Villa la Moncalaise in Fayence rises above the old bell tower and the square rampart remains of the medieval château, 100 meters up along a lane which climbs to Quartier la Roque, the highest point of the village of Fayence.  Visit http://www.beyond.fr/villages/fayence.html for photos and more information about Fayence.

Accommodations:

Entrance to the villa is from a large hall with a guest cloakroom.  The wide corridor leads through double glass doors to a spacious sitting room (le salon) with a modern fireplace.  The dining room adjoins a fully-equipped, separate kitchen.  The sitting room is bathed in sunlight all day as it opens through French double doors (porte-fenêtres) on to a large south-facing terrace which is also accessed from the kitchen and the master bedroom.  The dining room has its own separate entrance with French double doors leading to another terrace in front of a yellow rose garden.

The villa is tiled with semi-glazed Provençal floor tiles and is carpeted throughout with exquisite Agra rugs.  Original oil paintings adorn the walls and lined silk curtains frame all French doors and windows.  The villa has been furnished by Roche Bobois in classic French provincial style.

Villa la Moncalaise has two double bedrooms on the ground floor (a master bedroom and a guest bedroom) both with bathrooms ensuite and an additional double bedroom on the mezzanine floor.  The villa is designed to sleep six people in great comfort and some style, but. in addition..

In the extensive basement leading off from the garage, there is a laundry room (which accessible from the hall) with an extra refrigerator (used mainly for chilling wines...), a wine cellar and a very well equipped gym.

Villa la Moncalaise is a private home, very much loved and enjoyed by its owners.  It is as fully equipped and cared for as any expensive private residence on the French Riviera.  There is a dish washer, washing machine, dryer, wide screen Sony television with satellite relay (including VCR and DVD), Bang & Olufsen Hi-Fi and kitchen equipment of every conceivable kind.

You are about to enjoy living in a luxury villa in the most desirable part of the Riviera and Provence...

Finally, your villa in the south of France is completely fenced, electronically secured and protected with a 24-hour automatic telephone link activated by unauthorized entry.

Outdoors:

The garden has been developed on two terraces (restanques) and is planted with fruit trees, table grapes and ancient olive trees some reputed to be over a thousand years old (millénaire).

The swimming pool, shaded by a giant parasol pine, is solar heated and is floodlit at night - so is the gazebo (with a panoramic view of the distant hills) -  a great place for summer dining and entertaining as the summer kitchen is conveniently close by under a willow tree. There is reclining furniture and a drinks trolley for use around the pool.  Teak armchairs and a dining suite with seating for eight on the terrace outside the sitting room complete the outdoor ambience.

From the gazebo on the extensive grounds of Villa la Moncalaise, you will be enchanted by the panoramic view of the Maures and the Esterel mountains with their ancient villages perched up on the hillsides in the far distance.

The plain stretches on either side of the D562.  This road traverses the canton below les villages perchés of Seillans, Fayence, Tourettes, Callian and Montauroux to Peymenade and Grasse, the perfume capital of France.  The D37 from the round-about at Montauroux follows the shores of Lac St. Cassien to Exit 39, gateway to the A8 autoroute to Cannes which only 30 minutes away.  Nice airport is another 15 minutes further along on the autoroute.

In Fayence, gliders from the airfield below rise on thermal currents warmed by the early morning sun, perform graceful and silent ballets in slow-motion as they skim and hug the contours of the hills above Villa la Moncalaise.  This micro-climate makes Fayence, encircled by the hills, the foremost gliding aerodrome in Europe by the number of hours flown.

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