Auberge de la Rose
Redesdale Estate, Redesdale

Auberge de la Rose is a charming, beautifully appointed self-catering cottage overlooking the vineyards, olive grove, delightful one-acre garden and swimming pool. It provides peace and style in an idyllic rural environment. Suitable for a couple, with a French trundle daybed providing accommodation for a further two people if required.

The upstairs bed/sitting room has a luxurious queen sized bed, feather soft pillows and fine cotton bed linen. From here there are views over the surrounding countryside. From the sitting area, with its desk and TV with DVD, one overlooks gardens, vineyards, olive groves and dams where wild ducks swim.

A fresh country breakfast is provided to enjoy at your leisure, perhaps on the private verandah, set amongst lavender and roses, where the breakfast table for two catches the morning sunshine.

Downstairs is a dining table for four and lounge, with French day bed and stereo system. The well-appointed kitchenette has a full European oven with gas cook-top, a microwave and small Scandinavian dishwasher. It overlooks the rose garden, where a gas barbecue provides for cooking al fresco while you relax and soak in the peace.

A split-level quiet air conditioner cools the cottage in summer and takes the chill from the air when the vines turn red in autumn. For snug winter comfort, the cottage is equipped with a slow combustion potbelly stove, and a plentiful supply of wood.

Guests at the cottage can enjoy the fruits of the vegetable and herb gardens and the one km of river frontage for fishing, walking or picnicking.