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LOCATION
St-Rémy is an historic small market town of Roman origins situated south of Avignon and an hour north of Marseilles. The other major towns close by include Arles, Nîmes, Salon, Orange and Aix-en-Provence. There are many small and attractive villages in the area including Egalyiéres and the historic fortress town of Les Baux.
The sea is about an hour’s drive either to St.Marie-de-la-Mer in the Camargue, or via the Autoroute to beach resorts such as Cassis.
The house is located three kilometres to the south east of St-Rémy, and is the last mas situated against the foothills of Les Alpilles, which forms the western extension of the Lubéron mountain range.
COMMUNICATION
Car: St-Rémy is located about 20 minutes west of the Cavaillon junction of the A7 Autoroute between Paris and Marseille.
There is direct access by passenger train (TGV) or motor rail from the UK, Boulogne or Paris to Avignon, which is about 25 minutes from the house.
Air: There are daily BA and Easyjet flights direct to Marseille Airport (60 mins to house); Flybe from Southampton to Avignon (30mins to house); and Ryan Air from Stansted to Nîmes (45 min).
ACCOMMODATION
Internal: A spacious provençal house which has been completely renovated and furnished with traditional provençal interiors and fabrics, whilst retaining its rustic character. The accommodation comprises: four double bedrooms, one single bedroom, four bathrooms, entrance hall, large sitting room, kitchen/dining room, games room, and laundry room as follows:
Ground Floor
• Spacious entrance hall
• Living room with a large working fireplace
• Dining area
• Large fully fitted kitchen
• Games room with table tennis, darts, a pool table, table football, and a ‘den’ with two sofas, low table, and music system.
• Double bedroom (double bed) en-suite with shower/basin/WC, and its own terrace
• Single bedroom
• Bathroom with shower unit
First Floor
• Master bedroom (double bed) with en-suite bathroom (bath/shower, double basins and WC) and its own terrace.
• Two further double bedrooms ( 2x single beds each).
• Bathroom (bath/shower, basin, WC).
• Laundry room (washer and dryer).
• NB: The hanging cupboard in the master bedroom is about 4 ft deep and double fronted to enable direct access to one of the adjoining bedrooms if required for communication to children in the adjoining room.
There is a comprehensive range of modern equipment in the kitchen, including a fridge/freezer, second refrigerator (used mainly for drinks), gas hob, electric oven, and dishwasher.
Water Tank: most of the south of France suffers from water shortage during the summer months, but we have built a 1,500 litre tank to act as a reservoir with automatic refilling to provided a continued supply of house water.
External: The south side of the house has three connecting terraces with the largest for dining outside leading directly off the kitchen. Both the kitchen and sitting room terraces have a trellis for shade.
The house has an outlook over a sprinklered lawn and mature provencal garden with plentiful lavender, hibiscus, roses, irises, oleander, and other shrubs and flowers with a wild parkland behind, populated mainly with pine trees.
About 20 yards from the house is a swimming pool surrounded on three sides by a hand laid stone wall.
In addition there are about 7 acres of land, much of which comprises olive and almond trees.
Other Features
• Business
• Broadband
• Fax
• Three new portable phones with answer phone.
• Internet link to make free phone calls worldwide.
• Television
• New flat screen TV with Sky Plus and a new DVD player
FACILITIES:
At the House: Heated Swimming Pool (39ft x 17ft)
The heated pool has an electric cover for security and heat retention at night, and is surrounded by paving stones. In one corner is a fixed stone table with a wide ‘banquette’ covered with deep cushions for either sitting or lying on. Situated above the pool area is a platform providing a quiet retreat from the poolside with additional chaise longue. It is surrounded by flowers and has a beautiful view across the provencal countryside to the Luberon mountains, and is reached by steps within the pool area.
Pool Open: May-October
Closed: November- April
Unless by arrangement
Table Tennis
Table Football
Pool table
Darts
Pétanque
2 x music centres (tapes/CDs/mini-disc)
Badminton
Close by:
Golf – 3 courses :
• Golf des Baux (20 mins)
• Golf de Servanes (25 mins)
• Pont Royale (45 mins)
Tennis – 6 courts at the Tennis Club in St-Rémy
Gliding - Romarin (20 mins)
Horse Riding – Local or the Carmargue
Cycling – on surrounding ‘D’ roads... bikes rented in town.
Hill Walking
Canoeing – River Gard/Ardeche etc.
Festivals – plentiful
Bull fights – mostly spring and summer
Market days – St Remy (Wed) plus at all other towns/villages.
Site seeing – unlimited !! Locally, there is Les Baux (medieval fortress); Glanum (ruins of Roman town, plus museum); Pont du Gard (Roman three level aqueduct); Clinique St Paul (where Van Gogh was a resident).
Wine tasting – Local vineyards include Trevallon; St Berthe; Mas de la Dame; Terre Blanche; Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Vacqueras, and Beame de Venise
OTHER Bed linen and towels are provided; pool/beach towels are not.
CHANGE-OVER The house is let weekly from 4pm on Friday to 10am the following Friday.
Pets: Sorry, no pets.
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