Sainte-Estelle is an eighteenth-century farmhouse on the south slope above Lourmarin, with a walled kitchen garden, a chapel at the top of its lane and an olive mill that has not pressed anything since 1962. Noah's aunt has looked after it for twenty years. The cypresses along the drive are the ones you can see from the village road. If you get lost, aim for those.

Lourmarin is an hour from Marseille and forty minutes from Avignon, at the foot of the Luberon. There is no station in the village and taxis are rare, so plan the last leg before you land.

A few places we know and like, from the house itself outward. Mention our names when you book; the village is small and everyone already knows.

• Auberge du Figuier

  Twelve rooms around a fig tree, on the square in Lourmarin. We are holding eight until the first of May.

• Rooms at the bastide

  Six simple rooms in the house, kept for family and anyone flying in from far away. Ask us directly.

• Hôtel du Cloître

  Larger and a little grander, in a former convent on the edge of the village. Twenty minutes on foot, or the shuttle.