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A delightful 3-bed Provence rental home in one of France's most beautiful villages |
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| The beautiful village of Menerbes with the house outlined. | The house and pool with the Luberon mountain in the background. |
| Le Clos is a splendid rental house right in Menerbes, which has been officially recognised as one of The Most Beautiful Villages of France. The house sleeps 6 people in 3 bedrooms and even has a generous garden and a pool, rare for a village house. The home is characterised by its elegant decor, very light living areas, and restful ambience. From the back garden you see the striking skyline of Menerbes, and to the front is the sun and the Luberon mountain. |
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The
living room is full of light and and opens onto the garden at the front
of the house.
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To
the back of the living room is the TV den with sofa and open fireplace.
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The
cosy kitchen and dining room are the heart of the house.
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From the entrance you come into the living room, with comfortable seating, book-lined shelves, and a wall of windows onto the garden. The back part of the living room has sofa and TV around an open fireplace. Adjoining the living room are the kitchen and dining rooms, one big light space where people gather expectantly as meals are prepared. The kitchen also opens onto the garden and the outdoor eating area. In the kitchen: oven, 4-ring cooker, microwave, dishwasher, toaster, electric kettle, coffee machine, and all the pots, pans, etc. you might need. There is wireless high-speed internet. |
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The
master bedroom upstairs, with dressing room and en suite bathroom.
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The
master bedroom's en suite bathroom has bathtub and walk-in shower, twin
basins and WC.
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There are 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms, with a guest WC. Upstairs is the big master bedroom and en suite bathroom with both bath and walk-in shower. The master bed is 1.6m wide (5.25ft). The room opens onto the back garden. Downstairs are bedrooms 2 and 3. Bedroom 2 has a 1.4m-wide bed (4.6ft), and bedroom 3 has either 2 singles of 80cm or a double of 1.6m (5.25ft). Between these 2 bedrooms is a bathroom with bath and basin, and there is a separate WC. There are both clothes washing machine and dryer. |
| The bathroom for bedrooms 2 and 3. |
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Bedrooms
2 and 3 downstairs.
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The property is laid out along three of the terraces that spill down from the top of the village. At the front of the house is a walled-in garden, and all the rooms except the master bedroom open onto this. At the back, and on a higher level, is another part of the garden, with a pool. Here two terraces extend away from the pool, laid with grass and trees. |
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Outside
eating in the front garden, outside the kitchen and living room.
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| The front garden has a large table and chairs by the kitchen, and a sun-deck to the side with chairs where you can also eat. This garden is walled, so toddlers can't escape. |
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From
left to right: kitchen, bedroom 2 and bedroom 3 from front garden
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Front garden from the decking. |
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The
decking by the living room is a great place for relaxing in the evening
sun.
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| View of vineyards from the decking. | The top garden is long and on two levels. |
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Arrival
at the house , the top garden is to the left of the drive. There is parking
for three cars.
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| Menerbes on its hilltop from the north. | The square at the top. |
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The village of Menerbes is a wonderful location and ideal for exploring the rest of the Luberon and Provence. Menerbes has everything you need - cafe, restaurants, bakery, butcher and a small grocery store. You can even get the Herald Tribune and UK press when you walk in for your croissants or coffee in the morning. All the other picture-perfect 'perched' hill-top villages of the Luberon are within 15 minutes by car: Gordes, Roussillon, Lacoste, Oppede le vieux, Bonnieux, and Goult. Just beyond are the antiques capital of Isle sur la Sorgue and the very lovely Fontaine de Vaucluse. Within an hour are Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, St Remy, Mont Ventoux, Les Baux de Provence, Orange, and the start of the Rhone wine trail. There is a market every day in one of the surrounding villages. For a guide to the area, including the villages, restaurants and markets, see TheLuberon.com You can make a comfortable day-trip of the Cote d'Azur from Monte Carlo to St Tropez, Marseille, the fishing village of Cassis and the calanques, Arles, Nimes, the Camargue, the Alps, the Gorges du Verdon, and the Rhone wine trail all the way to Lyon. |
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Scenes
from Menerbes. There is a well stocked little grocery, bar, restaurants,
baker and butcher.
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The map below pinpoints the location of the house in relation to the rest of Provence |
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to use the map:
You can zoom into this interactive map for more detail, or move around. At the moment it is centred on the blue marker which shows the approximate location of Le Clos. To zoom in and out click on the + and - buttons. You can also click on the map and drag in any direction to see where nearby places are. At top right you can choose between map, satellite and terrain views. |
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