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Le Metayer, Oppède le Vieux, Provence
Delightful Provence cottage with pool in stunning Oppede setting
 Le Metayer seen from the garden in spring. |  The pool area. |
This delightful little house with a wonderful view dates back to the 16th century and has retained original features, like the fireplace and the beams. Added to that are furnishings of great comfort, with three bedrooms sleeping 5 people. Le Metayer is one of six exclusive small rentals on a stunning 10-acre Provence property, each with its own private outside space, and a shared pool.
Living Rooms
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Living room with 17th century beams and modern comforts.
 Sunny kitchen with Provencal colours. | You enter the house through the sunny kitchen. This is well equipped with oven, 4-ring cooker, dishwasher, fridge-freezer, toaster, electric kettle, and dining table. There is also a table and chairs right outside the kitchen under the shade of the pergola. The living room is very Provencal with its ancient beams and fireplace, and also has a large TV with English channels like CNN and BBC World. There is free WiFi internet. |
Breakfast can be provided, with fresh croissants and bread from the bakery. You can have this at the owner's house or delivered to your door every morning.
Bedrooms
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Spacious master bedroom with wonderful period features.
There are two double bedrooms and one single. The showpiece of the house is the big main bedroom, with its 16th century fireplace (not in use), and original niches and alcoves in the walls.
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The single bedroom (left) shares the master bathroom (right).
The main bedrooms and the single bedroom (above left) share a bathroom (above right) with claw-foot bath-tub, walk-in shower, basin and separate WC. Also tucked away is the washing machine. The single bed is 1.2m wide (4ft), so too narrow for two people.
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Bedroom 2 and its en suite bathroom.
The second double bedroom (above) has a 1.6m-wide (5ft 3") bed, and an en suite bathroom with shower, basin and separate WC.
Fitness & Leisure
Also on the grounds are a small fitness room and a big lounge with piano and big-screen entertainment. Breakfast of croissants and baguette can be delivered to your doorstep in the morning (15 euros per day).
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The lounge (left) and fitness room (right) are for the use of all guests.
Massages and reflexology sessions can also be organised at the house.
Garden & Pool
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Le Metayer has a private patio with a lovely view over vineyards, to the Luberon mountain with the iconic medieval village of Oppede le vieux perched on its flank.The pool and gardens are shared with the other rentals on the property.
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The patio is outside the kitchen and is an idyllic setting for meals for at least 6 months of the year. It is shaded by a trellis on a wrought-iron pergola.
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The 10-acre garden is mainly olive orchard, oaks, cypress and lavender.
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Views out from the estate over surrounding countryside.
The Location
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Scenes from nearby villages: Gordes, the church at Oppede le vieux, and Senanque Abbey.
The house is in the vineyards between the villages of Maubec and Oppede, and Oppede le vieux. It is under a mile to a cafe, two restaurants, three bakeries, butcher and a grocery store.
The Luberon's famous hill-top villages are all within 15 minutes: Gordes, Bonnieux, Roussillon, Lacoste, Menerbes, Goult, etc. And the towns like the antiques mecca of Isle sur la Sorgue, and Fontaine de Vaucluse, where the Sorgue river emerges fully formed from deep underground.
Within an hour are the splendid Provence cities of Avignon, Arles, St Remy, Tarascon, Orange, Aix-en-Provence, Nimes, as well as the Camargue, Marseille, and the Rhone wine trail.
If you are coming to Provence to relax rather than take everything in, there is a market every day in a different village close by. The best for local produce is the farmer's market 5 minutes away in Coustellet on Sunday mornings (April-December). And there are wineries all around where you can taste their recent offerings and buy by the bottle.
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The castle at Lourmarin, shopping in Roussillon, and a street in Goult.
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Weekly Rates
| Easter | 1650 euros |
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| June | 1650 euros |
| July - August | 1950 euros |
| September | 1650 euros |
| October - May | 1550 euros |
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