Worth every penny: high quality, beautiful, large!
Miriam S.
Before booking this villa, I had read in someone else’s review that “this was the best villa they had booked in Provence over several years”. I thought that given the vast choice and relativity of standards in amenities and appliances (German or British vs. French), that did not necessarily mean we would come to the same conclusion. Well, it did!
We, that is a family with four children now aged 3-10, have stayed in a variety of houses in the Var over the last few years. Considering the combination of a beautiful and vast garden & grounds, a well kept pool and a beautiful, very well equipped house with modern, high quality building technology, this is the best house we have booked so far! If you want to find out if this is for you, here are our priorities and how they were met:
– We like to have nice and comfortable space for the parents. This was fantastic: The house has a master bedroom with en-suite bathroom and walk in wardrobe off the living room. The bedding was of very good quality, and even my 1.86m husband did not need to sleep with his feet hanging out. The children had two rooms up a small flight of stairs via the entrance level, with their own toilet and bathroom. Thus, they had their own level, but were also close enough just in case. Also, there were lots of good quality toys and books, there really is no need to bring any. (Unless you don’t read English.)
– In the past, we preferred gated or covered pools, but given the pool’s location next to the terrace, it was easy to keep an eye and we were quite satisfied with the pool alarm. The pool was absolutely sufficient for 4 children.
– We like to have a high quality BBQ and a well equipped kitchen since we love to cook. A lot. Our expectations were surpassed: There was a nice, large gas BBQ just outside the kitchen, next to the extremely beautiful patio. The kids loved the large fridge with the cold water & ice cube dispenser. I enjoyed the extra wide gas stove and sufficient oven. The kitchen literally had everything, including a good mandoline, scales and sufficient small Kenwood style kitchen machine.
– The upper part of the garden is beautifully sculpted and a feast for the eyes. The rest of the hill is several 1000m2 of semi-wilderness for the children to play in. The loved it. You can also play boules in the driveway.
– And: The owners were extremely kind and helpful, we would love to come back anytime!
Great house with a wonderful garden
Stephan H.
We had a wonderful week in this marvelous, tasteful house. The garden is very nice designed and well kept – extraordinary for a Holiday home in the Provence. We loved the smell of the Jasmin!!! The kitchen has a very big fridge with an ice-cube maker, what can be very useful in warm weather 😉 – Pastis is not far away. We loved to do walks in the morning in the woods around the house, where there are a lot of wild flowers, even wild orchids! It is a great area with lovely markets in nice villages.
Beautiful Villa in a fantastic Location
William G
Holidaying at Villa des Cypres was just what our family needed to recharge our batteries after a busy year.
With four teenagers to keep happy the house was great – the outdoor living space is wonderful – large family dining area and areas for us all to escape to if we needed some time snoozing away in the sunshine. The pool is a good size and right next to the kitchen and bbq area – so the cooks never felt left out from all the fun taking place in the pool. The house is well looked after and really comfortable and had everything we needed. The local manager is very helpful and on call if needed and the pool guy David does a great job and is really friendly too. The garden is beautiful and so are the views. The local area offered plenty for the family: good food, local wines, river jumping, paddle boarding, tennis, boules, canoeing, lovely walks, zip wire challenges, wine tasting, local markets and the beaches along the coast are great and offer waterslides, boat trips, snorkling and crazy banana boats for our daring teenagers! We talked, played board games, cooked great local produce, read books and totally chilled out as a family – together! We returned to life in the UK feeling like a new family.
Highly recommended.
Lovely Provence Villa. Off the beaten track with superb views and a great laid back ambience.
Judi G
Really felt part of the Provence way of life. Extremely peaceful villa with a nice pool and very pretty garden. The villa is at the end of a long road through forest which brings you to a clearing with a beautiful view. Perfect for a peaceful, private holiday.
Beautiful villa in an amazing location
Jonathan W.
We had the most fantastic holiday in this beautiful, immaculate and very comfortable house with its lovely gardens and views. It has everything that we would want in terms of facilities, all perfectly matching the descriptions listed here, plus there’s a real personal touch and family feel to the place which is not surprising given that the owners are really nice and clearly care about their property and that their guests enjoy it. There is a lovely open layout that flows into the gardens, that makes it very relaxing place to stay and enjoy both the property and the surroundings. Entrecasteaux is a charming little village in a dramatic setting and the local area is stunningly beautiful with lots to do within a short distance. The food is amazing – the best of the land and the sea and all washed down with great rose! Would definitely recommend this place and would love to go back again.
One of those, “yep…. I could live here”, places.
Laurence D.
Moderately exciting trip to get to the villa, (villa? Is that right for S. France?). Some wonderfully twisty turns along made and un-made roads, up and down some splendid hills. Well done little Opel, you did it. Maybe a 4×4 would do it better. But where’s the fun in that. And when we got there… totally worth it. Spacious rooms, wonderfully multi level layout. And a garden and pool that almost made me want to burst into song. Almost. Admittedly, we got there a bit early, so nipped to Lorges to get lunch. Lovely food, tasty,tasty wine, and amuse the locals with some terrible schoolboy French. Then back to the villa to chill. Personally I could have spent the week just doing that. But with 3 sons…not a option. But here’s another great thing about this whole area. You’re about an hours’ drive….maybe more, depending how far you go (or how fast you drive), from some incredible places. Canoeing up the Gorge du Verdon was a pretty fun way to start things off. Thoroughly recommend catching the ferry across to Porquerolles from Hyeres. Cannes, Nice, all totally get-at-able.
But for me, one of the things I really loved was being back at the villa, wine or beer in hand, lying back and doing a bit of star gazing. Don’t often see the Milky Way quite like that in the Midlands. Some places have pretty much got it all. So…better start saving. And buy myself one.