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Cubicle Dreamin': Night in a Treehouse

Where: 2436 chemin du malvan, Saint-Paul de Vence , France, 06570

Cubicle Dreamin' is a feature in which we ask the hotel mavens to take some time out of their busy work day, surf the Internet, and tell us what hotel they wish they could beam themselves to right that very second--all on the slave driving companies dime, of course. Oh, like these people aren't surfing aimlessly anyway--at least now their purposeless clicking will be cobbled together into useful hotel stories--we hope. Have a destination hotel you are just dying to leave your cube for? Send the story our way.

In this episode, Hotel Maven Amanda K conjures up a childhood dream.

When I was a kid, I was always really mad that my parents hadn't bought a house with a big enough tree to build a treehouse in. But now that doesn't matter because some nice people in France have created an even better treehouse for me, at the Orion B&B, featured in this week's Guardian as the "ultimate treehouse". This one includes a whole bathroom and Wifi (not that I knew I wanted Wifi when I was a kid). Or as they put it:

To live in a treehouse, perched high in the branches with the birds, to come face to face with a squirrel on waking, is to see the world from a different angle. A desire born of the need to take your time, to recharge your batteries, to find yourself again. What starts as a treat for children brings out the forgotten child in you.

Perched in trees in Provence, the treehouses are also pretty environmentally friendly--for example, the swimming pool is "naturally cleaned" with gravel and plants instead of chemicals. There are five different luxury treehouses to choose from and if you want to take your childhood pals, you can choose the Colonel Haiti treehouse which sleeps up to 6. And it has a perfect view.

Related Stories:
· St Paul de Vence reviews [TripAdvisor]
· The Ultimate Treehouse [Guardian UK]