PROVENCE SUMMERS

The Mas de Maitre

As featured in Ideal Home Magazine

This beautifully old traditional Provencal house, in its quiet situation, is a minute from the centre of one of Provence's most beautiful unspoilt villages, surrounded by wonderful countryside, rivers, lakes & medieval villages, producing wine, truffles & cherries. Close by is the bustling town of Carpentras, & the colourful city of Avignon half an hour away.

The stylishly decorated & well equipped house provides; a lovely beamed sitting room with open fireplace, satellite T.V. DVD player. An attractive dining room, also with large open fire place. A well equipped kitchen, with granite work tops, lime stone floors, & french windows onto an outside shaded dining terrace. A utilty room with additional large fridge and washing machine.

Upstairs: 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms comprising; Two large double bedrooms, one with ensuite shower room, one with bathroom, one twin bedroom & one large bedroom with double bed, single bed & day bed. A further shower room with large walk in shower. All bedrooms have lovely views.

Outside: Lovely garden with pool & barbecue, with plenty of shady areas, sunloungers, and outside dining tables.

The village with its tree lined avenue of shops, good restaurants & all important cafe bars, is very well situated for all the main attractions that Provence has to offer. Vaison la Romaine, with one side of the river Roman, & the other medieval, Gigondas, Chateauneuf du Pape & Beaumes de Venise, renowned for their world famous wines. I'lsle sur la Sorgue, for its Sunday antique fair, and the spectacular hill top village of Gordes, steeped in history. Arles, and Aix en Provence are an hour away.

Inside the House

Downstairs - a lovely beamed sitting room with open fireplace, & satellite TV. DVD. An attractive well equipped kitchen with granite work tops and french windows onto an outside shaded dining terrace and a dining room with a large open fireplace. The downstairs floors are all limestone.

Upstairs - two double bedrooms, one twin bedroom & one large bedroom with a double bed, a single bed and a day bed, with attractive views of the garden, pool & village. Also a large bathroom and two shower rooms with large walk in showers all with washbasin's and WC.

Outside the House

There is a lovely garden with swimming pool and barbecue area. It is well equipped with plenty of tables and chairs, and sun loungers.   

We were lucky to find this old mas, it was everything we wanted, an old house in a quiet situation, with a large garden, in a truly beautiful village.

We have just had the interior sympathetically renovated and refurbished to a high standard. The house is painted in muted colours in Farrow & Ball paints, and the downstairs floors are lime stone.  The furnishings are elegant, but relaxed.  The showers are large walk in ones.  For winter breaks, it has open log fireplaces, & central heating, making it idea for off season holidays, when the days are sunny, but the nights are cold and crisp. We are happy to discuss discounts for long winter lets.

Exploring the local Area

HIGHLIGHTS

Spectacular old Provencal Mas

Lovely garden & pool.

Quiet Situation in sought after village.

Beautiful interior: 4 beds, 3 bathrooms.

Sleeps 8-10

24 Km Avignon

Airports : Marseille, Nimes & Montpelier 1 ? hrs Nice 2 ? hrs.TGV to Avignon

Centrally located for exploring Provence. Walking, mountiain biking  or canoeing.

CONTACT

Madeleine Ford

+44 (0) 2089405170

+33 (0)  0490350391

+33 (0)   0674867317

Email: provencesummers@hotmail.com

St.Didier is a very beautiful, unspoilt village, with a small supermarket, butchers, cave, bakers, newsagents, bars and restaurants etc. It also has a post office, small hotel, and tennis courts. The main street is shaded, in summer, by an avenue of plane trees. The house is wonderfully situated for the village, and is very special, in that it is a large village house with a beautiful garden and pool, in a quiet situation.

The pool is alarmed to help protect young children.

It is a wonderful area to explore , with its many beautiful villages, each with their own market days. The papal city of Avignon , and Carpentras, famous for its truffle market , are both near by. They both have excellent shops, and long summer festivals with music, dance, & theatre. Avignon 's cultural activities continue throughout the winter. All the local villages have fetes during the long hot summer months. For antique lovers, the world famous market at L'lisle- sur -la -Sorgue is a short drive away. The unique Vaison La Romaine, medieval on one side of its river, and with Roman remains the other side, is just the to the North of the Mount Ventoux .

The Roman cities of Orange , Arles , and Aix en Provence are about an hour's drive away. The Camargue, with its wonderful wild life, with flamingo's, bulls, and wild horses, about 90 mins away. Also about 90 mins away is the pretty coastal resort of Cassis.  A twenty minute drive takes you to the Luberon. 

For good food lovers there are many exceptional restaurants very close by. Amongst our favourites are The Mas la Bonoty, the Auberge du Beaucett, and the famous Hostellerie-de-Crillon-le Brave with its wonderful main restaurant, and its innovative bistro, where you can go down to the cellar to choose your own bottle of wine to accompany your meal. The beautiful hill top village of Venasque , five kilometres away, has the very good Auberge-la-Fontaine, and also Les Remparts.

The wines we have mentioned briefly before, but as well as the favourites, Gigondas, Chateauneuf-du-Pape and the wonderful pudding wine of Beaumes-de-Vanise, you may also like to try the wines at the cave St. Marc in the village of Caromb, and the wines of the village of Vacqueyras, as well as, of course, St.Didier's.

For those who get bored sitting in the afternoon shade, reading a book,with a glass of wine, it is a wonderful area for walking and cycling. You may like to try the Tour de France route to the top of Mt.Ventoux! There are rivers to fish, or canoe, horse riding, and the village has tennis courts.