We are a family of 5: Tony 58 is a mountain guide, and I (Isabelle 51) am a university lecturer, Mathilde, Thomas and Pauline are 25, 21 & 19 and they are often still travelling with us. We are experienced with homelink since we have exchanged houses 13 times before since 2000 (2 Scottish families, 4 Irish families, 4 Norvegian families, a Icelandic family, an English, a Canadian family and one in California). Our “old” exchanges do not appear on our listing but we remained friends with some families and can provide references.
We live in the south of France in an amazing area.
http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/region1.htm
Our house is situated only 15 km from Aix en Provence city center, (town of the painter Paul Cezanne)
http://www.aixenprovencetourism.com/en/
in a very quite area (only four houses around).
The house is situated on a hill overlooking the Luberon mountains on which we have a magnificent view.
http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/luberon/luberon.htm
From our house, you can visit within at most 1 or 2 hours drive, towns full of history, scenes of the greatest festivals, a preserved, living mountain waiting to be discovered in all seasons, a sun-kissed coast made in paradise and full of the joys of life, and the charm of Provence, little villages perched on high and fields of lavender...
http://tourismepaca.fr/welcome/
To be more specific, you can:
• reach the sea in ¾ hour drive, with the splendid “calanques” conservation area.
http://tourismepaca.fr/portfolio/le-parc-national-des-calanques/
• visit the “Camargue” regional Natural Park (bird watching place) (1 hour drive)
http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/camargue/camargue.htm

• visit the Alpilles (1 hour drive) http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/alpilles/alpilles.htm

• visit the southern Alps and the upper Provence, in particular the Verdon regional Natural park is 1 hour and a half drive. http://www.provenceweb.fr/e/groupes/verdon/pays.htm
http://www.parcduverdon.fr/
• Last but not least, Paris can be reached in only 3 hours with the TGV (high speed train).

Our house is well equipped, not very big (100 m2) but we have almost 6000 m2 of garden and wood all around. On the outside we have 2 terraces with tables and chairs. In the garden, we have a summer kitchen in a small wooden cabin and another table plus sitting group and sun beds. There is also a ping-pong table and a summer shower.