LE MAS DU LUBERON HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
Vineyard Hotel Romance- Bed & Breakfast in Provence
The
Provence - Alps Maritime region of southern France spanning the azure coast from
the inland country is a rolling hill and low mountainous landscape above of the
Mediterranean “Riviera”, flattening out into the valley of the Rhone
River. Luberon is the section along the Luberon Massif mountain range and the
valley below to the east of Ain-en-Provence, an area of quaint small towns tucked
into the sun and wild flower dappled hillside valleys of Provence east of the
Rhone popular among world travelers for that famed Provencal sunshine. The Luberon
life was recently featured in the Ridley Scott-Russell Crowe film "A Good
Year" based on a Peter Mayle book companion to his "A Year in Provence".
The
charming small hotel and restaurant of Le Mas et la Flambée
du Luberon is located in a tiny old village of Venelles halfway
between the Luberon hills and Aix-en-Provence, right in the midst of
the wine grape growing “terroirs” of Provence. From the hotel
you can wander the wine roads of Provence to vineyards of the Coteaux
Aix-en-Provence (see Provence-Avignon
Wine Road), Palette, Côtes du Luberon, Cassis and
Les Baux de Provence. The hotel offers wine tasting on the premises along
with local Provencal cuisine at its fine Savour at La Flambée
restaurant. In the cool off-season you can sit by the fire or in the
Provence sunny summer, find a place on the shady terrace with a view
of the Le Luberon . The restaurant wine list has over 250 vintages from
local wineries and other famed regions of France to sample with a seasonal
changing menu. The list also offers bottles of rare prestige vintages
from Latour, Mouton Rothshild and the Hospice de Beaune (see Beaune
Wine and Madonna).
Rooms
at the Le Mas et la Flambée du Luberon are uniquely decorated
in a Mediterranean theme in the bright colors of Provencal style and
each has a private entrance for that secret “rendezvous d’amour” or
just quiet comings and goings. All year long the hotel offers theme “Discovery
Weekends”. The hotel is 10 minutes from Aix-en-Provence with its
famous fountains and weekly produce markets, 45 minutes from the Verdon
Gorges with its river rafting, hiking and rock climbing, and the Napoleonic
Road to the coast (see Route
Napoleon). In Venelles perched on a high promontory of
Haut Vennelles you can visit the ruins of the medieval castle with
its look-out
view point from where you can peer over the Luberon valley and the
mountain of Saint Victoire, a favorite painting subject of Cezanne.
Nice and Cannes are about two hours by car or rail and Avignon an hour.
Prices as of 2008 are 102 € for 2 people in mid-season spring and fall. 114 € July
and August. To get there from Aix-en-Provence, take the A51 autoroute to the
Venelles exit, go through the village, turn left at the fountain circle and take
the small street down into the old village. © Bargain
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DIJON - BURGUNDY WINE, MUSTARD N' GARGOYLES
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