Self-catering holiday home surrounded by dramatic and varied scenery: mountains, cliffs, green fields and sandy beaches.
Sardinia Villa for: Sun, sea, caves, excursions into undiscovered nature, hospitality, folklore, archaeology: This is Cala Gonone
Sant Venter a detached holiday cottage, in a rural area with a large south facing garden. No neighbouring gites, total privacy and tranquillity.
La Tuilerie holiday gite is in a peaceful location on the edge of a forest ideal for Taizé, Cluny, Tournus, walking, hiking. Perfect for two people.
High standards of luxury and comfort with private pools & all the modern amenities, offer a retreat for guests who want privacy and relaxation
We can offer you an apartment, suite or private room in our home and you can share our gardens and private swimming pool. Breakfast is included in with the rooms and suites. All main rooms and bedrooms have full air conditioning. There is also central heating which is needed in some winter weeks. During Your Stay We hope you will be comfortable and happy here. Whether you choose our apartment rentals or our chambre dHote (bed and breakfast) accommodation, extras like beach equipment for the Mediterranean or guides and maps to discover Languedoc and inland France make your vacation holiday home in France, perfect.
Our Village is Montblanc, an old wine growing village which is, not surprisingly, surrounded by vineyards. It is a busy village with a small weekly market and a full range of shops – 2 bakeries, a chemist, small supermarket, excellent butcher who also sells homemade pates, stews etc, Post Office, newsagents with foreign papers, and a bar which serves lunches in the summer months.
We have a good selection of restaurants within easy reach. The closest to us and which luckily happens to be one of our favourites is the newly opened L’Asparagus in Valros. This is only a 5 minute drive away by car. It has great atmosphere with lovely decor, spacious terrace and good service - and the food is pretty good too! Menus start at under 15 euros at lunchtime, there is an excellent wine list and their chocolate pudding is the best ever. Also nearby is La Grange Basse at Bessan, not far from the A9 Pezenas exit, and towards Beziers is the deservedly famous fish restaurant Barba. A 10 minute drive to Pezenas and Beziers gives you a wide choice – just ask us for further mouth-watering choices.
We are 5 minutes from exit 34 of the A9 for Agde and Pezenas. The new A75 from Paris is about the same distance. We are close to Beziers Airport (15 km's), Montpellier Airport (55kms) and Carcassonne Airport (100 km's).
Local Places of Interest
Our house is a good base for exploring with historic sites nearby – Carcassonne, the Cathar castles, Roman cities of Narbonne, Arles and Nimes – and attractive hinterland with vineyards, lakes and rivers.
We are only 25 km's from Cap d Agde with its marina and leisure parks, and there are Mediterranean beaches even closer to us at La Tamarissiere and Valras Plage.
There are weekly markets to visit at Pezenas and Clermont Herault, and oysters and other fresh shellfish to be sampled from the Etang de Thau.
Not forgetting of course the many wineries to be visited here, with many village co-ops and local producers happy to introduce you to their produce.
Pezenas and Beziers are both 15 km's away. We love them both – Pezenas for its wealth of artisan shops and winding 17th century streets, and Beziers for its grandiose cathedral – and also great shops ! Both put on extra attractions in the summer months – late night artisan markets in Pezenas and the famous feria in Beziers when for 4 days in August the whole town centre is given over to music and merrymaking.
The Roman cities of Nimes and Arles are also worth a visit and the Pont du Gard is a definite must. For 9th century history try the Unesco site of St Guilhem le Desert.
Gentle touring around the villages and vineyards of the Herault is very rewarding. The town of Roquebrun on the river Orb has a river to swim in, a hilltop Mediterranean garden to admire and some great wine to taste. Cathar country is also within reach including the splendidly positioned Queribus. The Canal du Midi is on the doorstep.
There is a whole host of cultural and social activities and fetes going on, more especially in the summer months of course , but also in the quieter seasons. We try hard to keep up to date and make sure our guests do as well. This year we have enjoyed modern dance in Montpellier, a classical concert in the Abbaye de Valmagne, brilliant opera in the bullring in Beziers, a Mucha art exhbition in Montpellier and several photographic exhibitions in local wine domaines – with some wine tasting too.
From Google maps you can get excellent driving instructions, see satellite photos of our house and garden and find how close we are to the Mediterranean and al the beautiful countryside around us. Communications by road, rail and air are very good, the new airport in Beziers, with daily flights to several UK destinations, is only 20 minutes from our home, the International airport in Montpellier is under an hour, and we are close to two Motorway connections, the A9 (Barcelona to Avignon) and the A75 to Paris. The TGV train stops in Agde, only 12 minutes from us.