We are closed over the bank holiday weekend, but we will be monitoring the office to pick up your messages and emails, if you would like any help with your holiday plans.
Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to hearing from you!
In an era of AI chatbots, search engines and questionable online reviews, we provide a small but bespoke corner of sanity in the world of holiday planning!
We work to understand your requirements, and because we know all of our properties really well, we can help you to chose the property which will best suit your needs.
Need help finding a chef? Want to hire bikes? Want to know where the best pain au chocolat are to be found? If we can’t answer your questions ourselves, our longstanding relationships with the owners and staff at our properties means that we can soon find out, so you can have a great holiday from the moment you arrive.
Call or email us to discuss your requirements and let us show you the PPA way. After all, luxury holiday properties have been our business for nearly 30 years.
2025 has started cold and unfriendly (at least here in Yorkshire!), so what better time to start planning your 2025 escapes? Subscribe to our newsletter for news of new and returning properties and to find out about availability at those properties that always seem to be booked up….
Thank you to all our customers, owners and house staff for your support in 2024, and wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and happy, healthy and successful 2025.
The office will be open over the Christmas and New Year period to help you with your plans for 2025, so do call or email us with your requirements.
If there is no-one available, do leave us a message or send us an email and we will get back to you as soon as we can.
Over on our Instagram account, we welcome Domaine des Ors – where traditional Moroccan hospitality meets modern design and comfort. The main house sleeps up to 8 people, but for a special gathering, a further 7 double suites are available in the stylish and individual garden villas to accommodate a further 14 guests. Just 35km from Marrakech and enjoying stunning views of the Atlas mountains, with full service, a gym, tennis court, large pool and hammam, you can make your stay here as energetic or relaxing as you like…
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News of the latest property added to our portfolio is out now. If you haven’t already signed up for our newsletter, you can do so on our contact us page, or click here to read the current issue.
Our latest newsletter is winging its way to subscribers – if you haven’t already signed up, you can do so on our contact us page, or click here to read the current issue.
Our latest newsletter is winging its way to subscribers – if you haven’t already signed up, you can do so on our contact us page, or click here to read the current issue.
We are closed over the bank holiday weekend, but we will be monitoring the office if you would like any help with your holiday plans.
Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to hearing from you!
Our latest newsletter is winging its way to subscribers – if you haven’t already signed up, you can do so on our contact us page, or click here to read the current issue.
May is the perfect time to visit the Côte d’Azur: warm days, none of the hustle and bustle of the school holidays, and yet still so much going on! From the 14 – 25 May, you could be rubbing shoulders with the stars at the Cannes Film Festival, after which, move along the coast (by chauffeur driven limo, obviously) to Monaco for the Grand Prix on 26 May.
We have a number of glorious properties, well placed to take advantage of these glamourous events, but secluded enough to avoid the paparazzi….
Take a look at FR181 Domaine des Lions, FR184 Villa le Cap and FR146 Les Geais , or call us to check availability and find out more, or talk about our other properties…
Whether it is the rolling countryside or the stylish and historic cities of Tuscany and Umbria that draw you, both areas are rich in inspiration for both culinary and artistic masterpieces.
After a day exploring or sketching and painting, will you return to your Italian home from home and let the wonderful house staff prepare you an authentic Italian meal, or will you get creative in the kitchen and impress your guests?
With properties ranging from apartments and houses in a hilltop castello, complete with Michelin starred restaurant, to stylish country houses surrounded by vines and inspirational views, our website has something to tempt every taste.
We wish all our customers, past, present and future a very happy Christmas and our best wishes for 2024.
The office will be closed over the Christmas and New Year weekends, but we will be ready to respond to your enquiries between the 27 and 29 December, and open as normal from Tuesday 2 January 2024.
Please contact us at enquiries@ppaproperties.com or by telephone on 01423 330533, and we will respond as soon as possible.
When it comes to some properties, you can’t wait for the new year to plan your holiday, they get booked up too quickly.
There are just two weeks left in peak season at these highly sought after properties, FR188 Mas du Faucon and FR110 Villa Isabelle , so if the dark days and cold weather are making you dream about your summer 2024 plans, strike while the iron is hot and contact us for availability! For more details, click the links or type the property numbers in the search box.
With two new properties in the portfolio, and more in the pipeline, we are very excited about the coming season. Whether in Provence or Cap Ferret, Tuscany or Occitanie, we are looking forward to sharing them with you. Now booking for 2024!
One of the great highlights of any trip is visiting the markets, a great place to sample local produce, buy gifts and try out your language skills!
When you book with us, because we have visited all of our properties, you can be reassured that not only can we advise you as to the right property for your group, we can also give you an insight into where to go for the best produce, which restaurants to try, and things to do in the area.
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Whether you are planning a half term trip, or simply want to take advantage of quieter travel times and more flexible availability, May & June are wonderful times to get away.
Starting on the 22 June 2023, the famous Chorégies d’Orange festival of opera takes place, dramatically staged in the Roman Amphitheatre in Orange. From traditional opera to blends of pop and opera, this is a magical opportunity to combine your love of Provence and opera! Ask us about availability at our nearest properties.
We currently have availability for May and June in some of most sought-after properties, so if you can take advantage of travelling outside school holidays, this could be your opportunity to snap up a week!
Just five km from our properties at Castello Fighine, a major new archaeological discovery at San Casciano dei Bagni has taken the archaeological world by storm. The hilltop village of Castello Fighine, with its beautifully appointed houses and 2 apartments, as well as a Michelin starred restaurant, is ideally placed to explore the newly discovered secrets at this important Etruscan site.
‘It’s as if we found oil’: Tuscan town savours discovery of spa trove | Italy | The Guardian
Contact us for more details and to check availability.
Wishing all our customers, old and new, a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year. It has been wonderful to help you with your plans again this year.
The office will be open between Christmas and New Year, so do call or email with your requirements, and we will be delighted to help you.
With our very best wishes
From Pamela, Deborah, Sarah and Anne
For some of us, it has been a while since we last travelled, and whilst we might need a reminder of how much liquid we can carry, what we can bring back, or what the Covid regulations are, did you know that there are now new rules to contend with, following the UK leaving the EU?
To avoid being turned back at customs, it is very important is that you check the validity of your passport before travel.
If you are planning to travel to an EU country (except Ireland), or Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino or Vatican City, you must meet the Schengen area rules.
Your passport must meet 2 requirements. It must be:
Check both the issue date and the expiry date in your passport. If you renewed your passport early, extra months may have been added to its expiry date. This could affect the requirement for your passport to be less than 10 years old.
Contact your travel provider or embassy of the country you are visiting if you think that your passport does not meet both these requirements. Renew your passport if you need to. Further information can be found on the government website here.
