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La Coquiere, Murs, Provence
Delightful 3-bedroom Provence vacation house near Murs, with tremendous views over the Luberon
View from front terrace of La Coquiere.
La Coquiere is a delightful 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom Provence holiday rental home positioned high up over the Luberon, with exceptional views. The house is set amid the cherry orchards and olive groves of this particularly beautiful part of Provence. There are 4 acres of garden and pines in a very calm setting. The house has a minimum age limit of 12 years old. |
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The view is quite outstanding - wide and far-reaching, taking in the hill-top villages of Roussillon, Bonnieux, Lacoste and Menerbes, as well as the spectacular cliff of Lioux. The nearest village and morning baguette is 1 km away (0.6 miles) - Murs, another of the region's well-loved ancient hill-top villages, but less visited than the others.
Living rooms
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Living room with dining room beyond.
The open-plan living room and dining room opening onto the patio give a feeling of spaciousness. In the living room is a baby grand piano in case you want to express yourself. There is TV/DVD with CNN and French channels, and wifi internet.
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Dining room opens onto the outside dining table on the front terrace.
The house is lived in outside the rental season by the owner and so it is very well equipped, especially the kitchen which includes every food preparation device you can think of (it even has a steam oven along with a conventional oven). Also: 4 gas-burner cooker, dishwasher, fridge-freezer, food blender and processor, espresso machine, toaster, electric kettle.
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Kitchen has every modern convenience and a view of Lioux.
There is a separate laundry room with washing machine and dryer.
 | La Coquiere also appeals to culture lovers, with its book room and English-language library, and baby grand piano in the living room. |  |
Bedrooms
There are 3 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. The master bedroom also has a dressing room, and air conditioning.
 Master bedroom with 1.8m-wide bed. |  Door from master bedroom to front of house and view. |
The master bedroom has a 1.8m-wide bed (6ft), and the other bedrooms have two 90cm-wide single beds (3ft).
 Master dressing room. |  Master bathroom wth shower and separate WC. |
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Bedroom 2, with 2 single beds, and its bathroom with shower, basin and WC.
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Bedroom 3 with 2 single beds and its bathroom with bath/overhead shower, basin and WC.
Garden & Pool
Whatever the season this is a house where you spend as much time as possible outside. The view is magnificent, and the front of the house is is south-facing so you get sun all day. If the wind blows you are sheltered on the main patio.
 Front of house, master bedroom on the left. |  Looking up at house from the pool. |
 | The swimming pool is down a level from the house, so that you cannot see it from the main patio level - it doesn't intrude on the view. The pool is 9m x 4m (30 x 13 ft) and shares in the glorious far-reaching view. |
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House seen from behind (left) and from the side (right).
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You can eat at the table outside the dining room (above right) or for maximum shade there is a snug outdoor dining room by the barbecue (above left).
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There are 4 acres of garden and woods, featuring olive trees, santolina, irises, roses, lavender, rosemary - all the familiar colours and scents of Provence.
There is plenty of parking behind the house. The house is at the end of a 100-yard path from the road (which is a quiet road).
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The owner is English, lives very close by, and is on hand in case of any difficulties or language problems.
The Location
The lovely village of Murs, 1km away, is officially one of the 'Most Beautiful Villages in France' and has yet to be 'discovered'. The village has a food shop with bakery, and a good restaurant with bar ('Le Crillon'). Murs is peaceful and picturesque, with some notable architecture dating back to the Middle Ages. It is 11km from Gordes, which is perhaps the biggest village of the Luberon.
It is said that the painters chose Gordes and Roussillon, the writers chose Lourmarin, and the wise chose Murs, and have kept quiet about it.
Using the house as a base you have all the other attractions of the Luberon close at hand, not least the other perched villages like Menerbes, Roussillon, Lacoste, Oppede le vieux, Bonnieux, Goult, etc. Isle sur la Sorgue with its antiques market and Fontaine de Vaucluse where the emerald Sorgue comes gushing out of the ground are also close and in under 90 minutes you can be in Avignon, Aix, les Baux de Provence and St Remy.
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Weekly Rates
| April | 1800 euros |
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| May | 2000 euros |
| June | 2300 euros |
| July - August | 2600 euros |
| September | 2300 euros |
| October | 1900 euros |
| Xmas, New Year | 2200 euros |
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