Domaine du Rayol

The Domaine du Rayol (20 hectares), also known as the Jardin botanique du Rayol and the Parc botanique à Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, is a botanical garden and arboretum located on the Avenue des Belges, Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

The garden was first created in 1910 by Parisian businessman Alfred Theodore Courmes when he built his retirement home on a promontory overlooking the Baie du Figuier.

This earliest garden contained agaves, eucalyptus, heathers, mimosa, palms, and other Mediterranean trees.

Courmes sold the property to aeronautical engineer Henry Potez, who restored the buildings and built a staircase from the pergola down to the sea.

In this place in 1985 David Coverdale and John Sykes was working in the famous 1987 album Of Whitesnake, in the songs Is This Love & Still Of The Night.