Mas della Robbia in Le Paradou
This charming 200-year old blacksmith’s home was built in the late 18th century with local stone. Tastefully restored with French antiques and enlarged in 1990. Centrally located in the small village of Le Paradou, Mas Della Robbia is located 50 meters from shopping (post office, groceries, butcher, baker, hair salon), English-speaking doctor, dentist and physiotherapist and traditional restaurants.
The property is ideal for two couples. The sun shines in Le Paradou 320 days per year with an average May-September temperature of 25C (77F).
Mas = house in ancient local dialect (provencal)
Entrance to the property through wrought-iron gate giving to an enclosed, landscaped courtyard with parking for two cars.
«No one passes through Les Baux without a sense of true nostalgia, for here, more than anywhere else, the labours of time show what becomes of the most ambitious undertakings: ruined walls and breaches onto the void. The stones of man’s proud constructions devoured by the sun and wind. Only traces remain of their ambition, fears and solitude»
One could think that the name “Paradou” signifies paradise when life is so good there but it really represents a fuller’s mill which produced a material for stiffening cloth.