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Group vacations - French villas are hot!
Want to make all your friends swoon? Rent out a villa in the south of France for an affordable, peaceful vacation.Want to make all your friends love you? Take them along!
French villas have become one of the top destinations in the great tradition of group vacations. I love group vacations; it's like an extended party. Get everyone you like together and watch them interact for a week. It's fascinating, often scandalous, and makes one feel like they're in some 17th century comedy of manners, or an old-Hollywood movie.
One villa I recommend is Villa Plantat, near the small town Quissac. Villa Plantat (plantat means "to plant") is an elegant house set on 400 acres of beautiful grounds with an orangerie and a private spring-fed swimming lake, and is located close to both historic Roman ruins and the Mediterranean sea (just 35 minutes away).
Villa Plantat can provide a private provencal chef for just around $20 per meal, and they also have twice yearly yoga retreats (2 hours of yoga per day plus special events; not yoga boot camp) in May and September. $1380 per person includes accommodations, wine (!), and classes.
Villa Plantat is available year round for $4,200 per week (price drops by $500 for additional weeks) and sleeps thirteen. That's just $323 per person. Or, for ten people, $420 per week.
Save up your miles and get to the south of France. It's an idyllic, quaint, and quintessentially lovely experience you won't forget.
Gallery: Villa Plantat
Filed under: Europe, France, Hotels and Accommodations, Holiday Ideas, Budget Travel
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joana Dec 29th 2008 4:24AM
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