Villa Farigoule is a large villa recently-built in Provençal style located in a quiet place on a 5000m² plot of land, in a dead-end dirt street. The Luberon Mountains (Unesco World Heritage Site) practically begins right behind the garden and create a barrier against the Mistral wind. It is a natural shield.
Falcons and other wild birds live close by, you can hear them from the garden. Part of the garden is an authentic, natural garrigue with wild flowers, wild thyme (farigoule), orchids and evergreen oak trees. Another side is in regional style, with olive trees, lavender, du genet, fruit trees with a vine that gives some welcome shade. The garden has automatic watering.
The swimming pool (5x10m) is equipped with counter-current and has a depth that ranges from 1m20 to 1m90, with a terrace and long chairs. On the northern face of the house you will find a spacious parking space with a carport and a petanque alley.
The house is made up of 2 floors and it is southward, offering a lovely view of the mountains. On the ground floor there is a large and delightful dining area, a wood burner, 2 sitting areas and a kitchen that has access to the spacious terrace and garden through sliding doors. The kitchen is very well fitted (fridge, oven, dishwasher, Senseo coffee machine, bread baker, fruit squeezer, …). Next to the kitchen there is a laundry room with a second fridge, a microwave and a washing machine. Barbecue on the terrace on a Weber-Barbecue.
Charcoal barbecue is forbidden in the Luberon for fear of fire. 1 bedroom with a double bed (1x2p) and a bathroom with a sink and bath, are all on the ground floor. In a separate part of the house on the northern side you will find a spacious bedroom with 2 single beds and an adjoining bathroom with toilet, shower, sink and bath. On the 1st floor there are 2 bedrooms (1x2p., 1x2p.+2x1p.). There is a toilet and a bathroom with a walk-in shower and a sink. From this floor, you can enjoy a beautiful view of the garden and mountain. On the spacious terrace, part of which is covered, there is more than the necessary garden furniture. Electric heating throughout the house. Farigoule is a perfect place to be based for discovering Provence, whether on foot, by car on bicycle. There are magnificent cycling ways.
Here are the main attractions: Lacoste: ruins of the Marquis de Sade’s castle (14km). Ménerbes: played a large part in the book “A Year in Provence” by Peter Mayle. Picasso and Camus lived here; art exhibition (7km). Les Baux de Provence: red stone ruins, on a hilltop with a fortified fort (38km). Roussillon: a village whose ground and houses range from a deep red colour to yellow, offering a display of 17 varieties of ochre; many artists (22km). Lourmarin: castle; picturesque village (29km). Orange: antique theatre, Arc de Triomphe (55km). Isle-Sur-La-Sorgue: watermills; antique market on Sundays and sometimes on boats along the canals (12km). Carpentras: beautiful little village with plenty of shops with a pedestrian centre; squares and terraces; large market on Fridays; Passage Boyer (50km). Avignon: Palais des Papes; colossal city walls, many squares and a big park on the Rocher des Doms with a view of the Rhone valley (35km). Apt: well known for its candied fruit; central square with a fountain, sycamore trees and ‘jeux de boules’; market on Saturdays with jazz bands and barrel organs (24km). Aix-en-Provence: student city; Cours Mirabeau; fountains; many beautiful stores; Cézanne’s workshop (66km). Nîmes: Jardin de la Fontaine; Roman ruins; concerts in Les Arènes; Pont du Gard; Maison Carrée, (81km). Arles: antique theatre; photographs; L’Espace Van Gogh; St-Trophine church with its holy processions; Les Alycamps; Les Arènes; the Constantine thermal baths, Courses Camarguaises (60km). Fontaine-de-Vaucluse: source of the Sorgue; Moulin à Papier (14km). St-Rémy-de-Provence in the Alpilles: sycomores; Nostradamus’ birthplace; Glanum; St-Sixte Roman chapel (28km). Oppède le Vieux: ruins of a fortified castle, fabulous location along a steep mountainside (2km). Bonnieux: magnificently set on a hill with steep little streets and at the top a fantastic view of the surroundings; very old little houses (18km). Gordes: small, medieval streets built around a castle on a mountainside; lovely square with a fountain used in the film “A Good Year” with Russell Crowe and Albert Finney (10km). Le Moulin de Daudet in Fontvieille: refurbished mills where Daudet wrote his letters. Château de Baux: old medieval village set on a mountainside with an admirable panoramic view; worth a visit (38km). Abbaye de Sénanque: beautiful cloister, surrounded by lavender bushes. Le village des Bories: very old little huts for farmers and shepherds, with round roofs and walls of limestone plates (10km). La Camargue: a wonderful natural spot made up of marshland and dunes, with wild horses, flamingos, black bulls, rice fields, salt marshes; the Gardians; Aigues-Mortes; Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer; Gypsy parties (60km). Roman heritage: Pont du Gard; Pont Julien, Les Arènes de Nîmes and La Maison Carrée ; amphitheatre and Arc de Triomphe in Orange ; antique theatre and Roman bridge in Vaison la Romaine ; Roman garden in Caumont ; Glanum in St Remy ; thermal baths and le Alycamps and the Arènes in Arles, etc.
A delightful place to stay in the heart of Luberon!
| 31/12/2011 | - | 1/6/2012 | : | 1 140,00€ |
| 2/6/2012 | - | 29/6/2012 | : | 1 440,00€ |
| 30/6/2012 | - | 31/8/2012 | : | 2 783,00€ |
| 1/9/2012 | - | 28/9/2012 | : | 1 440,00€ |
| 29/9/2012 | - | 28/12/2012 | : | 1 140,00€ |