilltop villages around Forcalquier. The department runs from the hills of Haute-Provence, around Manosque and the Montagne de Lure, to the Alpine valleys of the Ubaye and upper Verdon, via Digne-les-Bains, Sisteron and its citadel, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie and Lake Sainte-Croix. The Luberon and Verdon regional nature parks, famously dark night skies and the Ubaye ski resorts help let beyond summer.
Properties here are often large character houses with a pool and several gîtes, equestrian bastides, or estates of several hectares combining holiday lets, chambres d'hôtes (B&B rooms) and group stays. The page is for buyers after a house with gîte, for those taking over a trading business and for owners who want to sell. An email alert (in French) flags new properties.
As of 25 September 2026, 5 listings of gîtes in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence are published on ma-propriete.fr. The median asking price is €1,350,000, within an overall range of €1,320,000 to €2,820,000.
In 2025 the median sale price of a country house in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence was €260,000 (average €267,410), or €2,745/m² of living space, for 101 m² on an average plot of 3,465 m², based on 553 sales in rural municipalities. One sale in ten was below €154,200 and one in ten above €381,754. Since the second half of 2020 the median price has moved from €220,000 to €260,000 (+18.2%); over the last year the change is +0.0%. For comparison: €360,000 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and €189,200 in France.
| Indicator (2025) | Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | France |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median price | €260,000 | €360,000 | €189,200 |
| Average price | €267,410 | €401,500 | €207,100 |
| Lower bound (1st decile) | €154,200 | €215,000 | €90,000 |
| Upper bound (9th decile) | €381,754 | €650,000 | €340,000 |
| Median price per m² of living space | €2,745/m² | €3,469/m² | €1,830/m² |
| Average living space | 101 m² | 112 m² | 108 m² |
| Average plot | 3,465 m² | 3,324 m² | 3,181 m² |
| Number of sales (2025) | 553 | 4,532 | 150,313 |
The type of municipality matters: across sales from mid-2020 to 2025, the median ranges from €230,000 (tourist coastline) to €276,950 (peri-urban countryside). For a tourism business, coastal and tourist-inland municipalities are the relevant benchmark.
| Type of municipality | Median price 2020-2025 | Median price per m² | Change 2021-2025 | Sales 2020-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tourist coastline * | €230,000 | €2,518/m² | +4.9% | 62 |
| Tourist inland (hinterland, mountains) | €238,500 | €2,518/m² | +11.4% | 1,370 |
| Peri-urban countryside (within a town's catchment) | €276,950 | €2,899/m² | +3.0% | 714 |
| Deep countryside (outside urban influence) | €254,950 | €2,559/m² | +7.7% | 1,105 |
For prestige homes (houses over 300 m² of living space on 0.05 to 10 ha), the regional (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) benchmark is a median of €2,475,500 over 2021-2025, with an average of €2,811,700, a P10–P90 range of €994,400 to €5,324,000 and 6,623 €/m² of living space, over 1,050 sales. The 2025 national median is €822,000.
| Area | Sales | Median price | Average price | Range (P10–P90) | €/m² of living space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2025) | 151 | €2,520,000 | €2,997,000 | €1,002,000 – €5,800,000 | 6,914 |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (2021-2025) | 1,050 | €2,475,500 | €2,811,700 | €994,400 – €5,324,000 | 6,623 |
| France (2025) | 981 | €822,000 | €1,321,400 | €428,000 – €3,100,000 | 2,308 |
Sources: listings published on ma-propriete.fr on 25 September 2026 (asking prices, not sale prices); ma-propriete.fr observatories of country house prices in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and prestige property prices in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (in French), DVF data (notarised sales, French tax authority). * fewer than 100 sales: indicative value.
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence has the lowest country house prices in the region: a median €260,000 in 2025, with one sale in ten below €154,200. For a gîte, the benchmark is the tourist inland communes (hinterland and mountains), at a median €238,500 over 2020-2025 but up 11.4% between 2021 and 2025. Large-home sales are too few to publish a department median; the regional figure of €2,475,500 is driven by the coast. A gîte complex here trades well below coastal prices.
The south, from Forcalquier to the Valensole plateau and the Luberon, attracts most Provence holiday demand: hilltop villages, early-summer lavender, markets and bastides. The Verdon, from Moustiers-Sainte-Marie to Lake Sainte-Croix, has a strong summer season built on the gorges and water sports. The Durance valley, from Manosque to Sisteron, is the easiest to reach, along the A51 motorway and the Marseille-Briançon railway. The Ubaye valley around Barcelonnette and the upper Verdon offer two seasons, hiking and skiing. Aix-en-Provence TGV station and Marseille airport are the gateways for distant guests.
Old buildings include bastides, stone farmhouses, sheepfolds and dovecotes; thick walls need insulation and heating for off-season letting. In the Alpine valleys, the loi Montagne (mountain planning law) restricts new building outside villages, and around the large lakes the loi Littoral may also apply. Wildfire threatens the wooded southern hills and Pre-Alpine streams can flood quickly: read the risk report attached to the compromis de vente, the preliminary sale contract. Outside villages, the SPANC service inspects the septic system, which must cope with every bed. Each gîte is a meublé de tourisme (furnished holiday let). The law of 19 November 2024 provides for registration via a national online service, which is not yet in place; it is due to open in the fourth quarter of 2026. If the estate also runs chambres d'hôtes, hosting more than 15 people at once brings it under public-building (ERP) rules; see our article on opening a gîte (in French).
A takeover covers the property and often a customer base, website and labels. The property is sold through a compromis de vente and a final deed before a notaire (the notary handling the sale); the business side may be a separate fonds de commerce (goodwill). Ask for recent bookings and accounts and check each unit's registration. Our gîte buying guide (in French) sets out the process.
In 2025 the median country house sold for €260,000 in the department, and one sale in ten went above €381,754. A house to convert remains affordable in the Durance valley. A property with several gîtes, a pool and some land near the Luberon or the Verdon costs much more.
Around Valensole, the Verdon and Forcalquier, most bookings run from spring to late summer, peaking with the lavender and school holidays. The Ubaye and upper Verdon add a winter season, with higher heating costs. Test your occupancy assumptions with our holiday rental profitability simulator (in French).
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