It is the norm for French citizens to take at least four straight weeks of paid vacation in the summer, usually the entire month of July or August. Most workers get a good six weeks of paid vacation, which they have to take. (They can’t legally choose to work and get the cash instead.) When the French travel to France they often rent homes in some of lesser known French regions, one more bountiful and beautiful than the other such as the Gard or the Vaucluse. Here is an awesome link I discovered called coins secret or secret corner. A secret corner in France? Need I say more? The site has translations in several languages and is very easy to navigate to rent a 'mas' provençal.
This is a six person gîte or (apartment) inside a large mas, my favorite for today. The stone work on this mas is to die for.
and a taste of Provençal life in Gourdargue. Have you packed your bags yet?
This one is very beautiful but might be a blow to your wallet. It's a fancy “maison de prestige" in the Vaucluse region in Provence. A week will cost under 500 Euros per week.... per person (as long as you bring 12 friends, the house sleeps 12, yes, that is a total of er.. 5,000 euros a week) 
This one is situated in the heart of vineyards in Cairanne, has a pool and sleeeps 12 as well for 1659 Euros a week.
This blog is more and more painful to look at. These places are SOOO BEAUTIFUL it makes me ache to be there and leaves me green with envy.
Posted by: Isabelle | February 05, 2008 at 05:06 PM
oh that canal is gorgeous corine!
Posted by: All Things Bright and Beautiful | February 05, 2008 at 07:18 PM
superbes adresses en effet ! j'ai passé plusieurs vacances ou w-e dans le Lubéron, une partie de la Provence que j'aime bcp.
Posted by: TheYoupiTouch | February 06, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I am off to Southern France this year and these fabulous images are making me impatient.
Posted by: Di Overton | February 06, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Those pictures made my heart skip a beat!
Posted by: laura | February 06, 2008 at 05:27 PM
Hello !
My name is Fabrice, and I'm the webmaster of http://www.coinsecret.com
Congratulations for you nice blog and thanks for talking about us.
I'm glad that you enjoy our houses and our website about holydays in Provence. I hope that you will have chance to take a holyday in France with us once !
At the moment we provide about 100 holyday rentals in Provence and also in Savoie and Haute Savoie, that is another beautiful part of France in the alps, but we may soon have much more to propose ! All houses are carefully visited and selected one by one by members of Coins Secrets, so that we can offer only the best places for your holydays !
We hope to see you soon on http://www.coinsecret.com !
Regards,
Fabrice
Posted by: Fabrice | February 07, 2008 at 02:42 AM
I have just overcome my fear of flying over the ocean. I have never been to Europe. I now have new goals to attain!!!
Beautiful.
Posted by: Danette | February 07, 2008 at 09:18 AM
Isabelle * Didn't mean to inflict pain!
All Things Bright * I want to go there very baaadly.
Youpitouch * Tu n'habites pas loin. Quelle chance.
Di * I can't wait to see your pictures.
Laura * Hope you don't wear pacemaker
Fabrice * Pas de probleme, quand J'aime je ne compte pas.
Danette * OmyG*d Danette, that's fantastic. Planes are a bit scary to me too.
Posted by: corine @ hidden in france | February 07, 2008 at 11:52 AM
OMG! I am ready to book my ticket right now. I really, really need a fairy godmother.
Posted by: bronwyn | February 07, 2008 at 12:58 PM
arrggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!I need a holiday!Again!!! Will definitely keep these gorgeous places in mind! Thanks for posting!
Posted by: laissezfaire | February 08, 2008 at 03:27 AM
These photos make me want to visit Provence even more than I already did, if that's possible! Thank you!
Posted by: Annechovie | February 09, 2008 at 07:32 AM