A character Provence house with walled garden, between Avignon and the Luberon, sleeps 10. Available for holiday rentals.
 
 
The pool is outside the walled garden.   The house forms an L around the garden.
 

The house is built in an L around a walled courtyard, shaded in the summer by the chestnut and plane trees. There are 4 large bedrooms, and extra beds for children allows a maximum of 10 people, of which 8 can be adults. The house is full of character, and notable for ancient exposed beams in most of the rooms.

The location is just outside the village of Le Thor, which has all the amenities of a small town. The location is very quiet and private, surrounded by countryside. Most of the pictures here were taken in winter - for 7 months of the year it is much more appealing than pictured here.
 
 
 
Sunny dining room with ancient beams.   Living room opens onto garden.
 

Downstairs rooms run along the length of the house. This is an old farmhouse and there are no windows opening to the north, the whole house opens to the south and the walled garden. As a result all the rooms are lovely and bright.

The living room has comfortable seating and the TV room is separate. Between them is the dining room with a beautiful Provencal fireplace. The kitchen is well equipped with an American fridge-freezer, 4-ring cooker (electric and gas), oven, microwave, toaster, coffee-machine and dishwasher.
 
  
TV room, separate from the living room - with satellite TV and DVD player.   Well equipped kitchen.
 
 
 
There are 4 bedrooms with double beds, and one, the pink room, has an extra single bed. There are also two other single beds that can be used for children in the bedrooms, or in a spare room downstairs next to the downstairs bathroom.
 

Bedrooms are all large, bed sizes are (all beds 2m/6'6" long):

Yellow room: 2m wide (6'6") - with two mattresses together.
Pink room: 1.4m wide (4'7") double, 90cm wide single.
White room: 1.4 m (4'7") double.
Blue room: 1.4m wide (4'7") double.

There are also two extra single beds whch are suitable for children and can be put in any of these bedrooms, and this makes the total 10 people, although a maximum of 8 adults.
The yellow bedroom is the largest.    
 
 
Bathroom en suite to the yellow room.   Pink bedroom with double and single bed, and TV.
 
 
White bedroom.   Blue bedroom connects to the white bedroom through door.
 
 

There are three bathrooms. One is en suite to the yellow bedroom, with bathtub, walk-in shower, WC and basin.

Bathroom 2 is between the pink, white and blue bedrooms upstairs, and has bathtub with handheld shower and basin.There is a separate WC upstairs.

The third bathroom is downstairs, with shower and separate WC.
Bathroom 2 with bathtub, handheld shower and basin.  
 
 
 
 
 

The walled garden is bordered on two sides by the house, and dominated by a towering chestnut tree, which also provides shade from the midday sun.

All the downstairs rooms open onto the terrace and garden. The property is surrounded by tall and beautiful plane trees.

The pool is outside the walled garden, reached by a gate. It is surrounded by fields. The pool measures 10m x 5m (33 x 16ft) and has Roman steps at one end. It has an alarm, in compliance with French pool regulations.
The house from the pool.  
 
 
The drive leading to the house.   The chestnut tree and covered well.
 
 
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The house is ideally situated in the countryside between the fascinating medieval city of Avignon to the west, and the Luberon to the east. The Luberon is known for its beautiful perched, hill-top villages, like Gordes, Menerbes, Bonnieux, Roussillon, Lacoste, Goult, and Oppede le vieux.

The nearest village is Le Thor, 3 minutes away, and 10 minutes away is the town of Isle sur la Sorgue, which is the antiques capital of France, also known as the Venice of Provence.

For a guide to the area, including the villages, restaurants and markets, see TheLuberon.com.

Good day-trip destinations are the Cote d'Azur from Monte Carlo to St Tropez, Marseille, Arles, Nimes, the Camargue, the Alps, the Gorges du Verdon, and the Rhone wine trail.

For driving times to other places, try ViaMichelin. Type in 84250 as the postcode for your point of departure, and add your destination. This gives you distance, driving time and a route map.
 

 

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