Your Taste of Provence

In Ultra Travel, Summer 2008, published last weekend, Anthony Peregrine wrote another piece….’Still Chic after all these years’and his ‘Insider’s Guide to The Cote D’Azur’…BEST BEACH? he writes… ”Even in high season, Notre Dame beach on the car-free island of Porquerolles is pretty much deserted - largely because it is a 50 minute walk from the nearest village. It has brochure-blue sea, a long curve of white sand, a fringe of pine trees - and absolutely no commerce. In fact, I’d rather not say more. I’d like to keep it to myself”…. 

I know he is right, as we have been there ourselves -  but there are many beaches on Porquerolles reached either by a shorter walk or a rented bike which have the same white sand and views back over to the mainland over  beautiful turquoise waters.

They also have a couple of really special Rose wines produced from the island’s vineyards which you can sip in the terraces or grounds of the hotel ‘Mas de Langouste’ also on the island. Porquerolles is reached by a ferry across from the Ports at either La Londe or Giens at nearby Hyeres. This is the island you see from our terraces.

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Saturday May 10th 2008…Anthony Peregrine wrote on Saturday in the Daily Telegraph a comment on the ‘over development’ of the Cote D’Azur in “An insider’s guide to France“……..”let me direct you to the Corniche des Maures around Bormes les Mimosas and best of all to take the ferry to the Isles D’Or off Hyeres - Porquerolles and Port Cros. Here is the Riviera before it became the Riviera!”

Our latest guest, Pat Schafer from Sydney Australia commented on the telephone just last evening - “This is such a beautiful house - the photographs on the website simply do not do it justice - it’s awesome”

We have had homes in this area for over 20 years and have loved every minute of this time - which is why we paid a king’s ransom for a piece of hillside overlooking these magical Islands and built our luxury retreat. As they say - you can’t put a value on a view like that!

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This summer visitors can appreciate the lovely pool and gardens at night following our installation of lights throughout the gardens and trees around the property. Plants, shrubs and trees from around the world have been planted and new steps at the eastern area allow visitors to walk around and enjoy the flora and fauna in this haven on a hillside.

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The following is a verbatim excerpt of an email from guests who stayed at our villa this summer:

All of us wanted to say a huge thank you for renting us your beautiful villa. It is absolutely magnificent! The decor is beautiful and you really have thought of everything! There is nothing more we could have asked for. Pauline and Alan were so helpful and we had a wonderful, wonderful time.

– Mrs Summers, Bristol

Note: Pauline and Alan are the managers of the villa.

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Ian, our stay was incredible these past two weeks! I cannot say enough good things about your luxury villa. For starters, here are two blog posts that discussed the accommodations:

• Sunday Market and more views from the villa
• When comforts of home are most welcome

Our stay was worth every Euro, and then some. What a wonderful way to explore Provence.

Thank you again!!!

Jeff

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Welcome…I hope you like our new site, and visit this feature of it.

This will serve as more than a Guestbook for our lovely Villa Mathilde. It will also be a chance for past, current and future guests to learn the latest about our beautiful home away from home.

To help you plan a stay at Villa Mathilde we have a really interesting travel tool using a link to a website called www.dohop.com just type in the nearest airport to you and then Toulon-Hyeres as your destination. Ryanair has regular flights from London Stansted to Toulon-Hyeres - check flights at www.ryanair.com

This website will immediately offer you those carriers who serve these routes - and the flight schedules and costs in real time - so you can check out the cost and arrival/departure times. You can also book all the major brands of rental cars for collection at Toulon-Hyeres airport.

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The infinity pool is amazing!

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