The chateau is stunning with a beautiful décor and has an elegant modern, rustic design, the floor to ceiling glass doors/ windows on the ground floor open to the lovely outdoor dining patio and pool making it even more wonderful. The kitchen is beautifully stocked. I can't say enough about the landscaping- there are lavender plants everywhere and olive trees, grape plants. The pool area has several areas to relax, well spaced lounge chairs and an covered alcove with a large u-shaped sectional where we took turns napping. The pool is large and beautiful with surrounding big green yard space with badminton net, where the children and adults would play volleyball and ping pong table in back. There is a wonderful woman named Stephane who was able to assist with questions and in our case secured babysitters for a night. So the reasons, I did not give 5 stars: The VRBO site refers to 5 bedrooms- we misunderstood this to be what I consider proper bedrooms i.e. there are 3 bedrooms upstairs and a large master bedroom downstairs and a guest house with an attic bedroom. We did not realize that the 5th bedroom is considered to be a tv den with a sofa-bed. I could not reasonably place an adult couple in this room. The guest house is considered to be separate and has an additional charge per night. The attic room in the guest house has a slanted roof and feels a bit dark and claustrophobic when compared to the bedrooms in the house. Other issue: 2nd floor A/C worked fine but there is no dedicated A/C or fan in the master bedroom on the ground floor as the whole ground floor is serviced by one unit that seemingly was not working well. Towards the end of our stay, we had 3 uncomfortable nights in the master bedroom. We reserved the guest house for 4 nights, and here too the A/C did not work well and our friend said nights were uncomfortable. Lastly, I was requested to give a $2500 ''check'' as deposit on day 5 of our stay. Normally, deposit requests are done prior to arrival and done thru the VRBO website. Realistically, I would not give a personal check. On day 6 ( 1 day before leaving)I received and request for funds via the VRBO website for the same amount. I should not be dealing with this while on vacation and that was disappointing as we otherwise enjoyed being here. I do think these things can be fixed and only mention knowing that these issues can be reconciled in the future for other who stay at this amazing chateau.