Villas and Holiday Rentals in Provence
Provence has long been a favourite for holiday makers with its picture perfect lavender fields, beautiful medieval hilltop villages, historic towns and cities, vineyards and of course the coast. It also promises nearly year-round sunshine and some of the most mouth-watering food you're likely to try anywhere. Accommodation options are equally as diverse — you'll find everything here from simple B&Bs and campsites to all-singing-all-dancing luxury hotels with every facility imaginable. There's also a huge range when it comes to villas and holiday rentals; do you want a villa with a pool, an apartment in town, a rural bolthole for two or are you planning a family celebration and want to take over an entire chateau? We've done the research for you and selected a range of providers which we think offer a range to suit all tastes and budgets, whether you're after a cheap and cheerful holiday apartment or something with all the luxuries (and often more) that you've come to expect at home.
Our quick guide:
- For great value — Booking.com
- For luxury — Oliver's Travels
- For French Specialists — Pure France
- For a hand picked selection — Plum Guide
Pure France
Pure France specialises in holiday accommodation throughout France.
- High quality self catering properties
- Wide range from apartments to chateaux, sleeping from 2 to 20+ and
- All properties feature a swimming pool whether private or shared.
- Rentals on a weekly basis, but in shoulder and low season some may be available for shorter stays (minimum 2 or 3 nights).
- Prices start from as little as €375 per room per week
Booking.com
Booking.com is one of the behemoths of the travel industry. It has worldwide coverage and lists more than 28 million properties all over the globe.
- Booking.com has a growing number of self catering properties for all tastes and budgets.
- From the most basic studios, to seriously high-end properties with swanky pools and much more!
- Yes you will have to trawl through a long list of possibles, but you certainly won't lack for choice.
Oliver's Travels
Oliver's Travels has long experience in the business; its portfolio now extends beyond the UK and Europe to Morocco, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Far East.
- Prides itself on giving its clients all the information they need to book their holiday accommodation (including all the negative points)
- Focuses on supplying quality properties
- Their trademark is not just luxury, but also quirky, one-off style properties from beach-huts to chateaux
- Lots of family-friendly choices
- Their prices average at around £700 per room per week
Plum Guide
Plum Guide hand picks every property that it features with a meticulous vetting procedure to guarantee the high quality that their client base expects.
- A portfolio of chic properties around the world from the UK to European hot spots (Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Croatia), the USA and beyond.
- Prices start from as little as £300 for a week.
- Properties in both urban and rural locations
