Maison Olive, Menerbes, Provence

3-bedroom rental house with pool and big garden right in the beautiful village of Menerbes

Arriving at the house, Maison Olive is on the right.
 
This part of the garden belongs to Maison Olive.

Maison Olive is a Provence rental house for 6 that has everything going for it: a great location, in the sought-after hill-top village of Menerbes, a large garden, and a pool, both rarities for a village house. The house also has new and very comfortable furniture and important modern touches like WiFi internet, satellite TV and good bathrooms.

Maison Olive is attached to the 2-bedroom Maison Blanc next door, and the pool is shared. But each house has a separate part of the large gardens.

Living Rooms

Living room with plasma TV and WiFi internet.
 

The house sleeps 6 in 3 bedrooms, the master bedroom and en suite bathroom are upstairs, and the other two bedrooms and bathroom are downstairs.

Also downstairs is the living room/dining room (left) with wood-burning fireplace, plasma TV with satellite channels and DVD player, hi-fi, and wireless internet.

Off this room is the garden and terrace, and the kitchen (below) to the side.

 

 

 

The kitchen with top-end appliances and cooking ware.

The kitchen is very well equipped with a an extra-large Smeg oven and cooker, dishwasher, microwave. In the larder are the fridge-freezer, washing machine and clothes dryer.




Bedrooms

 
Master bedroom with double bed upstairs, and its en suite bathroom with bathtub and overhead shower.

 

 

There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a guest WC.

The master bedroom is upstairs, it has a double bed, and an en suite bathroom with bathtub, overhead shower, basin and WC.

Downstairs are two more bedrooms, one a double and one a twin with two single beds. The bathroom for these bedrooms (pictured left) has a shower, basin and WC.

 
Bathroom for bedrooms 2 and 3. 

 

Bedroom 2 on the ground floor with two single beds.
 
Bedroom 3 on the ground floor with double bed.




Garden & Pool

Maison Olive has its own private part of the garden (pictured below), which is spacious and lawned with big oak trees providing shade. There is a table and chairs for 8 people. There is also a terrace to the back with a barbecue.

Door from living room to garden.
 
Dining table under the shade of the oak trees - this garden is private to the house.

The pool is to the back of the house and is shared with the owners (when in residence). It is 9 x 3.8 metres with comfortable sun loungers and deckchairs. The pool has an alarm, in compliance with French pool regulations.

There is off-street parking for more than one car. The road is only used by residents so it is a quiet, peaceful setting, and only 2 minutes stroll to the centre of the village.



 

Pool is 9 x 3.8 metres (30 x 12 ft) with Roman steps at one end, and is shared with the owners if they are in residence.

The garden is unusually large for a village house.
 
Front door of the house is up the steps.




Location

 
 
Menerbes on its hilltop from the north. The square at the top.
 

Menerbes attained fame 20 years ago when Peter Mayle wrote A Year in Provence while he lived just outside the village. For a while Menerbes was on the tour buses' itinerary, but now it has slipped back to its old self, without losing any of the beauty that drew Mayle here. The village has a grocery store, butcher and baker, four restaurants and two bars. All of this is 150 metres from the house. Menerbes is one of the 'perched villages' which the Luberon is noted for - villages piled on top of hills for protection from invading armies and plagues - an arrangement that today has visitors reaching for their cameras at every turn.

Menerbes rises out of the valley of vineyards and orchards like a ship hugging the coastline of the Luberon mountain. It is in the Luberon Natural Park, which ensures that new building is strictly limited. You can walk from the village onto hiking paths into the mountain, or cycle from one village to the next.

Menerbes is very well located for the other perched villages of the Luberon - Gordes, Roussillon, Lacoste, Oppede le vieux, Bonnieux, and Goult are 5-15 minutes away by car - as well as must-see towns like Avignon, St Remy, Arles, Marseille, Nimes, and Aix en Provence. The Mediterranean is just over an hour away, and the French Riviera 2.5 hours.

 
Scenes from Menerbes. There is a well stocked little grocery, bar, restaurants, baker and butcher.
Menerbes

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Famous for:
  • Member of 'Most Beautiful Villages in France'
  • House of Wine and Truffles
  • Corkscrew Museum
  • 'A Year in Provence' written here
Amenities:
  • 4 restaurants
  • 2 cafés
  • Grocery store, butcher, baker
  • ATM
  • Market day: Thursday

Weekly Rates
Nov - Feb900 euros
March1100 euros
April1350 euros
May - June1400 euros
September1450 euros
October1200 euros
Xmas, New Year1100 euros


Included in the rental rates: bedlinen, towels, utilities, satellite TV, WiFi internet, and after-stay clean.

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 500 euros against any breakages or damage.		 Rental periods run from Saturday 4pm to Saturday 10am. For stays over a week there is a change of bedlinen once a week.

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 6 people. We regret that pets and smoking are not allowed in the house


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

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