Belvianes et Cavirac holiday cottage accommodation with walking, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV

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Les Volets (cottage)

Home description

This pretty cottage is typically French, offering comfortable accommodation on three levels with two bedrooms on the first floor (each with en suite shower room/wc); kitchen and the third bedroom on ground level and large sitting room leading onto terraced garden with BBQ, loungers and garden lights for evening use. The garden enjoys panoramic views of the surrounding mountain scenery.

BBQ and terrace	Les Volets
Lounge looking onto terrace	View from the terrace

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The Languedoc-Roussillon / Aude region

With 300 days of sunshine, the Languedoc-Rousillon offers a year round opportunity to experience the surrounding scenery with its stunning gorges, lakes and vineyards.

The department of Aude boasts a rich historical heritage, with the stunning Cathar castles on many of the hilltops, the mystery of Rennes-les-Chateau and the magnificent medieval city of Carcassonne.

The area is ideal for outdoor pursuits including walking, water sports (white water rafting within village), cycling (Tour de France goes through village), climbing, caving etc. plus ski-ing in the winter season.

Other places of interest include:

Thermal springs at Rennes-les-Bains & Alet-les-Bain
Thermal pool at Rennes - les- Bain - open all year round.
Perpignan - gateway to Spain, full of history and wonderful for shopping in the old and the new quarters.
Mirepoix - wonderful medievel town with famous market square - the entire perimeter is rimmed by old beams and wooden heads. Each carving is individual.
Gorge de Galamus - amazing limestone gorge worn through the ridge by the river Agly.
Mediterrenean beaches just over 1 hour away. Miles of safe sandy beaches.
Sentier Cathar (walking route through the Pyrenees)
The famous Little Yellow Train - take the open air train through the Fenouillede mountain range or the Tet valley.

Belvianes et Cavirac area

Belvianes et Cavirac is a small village (approx 300 people) nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees at the entrance to the Gorges Pierre Lys.

Excellent local restaurant, just five minutes walk away, offering regional food and wine.
Quillan, the local market town (4km away) offers all amenities including outdoor swimming pool, shops, restaurants, boulangerie, boucherie etc. During the summer months there is a weekly night market (Thursday) with live entertainment).

Open air swimming pool at Axat - with water slide (10mins) - stunning scenery all around. Lie on the grass under a tree whilst the children swim in the pool.
Lake at Puivert (20mins) - spend the day by the sandy beach of this fresh water lake. There is a small cafe/restaurant and again the scenery is beautiful.

Local Events -
11 - 14 July - Fête de la Saint Jacques (Esperaza)
13 July - Feu d'artifice au chateau (fireworks to celebrate Bastille day, followed by dancing)
17 July - TOUR DE FRANCE : Stage 12 Lavelanet - Narbonne - Passes through Belvianes et Cavirac
18 - 20 July - Festival de Guitare (acoustic concerts in open air)
30 July - 3 August - Festival de Folklore International (8 international dance troups tour the local villages)
8 - 10 August - Festival de Jazz
14 - 17 August - Grande Fêtes de la Ville (Quillan)
13 - 21 September - Festival de Chants (concerts of traditional singing in the local churches)

In addition to the activities below, there is also skiing and historical sites to visit.

How to get there

There are four airports in France which are within easy reach : Carcassonne (50 mins) Perpignan (1 hr) Toulouse (1¾ hrs) Bezier (2 hrs), also Girona in Spain is (2 hrs).

Cheap flights are available with the following airlines:

www.ryanair.com
fly to Carcassonne from Stansted, East Midlands, Liverpool, Cork, Dublin and Shannon
fly to Perpignan from Stansted
fly to Girona from Birmingham, Blackpool, Bournemouth, Bristol, Doncaster/Sheffield, Dublin, Durham, East Midlands, Glasgow (Prestwick), Liverpool, Luton, Manchester, Newcastle, Newquay, Shannon and Stansted
fly to Beziers from Bristol and Stansted

www.easyjet.com
fly to Toulouse from either Bristol or Gatwick

www.BA.com
fly to Toulouse from Gatwick

www.flybe.com
fly to Perpignan from Southampton

www.bmibaby.com
fly to Perpignan from Manchester

car rental: www.arguscarhire.com

Activities near Belvianes et Cavirac

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house itself is comfortable and very pretty. There are three bedrooms, two upstairs and one downstairs. The two upstairs bedrooms each have a toilet and shower en suite. There is an additional toilet and sink upstairs. From the downstairs bedroom there is a spiral staircase to a lovely large sitting room which leads out onto the terrace. There is a TV for playing videos, with a large selection of films. There is also a CD player with a large selection of music. The kitchen is well stocked with utensils, pots and pans and a large slow cooker. There is a washing machine, electric oven and grill.

Further details outdoors:
On the terrace there is a large BBQ, table, chairs and sun loungers. Up three steps there is a small covered area with table and 4 chairs. There are panoramic views from both the house and garden. We have spent many hours sitting in the garden with a glass of wine looking across the valley. When the sun sets behind the mountain opposite the landscape changes to a wonderful pink colour for a while.
On road parking is available opposite the house.

Further details

Due to spiral staircase the cottage is not suitable for elderly/infirm or very young children.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
October - May	1 Oct 08	1 Jun 09	250£ 250	3535	3535	3 Nights
June	1 Jun 09	1 Jul 09	300£ 300	4040	4040	3 Nights
July/August	1 Jul 09	1 Sep 09	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
September	1 Sep 09	1 Oct 09	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
October - May	1 Oct 09	1 Jun 10	250£ 250	3535	3535	3 Nights

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

£150 deposit required with booking.

£100 cheque taken as security deposit. Returned within 7 days of receiving back the keys.

Bed linen, towels and electricity included in price.

Guestbook for Les Volets

Lovely relaxing holiday
plenty for our three children to do without watching tv!

Thanks for renting us les volets we had a wonderful holiday.

It was raining when we left gatwick and then we arrived at the cottage we had two wonderful weeks of sunshine and scenery.

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