Mas Augusta, Buoux, Provence

Sunny Provence rental for 8 with high view over Luberon park near the village of Buoux

Front of the house with its south-facing garden.
 
The pool has a far-reaching mountain view.

Mas Augusta is a stone-built Provence rental house facing south across a vast and spectacular private valley of absolute stillness, only two minutes from the village of Buoux in the Luberon National Park. It sleeps 8 people in 4 bedrooms.




Living Rooms

 

Living room with kitchen and dining area (above left) and sitting area around the fireplace (above right) - a very light and spacious room.

All rooms are on the ground floor. At the centre of the house is a big open-plan, high-ceilinged living room with kitchen and dining area. The kitchen is modern and well equipped, with oven, 4-ring cooker, fridge-freezer, dishwasher. The sitting area is around the fireplace and there is TV/DVD with CNN and other English-language channels, CD player, phone and WiFi internet.

 

From the kitchen and sitting room you step out onto the terrace with outside dining table, and on to the garden.




Bedrooms

The four bedrooms and three bathrooms are off the living room, two at each end.

 

Master bedroom with en suite bathroom.

To one side of the living room are the master bedroom and a twin room, each with their own bathroom. The master bedroom (pictured above) has a 1.6m-wide (5ft 3") double bed and its en suite bathroom has bathtub with handheld shower, two basins and a separate WC. A hair dryer is supplied too.

Bedroom 2 next to the master bedroom, with two singles and a shower room.

The twin room next to the master bedroom (above) has two single beds and a bathroom with shower, basin and WC.

On the other side of the living room are bedrooms 3 and 4 (right and below). These can both be configured as two singles or one double bed.

They share a bathroom with bathtub, overhead shower, double basin and separate WC.

 
Bedroom 3 with two singles or a double.

 

Bathroom shared by bedrooms 3 and 4.
 
Bedroom 4 with two singles or a double bed.

There is a separate laundry room with washing machine.




Garden and Pool

Mas Augusta is on 6 acres of land, all secured with a fence, amid truffle oaks and lavender fields. Immediately around the house is the shaded terrace, gravel area for games of boules, then beyond that the pool with view over the valley.

 

At the front of the house is the dining table and a gravel area ideal for boules.

Just outside the kitchen is the delightful outside eating and relaxing area, with Weber barbecue.

The pool measures 10m x 4m (33 x 13ft) and secured by a child-proof fence and gate. The pool is available from June to September.

 

 

Below the pool are lavender fields and a valley of oaks.

There is secure parking and a garage. The owner's house is 3 minutes' walk away, which is convenient if you need help or local advice (he speaks excellent English).




The Location

Buoux - blink and you might miss it. Which would be a shame because it has a fine restaurant, L'Auberge de la Loube.

This house seems like it is a hundred miles from anywhere, but in fact the tiny village of Buoux is a couple of minutes away and for larger villages with cafes, shops and bakeries, you have Bonnieux and Lourmarin, both 10-15 minutes away.

Buoux is in the the stunning landscape of the cut that runs through the Luberon mountain. Despite being but a speck it does have the well-known Auberge du Loube restaurant, as well as a chateau to explore and spectacular medieval fortress ruins. The countryside all around is famed for its hiking and climbing routes.

Using Buoux as a base you have all the other attractions of the Luberon close at hand, not least the other perched villages like Lourmarin, Bonnieux, Cucuron, Ansouis, Menerbes, Lacoste, Roussillon, etc. Isle sur la Sorgue with its antiques market and Fontaine de Vaucluse where the emerald Sorgue comes gushing out of the ground are 15 minutes away.

In under an hour you can be in Avignon, Aix, les Baux de Provence, St Remy, Isle sur Sorgue, and within two hours are Nimes, Arles, the Cote d'Azur and Rhone wine trail.

The view from the fortress of Buoux to Mont Ventoux at sundown - a view unchanged since pre-historic times (apart from the building on the summit....)

 

Buoux

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Weekly Rates
April - May1680 euros
June2150 euros
July - August3100 euros
September2150 euros
October1680 euros


Included in the rental rates: bedlinen, towels, utilities, WiFi, local calls and after-stay clean.

To secure a booking you would send a 30% deposit, with the balance payable up to 2 months before your stay.

There is a refundable security deposit of 1000 euros against any breakages or damage.		 The house is for a maximum of 8 people.

Rental periods run from Saturday 4pm to Saturday 10am. For stays over a week there is a change of bedlinen and towels once a week.

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


Insurance: you need personal liability insurance when you rent a property in France - find out about that here.

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