Property Description
This is a beautiful villa, perfect for 6 holidaymakers looking for a stunning and peaceful place to spend their holiday. It’s a very popular choice as the Villa is spacious, well equipped and furnished, and in a very sought after area offering great views of the Luberon countryside.
It’s a traditional, stone built house that sits on the top of a plateau, just above the picturesque village of Lacoste. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, a very well appointed kitchen and facilities such as DVD player and Internet access. The garden is a real haven; alive with colourful flowers and shrubs, and there’s a great, heated pool.
The local area is noted for fine restaurants, interesting villages and easy access to great walking and cycling trails through the hills. This villa benefits from a very rural setting but also easy reach of local village shops and facilities.
The outdoor space at this property is impressive; a shaded, well furnished terrace for dining and relaxing, leads onto 1400sqm of private garden. The combination of a wonderful garden and stylish interior makes this an all round great holiday rental.
Property Features
The living room is very comfortable for 6 and is decorated in a traditional yet light and airy style.
If you choose to eat inside there is lovely dining area with a fireplace, or of course for most of the year you can eat outside on the beautifully furnished terrace.
There's a spacious area with oven, kettle, toaster, coffee machine and dishwasher.
In addition to the kitchen facilities there’s a separate area with fridge, freezer, ice-maker, microwave and washing machine.
3 bedrooms in all, 2 are in the main building with a queen and double bed whilst the third bedroom with a double bed is in an attached building with separate entrance. All are beautifully decorated.
Each bedroom has it’s own bathroom with shower and there are is a separate toilet.
The photos should give you an idea of the great outdoor space. The garden is large, very well stocked and divided into various areas, offering you options for eating and relaxing outside. There’s a BBQ and plenty of wrought iron furniture.
A lovely, heated if requested (extra charge applies) pool, 9x4m with lighting and an alarm.
Gas, electric, & water are all included in the summer rental cost; however there is an additional charge for heating during the winter months.
End-of-stay cleaning is included in the rental cost, unless the property is left unacceptably dirty when an additional cleaning charge may be taken from your damage deposit.
Bed & bathroom linen is included in the rental cost.
Taxe de Sejour: in France, it is necessary to pay a “Taxe de Séjour” and this is calculated per adult per night.
The owner requests a damage deposit of 2500 Euros by Credit Card Authorisation .The deposit will be refunded to you at the end of your stay, less the replacement cost of any breakages or extra cleaning charges.
Change over day is normally Saturday but there is a degree of flexibility out of high season
Long weekend stays are possible in the winter upon request
Pets are not permitted at this villa - sorry.
Smoking is not permitted.
About the local area
The local village
Lacoste is a very picturesque medieval village perched on the Luberon ridge. It has a few local shops restaurants/cafes and is approximately 2.5 km from Villa St Aubin
Sports facilities
It's a great location for touring and leisure as there are cycling, walking and horse riding paths across the beautiful Luberon hills.
Activities
The winding roads of the Luberon, with spectacular views, are great to explore and you'll find loads of picturesque villages (Gordes, Menerbes, Maubec) on the doorstep and no doubt you'll want to stop and take some refreshments! There's so much to do and see in the area; St Remy-de-Provence, famous for its Roman architecture, Les Baux with its ruined castle and unique rock formations, L'Isle sur la Sorgue, famous as an antique centre and market. Also within easy reach are Pont du Gard, Avignon with the Palace of the Popes, Marseille with its famous waterfront, the Amphitheatre at Nimes and the cultured avenues of Aix-en-Provence.
Markets
There is a weekly market on a Tuesday at the villa of Lacoste, and just a short drive away there’s a great Sunday morning market at Coustellet. Most of the local villages and towns host interesting markets offering a selection of fruit, vegetables, breads and gifts on a weekly basis
Restaurants
There’s an abundance of good restaurants in the local villages and surrounding area – you’ll be spoilt for choice! One of our particular favourites is the Auberge de la Loube in the nearby village of Buoux
Supermarket
You’ll find larger supermarkets at Apt, Cavaillon and Avignon.
REVIEWS
The garden, pool and hot tub facilities were excellent
Mr M, UK, August 2017
Fantastic; beautiful cottage and garden. Pool and hot tub great and warmer than other villas we stayed at previously so used a lot. Only suggested improvement would be to supply portable fans for each of the bedrooms as it was hot at night. Otherwise, definitely a villa we would highly recommend and visit again. Also wonderful location with lovely local villages.
Mrs S, Surrey, August 2016
Second year we stayed so we like the property. Garden lovely, very well equipped kitchen.
Mrs M, HERTS, July 2016
Top quality accommodation . V well equipped kitchen . Attention to detail in the villa was superb and made it interesting. we loved the array of different seating areas - gave many opportunities to relax. The jacuzzi was a real hit with all members of the family! We will definitely recommend Joie de vivre and particularly Villa St Aubin.
Mrs B, Petersfield, UK, August 2015
We loved Villa St Aubin – it was beautifully appointed, in a lovely setting, and extremely clean and comfortable. The garden was wonderful and the glassed in dining room that opened up completely to the outdoors was perfect. Thanks for suggesting it!
Mr H, Canada, July 2013
Nice house, excellent location, very clean and well presented; We had a lovely holiday, thank you for your help.
Mrs D, Bucks, July 12
The property was fabulous and brilliantly equipped in all respects - the kitchen equipment was fantastic which is great for those of us who go self- catering because we like to cook and eat in the garden. Mid week clean was very welcome and cleaner delightful.
Mrs R, Hampshire, UK, June 2012
We had a wonderful time at Villa St Aubin. The place is great, and enhanced by magnificent weather. We thought the Villa was very stylishly decorated and the out door areas were fabulous.
Mr B, New Zealand, July 2010
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