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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. 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
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On the ground floor are the living room with dining table, and kitchen. The living room/dining room (above) has a wood-burning fireplace, satellite TV/DVD, and hi-fi. The house has WiFi internet. The living room opens through French doors to the terrace and garden.
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Well-equipped kitchen with door to garden.
The kitchen is very well equipped with a an extra-large oven and cooker, dishwasher, fridge-freezer and microwave. In the larder are the clothes washing machine and dryer.
Bedrooms
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Bedroom 1 with its en suite bathroom is upstairs.
 The bathroom for bedrooms 2 and 3 on the ground floor. | 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. Upstairs, bedroom 1 (above) has a 1.6m-wide bed (5.25ft) and its en suite bathroom has bath with overhead shower, basin and WC. Bedrooms 2 and 3 are downstairs and share a bathroom with shower, basin and a separate WC (left). Bedroom 2 has a 1.6m-wide double, and bedroom 3 has two single beds measuring 90cm wide (3ft). |
 Bedroom 2 on the ground floor. |  Bedroom 3 on the ground floor with two single beds. |
Garden & Pool
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The large lawned garden to the side which is the house's private part of the garden.
Maison Olive has its own private part of the garden (pictured above), which is spacious and lawned with big oak trees providing shade. There is a choice of outdoor dining tables, either under the pergola by the house, or in the shade of the tree on the lawn.
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The pool is 9 x 3.8 metres (30 x 12 ft) with Roman steps at one end, and poolhouse with summer kitchen at the other.
The pool is set back to the rear of the house and is shared with either the owners (when in residence) or else the occupants of the 2-bedroom Maison Blanc. It is 9 x 3.8 metres with comfortable sun loungers and deckchairs, and a poolhouse.
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The gravelled terrace for outside dining and sun lounging.
To the side, by the lawn, you step out onto a gravelled terrace area with dining table and sun loungers, with a view towards the Mont Ventoux (above). There is also a barbecue.
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The pool house with summer kitchen and sunloungers on the level above the pool.
The poolhouse has a summer kitchen with dishwasher, fridge, ice machine, and dining table. There is a WC too.
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The side terrace with pergola, dining table and sunloungers.
 The property seen from Menerbes. |  Front door of the house is up the steps. |
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.
The Location
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Menerbes on its hilltop from the north (left) and from the east (right). |
The village of Menerbes is a wonderful location and ideal for exploring the rest of the Luberon and Provence. Menerbes has everything you need - cafe, restaurants, bakery, and a small grocery store. You can even get the Herald Tribune and UK press when you walk in for your croissants or coffee in the morning. All the other picture-perfect 'perched' hill-top villages of the Luberon are within 15 minutes by car: Gordes, Bonnieux, Roussillon, Lacoste, Oppede le vieux and Goult. Just beyond are the antiques capital of Isle sur la Sorgue and the very lovely Fontaine de Vaucluse. Within an hour are Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, St Remy, Mont Ventoux, Les Baux de Provence, Orange, and the start of the Rhone wine trail. There is a market every day in one of the surrounding villages, and in Menerbes itself there is a market on Thursdays. You can make a comfortable day-trip of the Cote d'Azur from Monte Carlo to St Tropez, Marseille, the fishing village of Cassis and the calanques, Arles, Nimes, the Camargue, the Alps, the Gorges du Verdon, and the Rhone wine trail all the way to Lyon. |
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Scenes from Menerbes. There is a well stocked little grocery, bar, restaurants, baker and butcher. |
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Reviewed by : Jen
Sydney, Australia
Date of stay: 2018-04-29
Just amazing
My family and my stay at Maison Olive was just amazing. From booking through to the day we left, the process was so easy and well thought out! The house is so well equipped with everything you need for a short or long stay (I recommend looong as you won't want to leave once when you get there, trust me!). It has a lovely homely feel to it but also feels delightfully luxurious. Lovonne and Simon have provided comprehensive but easy to follow instructions and recommendations which we followed and enjoyed thoroughly. The house is located in an awesome location being slightly removed but so central to everything at the same time. This place is a little slice of heaven and I hope to come back one day!! Thank you so much Lovonne and Simon!
Reviewed by : Stuart
Cape Town
Date of stay: 2018-03-24
Exceptional in every way!
My wife and I have just checked out of Maison Olive after five wonderful days in Menerbes and the Luberon Valley. This is our second visit to the area but without a doubt our best! We instantly fell in love with Menerbes. Thanks to Simon and Lovonne we got to discover many of treasures of the village and the area - great walks, outstanding meals and lots of fun in the village markets. It was chilly for almost all of our stay but Maison Olive was warm and wonderful - beautifully decorated and complete with everything we could possibly have needed. Simon and Lovonne are the prefect hosts. There was no end to the time and trouble they went to make sure we had the best possible experience during our stay - whether it was ideas for day trips or great restaurant advice like Le Bistro 5 a short walk from Maison Olive - our best meal in France so far!
Reviewed by : Katrien
Parike, Belgium
Date of stay: 2017-07-08
Maison Olive - wonderful!
After a rainy week near Carcassonne, we were extremely delighted to arrive at Maison Olive in most picturesque Ménerbes. After a very warm welcome of 2 friendly housekeepers who had extremely profoundly cleaned the house, we very much enjoyed the hospitality and wandering round the garden of this extraordinary location. During the whole stay, we could simply not get enough of living outside in plenty sunshine and enjoying our daily brunch in the Secret Garden. Although the whole region is absolutely stunning, the swimming pool at Maison Olive and Maison Blanc with its surrounded area was equally good or even better when you look for the definition of “relaxing and enjoyable”. Our son Mathias (age 4) was particularly fond of staying at his little house in the garden which was beautifully decorated in Provencal style; moreover we were invited on a daily basis for a tea party in his little kitchen. When you look for attention to detail and preciseness, you can only note that this little kitchen is an exact copy of the perfectly well equipped kitchen in the house itself. If you look for the definition of typical Provencal, we are sure that Maison Olive will appear in the dictionary! It is clear that the owner, Lovonne cannot hide her passion for books which are presented in a nice way and brought my husband some nice ideas for some cooking in Belgium. We keep fond memories of Maison Olive and our frequent dinners at Bistro 5 looking over the hills of Ménerbes. We would absolutely recommend the location as a whole for obvious reasons but hope there would be a little space for us in the busy schedule as we’d definitely not saying ‘adieu’ but ‘goodbye’.
Weekly Rates
| April | 1150 euros |
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| May | 1550 euros |
| June | 1970 euros |
| July - August | 2750 euros |
| September | 1950 euros |
| October | 1470 euros |
| November - March | 950 euros |
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