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In Haute-Provence, hikers can literally sleep inside Andy Goldsworthy sculptures
A long-distance route turns land art into shelter: hikers walk between remote stone installations and can sleep inside some of them.
Artist Andy Goldsworthy’s Refuges d’Art route in Haute-Provence combines long-distance hiking with a network of restored buildings and site-specific sculptures.
Some refuges are not just art to look at—they are places hikers can inhabit overnight.
Why it’s worth going
It creates a rare overlap of serious hiking, remote French countryside and art that changes depending on weather, light and who is passing through.
When not to
This is not a casual gallery stroll. Parts of the route are physically demanding and remote, and some refuges are extremely rustic—think mice, bats and minimal comforts.