Villa Wisteria

The Villa Wisteria is a large, welcoming house for a large family or several couples traveling together. The large patio with pool offers ample space for relaxing outdoors between trips to local sights. Its location in the center of Pernes-les-Fontaines, large and beautiful bedrooms, and classic style make this a highly sought-after home.

The classic Provencal home is situated on two floors. The ground floor has a spacious dining room, a large kitchen, and a bedroom with a large queen bed plus a separate single bed. There is an adjacent en-suite bathroom with shower. The second floor has three bedrooms in two separate sections. The first section has two adjoining bedrooms. One has a large queen bed and an en-suite bathroom with a bathtub. The other bedroom in this section has two twin beds and can only be accessed through the first bedroom. The second section has one large bedroom with two twin beds and a double bed. This bedroom has an en-suite bathroom with shower. The entire house has been meticulously restored and modernized.

The living room is in a separate second floor section of the house and is accessible by an exterior spiral staircase. It’s equipped with a foosball table, board games, a DVD player and TV. It even has a small adjacent kitchenette and WC..

The house is about 2,300 square feet.

The large patio/courtyard has a large dining table shaded by a 100-year-old wisteria. There’s a gas grill available for outdoor cooking. On the patio, you’ll also find a small swimming pool. There is a small parking space (good for one small/compact car) in the patio as well as a few free parking lots in town nearby..

Restaurants and shops are close at hand and main roads are easily accessible once outside the village.

As its name suggests, Pernes-les-Fontaines is a town of fountains. The 30-odd fountains scattered throughout the town – varying in size, design and condition – were mostly installed in the late eighteenth century and can be seen as part of a trail that encompasses all of the fountains as well as the town’s historic legacy.

In addition to the fountains, you can walk into the old town center through the fifteenth-century fortified gateway. Trace the remains of the city ramparts. Climb up to the top of the thirteenth-century Ferrande Tower to see frescoes from the period. Drop into the dungeon of the ruins of the ancient Chateau of the Counts of Toulouse. Take refuge under the eighteenth-century covered market, or just take a stroll and enjoy the beautiful town houses, dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Almost every turn through the old town of Pernes-les-Fontaines provides a glimpse of its historic wealth.

A sizeable town with more than 10,000 residents, Pernes-les-Fontaines has all the amenities – banks, bakeries, butcher, supermarkets and other shops – as well as its own outdoor market on Saturdays featuring locally grown produce. There are several well-regarded restaurants in town and the surrounding area..

Located at the northern end of the Vaucluse plateau, Pernes-les-Fontaines offers a wide variety of day-trip possibilities as close as 20 minutes away and as far as 1.5 hours. The Fontaine de Vaucluse, famed source of the Sorgue River, is 15 minutes away, the cities of Avignon, Aix-en-Provence and Nîmes are within a 1-hour drive. Smaller towns and villages like Arles, Orange, St. Rémy and Vaison-la-Romaine are within a 1-hour drive as well. Also, Gigondas, the natural beauty of the Luberon Mountains and villages, the world-famous wine villages of Chateauneuf-du-Pape, and the Roman legacies are all easy day trips.

The owner and caretaker, Fina, does not live on site, but is available if you need her and speaks a little English;.