This two-bedroom, two-bath family home welcomes you any time of the year to experience the glory of l’arrière pays niçois. Completely modernized with all the conveniences, the house sleeps four comfortably in luxurious sheets and tasteful furnishings. Come feel like a native in this lovely village where the townsfolk are friendly and the butcher shop inviting. Walk to the grocery store and the village baker for your daily croissants before heading out to explore the magnificent coastline of the Mediterranean or hike up to the lower Alps or peruse the many boutiques and museums of the other villages in the area. Villages such as St-Paul-de Vence, Tourettes-sur-Loup and Biot are within a 20 minute drive; Grasse is but 10 minutes away, Nice only 40 minutes away, and Cannes a mere 25. There is no shortage of things to do here; this is a favorite area of the French countryside, even by the strictest of French standards.

Le Bar-sur-Loup welcomes you

• A charming medieval village within a stone’s throw of the Riviera

• Two bedrooms, two bath fully equipped home with breathtaking views of the famed Gorges du Loup

• This well-appointed pied-à-terre in a privileged location in the heart of town is a perfect set-up from which to enjoy the rest of the Backcountry Riviera

• Master bedroom has queen-size bed, large closet, two windows with a view over the Gorges and twin dressers for storing your personal belongings

• Guest bedroom has two twins, large closet and dresser

• Living room with comfortable couch, armchair and pouf includes TV, stereo, CDs, tape player, DSL line; dining room table with plenty of table linens, built-in bookcase with a full set of the Harvard Classics (so you can catch up on your Plato should you happen upon a rainy day) and a well-stocked library of good vacation reads

• Two bathrooms each with shower, sink, toilet, storage; one on each floor

• Iron & ironing board, hair dryer available, sewing kit, first aid, picnic baskets and beach towels

• The fully equipped kitchen (stove, microwave, washing machine, toaster, coffee maker, electric kettle) is stocked with state-of-the-art kitchen tools, cookware, measuring cups, cookbooks, dinnerware for 8, table linens.

• The house is tucked away in a quiet corner of the village square with parking out front, within steps of the boulangeries, the grocery store, all four restaurants and the tourist office. We make everything easy for you; after all, you are here to relax and enjoy yourselves and discover the area. We supply cleaning products and fresh sponges, your initial bar of hand made French soaps, a sewing kit, a first aid kit, fresh spices in the kitchen cabinet, various food staples and a nice bottle of wine upon your arrival. Your freshly laundered bed linens smell clean and pressed; an ample supply of towels awaits you in the guest bedroom.

Découvrez la Region!

The arrière-pays as it is known to the French is a marvelous grouping of villages pittoresques, astounding aqueducts, gorges, and canyons; the nearby Mediterranean and home to les Corniches, those breathtaking James-Bondian curving roads. The city of Nice is only 40 minutes away with its sparkling beach, the Matisse museum, the old town, and the romantic Cours Saleya; Cannes is but 25 minutes directly south, Antibes 35 minutes away, and the beautiful St-Jean-Cap-Ferrat only 45. Slightly further afield is elegant Monte-Carlo in the principality of Monaco, and from there it’s only 15 minutes to the Italian border. Closer to home is the beautiful village of St-Paul-de-Vence where Picasso spent much of his time; the eclectic modern art museum la Fondation Maeght; Renoir’s house in Cagnes-sur-Mer, and the incomparable gardens of the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Le Bar-sur-Loup is wonderfully located between the Mediterranean and the Basses-Alpes, a perfect spot from which to tour this highly coveted corner of France.

Dining room

It’s easy to get here!

• Fly into the Nice Airport. From there, you can rent a car and drive to Bar-sur-Loup, approximately 40 minutes on the easy route nationale 2085.

• If you fly into the Marseille airport, you could rent a car and drive the 90 minutes to Bar.

• Drive down from Paris; approximately a 8-hr drive

• Fly into Geneva and drive the famous Route Napoleon, approximately 8 hours of breathtaking scenery

• Fly into Paris and take the TGV (high speed train) directly from the Charles de Gaulle Airport; 6 hrs to Nice; then rent a car at the station and drive into the hills to Bar.

Master bedroom

Guest bedroom