Beautiful old stone villa with private pool & spectacular view, very peaceful

My wife and I and our 4 kids, (6, 11, 15 and 17yo) spent a week in July at this beautiful house. We found the house to exceed our expectations. We've stayed in many summer houses throughout the years and we rate this house as undoubtably one of the absolute best. The location on the hill side surrounded by the trees gives the feeling of total isolation. The 10m pool was very clean and perfect for cooling down in and for the kids to splash around in for hours each day. The kitchen was well equipped and relatively cool. The house is furnished with quite a lot of antique pieces but we were mostly only inside to sleep or make food. All bedrooms have an adjacent bathroom which was extremely convenient considering how many people we are in our family. We ate out a couple of times in Seillans, both were excellent experiences. Cannes is about 60 minute drive and worth a visit. There's a small supermarket in Seillans for essentials but a larger one in Fayance (13 min drive). We felt very welcomed by Sebastian, the property owner and was immediately responsive by email when necessary. We highly recommend this house.

The characteristic, comfortable, old house is located in the remains of an olive grove surrounded by woodland. The view is calming, the pool refreshing. Nice walks from the property.

A wonderful house in a beautiful place; sitting amongst olive terraces, with a fine vista looking east over wooded Provencal hills with no other house or road in sight. Also, it’s set in a clearing in the woods at the end of a very long drive so is very quiet and completely private, but not isolated, the hilltop village of Seillans is a 15 minute drive away and has a really excellent restaurant on its cobbled square. The house itself is comfortable, well equipped, elegant and the owner is pleasant and helpful. It is special, and we couldn’t have been happier there.

We spent a lovely week in Sebastian's fantastic house, decorated with much taste. The beds were very comfortable in the 3 bedrooms, and the sofa bed was okay. The pool was big and clean, and we enjoyed being far away from any neighbours, but still only a 10 minutes' drive from Seillans. We highly recommend the restaurant Le gloire de mon père in Seillans.

We spent 4 weeks in June/July 2017 at le Rayol. The property is just stunning. If you are looking for a quiet paradis far away from any other soul, Le Rayol is the place to be. The pool is quiet big and has a beautiful view towards the valley. The house is surrounded with nature as far as you can see. The house is furnished with a good taste - you wont find any ikea-furniture. The owner has a good taste for antique-stuff! And you can really cook at le Rayol - the owner has a good equipped kitchen. We spent 3 weeks alone as a couple and 1 week with 3 teenage kids. I would recommend Le Rayol for maximum 4 adult persons. (There is a big master bedroom and a separate garden-bedroom with its own bathroom. The 3. bedroom with also its own bathroom is good for kids - but not comparable with the other bedrooms.) Driving to le Rayol from the village Seillans is quiet a challenge. The route is more a path between trees and we crossed wild boar at night. We had a offroader and even with this car we did not just leave le Rayol to get croissants. It`s just to hard to drive) We will definitely come back at le Rayol. We fell in love with it. Greetings, Cinzia

This our second visit to this villa, which is unprecedented for us. If you like rural and quiet, but the luxury of a well appointed house and wonderful pool with lovely views, then this is it. The only disturbance you will get will be the very discrete pool cleaner once per week, the drifting gliders and the occasional sound of various friendly wildlife. You can walk into Seillans (typical hill top town), which takes about 40 minutes, so you are not completely cut off from civilisation. There is a Michelin star restaurant there, which is very good (and not too expensive). The walk is through the ancient trees that surround the villa for miles and is well worth doing. You are in easy reach of Monte Carlo, Antibes, Nice etc and you have all the amenities that you would need within a relatively short drive. The 'road' to the villa is a hoot, so best leave the Lamborghini at home.... the little Peugeot that we had coped admirably. Importantly Sebastian is the perfect owner and gentleman - always responds to emails and is extremely helpful. We will be going back again.

We have just spent two weeks at Le Rayol. It has been fabulous. The house is great and just as described. The location is very private and is perfect to allow you to relax and soak up the sun. Whilst the house is out of the way it is Only a 10 mins drive to the local village of Seillans. The village is small but it has a couple of very good restaurants serving excellent French god. It also has a local supermarket and pizza place. Most of all we enjoyed having coffee in one of the town squares. We would really recommend Le Rayol, you could spend the whole time in the villa but if you want to explore then this is a great base. Sebastian was a very responsive host and made everything easy.

Spent 2 beautiful weeks enjoying the peace and quiet of this lovely villa. Fantastic pool and views and no sounds other than birds and crickets. The villa is spacious and well furnished with all the facilities we needed including wi-fi for the children Seillans has 3 very good restaurants, a small supermarket, bars, boulangerie and a pizza take-away. Slightly further afield Fayence and Bargemon offer more restaurants, bars and facilities and very easy to get everything you could possibly need. Plenty of sights to visit on days out and we would thoroughly recommend the villa and the area for a memorable French holiday. The owner was extremely helpful and easy to deal with and everything went very smoothly.

This was our second visit to Le Rayol and it was just as perfect as the first. The house has all the comforts you need and is perfectly placed for trips out if you ever tire of the swimming pool or the views from the house. We love the absence of cars and neighbours, it's so peaceful, just the odd glider flying overhead. There are many tracks leading from the house into the forest that are good for walking or cycling. A beautiful property in a wonderful location.

Lovely property, beautiful and very peaceful location, Nicole (housekeeper) really helpful and went out of her way to help us when we arrived late and overtired having broken down on the way. Lovely views from pool. Sebastian very helpful also. One of the bedrooms accessed from the outside, which wasn't a problem to us but might have worried parents with younger children. Very nice restaurants in nearby Bargemon, market in nearby Fayence, kids had a wonderful time on pedalos in the lake about half hour drive away.