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EPL Jan 28th, 2005 10:44 PM

B&Bs in Provence?
 
Does anyone have experience staying at Mas des Carassins in St Remy? Is it easy by car to visit the surrounding towns? (Avignon, Arles, Pont du Gard, etc.) Or, any other favorites? I am booking in during late May. Merci

AGM_Cape_Cod Jan 29th, 2005 02:32 AM

We stayed at Mas des Carassins last March and are booked there for this March. The only trouble we had was finding it the first time. As you come off of the ring road in St Remy towards Les Baux make a right at the end of the cemetary. The signs in and around St Remy are well marked and easy to navigate once you understand the ring road around the village.

EPL Jan 29th, 2005 12:25 PM

Thanks,AGM, for your advice.I gather since you are returning, you liked the Mas. Was it easy to visit surrounding towns from the location? EPL

StCirq Jan 29th, 2005 01:47 PM

Except for the traffic congestion right in St-Rémy and getting into and out of Arles, it's easy and lovely driving around in that area.

EPL Jan 31st, 2005 06:07 PM

Thanks all for the info; I appreciate it!

cigalechanta Jan 31st, 2005 06:15 PM

You'll be on the edge of St Remy and not to worry about traffic unless you come into town for market day. We always spend a day there for our special reasons and somehow are lucky to find a parking space which can be very difficult.

obsessedwithfrance Jan 31st, 2005 07:00 PM

EPL, my friend and I are also staying at the Mas des Carassins in May (5/21 - 5/25). I picked that place based on the many positive threads I've read on Fodors (you can do a search) and on tripadvisor.com. From what I've read, the mas is about a 10 minute walk in to town (we'll also have a rental car). I believe its about 30 minutes south of Avignon so it makes a great base. Many Fodorites recommended it. Have fun and maybe I'll see you there!

AGM_Cape_Cod Feb 1st, 2005 02:21 AM

Yes, EPL we loved the Mas. We just took a chance from photos we saw on the Web. I have no idea how people travel before the Web.
We had no problems with driving anywhere we went around there. Well, not exactly no problems but they were the sort of the driver (him) not listening to the navigator (me) and not having a map for Aix on market day (and almost getting a ticket for driving right into the closed-to-traffic part of the market which we then never got to see).


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