• Impressive flag-stone Entrance Hall/Sitting Room, 33 ft x 14 ft (10 m x 4.25 m) with large stone fireplace. Double doors leading to
• Baronial-style Dining Room for 2 to 12 with white washed beams. This room goes through to a
• Circular Lounge with white washed beams and massive Provençal stone fireplace, giving a room 38 ft x 16 ft (12 m x 5 m) in total, French TV (6 channels), Satellite TV (BBC channels and Sky News etc.), DVD, CD/Radio/Cassette player
• Large comprehensively equipped kitchen (dishwasher, microwave, cafetière etc. of course) 15 ft x 11 ft 6" (4.5 m x 3.5 m)
• 6 Bedrooms - all are doubles and/or twins
  No. 1: very large main bedroom 22 ft x 11 ft 6" (6.6 m x 3.5 m) with super-king-size bed which can be divided to make twin - 3 ft 3" wide beds (1 m)
  No. 2: spacious circular double bedroom 18 ft in diameter (5.5 m) with four poster double bed
  Nos. 3 & 4: 2 bedrooms (both doubles which can be divided to make twins) with traditional Provençal sloping ceilings and beams
  Nos. 5 & 6: 2 ground floor bedrooms (1 double and 1 double which can be divided to make twins).
  [The 2 ground floor bedrooms have their own large ground floor bathroom with twin wash hand basins, large corner bath with shower facility, and a separate toilet]
• 3 Bath/Shower rooms (all newly fitted)
• 3 Toilets (all newly fitted)
• Laundry room
• Circular Roof Terrace (accessed by internal staircase up from 1st floor landing) with truly spectacular panoramic views
• Large raised ground floor Terrace looking over the garden and the landscape, perfect for relaxing and dining, with seating for 12 or more, around an inviting old farmhouse table 11 ft 6" long (3.5 m) - an excellent setting for long lazy lunches and those dinners that go on late into the warm nights and filled with enjoyable conversation
• Beautiful circular Swimming Pool built in the style of a Roman colonnaded arena - and charmingly illuminated at night for that enchanting midnight dip
• Poolside Sunbathing Terrace with sun loungers, drinks trolley etc.
• Shaded poolside lounge - a perfect relaxing and reading area furnished with a big comfy sofa, matching arm chairs, drinks/magazine table and CD/Radio/Cassette player
• Fully fitted poolside Summer Kitchen, with hob, twin sinks, full-size cool drinks fridge & ice cabinet and stone table for al fresco poolside meals
• Traditional stone-built poolside Barbecue with stone chimney and serving area
• Ornamental Pond Garden with a well-stocked picturesque pond, dry-stone grotto and little bridge and with a further stone table for dining under the trees
• Mature garden with low ornamental dry-stone walls and automatic watering system. A wealth of ornamental shrubs & trees provide natural shade and tranquillity in the heat of the summer, and throughout the year you will enjoy the relaxing setting of all the different outdoor areas with plenty of space to find your own sun or shade as you desire
• Parking for 5 or 6 cars with covered shaded parking for 3
• Boules area for playing the traditional and absorbing French game of Petanque (boules provided)
• Central Heating for the cooler winter nights (if you should need it)

• The beautiful walled city of Avignon - a UNESCO World Heritage Site - the medieval city of Popes - the biggest gothic palace in the world and the legendary bridge made famous by the song known to every child 'Sur le Pont, d'Avignon'
• St Remy de Provence and the impressive Greco-Roman archaeological site of Glanum, and the beautiful retreat where Van Gogh spent a prolific year inspired by the luminosity of the light in this region
• 11th century Les Baux de Provence dominating the Provence landscape
• The Roman centre of Arles described by Constantine as 'the little Rome in Gaul', the great obelisk, the theatre, the amphitheatre arena and the Cloisters of St Trophime
• Nimes with its impressive Roman arena. The beautiful Roman 'Jardin Des Fontaines' which it has been said inspired the gardens at Versailles, and the 'Maison Carreé' much like the Parthenon in Athens
• Pont du Gard-a World Heritage Site, the incredible triple height bridge built by the Romans, one of the finest and most grand pieces of architecture antiquity has bequeathed to us. The aqueduct level delivered pure water to the Roman baths and fountains at Nimes for over 200 years.
• Uzés, a delightfully restored medieval town, the seat of the Dukes of Uzés (the first Dukes of France ) for over a thousand years and its lovely cathedral with its tall tower unique in France and similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Aix en Provence, a city of art and culture, home of Cezanne and the city of a hundred fountains
• The Luberon - Gordes, Menerbes, Bonnieux and Roussillon
• Marseille with its picturesque old port and beautiful church high up on the hill (go up on the little 'street train touristique') overlooking the city, the Mediterranean, and the fortress island , Isle d'If - home of Alexander Dumas' Count of Monte Cristo
• Montpelier, elegant and classical, rather like a Paris of the South
• Orange, the great Imperial Roman theatre - yet another UNESCO World Heritage site
• The Camargue - calm and mysterious - try to take a Land Rover safari or a boat trip through the lagoons and waterways
• Aigues-Mortes, a beautifully preserved town completely enclosed by ramparts. The French kingdom's first Mediterranean port and the departure point for the Orient and the Crusades
• St. Maries de la Mer - like Mediterranean seaside resorts were 70 years ago - quiet and gentle with unspoilt and uncrowded beaches.

Drive via Reims, Lyon and Avignon
Fly direct to Nimes, Montpelier or Marseille and hire a car
Motorail to Avignon

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