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Le Mas des Poiriers – A Farmhouse in Provence

Our family's renovation of an 18th century farmhouse in Provence set on 65 acres of pear orchard and sunflowers. Bienvenue!

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August 4, 2017

For years, American expatriates Shauna Varvel and her husband enjoyed spending summers with their five children in Provence. In 2014, kismet led them to rent the home that is now Le Mas des Poiriers, an 18th century farm house nestled among 65 secluded acres including working pear orchards. The family fell in love, and a year later when the property became available for sale, they decided to buy it. Le Mas des Poiriers underwent extensive renovation by the esteemed Alexandre Lafourcade. Landscape architect Dominique Lafourcade transformed the gardens, and Susan Bednar Long redesigned the interiors using Pierre Frey fabrics exclusively. Every inch is true to the spirit of Provence.

Le Mas des Poiriers is available for rent, and I am fantasizing about a dream vacation in Provence! In the meantime, I am delighted to welcome Shauna Varvel to The Glam Pad today for a virtual holiday…

Q: How did Le Mas des Poiriers receive its name, and what is the English translation?

A: Our farm, Le Mas des Poiriers, produces 60 tonnes of pears annually and the house sits adjacent to the pear orchard. The actual and original name of the house is Grange Neuve, which we use, but we have named the farm Le Mas des Poiriers, which translates as “The Pear Trees Farm House.”

Q: In what year was Le Mas des Poiriers built, and what is its history?

A: The house was built over 200 years ago as a farm house, or a “Mas.” The Rhone River divides near Avignon and the Palace of the Popes and the farm sits between the two arms of the Rhone, on an island. Thus the property’s land is very fertile and green, which is unusual in this dry and rocky region. The farm was formerly in a flood plan and had a high platform near the barn that served as a place to put the animals during during a flood.

Q: What inspired you to purchase this beautiful property?

A: Provence has been a passion of mine for many years. When my five children were young, we would rent a house for a month or so in the summertime, spending our mornings at the markets or visiting ancient Roman ruins, our afternoons by the pool, and our evenings making dinner together and eating al fresco in the garden to the tune of cicadas. We created beautiful memories as the children ran around in the Provencal sun without the distractions of everyday life, picking grapes and pears and enjoying the beauty and serenity of the region. In the summer of 2014, we rented the home that is now Le Mas des Poiriers and fell in love with it for its uniquely large structure and distinct location, being within minutes from the charming city of Avignon and yet in a secluded world of its own on a fertile island within the Rhone River. We were thrilled a year later to discover that the property had been listed for sale. We knew that we loved having 10,000 square feet in one building to fit our large family (many properties in Provence connect small buildings together to make one), the high volume in the ceilings and the flat and green land surrounding the property. We also knew that it would be a lot of work but we felt that in the end, the effort and investment would pay off in a way that it couldn’t in other properties.

Q: Please tell me about the architectural, interior, and landscaping renovations you have overseen.

A: We hired the Alexandre Lafourcade architect team for the renovation. They are the clear specialists in this region for these kinds of old houses. Through their vision we were able to re-organize the exterior, adding a new front door in a new location, tearing out ceilings and staircases to make a new beautiful front entry, add a new master bedroom, family bedroom, living room and mud room in a space that had formerly been a barn, with a dirt floor. We tore out floors, walls, all bathrooms, added antique fireplaces, new floors throughout, etc. We used finishings that would have been used traditionally in the house, like Dordogne stone floors, on the main level, reclaimed antique terracotta floors on the upper level and traditional marble cut in a Provencal style in the bathrooms. We completely changed the landscape working with the famed Provencal landscape designer, Dominique Lafourcade. We moved the swimming pool from the south side of the house to the west, the kitchen side of the house which made more sense to us. We added a tennis court adjacent to the swimming pool and Dominique designed a charming tennis court house on the east side of the court, painted a beautiful French blue. The property boasts 75 200-year-old plane trees in three allées, which were cleaned and pruned to highlight their beauty. Additionally, we added very tall cypresses to form a cypress allée coming off the center axis of the house. We added a wisteria covered arched walkway to the pool and also a beautiful rose covered archway off of the living room. The tennis court is surrounded by old olive trees, lavender and plants that would be found in the Luberon valley, giving it a distinct feeling that is different from the rest of the property. There was an old decrepit barn on the property that we renovated to house two staff apartments with a two-bedroom apartment upstairs and a one-bedroom apartment downstairs. On the east side, there is a view of Mount Ventoux and we have a large room that can be used as a rec room or a staff room.

Q: What was your vision for the beautiful interiors, and were you able to work with antiques original to the home? How did you decide to use Pierre Frey fabrics exclusively throughout?

A: The house is very large and could have been decorated and finished to feel more like a Bastide or a Villa, but I felt strongly that it should maintain the feeling of the country farmhouse that it is. I absolutely love and was inspired by the La Mirande Hotel that is just across the river from us. The La Mirande is a city hotel and is very elegant but we took inspiration from their fabrics, bathrooms and from their Chef’s Table kitchen, in the basement of the hotel. In fact, our kitchen, was built by the son of the gentleman who built the Chef’s Table kitchen years ago. We did inherit some antiques with the house and have used them in a few places. We inherited some lovely hunting dog paintings that feature in the entry and living room and two small desks that are in the living room. Additionally, I travelled between Paris, shopping on the left bank and at the weekend market, Isle sur la Sorgue in Provence and London for the Decorative Antique Fair, every few months collecting antiques and art. It took the full two years to find all of the pieces needed to fill the house.

Regarding Pierre Frey, I have long loved their traditional French country fabrics and was thrilled to be able to integrate them here. I worked with a decorator, Susan Bednar Long, with whom I have had a long professional relationship. We worked together on this project and sat in the Pierre Frey showroom in Paris for two days straight pulling fabrics and creating fabric schemes for each room. The manager of the Paris showroom, Eleonore, came to the house several times during the project and recommended the seamstress and upholsterer that Pierre Frey uses in Paris.

Q: For a guest staying at Le Mas des Poiriers, what does a typical itinerary look like for a long weekend visit? And for a week or more? What activities do you recommend?

A: We rent the entire house for approximately 4 – 5 weeks a year on a weekly basis. In a week, you could cover many of the famous Provencal villages in the area and visit some of the most popular markets. There are a myriad of sites and markets to visit in Provence. We recommend that you take it slowly and balance days out with days lounging by the pool or playing tennis, touring the gardens, sunflower fields or pear orchard at Le Mas des Poiriers attended by our thoughtful and professional staff. Gordes is a favorite among most visitors along with the other hilltop villages in the Luberon Valley such as Bonnieux, Lacoste and Menerbes. When visiting Gordes do not miss the lovely Abbey Senanque with its lavender fields, just beyond Gordes in a beautiful canyon. Avignon is just ten minutes away and is home to the Palace of the Popes, one of the largest and most important Medieval Gothic buildings in Europe, and a UNESCO Heritage Site. Pont du Gard, the highest and one of the best preserved Roman Aqueduct and another UNESCO Heritage Site, is just 30 minutes away to the west. St Remy and Eygalières are very popular market towns with markets Wednesday and Friday mornings. Arles boasts a beautiful Roman Coliseum that rivals the famous coliseum in Rome and Nimes is home of the beautiful Roman Maison Carree.

Lavender fields at Abbey Senanque

Q: Your culinary team sounds amazing, please tell me about dining at Le Mas des Poiriers.

A: Our culinary team are state of the art with experience from New York’s Park Avenue to fine French kitchens. They are on-hand to create a personalized menu for each meal during your stay, moving your dining experience from our patio to the plane tree allée, the cypress allée or by the pool for a beautiful and varied experience at each meal.

Q: How many guests can Le Mas des Poiriers accommodate at one time? I would imagine this would be an ideal venue for a destination wedding!

A: We have nine double bedrooms and have a maximum sleeping capacity of 18 guests. Le Mas des Poiriers is a perfect wedding venue and we collaborate with the incredible talented team of Matthew Robbins Design to coordinate events.

Thank you, Shauna, for sharing your enchanted home with us today! Le Mas des Poiriers is now at the top of my bucket list.

With seven bedrooms in the main house and two additional bedrooms in the guest house, Le Mas des Poiriers offers the utmost in seclusion and luxury. The property boasts a tennis court and swimming pool, and it is professionally staffed with a culinary team of two chefs and two waiters, as well as full-time housekeeping. Within easy reach of Avignon, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Gordes, St. Remy, and Aix-en Provence, Le Mas des Poiriers is ideally situated to access all that the region has to offer, should you decide to spend a day away from the peaceful property.

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The property's 65 acres offers true seclusion, amidst working pear orchards, which produce six tonnes of fruit annually.

With seven bedrooms in the main house and two additional bedrooms in the guest house, Le Mas des Poiriers offers the utmost in seclusion and luxury. The property boasts a tennis court and swimming pool. The interiors, which are undergoing final touches, include Pierre Frey fabrics exclusively. Drawing from the iconic style of the nearby La Mirande hotel, every inch is true to the spirit of Provence.

The home has recently undergone extensive renovation by the esteemed Alexandre Lafourcade, with gardens overseen by Dominique Lafourcade, the famed Provencal landscape architect. The house is professionally staffed with a culinary team of two chefs and two waiters, as well as full-time housekeeping.

Within easy reach of Avignon, Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Gordes, St. Remy, and Aix-en Provence, Le Mas des Poiriers is ideally situated to access all that the region has to offer, should you decide to spend a day away from the peaceful property.

Accommodations Le Mas des Poiriers is an 18th century farm house in Provence, located near the Medieval city of Avignon on Isle de la Motte.

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Provence Travel Guide

Understated Elegance

Provence, located in the south of France, is one of France’s most beautiful provinces. It’s perhaps most famous for its striking, fragrant lavender fields which bloom in early summer. But you don’t have to time your visit to the lavender; the region offers plenty more to see and do.

The delightful city of Aix-en-Provence is a highlight in the region with its Cours Mirabeau, a miniature Champs-Elysees, which is alive with restaurants and shops. On the coast of Provence you’ll find the fishing village of Cassis, where you can take a boat tour of the harbor. And further west you’ll find Marseille, France’s oldest city and an important trading port throughout history.

Other notable destinations include the Roman city of Arles, the city of Avignon with its famous medieval bridge, the Pont d’Avignon, and Les Baux de Provence, a fortified hilltop village. And throughout your Provence villa vacation, you can enjoy regional produce like olives and truffles, as well as famous Provençal dishes such as bouillabaisse and boeuf en daube, which, like Provence, are meant to be savored.

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A virtual tour of this renovated 3-bed old stone home is now available at Property for sale In France. The living spaces are large and light-weight and also the honey-colored stone walls are retained. The en suite master suite is on the bottom floor. the attractive gardens were professionally designed and there are an outsized pool and stunning views. Bedrooms: 3Receptions: 2Bathrooms: 2Habitable space: 160m2Plot size: 4124m2. 3-bed stone house* Large swimming pool* Ground floor master bedroom* Beautiful, professionally designed 1-acre garden* Stunning views over the valley* Garage off-road parking* 10mins from Pessac / 15mins from Sainte Foye la Grande* 5 mins from the river Dordogne* 50min direct train into Bordeaux* 1hr drive from Bordeaux airport.

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The most luxurious homes for sale around the world right now

If your lottery numbers have come in – or you just want to dream – then cast your eyes over these magnificent mansions.

They all feature in The Luxury Property Show’s 2020/21 online ‘lookbook’ of opulent properties across the world that are for sale right now.

The jaw-dropping listing includes a glamorous £25.7million ($32million) oceanfront home in the Hamptons, which boasts a tennis court and a private boardwalk to the Atlantic Ocean.

Also featured is a £14.5million ($18.2million) Grade I-listed London townhouse with a landscaped roof garden.

A palatial £12.4million ($15.6million) Spanish villa that has views of both the sea and the mountains is also on the market.

Scroll down for a look through the keyholes…

NEW BUILD GOLF PROPERTY IN ALICANTE, SPAIN, £2.98MILLION: This brand new four-bedroom, four-bathroom villa sits on the Las Colinas Golf & Country Club and has views across the golf course

GOLF PROPERTY INDOOR POOL: Along with a pool, pictured, the Spanish golf property also boasts a hot tub, a sauna and a cinema room

PENTHOUSE APARTMENT IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, £6.4MILLION: This ‘ultra-luxury’ apartment is spread across three floors and boasts two bedrooms and two bathrooms

PENTHOUSE APARTMENT INTERIOR: The Vancouver apartment’s interior features swanky furniture including an Italian-made Fazioli piano

PENTHOUSE APARTMENT HOT TUB: The Vancouver apartment has a roof-top deck, which features a hot tub, as well as a private garage and a cellar

MANOR HOUSE WITH A PRIVATE LAKE IN DORDOGNE, FRANCE, £1.3MILLION: Set in over two hectares of grounds, this 15-bedroom, 13-bathroom property is split across a main house and a guest cottage and features a heated swimming pool, a tennis court, stables and private lake

PANORAMIC VIEW PROPERTY, LAKE MAGGIORE, ITALY, £2.89MILLION: Built in 2010, this four-storey property has five bedrooms and is close to the lakefront of Lake Maggiore, the second largest lake in Italy at 82 square miles

PANORAMIC VIEW PROPERTY INTERIOR: According to The Luxury Property Show’s lookbook, this Lake Maggiore property ‘oozes charm and character from the moment one enters the gate’

PANORAMIC VIEW PROPERTY POOL: Inside the Lake Maggiore property is a heated pool as well as a gym

HOUSEBOAT, WAPPING, LONDON, £3.5MILLION: This unique 1930s steel barge, which is moored at St Katharine Docks, boasts five bedrooms and has views of Tower Bridge

HOUSEBOAT INTERIOR: Inside the Wapping houseboat are three bathrooms along with three living spaces

HOUSEBOAT EXTERIOR: Potential owners will be able to entertain guests on the houseboat’s foredeck

OCEANFRONT HOME, SOUTHAMPTON, NEW YORK, £25.7MILLION: This glamorous seaside home in the upmarket Hamptons has five bedrooms and six bathrooms

OCEANFRONT HOME EXTERIOR: Pool? Check. Tennis court? Check. Plus, there’s a long driveway so the exterior can be sponged in on the approach. According to The Luxury Property Show’s lookbook, the view from the property is ‘extraordinary’

OCEANFRONT HOME INTERIOR: The swanky house also boasts a private boardwalk to a white sandy Atlantic Ocean beachfront

SEA VIEW PROPERTY, LA ZAGALETA, SPAIN, £12.4MILLION: Built in 2003, this palatial villa in Malaga has seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms

SEA VIEW PROPERTY GARDEN: The villa is located within the highly esteemed La Zagaleta Country Club and offers both mountain and sea views

NEW BUILD APARTMENTS, NINE ELMS, LONDON, £980,000 TO £14.3MILLION: The ultra-modern Damac Tower is a 50-storey building in the Nine Elms area of South London. The tower has a range of one, two and three-bedroom apartments

NEW BUILD APARTMENT INTERIOR: Inside one of the apartments in the Damac Tower. Each one has been designed exclusively by Versace Home

NEW BUILD APARTMENT INTERIOR: Communal gardens, terraces, a pool, a hot tub and a gym can all be accessed from the Damac Tower apartments

SKI-IN-SKI-OUT CHALET, MEGEVE, FRANCE, £8.6MILLION: This incredible French chalet is located on a new development on the edge of the Mont d’Arbois Golf Course in Megeve

SKI-IN-SKI-OUT CHALET POOL: The chalet has a high-end entertainment floor, which includes a massage bar, swimming pool, sauna, spa, fitness room and a wine cellar

GRADE I LISTED HOUSE, REGENT’S PARK, LONDON, £14.5MILLION: Located on Chester Terrace, this incredible house has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and lift access to all floors. It also boasts a roof garden landscaped by one of London’s most renowned florists

GOLF PROPERTY, FLORIDA, £1.9MILLION: This nine-bedroom, nine-bathroom villa overlooks a Jack Nicklaus signature golf course and comes complete with designer furnishing and a large pool, a hot tub and a summer kitchen

GOLF PROPERTY HOME THEATRE: Inside, the golf property has a high-tech kitchen as well as an Art Deco-themed home theatre, pictured

NEWLY RENOVATED APARTMENT, LISBON, PORTUGAL, £2MILLION: This stunning three-bedroom apartment is just a short walk from Lisbon’s iconic Avenida da Liberdade boulevard

NEWLY RENOVATED APARTMENT KITCHEN: Inside the stunning Lisbon apartment there is an open-plan kitchen, a dining area, two living areas and a wraparound terrace with space for a hot tub

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In northern Gironde, where the Isle River merges with the Dordogne, Libourne is a venerable bastide town with mythical wine labels in its backyard.

In medieval times the wine from Pomerol, Fronsac, and Saint-Émilion was brought to Libourne’s river harbor to be exported to England, the Netherlands and the Hanseatic trading cities. Now, Libourne is a great wine destination, with an incredible amount of châteaux nearby for tours, tasting, and purchasing. Also in the blend are bucolic landscapes, rich culture, loads of outdoor activities and the UNESCO city of Bordeaux only a brief drive away. Discover the best to do in Libourne.

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1. Château de Sales

The old wine estates around Libourne have the dual charm of world-class wine and centuries-old architecture. The Château de Sales, in the Pomerol appellation, has been in the same family for 500 years and remains an intimate operation to this day.

You’ll be welcomed to tour the sublime 17th-century property, gaining privileged insights about contemporary winemaking paired with exciting snippets of history. You’ll see the vat house, storehouse and the vineyard growing cabernet franc and cabernet sauvignon grapes to make their silky smooth wines.

After getting to know this legacy and culture, you’ll be able to taste a selection of vintages in a matchless setting.

2. Saint-Émilion

No more than 10 minutes east of Libourne is the enchanting World Heritage town of Saint-Émilion. The name is already known far beyond France for its red wine, which despite being grown over a small area is very diverse due to the mix of limestone, sandy and clay soils.

But the beauty and history of the place will win your heart: Saint-Émilion is on a crag, mined for more than 1,000 years for its limestone. Some monuments were hewn straight from the rock, like the awesome monolithic church.

It’s the second-largest construction of its kind in the world and was built in the 11th century to store the relics of Saint-Émilion, the Breton hermit who was the first to settle here in the 8th century.

3. Château du Tailhas

Like the Château de Sales, this wine estate is run by a family. So you’ll receive a warm welcome and get eight decades of savoir-faire from the horse’s mouth. This is also a Pomerol winery with 11 hectares of vines and crafts its red wine from merlot, cabernet franc, and cabernet sauvignon according to sustainable principles.

On an hour-long tour, you’ll be impressed by just how much of the process is done by hand, from picking to sorting and crushing. You’ll get to see most of the processing and storage equipment, being talked through the finer details on the way. And as you’d hope you can taste past vintages of this famously smooth wine.

4. Wine Tourism

We’ve dealt with the châteaux within a couple of minutes of Libourne. But the truth is that you could devote a whole holiday just to winery visits and tasting sessions. Libournais regional labels, such as Pomerol, Fronsac, Côtes de Vayres, and Côtes de Castillon.

These are household names, and they’re only the beginning. What makes the wine here so superior? Centuries of family-shared knowhow, a climate softened by the Atlantic and 2,000 years of viticulture in the very soil.

These qualities and many more place Libourne among the best places in the world to indulge your fascination for wine and winemaking.

5. Isle River Quays

You have to go down to the water on the River Isle in Libourne. Not so much because of what’s there now, but because of what this place represents. Libourne was founded in the 13th century to be the outlet for wines produced in the Dordogne Valley.

Therefore, at Quai des Salinières and Quai Souchet there is a large inland seaport, loading wine exported to England and the Hanseatic ports on the Baltic Sea. Go for a restorative walk under the shade of the plane trees, and see the imposing Tour du Grand Port, the last of the 13th-century defenses.

6. Musée des Beaux-Arts

For a small provincial town, Libourne has a large fund of Baroque paintings. That’s down to the many donations by wealthy benefactors and deposits by the state. Élie, duc Decazes, who was a one-time Minister of Police in the 1810s endowed the museum with its first collection of works.

Earlier, it built a large collection of Flemish and Italian Baroque paintings by artists such as Jacob Jordanens and Bartolomeo Manfredi. The 19th and 20th-century collections are also first-rate, with works by Foujita, Raoul Dufy, Rodin, and Libourne native René Princeteau. It’s all waiting for you on the second floor of Libourne’s town hall.

7. Libourne’s Water Mills

After the Hundred Years’ War, Libourne and its surroundings were in disarray and the region’s new lords decided to build dozens of flour mills as an economic stimulus. Because, with the Isle and Dordogne Rivers, there’s definitely no shortage of water power.

And while they started out grinding flour, when the Industrial Revolution came along many were transformed into steel and oil mills. Although most of these industries are long gone, these old buildings still contribute to Libourne’s character.

Two remain open to visitors: The refined Moulin d’Abzac is from the 1700s and holds the headquarters of the Abzac SA industrial group. While the Moulin de Porchères on the Isle is special because it has kept all of its flour milling machinery intact.

8. Lac des Dagueys

In the cooler seasons, you won’t be blamed for ignoring this body of water a couple of minutes up from Libourne. But when the sun’s out from the last weekend of May to September the lake takes center stage, most of all if you’re holidaying with little ones.

There’s a generous beach, supervised during the school holidays, and an inflatable adventure playground in the water that will get thumbs up from the kids. On land, there are yet more playgrounds for youngsters, along with beach volleyball and basketball courts.

In the water, you can hire a pedalo, canoe or kayak and paddle off to see what you can find around several kilometers of wooded shoreline.

9. Château de Vayres

Around a bend in the Dordogne River is a sumptuous waterside château with exquisite gardens.

The story of the castle is both complex and compelling: It was beefed up by a nobleman loyal to the English King Edward II in the 14th century, and a lot of these works are still visible in the moats, gate and keep.

After changing hands between the British and the French, the future king Henri IV stayed here in the 16th century, around the time it was updated in the current Renaissance style. But today, it has gardens as headlines, with boxwood and yew trees next to the English-style park.

There’s a stairway leading down from the château, and the scene of the parterres and river behind will stay with you long after you’ve left.

10. Place Abel Surchamp

Like most medieval bastide towns, Libourne has a grid system and is centered on the main square. This is Place Abel Surchamp, which is home to the town hall, built in the 1500s and remodeled at the start of the 20th century.

The Place Abel Surchamp remains a fixture in everyday life, as there is a large outdoor market here on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday. It also has the trademark bastide arcades on all four sides, which now boast cafes and restaurants with tables that overflow onto the square.

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6 (Non-Millennial) Solo Female Travelers Share Their Travel Wisdom

Kristin Addis from Be My Travel Muse writes our regular column on solo female travel. It’s an important topic I can’t adequately cover, so I brought in an expert to share her advice for other women travelers to help cover the topics important and specific to them! She’s amazing and knowledgable. In this column, Kristin shares some insights from solo female travelers who aren’t millennials!

Every now and then I think about Julie, a 77-year-old woman who stayed at the beach bungalow next to me on the island of Gili Air in Indonesia.

She regaled with me stories about being invited by locals to beach barbecues, her adventures, and the fun she had traveling the world. I felt so empowered during our conversations. She was so laid-back and at peace. This was a woman who had lived a long life and bucked the belief that solo female travel was something for the young. The confident role model in front of me showed me that women of any age can enjoy and benefit from travel.

Over the years while writing this column, I have seen a growing number of women asking, “What about those of us who aren’t twenty-something? Where can I read their stories and connect with narratives that are closer to my own?”

The Internet is awash with young, often Western, women traveling the world. They blog and Instagram and get their stories told in big media. There’s that bias toward youth.

But solo female travelers come in all ages, from all kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world.

Today, I want to share some of the stories of older women travelers and add their voices to the narratives. So I sat down (virtually at least) with seven women and asked them for their travel advice.

Anne

From: United Kingdom Age: 59 Professional background: Civil servant

Anne had a decent job, a comfortable house, a nice car, and lots of friends and family, but for as long as she could remember, she had felt a desire to leave everything behind and travel the world:

“I was feeling rather bored with my life. I had, for as long as I can remember, felt a desire to travel. Several things kinda coincided to bring me to my decision to ‘just go,’ I fit the new criteria for ‘career breaks’ at work, so I applied for a year of unpaid leave.”

For Anne, the reason for going solo was simple: no one was able to travel with her and she had spent too long waiting for the right time or companion, so she just decided to go alone.

“Do it! Don’t wait for anyone to do it for you, if you really want to travel, then find a way and don’t let anyone stop you. I am very fortunate in having taken a partial early retirement so I have a small pension, and I allowed myself a budget from the sale of my house. However, I financed some of my travel by using Workaway. The beauty of this for me was not just the financial side of it but more importantly that you are usually living in your hosts’ home and you become integrated into their family and learn the culture of the country.”

Anita

From: Chicago, IL Age: 53 Professional background: Customer account executive

Anita was resistant to traveling alone at first as her mind raced through all the negatives and what if’s that could happen:

“I thought that traveling solo would be lonely, depressing, and not fun. Those opinions turned out to be totally false. I always end up meeting some of the most interesting people while traveling solo. And I always have the most amazing fun doing my thing, traveling by myself.”

“I would love to say my decision to travel solo was about making a statement to the world, being a brave trendsetter for my generation, all about girl power. But I basically went into solo travel kicking and screaming and resentful. However, my need to travel was stronger than my objection to traveling by myself.”

And, like others, she didn’t want to want any longer for the perfect companion or the perfect time. As she told me, “I didn’t want to put it off until the perfect travel soul mate came along so we could travel together on these life-changing adventures. As I got older I realized that time is of the essence. I might not ever meet my travel soul mate…and that’s OK. I’ve come to love traveling by myself.”

When it comes to naysayers, she says, “I show them my travel photos. But in my head, I’m saying to myself ‘while you’re sitting around getting old and judging me, I’m traveling and having the time of my life.’”

You can find out more about Anita and her adventures on her blog, The Social Tourist.

Helen

From: Toronto, Canada Age: 44 Professional background: Marketing and operations

Helen lived a seminomadic life for a year and a half before returning home to work. She has traveled solo to the Galápagos Islands, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Turkey, Jordan, Israel, the West Bank, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, and South Korea.

Of traveling solo, she says she did it “to gain new perspectives on both the world and myself. My travel pursuits have not (and still do not) always match those of my friends and family, but I’m fiercely independent, so I don’t let that deter me from reaching my travel goals.”

Her advice to solo travel hopefuls is to “go for it! You’ll likely discover that you’re stronger and more independent than you thought you were. You’ll learn to be more comfortable with your own company. At the same time, solo travel is a great opportunity to build your social skills, as you’ll find yourself in situations where you’re forced to interact with complete strangers. Don’t be paranoid but trust your instincts — if a location or person seems ‘off,’ steer clear. For a first solo trip, I suggest dipping your toe in the water by choosing a destination that would fit your comfort level, perhaps within your own country or a city where people speak the same language as you do.”

You can read more about Helen’s travels on her blog, Not Without My Passport.

Cate

From: Arizona, USA Age: 72 Professional background: Retired occupational therapist

Cate decided to travel alone since her friends didn’t have the time or the money to do so.

“I went to Hawaii, then pretty much focused on Europe. So far, Rome was way too intimidating. I loved Florence (I have been back several times), and I adore Paris.

She doesn’t worry much about safety as she follows many of the common sense safety rules in the past:

“I avoid trouble by not going out much at night or going to really crowded places. I eat my big meal at noon, have an aperitif in the late afternoon, and a light dinner in my room. I like Airbnb, because someone will know if I don’t come home or will help if I run into trouble.”

She likes to immerse herself, adding, “I try to go for a month at a time, so I don’t feel rushed. I need time to absorb things, to rest, to meditate, etc., so may spend a day doing nothing, and not feel a bit guilty. Using Airbnb makes staying longer an option. Fifty dollars a night for a room is about average, which beats the heck out of $100/night in a hotel. And I try to take tours or classes so I have some contact with people. I spent a week in the Dordogne painting, took a week of French language classes in Tours, then a three-day tour of Andalusia. It was a joy to have someone else deal with the luggage!”

Her advice is “Take your time. Don’t rush. Travel light. Don’t try to cram too much into too little time. Follow your passions. And you can go back to places you really like.”

Julie

From: Manchester, United Kingdom Age: 57 Professional background: Personal and professional development coach

Travel was a dream of Julie’s for more than 30 years. And, when the stars aligned at last, she didn’t dream of waiting for anyone else to join her: she went on a solo backpacking trip.

“It wasn’t daunting, but instead exciting, to be going alone. Doing my own thing, relying solely on myself wasn’t new, and I loved the freedom to find myself again at a point in my life when I was ready to change. I also relished the challenge of finding my own way around. I did have a reputation in the family that I always get lost — and I did! But really, that set me up for this trip — knowing I would get lost and also that I always found my way back home safely!”

When it comes to dealing with naysayers, she says, “You just have to want it enough like I did — I yearned to go ‘one day’ and ached at the thought of missing out on seeing with my own eyes what is ‘out there’ — and that you will find a way somehow, someday.”

Julie also came home with a lot of beautiful new realizations about the world, including “that you can and will overcome problems you meet along the way, that people are there to help too, and you will grow and learn, and develop new skills you would never expect or plan for! Now, for example, I can find my way around and create maps in my head. I just never could do that before.”

Julie currently runs her own business, coaching for personal and professional development, at clearmindco.co.uk. She also maintains a travel blog at Clear Mind Thinking.

Maia

From: Montreal, Canada Age: 40 Professional background: ESL teacher

Maia first went to Europe in her early twenties with a group of girlfriends. She loved the experience and kept planning trips, and when people couldn’t come with her, she went anyway.

“Why wait for someone else, the ‘right’ time, more money, a better plan? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and if you don’t go and see the world, that’s on nobody but you.”

On her favorite solo travel spot, she says, “Africa is probably my favorite place to travel, period. I’ve been four times to six countries, Tanzania being my favorite for sure. I’ve gone solo each time, but you never really stay that way. The people I’ve encountered have always been so welcoming that I’ve always felt like I was leaving my family and friends even as I returned to Canada.”

And like the other, she didn’t let negatively or people’s opinions get in the way of what she was doing:

“I had someone in my family once say to me that they were against me traveling to Africa alone, so I kind of turned it around: I profusely apologized, said I completely understood such a position and would definitely not burden that person with any of my planning, promised no Africa talk whatsoever and no news while I was there. It didn’t take long for this person to realize that I was going anyway and what a long six weeks that would be with no info from me. Let’s just say he came around fairly quickly and got on board with my trip. I think that’s what people have to do more of. I say do your thing, and if they come around, great, but if not, that’s on them, not you.”

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As I corresponded with these women, I couldn’t help notice some central themes: the desire not to let negativity get in their way, the fear but excitement over traveling alone, and the realization these fears were wrong. It’s something I dealt with when I traveled. There’s a certain universality to these fears that knows no age limit. Maybe our preferences and tastes change over time, but wanderlust never wanes for those of us who are adventurers at heart.

And, I think in this online age with so many young bloggers (myself included), it’s easy to forget that every day women of all ages set out to travel the world and, like Julie did for me, help inspire more women to head out on the road too.

Kristin Addis is a solo female travel expert who inspires women to travel the world in an authentic and adventurous way. A former investment banker who sold all of her belongings and left California in 2012, Kristin has solo traveled the world for over four years, covering every continent (except for Antarctica, but it’s on her list). You can find more of her musings at Be My Travel Muse or on Instagram and Facebook.

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6 (Non-Millennial) Solo Female Travelers Share Their Travel Wisdom

Every now and then I think about Julie, a 77-year-old woman who stayed at the beach bungalow next to me on the island of Gili Air in Indonesia.

The Internet is awash with young, often Western, women traveling the world. They blog and Instagram and get their stories told in big media. There’s that bias toward youth.

But solo female travelers come in all ages, from all kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world.

Today, I want to share some of the stories of older women travelers and add their voices to the narratives. So I sat down (virtually at least) with seven women and asked them for their travel advice.

Anne

From: United Kingdom Age: 59 Professional background: Civil servant

Anne had a decent job, a comfortable house, a nice car, and lots of friends and family, but for as long as she could remember, she had felt a desire to leave everything behind and travel the world:

For Anne, the reason for going solo was simple: no one was able to travel with her and she had spent too long waiting for the right time or companion, so she just decided to go alone.

Anita

From: Chicago, IL Age: 53 Professional background: Customer account executive

Anita was resistant to traveling alone at first as her mind raced through all the negatives and what if’s that could happen:

You can find out more about Anita and her adventures on her blog, The Social Tourist.

Helen

From: Toronto, Canada Age: 44 Professional background: Marketing and operations

You can read more about Helen’s travels on her blog, Not Without My Passport.

Cate

From: Arizona, USA Age: 72 Professional background: Retired occupational therapist

Cate decided to travel alone since her friends didn’t have the time or the money to do so.

“I went to Hawaii, then pretty much focused on Europe. So far, Rome was way too intimidating. I loved Florence (I have been back several times), and I adore Paris.

She doesn’t worry much about safety as she follows many of the common sense safety rules in the past:

Her advice is “Take your time. Don’t rush. Travel light. Don’t try to cram too much into too little time. Follow your passions. And you can go back to places you really like.”

Julie

From: Manchester, United Kingdom Age: 57 Professional background: Personal and professional development coach

Travel was a dream of Julie’s for more than 30 years. And, when the stars aligned at last, she didn’t dream of waiting for anyone else to join her: she went on a solo backpacking trip.

Julie currently runs her own business, coaching for personal and professional development, at clearmindco.co.uk. She also maintains a travel blog at Clear Mind Thinking.

Maia

From: Montreal, Canada Age: 40 Professional background: ESL teacher

Maia first went to Europe in her early twenties with a group of girlfriends. She loved the experience and kept planning trips, and when people couldn’t come with her, she went anyway.

“Why wait for someone else, the ‘right’ time, more money, a better plan? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and if you don’t go and see the world, that’s on nobody but you.”

And like the other, she didn’t let negatively or people’s opinions get in the way of what she was doing:

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6 (Non-Millennial) Solo Female Travelers Share Their Travel Wisdom

Every now and then I think about Julie, a 77-year-old woman who stayed at the beach bungalow next to me on the island of Gili Air in Indonesia.

The Internet is awash with young, often Western, women traveling the world. They blog and Instagram and get their stories told in big media. There’s that bias toward youth.

But solo female travelers come in all ages, from all kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world.

Today, I want to share some of the stories of older women travelers and add their voices to the narratives. So I sat down (virtually at least) with seven women and asked them for their travel advice.

Anne

From: United Kingdom Age: 59 Professional background: Civil servant

Anne had a decent job, a comfortable house, a nice car, and lots of friends and family, but for as long as she could remember, she had felt a desire to leave everything behind and travel the world:

For Anne, the reason for going solo was simple: no one was able to travel with her and she had spent too long waiting for the right time or companion, so she just decided to go alone.

Anita

From: Chicago, IL Age: 53 Professional background: Customer account executive

Anita was resistant to traveling alone at first as her mind raced through all the negatives and what if’s that could happen:

You can find out more about Anita and her adventures on her blog, The Social Tourist.

Helen

From: Toronto, Canada Age: 44 Professional background: Marketing and operations

You can read more about Helen’s travels on her blog, Not Without My Passport.

Cate

From: Arizona, USA Age: 72 Professional background: Retired occupational therapist

Cate decided to travel alone since her friends didn’t have the time or the money to do so.

“I went to Hawaii, then pretty much focused on Europe. So far, Rome was way too intimidating. I loved Florence (I have been back several times), and I adore Paris.

She doesn’t worry much about safety as she follows many of the common sense safety rules in the past:

Her advice is “Take your time. Don’t rush. Travel light. Don’t try to cram too much into too little time. Follow your passions. And you can go back to places you really like.”

Julie

From: Manchester, United Kingdom Age: 57 Professional background: Personal and professional development coach

Travel was a dream of Julie’s for more than 30 years. And, when the stars aligned at last, she didn’t dream of waiting for anyone else to join her: she went on a solo backpacking trip.

Julie currently runs her own business, coaching for personal and professional development, at clearmindco.co.uk. She also maintains a travel blog at Clear Mind Thinking.

Maia

From: Montreal, Canada Age: 40 Professional background: ESL teacher

Maia first went to Europe in her early twenties with a group of girlfriends. She loved the experience and kept planning trips, and when people couldn’t come with her, she went anyway.

“Why wait for someone else, the ‘right’ time, more money, a better plan? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and if you don’t go and see the world, that’s on nobody but you.”

And like the other, she didn’t let negatively or people’s opinions get in the way of what she was doing:

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Le Mas des Poiriers – A Farmhouse in Provence

Our family's renovation of an 18th century farmhouse in Provence set on 65 acres of pear orchard and sunflowers. Bienvenue!

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Thank you, Shauna, for sharing your enchanted home with us today! Le Mas des Poiriers is now at the top of my bucket list.

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6 (Non-Millennial) Solo Female Travelers Share Their Travel Wisdom

Every now and then I think about Julie, a 77-year-old woman who stayed at the beach bungalow next to me on the island of Gili Air in Indonesia.

The Internet is awash with young, often Western, women traveling the world. They blog and Instagram and get their stories told in big media. There’s that bias toward youth.

But solo female travelers come in all ages, from all kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world.

Today, I want to share some of the stories of older women travelers and add their voices to the narratives. So I sat down (virtually at least) with seven women and asked them for their travel advice.

Anne

From: United Kingdom Age: 59 Professional background: Civil servant

Anne had a decent job, a comfortable house, a nice car, and lots of friends and family, but for as long as she could remember, she had felt a desire to leave everything behind and travel the world:

For Anne, the reason for going solo was simple: no one was able to travel with her and she had spent too long waiting for the right time or companion, so she just decided to go alone.

Anita

From: Chicago, IL Age: 53 Professional background: Customer account executive

Anita was resistant to traveling alone at first as her mind raced through all the negatives and what if’s that could happen:

You can find out more about Anita and her adventures on her blog, The Social Tourist.

Helen

From: Toronto, Canada Age: 44 Professional background: Marketing and operations

You can read more about Helen’s travels on her blog, Not Without My Passport.

Cate

From: Arizona, USA Age: 72 Professional background: Retired occupational therapist

Cate decided to travel alone since her friends didn’t have the time or the money to do so.

“I went to Hawaii, then pretty much focused on Europe. So far, Rome was way too intimidating. I loved Florence (I have been back several times), and I adore Paris.

She doesn’t worry much about safety as she follows many of the common sense safety rules in the past:

Her advice is “Take your time. Don’t rush. Travel light. Don’t try to cram too much into too little time. Follow your passions. And you can go back to places you really like.”

Julie

From: Manchester, United Kingdom Age: 57 Professional background: Personal and professional development coach

Travel was a dream of Julie’s for more than 30 years. And, when the stars aligned at last, she didn’t dream of waiting for anyone else to join her: she went on a solo backpacking trip.

Julie currently runs her own business, coaching for personal and professional development, at clearmindco.co.uk. She also maintains a travel blog at Clear Mind Thinking.

Maia

From: Montreal, Canada Age: 40 Professional background: ESL teacher

Maia first went to Europe in her early twenties with a group of girlfriends. She loved the experience and kept planning trips, and when people couldn’t come with her, she went anyway.

“Why wait for someone else, the ‘right’ time, more money, a better plan? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and if you don’t go and see the world, that’s on nobody but you.”

And like the other, she didn’t let negatively or people’s opinions get in the way of what she was doing:

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6 (Non-Millennial) Solo Female Travelers Share Their Travel Wisdom

Every now and then I think about Julie, a 77-year-old woman who stayed at the beach bungalow next to me on the island of Gili Air in Indonesia.

The Internet is awash with young, often Western, women traveling the world. They blog and Instagram and get their stories told in big media. There’s that bias toward youth.

But solo female travelers come in all ages, from all kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world.

Today, I want to share some of the stories of older women travelers and add their voices to the narratives. So I sat down (virtually at least) with seven women and asked them for their travel advice.

Anne

From: United Kingdom Age: 59 Professional background: Civil servant

Anne had a decent job, a comfortable house, a nice car, and lots of friends and family, but for as long as she could remember, she had felt a desire to leave everything behind and travel the world:

For Anne, the reason for going solo was simple: no one was able to travel with her and she had spent too long waiting for the right time or companion, so she just decided to go alone.

Anita

From: Chicago, IL Age: 53 Professional background: Customer account executive

Anita was resistant to traveling alone at first as her mind raced through all the negatives and what if’s that could happen:

You can find out more about Anita and her adventures on her blog, The Social Tourist.

Helen

From: Toronto, Canada Age: 44 Professional background: Marketing and operations

You can read more about Helen’s travels on her blog, Not Without My Passport.

Cate

From: Arizona, USA Age: 72 Professional background: Retired occupational therapist

Cate decided to travel alone since her friends didn’t have the time or the money to do so.

“I went to Hawaii, then pretty much focused on Europe. So far, Rome was way too intimidating. I loved Florence (I have been back several times), and I adore Paris.

She doesn’t worry much about safety as she follows many of the common sense safety rules in the past:

Her advice is “Take your time. Don’t rush. Travel light. Don’t try to cram too much into too little time. Follow your passions. And you can go back to places you really like.”

Julie

From: Manchester, United Kingdom Age: 57 Professional background: Personal and professional development coach

Travel was a dream of Julie’s for more than 30 years. And, when the stars aligned at last, she didn’t dream of waiting for anyone else to join her: she went on a solo backpacking trip.

Julie currently runs her own business, coaching for personal and professional development, at clearmindco.co.uk. She also maintains a travel blog at Clear Mind Thinking.

Maia

From: Montreal, Canada Age: 40 Professional background: ESL teacher

Maia first went to Europe in her early twenties with a group of girlfriends. She loved the experience and kept planning trips, and when people couldn’t come with her, she went anyway.

“Why wait for someone else, the ‘right’ time, more money, a better plan? Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and if you don’t go and see the world, that’s on nobody but you.”

And like the other, she didn’t let negatively or people’s opinions get in the way of what she was doing:

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