A 4-bedroom villa near the peaceful village of Cabrieres d'Avignon, in the Luberon region of Provence.
 
 
The house and garden are immaculately kept and look south over vineyards to the Luberon mountain.
 

This is an old house renovated to include the best farmhouse features like stone walls, vaulted ceilings, beams and floor tiles. There is the charm of the old and the pleasure of the modern in this ideal rental house.

There is a pretty, walled-in garden, and a pool. If you close the gate, children (and cars) can be safely enclosed within the courtyard and garden.

Cabrieres d'Avignon is between Gordes and Coustellet in the Luberon region of Provence, which is where Peter Mayle wrote his book 'A Year in Provence'. It is within 15 minutes of the beautiful hill-top villages like Gordes, Menerbes, Bonnieux, Lacoste and Roussillon.
 
 

Living room with TV and DVD player.   Second living room adjoining the first one through an arch.
 
 
 

The kitchen (left, right and below left) is very well equipped, with gas rings, electric oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge, and there is a second fridge-freezer.

At one end is a beautiful old fireplace and on two other sides windows and doors to the garden.

The dining table seats 8, and outside is another dining table and chairs (below right).

  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Master bedroom with 1.6m wide bed (5'4" x 6'6"), en suite bathroom with tub and walk-in shower, and a great Luberon view.
 
Bedroom 2 is on the ground floor, with a 1.4m wide bed (4'7" x 6'6"), tub and walk-in shower, WC. The view from the bedroom is of the garden.
 
Bedroom 3 with a 1.4m wide double.   Bathroom for bedrooms 3 and 4.   Bedroom 4 with three beds.
 

Bedroom 3 is a double bed, 1.4m wide (4'7") and bedroom 4 is a children's room with 2 single beds and one 1.2m wide bed (4ft) which is between a single and a double.

Between the two bedrooms is their shared bathroom with shower and WC.
 
 
The dining table outside the kitchen with pool in the background.
 
The square pool is 7m x 7m (23ft), with roman steps at one end, and slopes from 1m in depth to 2m (3'3" to 6'6"). It has either an alarm or a removable fence to keep the pool secure and within the norms of French pool regulations. The fence is intended for when there are small children.

 

  
 
The garden is very pretty, with climbing roses on ancient walls, olive trees and cypresses, and flowering borders.
 

The garden is walled in and part courtyard, part lawn. When you shut the gate you can keep children in an enclosed, easily observable space. There is covered parking for three cars within the gate.

There are 6 deckchairs and 6 sunbeds, a table tennis table, and an electric barbecue.
 
 
 
 

The closest village is Cabrieres d'Avignon, 1 mile away. Cabrieres has a good restaurant, baker, butcher and general store. It is a 'real' village, favoured by families and locals, and not invaded by tourists. All the buildings are in honey-coloured stone and the village is unspoilt. It is a couple of minutes from Gordes in one direction and Coustellet in the other. Gordes is a beautiful hill-top village, perhaps the most beautiful in Provence, while Coustellet is very practical, with many useful stores and a couple of banks.

The house is a short drive from the many attractions of the Luberon, such as the villages of Bonnieux, Menerbes, Roussillon and Lacoste, all members of the 'Most Beautiful Villages of France' association, and all within 20 minutes. Also close by are the antiques market at Isle sur la Sorgue, the crystal-clear waters of Fontaine de Vaucluse, and Mont Ventoux.

Within an hour you can be at famed Provence towns like Aix en Provence, Nimes, Avignon, St Remy, Orange, Les Baux de Provence, Arles and Tarascon. Marseille, France's second city is just over an hour away, and the Cote d'Azur is 2 hours away. A good place to spend a day at the seaside is the lovely little fishing harbour of Cassis, 80 minutes drive away. This is like a smaller, more charming version of St Tropez.

Mostly people who come to the Luberon use their house as a base from which to explore during the day. Le Cabrion is very well located for this, and also for days when you just want to stay home and lie by the pool.
 

To see close by...click for more:
SENANQUE ABBEY GORDES ROUSSILLON
 
BONNIEUX MARKETS MENERBES
 
 
 

Included in the rental rates: utilities, bedlinen, towels, pool towels, table linen, after-stay clean.

Rental periods run from Saturday 4pm to Saturday 10am. For weeks that straddle two months, take the rate for the month in which most of the week falls.

There is a minimum rental period of two weeks in July and August, one week for the rest of the year.

To secure a booking you would send a 25% deposit, with the balance payable up to 8 weeks before your stay.

  

There is a refundable security deposit of 900 euros against any breakages or damage.

Insurance: when you book a rental home in France you must take out holiday insurance not only to cover yourself but also to cover against accidental damage to the property.

Cancellation policy: if we can find another booking for your dates we will return any money sent (minus bank charges).

The house is for a maximum of 8 people. We regret that pets and smoking are not allowed in the house.
 
 
If you cannot see the email link above, the address for all enquiries is cabrion, followed by @, then theluberon.com
 
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