Le Mas de La Baou

Cereste-en-Luberon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Self-catering
+33 (0)6 71 78 66 25
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Per night
€93 - €285
Per week
€180 - €2450
Place

3 places

Sleeps

Sleeping from 2 – 4

Children welcome
Babies welcome

Inspiring scenery for this lavender farm near a Provençal village. Rustic eco-friendly cottages, a hump-backed bridge, a hammock by the natural pool

Per night
€93 - €285
Per week
€180 - €2450

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€93 - €285 per night

€180 - €2450 per week

The Experience

Lavender fields are the backdrop to this Provençal mas; cicadas and birdsong the soundtrack. A fortified medieval farm, its high stone walls and rocky bluff now enclose the owners’ house and three eco-friendly gîtes that gaze south and west to the village. Bastide and Fenière are the family cottages, with large living areas, geothermal heating and corner kitchens. Bastide has wicker chairs, shelves sunk into chunky stone walls, a vine-shaded terrace; Fenière, up in the hayloft, has sweeping views and a cast-iron table under a chestnut. Simple bedrooms have floaty curtains, Provençal paintings, plain furniture; a touch of luxury in king-size beds and shiny bathrooms (only one in Bastide). For couples there’s L’Etable, a rustic studio whose mint-green doors frame views of terrace, gardens and deep (but fenced) natural pool. Also: a solar shower, hammock and electric barbecue for grilling sausages from the village market. Beyond, a sleepy stream with a hump-backed ‘Roman’ bridge, a new cycle path, farms, fêtes and inspiration for painters and poets in Luberon natural park – gentle Alain and Françoise will advise.

Essentials

  • EV charger
  • Self check-in
  • Swimming pool
  • Hot tub
  • Garden
  • Open fire / woodburner
  • Breakfast included
  • Breakfast available
  • Meals available
  • Vegetarian meals
  • Oven
  • Parking on premises
  • Free parking nearby
  • Accessible by public transport
  • WiFi
  • Television
  • Central heating
  • Limited mobility
  • Wheelchair access
  • Mobile reception
  • Hob
  • Barbecue
  • Paid parking nearby
  • Air conditioning
  • Relaxation areas
  • Washing machine
  • Tennis court
  • Microwave oven
  • No smoking
  • Credit cards
  • Working farm
  • Owner has pets
  • Electricity included
  • Dishwasher
  • Pets welcome

Family friendly

  • Baby monitor
  • Books and toys
  • Children welcome
  • Babies welcome
  • Stair gates
  • High chair
  • Fire guard
  • Cot available

Nearby

  • Pub/bar within 3 miles
  • Restaurant within 3 miles
  • Shop within 3 miles

Activities

  • Bikes available
  • Food courses
  • Kayaking
  • Other courses
  • Sailing
  • Surfing
  • Wild swimming

Accommodation

Pricing

Nightly price
from €93
Weekly price
from €180
Damage deposit
25%
Surcharges
Price includes cleaning & linen.
1 Apartment for 4
From €1463 beds2 bedrooms
1 Apartment for 2
From €931 bed1 bedroom
1 Apartment for 4
From €1635 beds3 bedrooms

Information

Booking information

Check in
4pm
Check out
10am
Other details
Minimum stay: 7 nights in high season. Short breaks available. Pets by arrangement.
Closed
Rarely.
No smoking
Smoking not permitted anywhere in the property.

Reviews

Judith, New York

We spent five glorious days at Mas de la Baou. The gite is beautiful dating from the middle ages with attention to detail as well as comfortable beds. You can walk right across the fields of lavender to reach the lovely village of Cereste in five minutes. Alain and Francoise were gracious hosts with lots of good ideas for touring.


Louisa, Leamington Spa

We had an amazing week in this beautiful gite. The facilities were amazing and all the rooms were decorated and furnished to a very high standard. There is plenty of outdoor space and our kids loved the natural pool. It really is one of the best places we have ever stayed in! Cereste is a lovely village and has everything you need : shops, bank and good restaurants. We did several good day trips including Colorado de Provence, Lac D’Esparon and Forcalquier. We hope to return ! Thank you Francoise and Alain x


Arthur and Margaret, Staveley

A sincere thank you to Alain and Francoise for a memorable and most enjoyable stay at Le Mas de la Baou. You have created a very special place and we appreciated your willingness to impart your local knowledge of the area. We hope to return!


C.

Where to start? We stayed in the studio gite, L'Etable, with its view of Cereste, the lavender field, the beautiful and interesting natural swimming pool and the list goes on. With a partially shaded sitting out area it was the most perfect place to relax and listen to the birds and the frogs! Every morning we walked through the lavender field to the local boulangerie for croissants. Can it get better than that? Francoise had prepared a list of 'must do and see' in the beautiful Luberon area. We can't wait to return and we haven't even started on the restaurants yet. We loved it.


Lucy, London

Fantastic accommodation, on a beautiful property, in a picturesque location. As a couple with a toddler the Mas offered us an ideal base from which we could walk to a supermarket, restaurants and bakeries, but is rural enough that we truly felt we were "away from it all". Françoise and Alain are kind and knowledgable, and the renovation of this amazing building is clearly a labour of love. Our little one loved the shallow area of the natural pool and will now expecting live frogs on every swimming trip!


Location

The neighbourhood

Local points of interest from Alain et Françoise Alter

  • Think that Provence, especially Luberon, no longer needs to be described? We bet we can make you discover a more authentic and unknown Provence. Beautiful sceneries, quiet old villages (sometimes in ruins), amazing "bories", Roman and Gallic vestiges...
  • Do you like walking through the thousand scents of the Mediterranean scrubland? You won't have time, in a week or even two, to enjoy all the trails we will advise you to walk. You'll want to come back!
  • Swimming in our natural pool surrounded by flowers, is a rare treat. You will feel the true purity of water without chemicals, and you will see the small animals that live in plants: frogs, tadpoles, dragonflies ... Your kids will love it for sure!
  • There are European beavers dams on the creek near our home.
  • The discovery of ocher mines and superb trails between orange cliffs will be a highlight of your stay.