Sumptuous 5-bedroom house with pool that sleeps 12, close to Roussillon in the Luberon region of Provence. Available for weekly rentals in summer.
 
 
 
 
 

Mas St Michel is an excellent rental property in a very good Luberon location. The house is beautifully furnished and is notable for its vast living room-kitchen-dining room, all in one space filled with light from the south-facing garden.

The kitchen is equipped as you would expect from the professional chef who owns the house. There are 5 bedrooms but as one of them is a children's dorm sleeping 4, the house can stretch to 8 adults and 4 children.

Continuing below are photos and descriptions covering the whole house and location.
 
Pictured above and below, the living room with plenty of comfortable seating, centred either on the ancient fireplace or the TV/DVD (which has CNN, BBC and others.)
 
 
The dining table seats 12, although in summer you would usually be eating outside. The kitchen is to the right, with the living room beyond.   Looking from the opposite end of the living room, with the dining room in the distance. Unusually this house can seat 12 in comfort in one room.
 

The kitchen (pictured right) is very well equipped. It has the electric oven and 4-ring cooker on an island, dishwasher, American fridge-freezer, micro-wave, double sink. It has many cooking devices and utensils, everything you might need, and all of a very good quality.

TV and Internet: there is satellite TV with English-language channels including CNN and BBC, as well as a DVD player. In the study upstairs there is high-speed internet and a fax machine if needed. A computer is not supplied.
 
 
 

There are 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a total of 5 WCs.

The master bedroom is pictured on the left and below with its en suite bathroom. The bed is 1.6m wide (5'3"). This bedroom is on the ground floor and opens onto the garden.

The bathroom has bathtub, separate shower and twin basins. There is a separate WC across the corridor.

This bathroom is shared with bedroom 2 (not pictured). This room has two single beds, 90cm wide (3ft), and also opens onto the garden.

 

Large master bedroom with doors to the garden.  
 
Master bedroom with its en suite bathrooom - bathtub, separate shower, separate WC.
 
 
 
The other bedrooms are upstairs. Bedroom 3 (left) has a 1.6m wide bed (5'3"), and its own bathroom (below) with bath, handheld shower, basin and separate WC.
 
Bedroom 3 upstairs, another large bedroom, with its en suite bathroom - bathtub, handheld shower, and separate WC.
 
 
 
Charming children's dorm with 4 beds.   Bedroom 4 next to the children's dorm.
 
  Bedrooms 4 and 5 (pictured above) are ideal for up to 4 children in the dorm and a nanny or parent in bedroom 4, where the bed is 1.4m wide (4'7").  
 
 

Between the bedrooms is a corridor with bathroom and separate WC. Just as the children have their own bedroom, they also have their own bathroom with basins at their height (left), and bathtub with handheld shower.

An autumn view from the children's room (right) over fields and vineyards.

  
Bathroom with basins at children's height.   Autumn view from children's room.
 

Other rooms:

- The Study is upstairs and ideal for those who have to work on holiday. There is a desk, high-speed internet, and a fax machine can be supplied.
- Utility room downstairs has the clothes washing machine, dryer, a second fridge, and a wine fridge.
- There are 5 WCs, 3 associated with bathrooms, and two independent ones, one upstairs and one downstairs.
 
 

The garden runs the length of the front of the house and is south-facing. It is enclosed so can keep children contained. The garden is beautifully planted and dominated by the plane tree in the centre. The house is surrounded by vineyards and fields, in a very peaceful setting.

There is a large dining table under the shading trellis, and a separate table and chairs for more relaxed lounging.

Pool: the pool could not be more secure. It has a rigid sliding cover, a secure fence, and infra-red detectors to tell you if a child is about to enter the pool. The pool is 12m x 4m (40x13ft). Depth goes from 1.5m to 1.6m. There are sunloungers around the pool.

  
 
 
   
 

Other details:

- There is secure parking for 3 cars.
- The house has an alarm.
- Pool and garden maintenance are included
- Catering can be arranged. The owners run one of the best restaurants in the region and can supply meals to the house.

 
 
 
 

The house is in a favoured location, in the Luberon area of Provence. This is the special part of the world that reached a wider audience with Peter Mayle's 'A Year in Provence' , and the recent movie 'A Good Year', both based in the Luberon.

The closest village is the stunning, ochre-coloured Roussillon, which is 2 miles away. Rousillon has plenty of restaurants, shops and a weekly market.

Other notable hill-top villages within 15 minutes are Gordes, Menerbes, Bonnieux, Lacoste, Goult, and Oppede le vieux.

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

Other places of interest nearby: Lourmarin, Isle sur la Sorgue, Fontaine de Vaucluse, Avignon, etc. The map below is interactive and allows you to explore where it is in relation to the rest of Provence.

For driving times to other places, try ViaMichelin. Type in 84220 as the postcode for your point of departure, and add your destination. This gives you distance, driving time and a route map.
 
 

How to use the map:
You can zoom into this map for more detail, or move around, or change it into a roadmap.

At the moment it is centred on the marker which shows the approximate location of Mas St Michel.

To zoom in and out use the 'zipper' scale on the left - either drag the zipper up or down, or click on the + and - buttons.

You can also click on the map and drag in any direction to see where nearby places are.

To turn it into a roadmap click on 'Map' at top right.
To turn it into a satellite image click on 'Satellite'.
To see a combination click on 'Hybrid'.

 
 
 
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