Exceptional Manor House with Private Pool, centre of medieval Seillans, France Reviews

Our family of 6 kiwis was lucky enough to spend 3 months of the summer of 2006 staying in this wonderful home, in beautiful Seillans as part of a year long trip. We fell in love with both the house and the village.

The house is all it says on the web site, and more. Photos and descriptions simply can't capture the atmosphere of this place!!

The house is aesthetically gorgeous (very french), and very comfortably and tastefully furnished. It is great for indoor and outdoor living and entertaining, with plenty of everything. (we found many places on our travels where you were provided with bare basics - not so here.) The pool is great, and well fenced if you have young kids. Beds are all comfortable and bedding of a good quality.

The house was clean, and lovely Chrysalline (sp?) ensured it stayed that way.

The house is in a great location, very central. Family boules tournaments across the road were a regular occurrence, although we never got as proficient as all the old regulars there!

Bastille Day at La Place de la Republique (across the road) was a huge night, and it was great not to have far to stagger home!

Many hours were spent lying by the pool, eating figs off the tree, listening to the violin and the clink of glasses from the restaurant below and smelling the wonderful food smells wafting up fron La Gloire de mon Pere. Eventually you won't be able to resist (and why should you!), and you will pop down and see Eric for a lovely meal! The Salon de The just down the street is also well worth a visit. Our kids loved the crepes and the divine hot chocolate, and we loved the savoury flans (and the hot chocolate too!)

Seillans is a great place to stay. It is centrally located for day trips ( The Riviera, surrounding villages, the Canyon du Verdon, the pedollos at Lac de St Cassien). But you may find it hard to leave the tranquility of Seillans - it took us two weeks to leave the village!

If you like to keep fit, forget the running - walking up the hills around here is lovely, and a very good work out.

In summary, fabulous! Worth every cent!