Maison d'artiste en provençal Hamlet

Older apartment with remolding. 3 bedrooms with nice king size bed. Well stocked kitchen. Good internet. No AC or TV.

Le logement de Ruth est un très bel endroit plein de charme et très calme en ce mois de février. Les chambres et les salles d'eau sont superbes et très bien entretenues. Au rez-de-chaussée la cuisine /piece a vivre est aussi très belle et agréable a vivre, avec sa terrasse tournée vers les vignes et les champs de fruitiers, on s'y sentait très bien. Mais l'entretien de cette piece et de certains ustensiles de cuisine étaient un peu approximatif (peut-être parce que nous avions réservé juste 3 jours avant) et nécessitant un rafraîchissement (rideaux, chaises sur la terrasse...) Je le signale, mais cela ne nous a pas empêché de bien profiter de ce pays superbe et de se sentir heureux le soir de rentrer ”au logis” et allumer un bon feu de bois (ramassés dans les forêts de chêne vert tout près de la maison) ... Peut être aurions nous aimé avoir un peu plus de contact avec notre hôtesse qui habite le village (on aime bien parler avec les gens de leur pays) mais c'était un séjour court... hélas ! En tous cas nous recommandons ce hameau/hamlet des Baux et ce beau pays de Bedoin et alentours ! Suzanne et Rémy Paliard

We had a fantastic stay in Ruth’s cottage. The house is comfortable and beautifully decorated. It is in a fantastic location in a pretty hamlet just outside Bédoin, perfect for us to go walking and cycling. Ruth was extremely helpful and welcoming we would love to stay again if we are in the area.

A lovely little house in a charming hamlet for those wanting to really get away from it all.

But I was scheduled to go to Germany on business and decided to take 10 days and spend them on my own in Provence, taking cello lessons. So I found this English lady who teaches and had just purchased a villa...sort of a town house...in a tiny little village, and rents it out. I arrived and found myself in a lovely place at the foot of a mountain and vineyards and farmland all around. After hours on a plane, a train trip and then an hour driving up from Avignon, I was hoping that I could take a long soak in the tub, remembering the landlady in Italy who only let us have hot water one day a week. The tub was the longest I have ever enjoyed and the water, lots of it, was hot. This little village was full of nice people who were did not seem to mind a visitor staying near them, making it a great place to go to unwind. It's off the beaten path and you will not find trying to speak French in a restaurant embarrassing as a waiter switches into English and rushes you into ordering food. Each day I drove to a different area, visiting a monastery where Benedictine monks sing Gregorian chant daily; attending a concert with Ruth Phillips where a cellist played Bach in a church that was standing before Bach was born; and taking a lot of pictures of people's dogs! No one was rude, the quiet of the villa was lovely. At night it was wonderful to sit on the open air terrace and seeing the moon and stars. I recommend staying there highly...they even had arranged for high speed wireless internet - the internet being hard to find in the mountains, so each day I was able to send pictures back to make my wife regret that she stayed behind to work. So this year we are going to go together. On my return to Paris before flying back, I stayed at the Citizen M hotel...which had very luxurious bedding that must have come from the same place as the bedding at the villa...and how often can you stay in a villa with artwork by a famous artist? Don't miss it.