The Non-Smoking house is a traditional 'maison de village' and the foundation dates back to medieval times. The interior of the house combines traditional style with modern amenities. This house comprises five rooms and three bathrooms (one on each floor): the modern kitchen/dining room and bathroom (with no shower or tub) as well as glass doors to the terrasse on the top floor, and the full bathrooms with toilet, sink and shower and the master bedroom with a double bed and hall/office on the entry floor, and a second bedroom with a double bed downstairs as well as an intermediate bedroom with a single bed and powder room on the lower level, as well as the comfortable queen sofa bed in the living room upstairs which opens out onto large terrace upstairs (shared when the house next door is occupied, but with separate tables chairs and drying racks for each house). The house sleeps five comfortably, 6 adults and one infant in a pinch. We have a bed and highchair for a baby/toddler. The main room features a dishwasher, clothes washer, kitchen counter, dining room table, six chairs and easy chairs. A modern gas stove and North American-style refrigerator complete these rooms. The lower double bedroom in the house is centuries old and even incorporates a Roman tile and beautiful double vaulted ceiling! But note that the stairs to the lower bedrooms are rather steep.
Puyloubier is the perfect base to explore Provence and the Cote D'Azur. Our house is less than an hour from beaches and seaside villages, 20 min. from the beautiful cultural hub of Aix en Provence, close to countless vineyards, hilltop villages and hiking trails and cycling routes, and 40 minutes from the lively metropolis of Marseille. It benefits from the spectacular scenery and quiet atmosphere of a village on the side of one of the most picturesque mountains in France, without sacrificing access to cultural, outdoors, gastronomic and other attractions.
Nestled at the foot of Mont. Ste. Victoire, 20 kilometers east of Aix-en-Provence is the picturesque village of Puyloubier. It is just large enough to sustain a grocery store, children's playground and sports fields, primary school, post office, cafe, restaurant, bakery, and variety store, and is home to the award-winning local Cave Cooperative, selling wonderful and very inexpensive wine. From the house, visitors can walk up the mountain immortalized in the paintings of Paul Cezanne.
Puyloubier is close to amenities of every kind, from Mediterranean Beaches to the cultural, market and shopping activities in Aix en Provence and Nice. The region is rich in cultural and outdoors activities, hosting many galleries, music festivals and theatres, as well as being a centre for hiking, mountaineering, cycling, and swimming. There are several children's amusement parks and adventure playgrounds, as well as beaches and pools for children of all ages. Historical and religious sites of interest abound locally, but perhaps most arresting are the beautiful landscapes which have attracted artists from Van Gogh and Picasso to the Canadian Group of Seven, who stayed in a house a few miles away.

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