Maison Lumani

I stayed at Lumani in June while traveling alone. I found the owners, Elisabeth and Jean to be very friendly and accommodating. They went out of their way to make recommendations for restaurants and helped me to book a local tour guide. It was very easy to make a reservation via email and telephone, and when I had a very early train departure, they helped me to arrange a ride.
The common areas of the guest house include a wonderful courtyard with lots of seating in the shade and sun, a sitting room with tourist information, and a dining room where breakfast was served.
Room Sables, where I stayed, was a small and simply equipped, but charmingly decorated, room on the second floor of the house. The room included a bed, nightstand, desk and chair, and private restroom/​shower. A large window opens up over the courtyard, which helped provide fresh air during the warm weather.
I had a few complaints with the lodging. The ceiling fan in the room did not work well, which meant the room was extremely warm in the warm summer nights; the garden and fountain attract many mosquitoes. Since the room was so warm, I had to leave the window open at night, and I was covered in painful mosquito bites. I’m told this is a problem everywhere in Avignon, but it made the nights a bit unpleasant. The free wi-​fi did not work from the rooms, only the ground level rooms and courtyard. Finally, their website described the accommodates as self-​catering and described a stocked kitchen; however, when I arrived, I found there was a sign on the kitchen door which essentially said it was off-​limits to guests. Perhaps it’s only available when you rent the entire house? This was a disappointment, as I enjoy shopping at markets to make my own snacks. The owners’ attitude was that we should eat at Avignon’s restaurants instead. I understand their perspective, but did not feel this was advertised properly.
I do want to stress that the owners were very nice and very pleasant to be around. In general, I found the other guests friendly and pleasant as well.