Perfect House
Review Submitted: August 13, 2009
Date of Stay: August 2009
The house itself is really perfect, beatifully done, tastefully decorated and brilliantly equipped. Lots of space and it is even better than in the photos on the website (if that is possible as they look pretty good). The upstairs room is a real treat. It was a lovely base and a good place to chill out, with all comforts in good working order.
The (English) representative, who lives in the neighbouring village, Sarah, was very helpful and welcoming and the property itself had much already there, such as olive oil, herbs and spices, kitchen towels, etc. etc. - you just have to renew what you use/finish off which was very civilized.
The property was somewhat further to the coast than we had imagined from the map as the roads are a bit winding, e.g. 1 hour to Antibes if you go via Grasse, 3/4 hour to (the outskirts of) Cannes and Antibes if you cut down to the motorway. If you just want to pootle around the local villages it is absolutely ideal.
We had a great day swimming in the lake and using the pedalos etc. (teenagers and early 20s folk in our party), and thoroughly recommend a trip out to the Iles de Lerins (off Cannes - get boat out from the old port), also Antibes, Grasse, the Fondation Maeght etc. etc. are all superb ... there is so much here.
The only problem we had was the travelling, as the 4 hour trip we'd left ourselves from Lyon took us 8 hours in the motorway-carpark - 26 kilometre traffic jams were a nightmare; this was all due to the fact that it was the weekend in August when all Parisians (and everyone else as far as I could see) decamp to the South of France - it was almost as bad coming back. I don't know whether Mindy would consider another changeover day ... but the difficulty only applies to August I should think.
Anyway, all in all a beautiful place. Thoroughly recommended.
Marcus
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