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Animaux domestiques, enfants, TV et WIFI ?
Ici, nos hôtes viennent en particulier pour la tranquillité. Nous ne savons pas faire face aux risques inhérents aux animaux domestiques (aboiements, sauts dans la piscine, poils sur les lits alors que beaucoup d'hôtes sont allergiques) et donc nous nous abstenons de manière bien compréhensible. En ce qui concerne les enfants, compte tenu de la qualité de la maison, leurs parents doivent les "contrôler " : Pas de trampoline sur les couvre-lits en patchwork .... etc ... La Télé, c'est très bien..chez soi. Donc ici nous partons du principe que les hôtes ont décidé de s'en passer pour quelques jours... (ou ils ont leur portable). Nous avons quand même une "TV Room " pour les grandes occasions qu'on ne peut pas "louper" - The Olympics Games in Beijing, for instance.. Ou alors nous conseillons l'hôtel en face (Mas de la Senancole) qui a une TV dans toutes les chambres. Bonnes vacances... La maison est entièrement équipée pour le WIFI. Enfin, dans la TV Room se trouve un ordinateur à disposition pour les mails ou surfer sur Google.
Restaurants et dégustations de vins - “Table d’hôte” :
En Provence, la gastronomie ou tout simplement l'art de bien manger, cela fait partie du séjour. Nous connaissons la plupart des restaruants alentours et nous avons d'excellents analystes : Nos hôtes. Gordes est un peu difficile du fait de la pression touristique et il vaut mieux s'acarter un peu, sauf exceptions. Les meilleurs sont à moins de 10-15 minutes. Nous avons une liste à jour avec les détails. La "short list" comprend 1- Le Clos de Gustave dans le village de Gordes, 2- L’Estellan aux Imberts, juste en face de chez nous– Vous vous y rendez à pied en 2 minutes, 3- La Farigoule, également aux Imberts - 300 m – et La Bergerie de Maubec ( 7 kms) : Excellent accueil, cuisine raffinée. Pour les dégustations de vins , nous avons aussi une liste de recommendations : Par exemple, 1- Le Chateau La Canorgue in Bonnieux, 2- La Cave de Bonnieux (Prix raisonnables),, Chateau la Verrière à Goult and plus loin Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas … Au mas, nous avons au frais une sélection de vins rouge, rosé et blancs pour le bord e la piscine le soir - Cote de Ventoux, Luberon and Cote de Provence
Services religieux
Abbaye de Senanque (avec chants grégoriens) à 9 30 le dimanche ou messe dominicale dans un village alentours.
Vie nocturne
It you want to spend nights dancing, it is not the proper place. Better look at Saint Tropez or Marseilles. But Luberon holds the most delicious places to listen classic music and it can be quite a life-emotional event. The best by far, is La Roque d’Antheron Piano Festival. It is not very close from here – 40 minutes- but more than “worth the detour”. Mozart, Beethoven, Litzt, Schubert have the favor, among others.
We have also Music Festivals in most villages : By memory, Gordes, Lacoste, Les Taillades, Lourmarin … If you are interested we can see the best when you plan to come. One good opportunity are Jazz soirees at La Bergerie in Maubec.
Visites
When you decide to come to Mas des Etoiles, we have a large array of incredible things to do, up to you desires : Best roads, best mountains, secret places …
Jardins
One of our passions is gardening. So we are not experts but we can show you many thigs and adviseyou to see besides Mas des Etoiles nice gardens around ( One is Domaine du Rayol near Cavalaire)
Golf
Golf is important for many guests. We know where the good courses around are and we can make reservations. When compared with other European countries (espacially Portugal) in France green fees are cheap. Furthermore, we also get discounts for our guests...
Guides – Michelin, Gites de France et autres
We are members of “Charmance” and have the best official ranking for B&B which is “4 épis”. We did not run yet to be in fancy guides like Guide Michelin. We are too young. For some popular guides, we just think it is not our style of clientele
Où nous trouvons-nous à Gordes ?
We are outside the main village, but not that far – 3-4 miles. Gordes is one of the best villages in France, so it tends to be very crowdy and noisy during the season. So being as we are down in the countryside is not bad at all. Gordes uphill has several other drawbacks : It can be very windy and the orientation makes that the sunset is very short while here we have the sun until the last minute possible and it is generally very nice.
People ask : Can we walk ? Yes, of course but it is not a good walk because the situation of the main village on top of a hill makes it tough. We have much better to propose. Most B&B in Gordes are along the main road or conversely real too much in the wild. So we are central in Luberon with 3 good restaurants in walking distance ( In Gordes, you can walk but good food mostly is not there)
If you have no vacancy, do you have any suggestion for a B&B around Gordes or in Luberon ?
There are many B&B (guest houses ) or small hotels in Luberon and Provence : Among others we have a few strong recommendations (many really do not put on their website what they are actually) : Hotels : Ferme de la Huppe (perfect), Romarin and Carcarille ( good value) in Gordes. Also Mas du Loriot ( very quiet) in Murs. Hotel des Bories and Bastide de Gordes, or like Bastide de Marie or Domaine des Andeols are in the 300-500 EUROS range. You get an International class with all the “pomp and splendor”. Our favorite is Bastide de Marie in Menerbes. If you want a Thalasso, you can stay in Mas des Etoiles and have your day organized in Bories or Bastide de Gordes.
For the B&B, the best cheaper of quality around is La Guillone. It is a bit out of everything but people there are very nice and globally it is a good buy. We have recently discovered Mas del Sol in Lacoste where you get the same approach as here. Most others have variable advantages or drawbacks.
And if we want, not a B&B, but a small apartment for 2 or with a few children, do you have any idea around ?
There are not so many good ones at a reasonable price. Our favorites are Mas des Roses - Chambre avec Vues in Fontcaudette. It is absolutely lovely. It is like us not far from Gordes main village. Also the "Writer's house in Goult near Saint Pantaleon or les Chênes in Oppède le Vieux. An other marvel is "Le Petit Miracle in les Petitons just outside of Oppede. Another one is Domaine Faverot in Maubec.
Wedding ceremonies, Honeymoons or Anniversary Gift
Although we do not make of it a specialty, we dedicate special care to those situations in order that the guests obtain an exceptional environment. And … it works. So, we “package” a little bit, we offer flowers, a drink or whatsoever they think enjoyable. And friendship. On honeymoon favorite rooms are the Angels Room and the Dreams Room.
Who are usually your guests ?
It is easy to reply : It depends on the period. In summer we have more people from France and Belgium. Globally, we have 30% French, 20% from Belgium (we are a little bit from there as having a substantial time our residence in Rijsel near Kortrijk– and Argentina…), 10% from America – The US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina , Mexico and all others). 10% Germany, 10% Switzerland, 10% Italy, 5% Asia (China, Japan) and the rest – 40 nationalities). By the way, we speak several common languages. And Annette has words of Chinese or Japanese which make good friends. In general the guests mix easily. However in some situations we understand that people want confidentiality and real quietness away from their jobs. So we respect and make the arrangements.
Quel service pour quel prix ?
In fact we see that we are in the higher bracket. But Mas des Etoiles offers much more than a bed and a breakfast. It offers a wide frange of benefits and good probability that you will love Luberon and Provence for your whole life. This part of France is one of the best places in the World. And even better, there are psychological positive impacts. The fact of feeling at ease is unvaluable.
Achats
Like in all tourist areas, you must be cautious about where you buy. You can get everything but not anywhere. A good place is certainly L’Isle sur la Sorgue. Some places must be avoided absolutely. So we maintain a list updated by feed-back from the guests.
Conditions générales de vente
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Real Estate investment
Question : My husband and, I love Luberon and Provence. We would like to invest in a small “Mas”, not too expensive, and that we could fly to, once upon a while for refurbishing. Can you do something to help us ?
Reply : Yes, we know most real estate agents (the good ones …and others…). In fact we learnt a lot from our guests who had the experience, again good and bad. All depends on the budget and the time to do the operation. Many agencies play on the high trend reputation and fact you are away , unaware of the market . They are quite expensive. Nothing is perfect but there are several nice approaches which reduce considerably the cost. We can talk about that and give you the correct unbiased info.
If we build something, can you help us to select good contractors ?
Yes. The problem is that the good ones are not so many and because of the demand tend to increase their prices. So here the proper compromise between cost, quality and delivery is a bit hard to manage. So we know a lot of them and recommend the ones who fit to the situation.
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