Maison de charme dans village perché Luberon

We were looking for a hilltop Luberon village in which to celebrate a special birthday and we were not disappointed with Pierre's Gite in St Martin de Castillon. The Gite is situated in the heart of St Martin, within easy 2 minute walking distance from a carpark. The Gite is over 3-4 levels with each area revealing an eclectic range of furnishing, sculptures and art works in what is obviously a well loved and respected family home. All of the rooms were excellent with well appointed bedrooms, bathrooms and lounge, but the rooftop terrace provided an amazing place to sit, drink, eat and simply gaze out over the beautiful valley vista. There is a well stocked local store with everything you would need, and there are major supermarkets in Apt, a 20 minute drive away. The local bar serves great beer and wines and has pizzas available a few nights a week. It's a great place to sit drink and fraternise with the locals.The town itself is fascinating to walk through but it also offers access to the vast number of other local hilltop villages. You would be hard pressed to visit them all! The only down side was that the instructions given to us by BookaBatch were out of date and did not tell us how to access the Gite. However, a quick phone call to Pierre had everything sorted very quickly. This problem was not Pierre's fault, but it might pay to check the date stamp on the access instructions!

We enjoyed our stay at Muriel's immensely. The house is beautiful, spacious, equipped with all modern conveniences but still preserving the marvelous charmed of the 13th century building. The central location makes getting around easy, and the l ability to walk almost everywhere is wonderful. Muriel was very helpful during our stay and very responsive when my wife had an illness that necessitated medical care. We ended up staying twice as long as planned in spite of the extra cost and we highly recommend Muriel's beautiful house !

We really enjoyed our stay at St Martin de Castillon. This is a characterful, historic, village house which has clearly been treasured it's owners and is well furnished and very well equiped (the opposite of a characterless holiday let). The house itself is extensive, with a large living area and even it's own cellars! We enjoyed using the terrace for our meals and it's view. The third bedroom gives access to the terrace, so feels more like a living space with a sofabed, but this worked well for us and, being on a seperate floor, had sufficient privacy from other spaces in the house.The village is attractive, but not over-touristed, and has a good village shop which caters for most everyday needs and a popular cafe bar. We enjoyed the whole area of the east Luberon which has beautiful landscape and villages, but without the larger numbers of tourists further west in the region. Communication with Pierre Stefan was excellent. We wish we had booked for a week or more rather than the three nights we stayed.

Great holiday in a cosy and beautiful, well-kept and well-equipped home. The village is lovely and the area full of beauty at every turn, and the owner and manager were equallly a pleasure. Thank you.

Thank you for a lovely week in the Luberon - the house is exactly as the photos suggest. Beautiful interiors. It was comfortable with lots of ways to keep warm given how early in the year this was. It was a lovely surprise to find that the village still has a bar, epicerie and patisserie. It was great fun exploring local villages and enjoying the views of the beautiful Luberon. We’d love to return Thank you Pierre-Stefan (and Nadine) for your welcome and help. We’d also add that we didn’t visit any wineries (vineyards) so can’t score that aspect of the review.

The house was just great - quirky and full of character. It’s on 3 levels (four if you count the basement) and the top floor has a roomy balcon where you have swifts for company and glorious views over the Grand Luberon. There’s a decent grocery store in the village and a very pleasant cafe/bar. Can highly recommend both house and village but beware the church bells which chime on the hour half-hour, day and night.

Das Haus liegt in einem ruhigen und authentischen Bergdorf. Es ist sehr schön und liebevoll eingerichtet und bietet alles, was man braucht. Besonders gefallen hat uns die geschützte Dachterrasse mit Blick über den Luberon. Die Lage ist zentral, so dass wir die Region gut erkunden konnten. Herzlichen Dank für die unkomplizierte Kommunikation und den netten Kontakt zu Christophe and Marie-Line vor Ort. Wir hatten eine sehr schöne und entspannte Woche.

La propriété est très jolie, aménagée avec coeur et très agréable; Je ferais tout de même une remarque indépendante du logement : le son de la cloche qui sonne toutes les demi heures est désagréable surtout la nuit.