Lots of steps at this property, would have been a nice touch to when we arrived, have the owner/staff on call when answering the intercom at the gate to offer to come down to the parking area and help with bags (similarly to suggest parking behind the check in desk to load bags, we happened to see another guest do this and followed suit). Would have been a nice touch to get a very brief verbal history of the property (we did like the print out about the chateau in our room, this was a great touch) or offer a more detailed tour if time allowed. It's clear the family owning this property have taken incredible care of it and are so devoted to the chateau, however! We just didn't see that come through upon check in.
The scent of lavender was so welcomed, alas we had arrived in Provence! However, both my friend and I felt the scent was simply TOO strong, a subtler amount of fragrance would be better. Additionally the room had clearly just been cleaned upon our arrival and the strong scent of the cleaning products lingered in the bathroom for quite some time. The temperature in the room was a little tough to regulate and one of the electrical or phone outlets hummed a little distractingly throughout the night, but I'm sure management would have handled swiftly had it not been in the middle of the night.
This may be due in a different approach to bee / mosquito prevention but the bees pretty much took over our breakfast table due to the jams and fruits attracting them, and we decided to just stop eating at that point as it was so distracting. Not sure if there's a method or something to be done to ward them off humanely. Same went with the mosquitoes by the pool. May just be what it is in Provence, but took away ever so slightly from the experience.
All in all we did have a lovely time and would return back, these are just some minor recommendations to take the property and experience from "really good" to "simply outstanding.
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