Whether you are yearning to cycle the ascents of Mont Ventoux, hike through beautiful forests, sample award-winning wines or simply spend time pottering around Provençal market towns, Maison Ventoux is the perfect base. Return from your day trips and adventures to a delightful villa with a heated swimming pool and a particularly impressive summer kitchen, all within walking distance from an idyllic medieval village.

Set in a gated residential complex of nine villas, this maison is a modern holiday home, tastefully built in a Provençal style with stone flooring, attractive contemporary furnishings and great facilities. The open-plan living-dining and kitchen area is a sociable space at any time of year whether huddled up by the wood-burning fire or sliding the doors open to the poolside terrace and summer kitchen. There’s a ground-floor double with a sauna and accessible en suite shower room, whilst upstairs a further three bedrooms allow up to ten guests to stay in this welcoming villa. All four bedrooms feature quality beds and air-conditioning for the comfort of guests.

Outside in the south-facing garden you’ll find pretty flowers and shrubs, an inviting heated swimming pool and a wonderful summer kitchen and al-fresco dining area. The built-in barbecue and ceramic Big Green Egg Kamado are sure to appeal to the keenest of chefs - perfect for enjoying leisurely feasts with family or friends. Appreciate the scenic views from your private garden and pool across to the nearby park, local village and beyond.  

Indeed, you only need to wander through the garden’s tall gate, across a little bridge (part of the complex’s own private park) and you will soon reach a public park with a fishing pond, playground, football field, tennis courts and more. This then leads to the picturesque local village, a characterful place that dates back to medieval times with a boulangerie for your morning pastries as well as restaurants, cafes, bike hire and an atmospheric weekly market selling all sorts of seasonal delights.

There’s an award-winning winery under a kilometre away as well as other Côtes du Ventoux vineyards across the mountain slopes, not to mention the Rhône Valley a little further afield. Visit historic local towns and villages on market day such as Vaison-la-Romaine, Carpentras and Bédoin.

Of course, this is a cyclist’s paradise with one of La Tour de France’s most iconic stages so close – hire bikes in the local village and challenge yourself. That said, you may prefer to explore some of the gentler trails of the beautiful Vaucluse region, also a dreamlike area for hiking, horse-riding and mountain biking through glorious landscapes of farmland, vineyards, dense woodland and mountains.