Walk to Beach from Architect's Mediterranean Villa, Own Pool

• Perfect for family getaway

  Perfect for family getaway

  • Guest Steven L.
  • Date of stay 04/23/11
  • Review Submitted 05/09/11
  The villa is in a superb location - a walk to the nearest beach and an off road cycle track straight out the door down to the lovely beach at Cavaliere too. We spent our week mostly chilling at the beach interspersed with the occassional energetic cycle ride. The house is extremely well provisioned and comfortable to live in. It is clearly a cherished home and very well thought out throughout. We arrived to find it immaculate. Detailed instructions (e.g. for the security system) and local guides are provided in well-ordered folders. There is a very interesting garden and a play area with table tennis and badminton net, as well as the pool. They are a few options of lovely spots to eat outside or just sit and relax. We would definitely like to return!

  Recommended for: Families with young children, families with teenagers.

  Owner response: Thank you for reminding everyone how close and convenient the beaches and cycle rides are . It is the main reason we fell for the house: that it is on the sea side of the road and the dedicated cycle paths take one through such amazing views. . As you guessed we have put a lot of thought into what makes a memorable holiday for 3 generations and tried the experimental method over the last decade. We love being here and we hope you will return to enjoy this magic spot too. Best wishes.

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  • Guest Phil
  • Date of stay 10/23/10
  • Review Submitted 11/09/10
  Well-what a week! Both your restaurant suggestions were sensational. We had the 60th birthday lunch at the Tropicana Club in beautiful weather. The food was excellent and the service very friendly (and pretty). It lasted nearly 4 hours. Luckily we could walk home and collapse. A truly memorable occasion-particularly for the birthday boy.On our last night we had dinner at the Relais and it was marvellous. We dropped your name as you suggested and already friendly waiters became particularly attentive. The food was really excellent. These were 2 highlights in the best week we have ever had at La Lezardiere. Really lovely weather with gorgeous sunsets. September really is a nice time to be on the Cote d'Azur. The house and gardens are looking absolutely superb. We just did not want to leave! If you are renting it out next year we would love to take a week. Thank you again for letting us to stay at your beautiful house.

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  • Guest Janet
  • Date of stay 09/11/10
  • Review Submitted 09/27/10
  "Eight adults and two toddlers spent a week here in the middle of September. We found the villa everything that it cracked itself up to be - wonderful position, beautiful views, well equipped. Our problem was that we spent too much time on the beach to take advantage of all the facilities - though we did play fierce games of table tennis. The pool was plenty big enough for us, sometimes they are very narrow, and there was room for most of us to laze around it - which was fine because there were always people and children in it. The eyrie at the top of the property was the most magnificent place to get away from everyone - particularly at bed time with a book and a bottle of wine - or just to look at the sea.he sea really was only 10/15 minutes walk away - though we tended to go with friends to the next beach west, where the sandwas yellower and there was more activity to watch. It was possible to push a buggy in the evening to the local pizza place, and even to the beach cafes - though we tended to eat at home, outside the kitchen by the barbecue or on the terrace with the view. Everything worked properly, there was masses of kitchen equipment with really large saucepans and frying pans, lots of plates, bowls and cutlery. The ice machine on the fridge was very popular. Once we got the magic codeword the internet worked more efficiently than home! The caretaker was very helpful when the family arrived and showed them exactly how everything worked. She arrived when she said she would to take the keys on our last day. She will babysit, but by the time we asked her she was already booked - not a problem as the French don't worry about children in the sort of places we went to en masse. All in all we had a wonderful, stress free week. Hopefully we will be able to do it again soon. Very many thanks to the Ashes for lending us their house.”

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  • Guest Tricia
  • Date of stay 01/30/10
  • Review Submitted 05/18/10
  We would like to say Thank You to you both for letting us share your beautiful house, La Lezardiere, last week. It was a wonderful place to catch up with our old friends. We have holidayed together in various parts of the world for 40 years whenever conferences or sabbaticals have put us in the same hemisphere! It was great to meet in such a spectacular place and get to meet their new granddaughter. You have the perfect house for family holidays, what fun you must have had over the years. It was so easy not to do anything but we did visit some wonderful hill top towns and markets. We certainly hope we can return one day with our family who would think they were in heaven!

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  • Guest McCool
  • Date of stay 03/18/10
  • Review Submitted 03/18/10
  Beautiful house, beautiful weather – we couldn’t be happier. Thanks, Clare, for thinking of every possible detail and the best equipped kitchen we’ve ever seen! We ate here most evenings on the terrace but our favourite lunching place is Tamaris Plage, just down the road in Pramousquier. Fabulous view and delicious food. Hate to leave and hope we can return next year!

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  • Guest LeBeau
  • Date of stay 03/18/10
  • Review Submitted 03/18/10
  Thanks for letting us share your beautiful home. Absolute delight to invite our guests to this wonderful place, to spend a holiday together. Everyone had their preferred corner of paradise. My husband, who’d forgotten his knives (chefs never take a holiday without) couldn’t believe you had the same as him. My 6 year old lived in the pool pretty much the whole fortnight. Family from the UK sought the shady corners and played games under the trees, whilst our French family lay like lizards on the terrace whilst the 4 year old had to sit just above the painted sign on the tree house just to prove a point, and play with her dolls. As for me: after two weeks of quick showers a decadent bath with a view on the next to last night was bliss, also morning coffee beneath the pepper tree, the air full with the scent of Franzipan, and the beautiful yellow flowers on the tree which overhangs the far end of the pool, which opened this last week. Beautiful memories of hot sunshine and time spent en famille.

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  • Guest Crawley
  • Date of stay 03/18/10
  • Review Submitted 03/18/10
  Thank you very much for letting us enjoy your wonderful house. The views from all parts are really spectacular and your super terraces made eating out a real pleasure. The house is probably the best equipped place we have ever stayed in. Many thanks too for your recommendation for Le Sud, two of our party had a fantastic meal there. We are sad to be leaving but hope to return next year.

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  • Guest Webb
  • Date of stay 03/18/10
  • Review Submitted 03/18/10
  Striking views over the sea and Islands from some bedrooms and the giant living area as well as from the paved terraces and nooks outside. There are good walks on car free roads down to the beach and past other beautiful houses. We stayed in winter and found most restaurants nearby to be closed so appreciated the amazingly well equipped kitchen for home cooking. Central heating is also useful for cold winter days. Good for a large group, we were only 6 adults and a baby, must bring more of the family next time. Even found some toys for the baby. The caretakers keep the house gleaming and were smiling and helpful in spite of our woeful French. Larger towns nearby such as Cavalaire and St Maxime had supermarkets and restaurants open during winter. Historic towns such as Grimaud in the nearby hills. Some roads in the Alpes behind Rayol have great views and exciting walks but are not for the faint hearted.

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  • Guest Tor Martin
  • Date of stay 03/18/10
  • Review Submitted 03/18/10
  We've just returned from a lovely week at La Leazardiere 20-27.06.09 (and found out the origins of the name). What a great place you have! We all enjoyed both the house and the surroundings immensely. Pictures used in adds often exaggerate - in this case I would rather say it didn't do the place justice! We were a big family group from Norway of 11 all in all, and found the house and facilities around (patios, garden, pool, etc) easily facilitated such a large group. Also, the surroundings with a sandy beach to the left and cliffs to the right offered something for everybody. The "map" on the outer wall was of great help.Mohammed showed up shortly after we arrived and gave us a quick tour of the house. The house was in an immaculate state, and all the rooms nicely done up.The cleaning ladies arrived half an hour before we departed and were smiling and courteous (us not speaking much French, the conversation was not very advanced). All in all, we were very happy with our stay (hard to find improvements) and would love to return!

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• • Guest David Nicholls
  • Date of stay 07/28/09
  • Review Submitted 07/28/09
  A really beautiful house, immaculate and very, very comfortable. We spent a very happy week here in July 2009, dividing our time between the pleasant local beach and the lovely pool. The house is fully equipped, with a particularly good kitchen and a spectacular view from the main living area. A great venue for a relaxing family holiday.

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One week minimum rental period 
2013: 5 Jan to 9 Feb: 1500 ; 16 to 23 Feb: £1800 ;  2 to 23 Mar: £1500 
30 Mar to 27 Apr: £1800 ; 4 & 11 May: £2000, 18 May: £2500 ; 25 May:£2000
1 to 22 Jun: £3500 ; 29 Jun: £4000 ; 6 Jul: £4500, 13 Jul to 27 Aug: £4800
31 Aug & 7 Sept: £4000; 14 & 21 Sept:£3000 ; 28 Sept to 12 Oct: £2500 
19 Oct: £1800 ; 26 Oct: £2000 ; 2 Nov: £1800, 9 Nov to 14 Dec: £1500 
21 to 28 Dec: £2500 - £300/wk discount for small party (1/4)

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