Are you planning your 2017 travels? Maybe you have a family celebration or just a relaxing summer escape in mind? Well, the below list of 20 stylish rentals should be a good start.    There is also the previous list that you can check or the overall category of villa rentals!

France

La vie à la campagne, Lot et Garonne

• Villa with three bedrooms for 6 people.
• From 1950 euros in the summer
• http://laviealacampagne.com/rental-period/

This wonderful house sits in a vast area of land in the Lot and Garonne. It has a pool, lots of outdoor area and fields for the kids to run wild. Lovely decorated indoors with all the necessary equipment for families (bbq for instance).

Four houses in Périgord

• 4 cottages  sleeping between 5 and 9 people plus baby
• From 1960 euros per week in summer
• http://www.landhaeuser-perigord.de/en/

A set of four houses all well renovated and equipped with modern comfort.  They have a pool and are in the beautiful region of Périgord. Litteraly on the doorstep you can hire horses, go kayaking or canoeing on the streams and rivers. The beaches are further away but could be a day trip.

Petites maisons dans la prairie, Brittany

• 8 self-catering cottages, accommodating 2 to 6 people each
• From 675 Euros for a week in summer
• http://www.roselouisemarie.com/en/

Children are very welcome in these soft cosy and very relaxing houses.  There is a lovely mixture of old and new decorating touches and wood burning stoves in 5 of the houses.

Cabane de la Lèque, Provence

• Two cottages with two bedrooms
• From 980 euros per week
• http://www.cabanedelaleque.com/

Not far from Avignon, two large wooden huts decorated by the owner whose work has been praised by the press.  Completely independent, each cottage include one bedroom with a double bed, one bedroom with two single beds, a bathroom, a living room and a kitchen.

La Souche, Languedoc

• Two apartments
• From 895 euros per week in high season
• http://www.lasouche.com/LaSouche_en/project-appartement.html

This B&B has a flat on the first floor with two bedrooms, perfect for two parents and one child and possibly a baby.  The house has been renovated carefully making sure to keep its authentic French character but adding mordern conforts.  There is a pool and because it’s B&B  you could have breakfast made for you every day too!

Chateau Castigno

• 4 houses from 1 to 9 bedrooms
• From 200 Euros per night (depends of course on the size of the house you’ll rent)
• http://www.chateaucastigno.com/

This hamlet has been transformed in a resort of 4 family villas that can be rented all individually.  You will have to like warm colours as the decor is majored in red tones.  There are pools and also very importantly a restaurant on site.

Entre les Murs, Landes

• 7  one bedroom lodges and  one lodge for 6 people (2 adults and 4 children)
• From 300£ a night in summer
• http://www.lesechasses.fr/en/

Located in the Landes, a lovely area of the South West of France (where my brother lives!) and therefore not far from the beach, this new eco friendly place is bordering a lake.

While most of the lodges are more hotel likes as they are one bedroom only, there is a lodge with a bedroom for the parents and one for 4 children! There is a restaurant on site with a wine cellar and a pool with one side for children and one side for the long laps you may want to do to keep fit!

La Maison Lili Bohême, Burgundy

• 3 bedrooms
• 750 Euros a week in summer
• http://www.lamaisonliliboheme.fr/

A very rural retreat in the south of Burgundy, this independent farm house is really nicely decorated.  The house also comes with a separate playroom in a barn where there is a hockey table and board games as well as toys and books for children.

Greece

Melanopetra

• one bedroom apartments (with extra child/sofa bed available)
• 170 Euros per night in summer
• http://www.melanopetra.gr/

Melanopetra is a 1850 two-storey stone residence built into the core of the beautiful preserved traditional village of Emporios in Nisyros island.  It was very well restored by the owner and architect Anna and has a wonderful minimalist style where the white of the house provides the perfect background to the blue of the sea below.

There are two apartments which can be rented together or separate: one upstairs and one downstairs. Both have access to an outside terrace from which you have stunning views of the sea.

The island has beautiful beaches of black sand or pebbles and clear water, the most famous being Hohlakoi and Pahia Ammos.

Coco Mat, Serifos

• From 342 Euros per night in high season
• Click here for the latest prices and book*

You may have already seen it in magazines as this beautiful residence has been featured a few times.  It’s great for families with older children as you are on the beach and have access to a restaurant.  The residence offer ocean view apartments of one or two bedrooms, and family villas for up to 5 people.  

Almyra Guest houses, Mykonos

• 12 studios and apartments
• From £152 a night in summer
• http://almyraguesthouses.com/

Located in the country side of Paraga on the busy island of Mykonos, this newly built but very stylishly decorated residence offers peace and relaxation.  It’s also very close to Paraga beach one of the most beautiful one on the island.

Italy

La Robazza in Palma di Montechiaro

• 3 bedrooms
• From 1385£ in July
• https://www.mandranova.com/ospitalita/ville/la-robazza/

An old house in Sicily that retained its antique charm but also added a few touches of modernity here and there;  There is a wonderful view from the pool.

Kinanto eco hotel, Sicily

• 8 apartments and rooms
• From €120-200 for double rooms, €150-240 for suite, €195-280 for apartment
• http://www.kinanto.com/

This eco hotel in Sicily was renovated from an old farm and wine estate and now has 8 rooms, apartments and houses.  The apartments all have kitchen to prepare your meals.  To be in tune with nature, the pool is with salt water and there is a seasonal vegetable garden from which you get a morning farmer box full of fruit and vegetables.   The coast is not far so you can go to the beach too!

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United Kingdom

Godney Arts House, Sommerset

• Sleeps 8
• From £395 per night
• Click here for the latest prices and book

A lovely Georgian farmhouse perfectly renovated in a kind of Soho House bohemian chic way. Most of the furniture and art can actually be purchased if you fancy it! It’s in a perfect location for the Glastonbury festival or for a country Christmas break

Moorland view cottage, Devon

• 2 bedrooms
• From £140 a night
• http://www.moorlandviewcottage.co.uk/

A delightful romantic cottage which has two bedrooms so you can bring the kids.  The rate also includes membership to five-star country club Bovey Castle, with use of its pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, and spa. If you can’t go to Endsleigh (which as you know is my favourite hotel), then this could be the next best thing!

Sharrington Gall, Norfolk

• 4 cottages with one to two bedrooms
• From £500 for a 3 night weekend
• Sharrington Hall | Boutique Holiday Cottages | Shell Cottage

I found these while looking for our February half-term holiday in Norfolk.  We needed a bigger house as our family decided to join us but otherwise I would have so liked to stay in these stunningly pretty cottages. Stylishly decorated with a soft blend of oyster, silver and taupe, and subtle hints of shell.

Geordie’s cottage

• Sleeps 5 guests
• price on request
• http://killiehuntly.scot/Killiehuntly_Rooms_%26_Properties.html

Killiehunty is a  beautiful new B&B in Scotland but they also offer several cottages or apartments to rent. Geordie cottage  sleeps 5 guests in  one master double bedroom, a twin-bedded room and a single bedroom.   The Hayloft is a charming and cosy apartment is perfect for two people and the Bothy, which was the  former staff house is now reinvented as cosy 4-person self catered hide- away.

Glenfeshie Kennels

• Sleeps 6
• Price on request
• http://www.glenfeshie.scot/Glenfeshie_Kennels.html

From the same group that created Killiehunty, now comes this isolated cottage.  It has the same wonderful decoration and cosy feeling as their main property but you are really master of your domain.  It sleeps 6, allows pets and has firewood and housekeeping included in the weekly rent.