Need for a/c in Maussane (Provence) in September
Apr 12th, 2006, 12:02 PM
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Need for a/c in Maussane (Provence) in September
Hi all,
I will be spending time in Maussane with my family (including 2 kids), Provence from September 9 2006, for 3 nights. I have found a nice B&B, but they do not have a/c. They do have a fan in the bedroom, though.
My question to you knowledgeble people on Fodors is that do I need an a/c in that region for early/mid September or is fan sufficient.
Awaiting your opinions before booking the accomodation. Merci beaucoup in advance.
I will be spending time in Maussane with my family (including 2 kids), Provence from September 9 2006, for 3 nights. I have found a nice B&B, but they do not have a/c. They do have a fan in the bedroom, though.
My question to you knowledgeble people on Fodors is that do I need an a/c in that region for early/mid September or is fan sufficient.
Awaiting your opinions before booking the accomodation. Merci beaucoup in advance.
Apr 12th, 2006, 12:16 PM
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Remember that in general, while it can get hot in Provence, it is extremely dry - so it never has the feel of the southeast US, for example.
If the B&B is an old renovated place with thick stone walls - then you definately won't need air conditioning. Even in the heat of the summer, it wouldn't be necessary.
That being said, if it is a modern place and you are especially sensitive, then maybe A/C would be useful.
-Kevin
If the B&B is an old renovated place with thick stone walls - then you definately won't need air conditioning. Even in the heat of the summer, it wouldn't be necessary.
That being said, if it is a modern place and you are especially sensitive, then maybe A/C would be useful.
-Kevin
Apr 12th, 2006, 12:30 PM
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In case you didn't know it, Kevin & his wife own and run a very nice B&B about 53K/33miles (as the crow flies) from Mausanne - over in the Luberon.
We've stayed in six different Gites in Provence in June & Sept, and none of them had air conditioning.
Stu Dudley
In case you didn't know it, Kevin & his wife own and run a very nice B&B about 53K/33miles (as the crow flies) from Mausanne - over in the Luberon.
We've stayed in six different Gites in Provence in June & Sept, and none of them had air conditioning.
Stu Dudley
Apr 12th, 2006, 12:36 PM
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Kevin and Stu, Thank you very much for your input. I will be cheking out Kevin's B&B as well. This one that I found has a kitchen and hence is appealing. I heard that last 2 years have been hot (25/30 C) and so I was wondering if air conditioning was a requirement.
Apr 12th, 2006, 12:36 PM
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I have never felt as hot in provence as I have here in Boston, where the humiity is terrible. Never felt the need for AC. You'll love Maussane if you've never been before I always buy our olive oil there at the moulin Jean Cornile.
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If you are still looking, we have a two bedroom apartment in Maussane with air conditioning. Please feel free to check it out at www.enjoyprovence.com
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I live in Maussane, and the one thing to know is that while it might be hot during the day...the nights can be pretty chilly.
My house does have those thick stone walls (it's a 17th & 18th Century olive oil mill) and I have no A/C in the main house - and it's very cool inside.
The hot weather usually "breaks" around the 15th of August and it's comfortable (and dry).
Patricia
My house does have those thick stone walls (it's a 17th & 18th Century olive oil mill) and I have no A/C in the main house - and it's very cool inside.
The hot weather usually "breaks" around the 15th of August and it's comfortable (and dry).
Patricia
Apr 14th, 2006, 03:38 PM
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About five years ago, we stumbled onto a bon petit restaurant in Mausanne named Margaux. If it's still there, it may be worth checking out. We ended up eating there twice in four days! Bonne chance.
Apr 15th, 2006, 04:05 AM
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The Margaux closed last year when the owners retired....
Le Fournil is also now closed - they didn't reopen this year. They used to have the best pizza in town.
The Ravi Provencal is still open but Aurore (who is now completely blind) is no longer in the restaurant.
If you'd like to just pick up a great pizza - here's the place in Maussane:
Pizza Brun on the main street heading toward Fontvieille - just before the restaurant La Vallee
Colette and Bruno are charming and speak some English.
tel: 04 90 54 40 73
Here's a shortlist of some restaurants in Maussane and environs :
Maussane-les-Alpilles
L’Oustaloun
On the village square, this hotel restaurant has a small menu, but the food is excellent.
La Vallée ( Chez Karine )
This restaurant was begun a couple of years ago by Jean-Louis' daughter Karine (Jean Louis of Bistrot du Paradou) and her sister. Her sister has gone on to other things, but Karine, along with the former chef at Cuisine au Planet in
Fontvieille are doing good things here. One of their most successful menus has been based on the artichoke.... extremely popular.
15, avenue de la Vallée des Baux Tel: (33) 490 54 54 00
[email protected] website: www.la-vallee.net
* Bistrot La Petite France
Former Michelin one star restaurant, just outside Maussane near Le Paradou in a renovated farmhouse. They "turned in" their star and changed the style of the restaurant to a less formal bistro. Excellent food, good service. One of the best wine lists in France (the chef's father is the owner of the largest wine distributor in the south of France)
Casual. Reservations recommended Closed Wednesday and Thursday
55, avenue de la Vallee des Baux Tel: 04 90 54 41 91
Menu - 25 euro
Bistrot du Paradou
Popular (written about endlessly) with tourists. Lunch and Dinner (dinner served only from June through the end of September). One Menu, based on market shopping - basically you eat what Jean-Louis' wife cooks.
The past couple of years I've found that the menus are changing less and less, and the price has gone up and up.. In the past weeks, Jean Louis has put up signs everywhere on the property "Chez Jean Louis"....
Contrary to what many think - those French speaking people in the restaurant are not locals... no one around here feels like paying his prices.
Friday is always Aïoli day. Check the menu of the day before reserving
Dress is casual Tel: 04 90 54 32 70
Lunch menu - 39 euro
Fontvieille (between Arles & Les Baux)
Cuisine au Planet
Very small, but charming, restaurant in the center of the village.... in one of the oldest houses there (16th C). Small outdoor terrace for summer dining.
Dress - casual
144, Grand rue Tel: 04 90 54 63 97
Arles:
Jardin des Arts - Totally non-smoking
This is a great spot for lunch. On the main walking/shopping street, in a restored building overlooking a garden. There are daily menus as well as a large choice “a la carte”. The salads are large and excellent.
Lunch service only.
38, rue de la Republique
Tel: 04 90 96 10 36
L’atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel
Newly opened by the former chef, and creator of, the only registered organic restaurant La Chassagnette in the Camargue. This is a small restaurant in the heart of the shopping area. The theme remains the same – organic, fresh and inventive. Be prepared to spend several hours "a table" enjoying your dining experience.
7, rue des Carmes
tel: 04 90 91 07 69
Eygalières:
* Bistrot d'Eygalières "Chez Bru"
Michelin one star. Charming restaurant in the center of this tiny village. Owners/chef are Belgian, trained at the Baumanière in the 'good old days'. Inventive cuisine, fairly good wine list. In the summer, tables are set outside on the sidewalk for outdoor dining. They also have four rooms.... 130 to 160 euro per night
Reservations recommended in season and on weekends.
rue Republique Tel: 04 90 90 60 34
Lunch menu 45 euro Dinner menus 64/74 euro
Le Petit Bru
The baby bistro to the Bistrot d'Eygalieres. More casual - good food.
Prix fixe menu which offers a choice of entrée and main course, cheese and dessert.
House wine only.
Tel: 04 90 95 98 89
Sous les Micocouliers
Situated off the main road, this restaurant always has an interesting daily menu.
Lovely large terrace under the trees, it's great in the summer months.
Closed Tuesday all day and Wednesday at lunchtime.
Tel: 04 90 95 94 53
St. Remy:
Jardin de Frédéric
Small, cozy restaurant with a small outdoor terrace. Good seafood dishes. Friendly owner and service is good.
Closed Sunday and Monday lunch
Dress - Casual
8, boulevard Gambetta Tel: 04 90 92 27 76
Menus offered at 25 and 28 euro (dinner) 16 euro (lunch)
La Serre
Charming restaurant in an old greenhouse in the village - chef is the grandson of Gaston Lenotre. Very good, inventive food, reasonably priced.
Dress - casual
8, rue Commune Tel: 04 90 92 37 21
La Source - Totally non-smoking
Charming, small restaurant fairly off the tourist path. Very good food, beautiful shaded terrace overlooking a garden for summer dining. Closed Wednesday
13, avenue Liberation Tel: 04 90 92 44 71
Lunch menu around 21 euro Dinner menus 30/40 euro
Outside of St.Remy, on the D5 just outside of Graveson:
Moulin d'Aure
Also a B&B, the restaurant is wonderful. The owners are Italian, so many of the dishes are Italian inspired. Reasonably priced, with a decent wine list that includes some good Italian choices.
Tel: 04 90 95 84 05
Le Fournil is also now closed - they didn't reopen this year. They used to have the best pizza in town.
The Ravi Provencal is still open but Aurore (who is now completely blind) is no longer in the restaurant.
If you'd like to just pick up a great pizza - here's the place in Maussane:
Pizza Brun on the main street heading toward Fontvieille - just before the restaurant La Vallee
Colette and Bruno are charming and speak some English.
tel: 04 90 54 40 73
Here's a shortlist of some restaurants in Maussane and environs :
Maussane-les-Alpilles
L’Oustaloun
On the village square, this hotel restaurant has a small menu, but the food is excellent.
La Vallée ( Chez Karine )
This restaurant was begun a couple of years ago by Jean-Louis' daughter Karine (Jean Louis of Bistrot du Paradou) and her sister. Her sister has gone on to other things, but Karine, along with the former chef at Cuisine au Planet in
Fontvieille are doing good things here. One of their most successful menus has been based on the artichoke.... extremely popular.
15, avenue de la Vallée des Baux Tel: (33) 490 54 54 00
[email protected] website: www.la-vallee.net
* Bistrot La Petite France
Former Michelin one star restaurant, just outside Maussane near Le Paradou in a renovated farmhouse. They "turned in" their star and changed the style of the restaurant to a less formal bistro. Excellent food, good service. One of the best wine lists in France (the chef's father is the owner of the largest wine distributor in the south of France)
Casual. Reservations recommended Closed Wednesday and Thursday
55, avenue de la Vallee des Baux Tel: 04 90 54 41 91
Menu - 25 euro
Bistrot du Paradou
Popular (written about endlessly) with tourists. Lunch and Dinner (dinner served only from June through the end of September). One Menu, based on market shopping - basically you eat what Jean-Louis' wife cooks.
The past couple of years I've found that the menus are changing less and less, and the price has gone up and up.. In the past weeks, Jean Louis has put up signs everywhere on the property "Chez Jean Louis"....
Contrary to what many think - those French speaking people in the restaurant are not locals... no one around here feels like paying his prices.
Friday is always Aïoli day. Check the menu of the day before reserving
Dress is casual Tel: 04 90 54 32 70
Lunch menu - 39 euro
Fontvieille (between Arles & Les Baux)
Cuisine au Planet
Very small, but charming, restaurant in the center of the village.... in one of the oldest houses there (16th C). Small outdoor terrace for summer dining.
Dress - casual
144, Grand rue Tel: 04 90 54 63 97
Arles:
Jardin des Arts - Totally non-smoking
This is a great spot for lunch. On the main walking/shopping street, in a restored building overlooking a garden. There are daily menus as well as a large choice “a la carte”. The salads are large and excellent.
Lunch service only.
38, rue de la Republique
Tel: 04 90 96 10 36
L’atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel
Newly opened by the former chef, and creator of, the only registered organic restaurant La Chassagnette in the Camargue. This is a small restaurant in the heart of the shopping area. The theme remains the same – organic, fresh and inventive. Be prepared to spend several hours "a table" enjoying your dining experience.
7, rue des Carmes
tel: 04 90 91 07 69
Eygalières:
* Bistrot d'Eygalières "Chez Bru"
Michelin one star. Charming restaurant in the center of this tiny village. Owners/chef are Belgian, trained at the Baumanière in the 'good old days'. Inventive cuisine, fairly good wine list. In the summer, tables are set outside on the sidewalk for outdoor dining. They also have four rooms.... 130 to 160 euro per night
Reservations recommended in season and on weekends.
rue Republique Tel: 04 90 90 60 34
Lunch menu 45 euro Dinner menus 64/74 euro
Le Petit Bru
The baby bistro to the Bistrot d'Eygalieres. More casual - good food.
Prix fixe menu which offers a choice of entrée and main course, cheese and dessert.
House wine only.
Tel: 04 90 95 98 89
Sous les Micocouliers
Situated off the main road, this restaurant always has an interesting daily menu.
Lovely large terrace under the trees, it's great in the summer months.
Closed Tuesday all day and Wednesday at lunchtime.
Tel: 04 90 95 94 53
St. Remy:
Jardin de Frédéric
Small, cozy restaurant with a small outdoor terrace. Good seafood dishes. Friendly owner and service is good.
Closed Sunday and Monday lunch
Dress - Casual
8, boulevard Gambetta Tel: 04 90 92 27 76
Menus offered at 25 and 28 euro (dinner) 16 euro (lunch)
La Serre
Charming restaurant in an old greenhouse in the village - chef is the grandson of Gaston Lenotre. Very good, inventive food, reasonably priced.
Dress - casual
8, rue Commune Tel: 04 90 92 37 21
La Source - Totally non-smoking
Charming, small restaurant fairly off the tourist path. Very good food, beautiful shaded terrace overlooking a garden for summer dining. Closed Wednesday
13, avenue Liberation Tel: 04 90 92 44 71
Lunch menu around 21 euro Dinner menus 30/40 euro
Outside of St.Remy, on the D5 just outside of Graveson:
Moulin d'Aure
Also a B&B, the restaurant is wonderful. The owners are Italian, so many of the dishes are Italian inspired. Reasonably priced, with a decent wine list that includes some good Italian choices.
Tel: 04 90 95 84 05
Apr 15th, 2006, 04:42 AM
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Unfortunately we learned when we were in St Remy in March that La Source is closed. Apparently the neighboring building was sold and the new owners were not enthusiatic about the "beautiful shaded terrace overlooking a garden for summer dining" being used for a restaurant. The owners are looking for a new location. I wish them luck because we had a lovely meal there last year.
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Opps, hit post too soon.
A couple of years ago we rented a little house for the two middle weeks of September, it was someones pool house, so it was quite modern with no stone walls for insulation and it did not have AC. We used the fan, had the windows open and also had a pool to cool off in, we were very comfortable. Sure AC would have been nice for us since we are from a pretty cool climate but it really wasn't necessary.
A couple of years ago we rented a little house for the two middle weeks of September, it was someones pool house, so it was quite modern with no stone walls for insulation and it did not have AC. We used the fan, had the windows open and also had a pool to cool off in, we were very comfortable. Sure AC would have been nice for us since we are from a pretty cool climate but it really wasn't necessary.
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