Les Magnans
Rural holiday village between Provence and Luberon
Book your gîte
Booking rules :
- Reservations open at least 5 days before the start of the stay and at most 12 months before the stay,
- Children and adults included in the guests,
- In summer, weekly reservations from Saturday to Saturday only,
- For weekend rentals, arrival on Friday or Saturday after 5pm and departure on Sunday before 5pm,
- For weekly rentals, departures are scheduled for 10 am and arrivals for 5 pm,
- For any other information, please contact us.
- ATTENTION: It is unfortunately impossible, for reasons of neighbourliness, to organise noisy evenings after 9.30 p.m. in the whole hamlet. We apologise in advance.
Want to getaways, calm and breathe the air of Provence?
Our individual houses welcome you as a family, in a group, on your own, for seminars, internships, retreats, cousinades, weddings with sleeping arrangements, birthdays. Choose your holiday resort among our 8 character lodgings or find the accommodation that best suits your holiday desires.
Group lodgings
Are you looking for a group gîte for 20, 30, 40, 50 or even 60 people? The holiday village of Les Magnans has a soft spot for groups: you can book the whole village or one of our gîtes with large capacity accommodation. The Maison du Tilleul has a large room where you can meet for a training course, a festive moment or simply a friendly meeting. Contact us for more information!
Le Tilleul Cottage
Weekend from 480 €. Ideal for groups. Meeting room, American kitchen, fireplace, 2 sofas, tables and chairs inside and on the covered terrace. 6 bedrooms, single beds, bunk beds, one room accessible for people with reduced mobility. 4 bathrooms and toilets.
Les Lilas Cottage
Weekend from 310 €. For 8 to 11 people. Ground floor: kitchen/dining room, one bedroom with 2 single beds, wc/shower. Upstairs: one bedroom with 2 single beds, one bedroom with 1 single bed and 1 pull-out bed, one bedroom with 2 bunk beds and 1 pull-out bed.
Family Gîtes
Our gîtes for 4 to 9 people are suitable for groups of friends as well as for large or extended families who wish to stay for a weekend or a holiday in Provence. The gîtes are equipped with living space, sleeping accommodation in dormitories or bedrooms and have private sanitary facilities. The hamlet offers many green spaces for outdoor meals, rest and relaxation.
Le coin Cottage
Weekend from 240 €. Gîte for 4 to 9 people. 2 bedrooms + mezzanine. 1 double bed + 5 single beds + sofa bed. WC and shower. Private parking.
La Terrasse Cottage
Weekend from 190 €. Gîte for 4 to 6 people. Ground floor: kitchen/dining room, living room with a sofa bed for 2 people, wc/shower, terrace. Upstairs: a mezzanine with 2 single beds, a bedroom with a double bed.
... and rural gîtes
Our rural gîtes, located in a small hamlet away from the roads, allow our guests to fully enjoy the calm of the countryside and the serenity of a timeless place. It is an ideal place to disconnect and breathe while enjoying the climate and the sun of Provence. Between the Luberon, the Alps and the Montagne de Lure, there are many walks in the area, by bike, on horseback or on foot.
Les Deux Puits Cottage
Weekend from 240 €. Gite for 3 to 7 people. 1ᵉʳ level: fitted kitchen dining room, lounge with fireplace insert and sofa. Bathroom and WC. 2ᵉ level: three bedrooms, 2 with double beds.
L'Escalier Cottage
Weekend from 245 € For 5 to 8 people Ground floor: kitchen/dining room, living room with a convertible sofa for 2 people and a single sofa Upstairs: a mezzanine with a single bed, two bedrooms with 2 single beds each, wc/shower
Le Figuier Cottage
Weekend from 135 €. Gîte for 2 to 4 people. 1 bedroom with a double bed. Kitchen. Living room (low ceiling, beams at 1,80m) with sofa bed for 2 persons. Shower, WC.
Intimate gites
Do you want to spend your holidays in small groups? Need the calm of the countryside, serenity and greenery? Our small houses welcome you in their cocoon.
Les Deux voûtes Cottage
Weekend from 135 €. Gîte for 2 people. Kitchen/dining room. Reading corner. Bedroom with double bed. WC/shower. Small terrace
Les Magnans, the Longo Maï holiday village
Up in the hills of Haute-Provence, between the valley of the Durance and the Lure Mountain, in the luberon park, lie the hamlet “Les Magnans” in the village of Pierrerue, not far from the historic market town of Forcalquier.
« Whether you are artists in search of landscapes and places of creativity, students on internship or families on vacation, you will find here the tranquility, the charm and the sun of the country of Giono. »
The Provence charm of our rural cottages
The Longo Maï Association receives families, groups and solitary people all year round in its holiday village, in old Provençal houses which have been restored in an agreeable and comfortable manner. The spaces, lawns and playgrounds are large and open, children can enjoy themselves freely and without danger. Adjoining each house, a corner is set up to take meals outside. Discover our lodgings.
Discover, visit and dream of Provence and the Luberon
The hamlet of Magnans is the starting point for walks, horseback, bike rides, excursions to sites of remarkable beauty or history. The region offers numerous weekly markets, and, throughout the year, a wide variety of cultural events: film festivals, music, theater, books and writing, one-off and permanent exhibitions. Find tourism ideas in Forcalquier and its surroundings .
A holiday village like no other
The Magnans holiday village was created in 1979, on the initiative of the Longo Maï Association located in Limans. This agricultural cooperative has developed many other activities: sheep and poultry breeding, organic market gardening and raspberries, bread making. Most of their production is on sale in the small shop in the holiday village and on the famous Forcalquier market, on Monday mornings and Thursday afternoons. For the past twenty years, Longomaï has also hosted a free radio station in the region, Radio Zinzine . Find out more about the Longomaï project .
Provençal news
We share our ideas for outings and visits, but also the small events that rock our holiday village and the Longomaï group. There is more to it than in a nut.
Some ideas for getaways around Forcalquier…
In these high Provençal hills, everything encourages pleasure and enchantment: it is a country rich in shapes, colors, scents and flavors. In summer, swimming in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Sigonce waterfall (near the holiday village), the lakes of Oraison and...
Containment and cancellation of rentals
In "normal" times, since Easter, life explodes like spring in our little hamlet of Les Magnans. In the upper garden, the laughter of the children is accompanied by the singing of the birds and the first crickets. In front of the houses, groups and activities...
“Les Saisons” becomes “Les Magnans
Seasons pass and sometimes memories remain. When the Association Les Saisons was dissolved in 2001 in favour of the Longo Maï Association, Les Saisons continued to exist on our old, rather vintage website, which some will certainly regret. Les Magnans is a...