Description of the Property

Welcome to La Petite Colline, a contemporary Provençal villa available for weekly or monthly rental for up to eight guests.

Situated near Aix-en-Provence on a small rise amidst the vineyards and orchards of the Luberon Sud, the villa, its terraces, gardens, outdoor dining areas and swimming pool all face the millenium-old Chateau d'Ansouis perched atop the medieval village. Surrounded by trees, the estate is entered through its private gate at the foot of the village. Its cypress-lined driveway passes beside a small meadow of lavender and rosemary, up past a flowered hillside and the swimming pool terrace, to the villa's lower level.

Entry to the home itself is either up the front steps or directly into the lower bedroom level. The upper terrace in front of the house, shaded by a 300-year-old yew tree, leads around the gardened side of the villa to the rear terrace with its timbered planting beds beneath the wooded hillock that separates the estate from the vineyards behind it.

The swimming pool, like the terrace above it, looks dramatically up at the still occupied chateau atop the village. (The viscount and the village mayor are one in the same person.) As the day progresses, the shifting play of light between sky and chateau is nothing short of compelling.

The home itself has every modern amenity, including a spacious, open-plan salle de sejour with its airy conversation area, a large tile-countered kitchen, roomy dining space, and a separate stereo/TV/DVD area. Space and light abound, as do books, videos and CDs.

One bedroom on the level below, and two (or three) more bedrooms (as needed) on the floor above, are each newly and colorfully decorated, quiet, and extremely private. Each sleeping level has its own full bathroom, with an extra WC-plus-sink on the upper level. Floors are tiled throughout, and (for our October-to-April guests) radiantly heated. A separate office upstairs looks dramatically out on the chateau and the village, as do the master bedroom and the salle de sejour.

Overall, La Petite Colline is light, airy, more casual than formal, extremely comfortable, and blessed by its spacious landscape, its sublime setting, and the Provencal sun.

Rental periods longer than a week can easily be accommodated, with a 10% discount for any additional full week beyond the first. Rental weeks ordinarily begin on Saturday at 3:30pm and end at 11am the following Saturday.

Airport: Marseille
Distance: 45 minutes

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