LANGUEDOC HOLIDAY RENTAL
SLEEPS 6 - 7
SWIMMING POOL
LARGE COURTYARD, GARDEN
4 MINUTES FROM PEZENAS
INTERNET WIFI
VILLAGE HAS SHOPS, RESTAURANT, CAFES
20 MINUTES TO MEDITERRANEAN BEACHES

AIRPORTS: MONTPELLIER (40 MINS), BEZIERS (20 MINS), NIMES (70 MINS), CARCASSONNE (65 MINS), PERPIGNAN (60 MINS), GERONA-BARCELONA (120 MINS).

Renovated 1800's holiday rental property, in a quiet part of the pretty village of Tourbes, just minutes from Pezenas. Large swimming pool, 9m x 6m, courtyard with palm trees, 3 good sized bedrooms, with 2 full bathrooms, with attractive airy living dining room, Belle Vie will give you a beautiful and enjoyable stay in this particularly attractive part of the Languedoc.

TOURBES, PEZENAS AND SURROUNDING AREA

Tourbes is a working village - in contrast to many of the surrounding villages where holiday homes outnumber local residents.

The majority of the population is involved in the main local industry, wine making, and Tourbes Cave Co-operative has a very good reputation.

There is a very friendly baker and butcher, with a general store/tobacconists and newsagents (selling UK papers only a day late), a boulangerie (closed on Mondays), butcher and chemist, with other needs supplied by a weekly mini-market on Wednesday where you will find a greengrocer and fishmonger.

The supermarkets of Pezenas are only 5 minutes away by car.

A couple of minutes walk from the house are 2 parks, one with swings and climbing frame.

Access to the local tennis courts can be had by paying a small fee and deposit for a key at the chemists shop.

Less than 5 minutes drive is Pézenas renowned for its connections with Moliere, when the town hosted a number of theaters for the royalty of France. These days have passed, leaving behind magnificent houses, and narrow historic streets that vibrate with art galleries, boutiques, restaurants, wine bars, and cafés.

Pezenas is also known as a place to buy antiques, in one of the number of antique shops, or markets; as well its renowned for an especially colourful Saturday market along the length of the town's central road - Rue Jean Jaurès - where everything from local produce, to clothes, bric-a-brac, exotic items, can be found.

SURROUNDING AREA

Less than 20 minutes away are the charming fishing villages of Mèze and Marseillan. Mèze, has many fine restaurants around the picturesque quays filled with fishing boats, and Marseillan, also boast fine restaurants, as well as guided tours and degustation at Noilly Prat which is produced there.

In 20 minutes you can be bathing on the Mediterranean on one of the many sandy beaches stretching from Vias Plage to Cap d'Agde to Sète.

For those that want cosmopolitan excitement - Montpellier boasts fine art galleries, concerts, theaters, restaurants, with a youthful vigour helped by a large university and some spectacular modern architecture. Or closer you can visit Beziers, with its magnificent Cathedral, the architectural engineering of 9 lock on the Canal du Midi, and its famous Feria in the Summer months.

You will find Belle Vie, an ideal center to explore Languedoc - as you are well placed to visit for day outings such marvels as the Pont du Gard; the Medieval Cité and Castle at Carcassonne; the Pope's palace at Avignon; the Lavender fields of Provence; the white horses of the Camargue; even going south via Perpignan, to flamboyant Spain, with Dali's museum at Figueres, and home at Cadaques, an idyllic fishing and artist centre surrounded by a rugged natural park.

ACCESS

Montpellier (40mins) is the nearest International airport with regular daily flights. Alternatives are Beziers (20mins), Nimes (40mins), Carcassonne (65 mins), Perpignan (60 mins), and in Spain Gerona-Barcelona (120 mins).

All the airports have car hire available. If travelling by train, there are railway stations at Beziers and Agde, which also have car rental offices close by. Pézenas is served by a major bus terminus.

The motorway auto route road system of France is easilly to access from the house, as both the A75 that goes through the center of France from Paris (via Clermont Ferrand, and the famous Millau bridge) and the A9 that goes to Spain, via Perpignan, and connects with the A7 that follows the Rhone valley, have exits close to Pezenas.