Property details

Brief description

Urgent Retirement Sale after 23 years - All offers considered
Wonderful views. 6 bedrooms, 5 baths etc. Parking for 6+ cars and 2 garages. Magnificent pool with sun terrace, summer kitchen, BBQ, shaded summer lounge. Detached 1-bed gite in the garden. Superbly located, private and exclusive but not isolated. 

In the 'golden circle' of Avignon, St. Remy de Provence, Arles, Nimes, Uzes and the Pont du Gard. On the border of Gard and Bouche du Rhone (Provence), south of Avignon

Award-winning rental income. 5-star reviews.

See more on our own website: www.villaromantique.co.uk 
(Optional adjacent land with building permission also for sale)

Detailed description

Villa Romantique is a stunning and very spacious stone-built holiday villa in Provence with its own magnificent Roman-style colonnaded circular swimming pool, superbly located on a hilltop, and giving you the most wonderful panoramic views. It basks in the sunshine and the very special light of this Provence-Languedoc region and is set in a delightful mature garden amidst the intoxicating fragrances of oleander, wisteria and lavender and amongst pine and olive trees. Villa Romantique was built around an old circular stone tower with windows certainly dating from 1820. Old stone-built towers are a historic feature of the landscape of this region, either as old windmills, or as ancient fortresses.

Our villa in Provence has been completely renovated with immense style and an abundance of love and care to provide very appealing, elegant, and welcoming accommodation. It combines great charm, many original Provençal features and pretty and decorative touches, with modern-day comforts. Important characteristics for holiday villas in Provence.

The approach to Villa Romantique is up a steep and winding private lane that leads to just a few other Provence villas set amongst pine and olive trees. You enter the grounds through big decorative wrought iron gates which are electronically controlled, thus ensuring privacy and a feeling of exclusivity. Our Provence villa is in a commanding hilltop position - private but not isolated - and very importantly, you are not overlooked nor are you overlooking any other homes. The garden is surrounded by a high wall giving you peace and privacy. These are desirable and rare features for holiday villas in Provence.

Because of the layout, design, and features, this gloriously spacious and fascinating 6-bedroomed villa in Provence accommodates 2 to 12 people in great style and comfort. It is just as perfect for 2 as it is for 12 or with the optional 'La Petite Villa Romantique', up to a maximum of 16 people. 

There are very few villas in Provence which give you such spacious living accommodation. Our villa in Provence has accommodation which comprises:

• Impressive flag-stone Entrance Hall/Sitting Room, 33 ft x 14 ft(10 m x 4.25 m) with large stone feature fireplace. Double doors leading to
• Baronial-style Dining Room for 2 to 12 with whitewashed beams. This room goes through to a
• Circular Lounge with whitewashed beams and massive Provençal stone fireplace, giving a room 38 ft x 16 ft (12 m x 5 m) in total. There is French TV (6 channels), Satellite TV (English BBC channels, etc.) via a Samsung Smart TV with Smart TV apps: Netflix, Disney+, BT Sport and more, DVD player, Mini Stereo with DAB Radio, CD Player, Bluetooth, and USB connection
• The villa has Wi-Fi enabled ADSL, and this is free to all visitors should you wish to bring your lap-top computer, iPad or tablet with you 
• Large comprehensively equipped Kitchen (twin sinks, 4-ring gas hob, electric oven with automatic timer, microwave, dishwasher, large fridge and freezer, electric kettle, toaster, cafetière, blender etc.) 15 ft x 11 ft 6" (4.5 m x 3.5 m). A charming feature is the original and beautifully decorated antique cast iron oven (no longer in use !)
• 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) if preferred 

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 if preferred) with traditional Provençal sloping ceilings and low beams 

Nos. 5 & 6: 2 ground-floor bedrooms (1 double and 1 double which can be divided to make twins if preferred).

[Ground-floor bedroom 5 has its own large ground-floor 'blue' bathroom with twin wash hand basins, large corner bath with shower facility, and a separate toilet] - see floor plans

[Ground-floor bedroom 6 has its own ensuite shower room/WC, its own sitting/study area and direct access to a private terrace area]

• 5 Bath/Shower rooms
• 5 Toilets (Shower/washroom/toilet No. 3 on the first floor has a sloping ceiling)
• Laundry room (washing machine, ironing board and iron) 
• 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 16 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. The pool is over 26 feet (8 meters) in diameter giving a surface area of 550 sq. feet (over 50 sq. meters) with semi-circularsteps down into the pool for easy entry and exit
• 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 armchairs, and fridge for cool drinks, drinks/magazine table and CD/Radio/Cassette player ? Fully fitted poolside Summer Kitchen, with 4-ring gas 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 (an original ancient mill-stone) for dining under the trees 
• The villa is set in a mature high walled garden of 1850 sq. meters (approximately 20,000 sq. feet) in the natural style of the region with low ornamental dry-stone walls. A wealth of shrubs & trees provides natural shade and tranquility 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 sunny or shady area as you desire
• You enter the property through high, electronically controlled gates, giving you privacy and a feeling of exclusivity
• The entire garden is surrounded by a high wall giving you privacy and security 
• The property is not in an isolated position, but it is particularly nice that you do not overlook any other properties, nor do any other properties overlook you
• Parking for 5 or 6 cars with covered shaded parking for 2 
• Boules area for playing the traditional and absorbing Frenchgame of Petanque (boules provided)
• Central Heating for the cooler winter nights (if you shouldever need it) 

The house, terraces and pool give you far-reaching panoramic views across the magnificent Rhone valley stretching for over 40 miles (65 kms) towards chic & fashionable St Remy de Provence, birthplace of the 16th century astrologer Nostradamus; to the 11th century village & ruined medieval citadel of Les Baux de Provence perched high on a wild mountain-top escarpment & voted one of the most beautiful village in France; Mont St Victoire; Mont Ventoux; the Luberon - made famous by Peter Mayle's book 'A Year in Provence'; and to the south towards the romantic Camargue (now a Nature Reserve) with its waterways & marshes, pink flamingos, black bulls and cowboys on cream horses. 

Villa Romantique is bright and airy, painted white throughout and furnished in a charming & colorful antique Provençal style. It faces south and enjoys the full benefit of the quality of light and the delicious warmth for which this region is justly renowned all year round.