Cordes-sur-Ciel holiday home rental with walking, beach/lake nearby, log fire, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, DVD

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Le Bourg Bournazel (house)

Home description

Whether you're a great fan of nature, history, art, sight-seeing, local markets, fine dining and good wine, or simply want to relax in the beautiful garrdens or swim in the excellent open-air pool a 6 min. drive away, you can't beat this for a holiday. "To die for" - as regular guests have described the property and location.

Set in one of the most beautiful and fascinating parts of France, this lovely spacious Garden-Level Gite comprises the entire self-contained ground floor of a film director's home. There are three bedrooms. One double bedroom is extremely large with a glorious view of the front patio and the lovely gardens; the second double bedroom looks onto a private rear patio. The single bedroom is accessed from either the salon or the extremely big reception hall, off which are a separate w.c. and a bath/shower room. A camp bed and a baby's cot are also availabe if required.

In front of the house is a romantic French-style terrace, featuring low box hedges and pot plants with tables and chairs. Across the narrow path is a large garden, equipped with table and seating, feauring gorgeous English roses, clematis, a lovely flower border and a variety of bushes and trees including an almond and fig trees. A stone path leads through the garden to a large patio at the far end, where a spreading oak offers shade. Additional garden furniture is available.

Front of house in Bournazel	Cordes from Bournazel (4kms)
A view of the Salon towards kitchen area	Side view with door to salon and kitchen

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The Midi-Pyrenees / Tarn region

Within one of the most interesting and beautiful areas of France, our lovely home is close to the fabulous historic Bastide circuit of which 13th century Cordes-sur-Ciel, just 4 kms away, is the jewel. The cite of Cordes is glorious - its beauty raved about by writers and painters over centuries - and for decades it has been home to scores of artists, yet tourism has been carefully controlled and the historic bastide remains totally unspoilt.
At the base of the cite is a typical, small French market town, with a variety of shops and cafes, that really bursts into life on Saturday mornings when the market takes over and everyone comes to town to meet their friends.
The entire area boasts the most wonderful scenery, with forests, rivers, historic sites of very early as well as Cathar interest, strikingly beautiful medieval bastides, and many fascinating small and large towns, each with its own weekly market, or markets, as well as festivals of all kinds. Close by are Cordes' excellent open-air swimming pole, tennis courts, wonderful walks, rivers, woods, kayaking, horse riding, fishing, golf, excellent art tuition and plenty of cafes and restaurants to suit all pockets, plus vast vineyards in which to sample seriously delicious Gaillac wines. Great places of interest locally include the beautiful city of Albi, with its famous cathedral and Toulouse Lautrec museum, the busy market town of Gaillac. centre of the wine industry and a very lively place on Fridays - market day, the small, exceedingly pretty small town of Najac and the lovely medieval town of St Antonin-Noble-Val, scene of the filming of the film "Charlotte Grey", a good place to visit on Sunday mornings when the inhabitants of the surrounding area turn out to frequent the market and the cafes. Historic Toulouse, the walled city of Carcassone, the Tarn Gorges and the famous Millau bridge are amongst the long list of truly interesting places to visit if you feel like going a bit further afield.
All of these sights and more are detailed in the visitors' book you will find in your holiday home.
On the days when you simply want to relax and enjoy the sun you will appreciate our lovely garden, or you can go for a swim and perhaps a picnic at the lovely open-air swimming pool nearby.
The best weather is to be had from the beginning of May until the end of October. May and June tend to be glorious, July, August and much of September blissfully warm to hot, and late September and the month of October mostly clear with lots of sunshine. The winters can be very cold but much dryer than in the UK, with frequent sunny days, whilst March and early April may be cool.

Gaillac wines are rapidly gaining the recognition they deserve - and the ideal time to get to know them is whilst watching the sun go down from one of the terraces or garden of your beautiful holiday home. Major music and medieval festivals take place in Cordes during July. Details of local places of interest, as well as sights further afield, await you at your gite.

Cordes-sur-Ciel area

The cite of Cordes boasts the most wonderful architecture dating from 1222, with narrow cobbled streets winding up, down and around. Extraordinarily beautiful, and raved about over the centuries by the likes of Camus and T.H.Lawrence, only someone without a soul could fail to fall in love with Cordes-sur-Ciel. But this is not just a heritage site; people do live there all year round and Cordes is home to many artists, welcoming you into their studios and shops. There are also music festivals and exhibitions, galleries, museums, occasional concerts in the church, fetes, umpteen restaurants and interesting small shops. The region offers many local fetes, but Cordes' July Fete, when for a whole weekend the old town celebrates its medieval history, is colourful, lively, steeped in tradition and music, and truly memorable.

The "basse ville" at the foot of the cite offers a variety of food and other shops, cafes, a post office and banks, but Cordes Saturday market is an important part of the local life as well as being excellent for local produce.
And if you enjoy visiting local markets there are many others each week in nearby towns and villages.

There is plenty to see and do right on your own doorstep, from the historic bastides circuit - of which Cordes is the jewel in the crown - and interesting historic towns, to great walks or drives through the most magnificent countryside with its hills, forests, rivers, and superb sights. There are also all kinds of sporting activities on hand - such as tennis, golf, swimming, cycling, horse-riding, caoeing, kayaking or fishing. In the summer there is an excellent outdoor swimming pool less about 6 mins away by car, or there is a superb new aqua centre open all year round in Albi. The area boasts great Gaillac wines from its miles and miles of local vineyards, plus lots of restaurants both in Cordes and in the outlying areas.
Detailed information on the region awaits your arrival.

How to get there

The property is approximately a one day drive from the Channel ports and only 1 hour from Toulouse Airport.

Rodez airport, too, is approx. 1 hour away.

There is a train connection from Toulouse to Vindrac Cordes

Activities near Cordes-sur-Ciel

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The large salon has a tiled kitchen (with double sinks, gas & electric cookers, microwave, washing machine, fridge, freezer, dishwasher), plus an attractive dining area, and a sitting area with two sofas, comfortable armchairs and a large stone fireplace. Original tiled floors and beams. The double doors at one end of the salon lead to a small private patio. Double doors at the kitchen end of the salon open onto another patio, with small seating area, and a path that leads to the front terrace and garden.

Electricity and gas are available free in season. An additional charge may be made for fuel (inc. logs - by previous arrangement only) before June and after mid-September. Heating is electric.

Further details outdoors:
The house is in a small lane near the centre of the village. The Garden-Level Gite has three patio areas to the front and sides of the house, plus access to the beautiful gardens as well as a large terrace at the foot of the garden which is partially shaded by a large oak tree. There is a variety of tables and chairs. Private parking space in the drive. The centre of the small village is a minute's walk, but a wide assortment of shops, cafes and other facilities are available just 4 kms away in the Basse Ville of Cordes-sur-Ciel or in the fabulous cite. There is an excellent outdoor swimming pool (very modest entry fee) about 6 mins away by car, and a range of leisure and water-sports activities are also available a few kilometres away.

Further details

Detailed Information Pack provided on arrival.

Rental rates

Prices for group size 5
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
May	17 May 09	1 Jun 09	415£ 415	0-	0-	1 Week
June	1 Jun 09	1 Jul 09	435£ 435	0-	0-	1 Week
July - August	1 Jul 09	1 Sep 09	455£ 455	0-	0-	1 Week
September	1 Sep 09	1 Oct 09	435£ 435	0-	0-	1 Week
October	1 Oct 09	1 Nov 09	415£ 415	0-	0-	1 Week

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
May	11 May 09	1 Jun 09	375£ 375	0-	0-	1 Week
June	1 Jun 09	1 Jul 09	400£ 400	0-	0-	1 Week
July-August	1 Jul 09	1 Sep 09	420£ 420	0-	0-	1 Week
September	1 Sep 09	1 Oct 09	400£ 400	0-	0-	1 Week
October	1 Oct 09	1 Nov 09	375£ 375	0-	0-	1 Week

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

A camp bed or baby's cot may also be made available by arrangement.

Costs may be negotiable.

Bed linen available if required at £7.00 per week for a single bed, £14 per week for a double bed. Other linen not provided.

Fuel free June to September but a charge may be made for heating (inc. logs - by prior arrangement only) at other times of year.

Guestbook for Le Bourg Bournazel

“If this were my home I’d never leave”

“I’ve been holidaying in France for decades, yet I’ve never felt so French as when sitting on the patio here in the evening watching the sun go down.”

“Cordes is stunning. Although my friend is very much a world-traveller, she kept stopping and looking around, saying ‘It’s so beautiful I just can’t believe it’.”

“We’ve stayed in a score or so of gites over the decades, but this is certainly one of the loveliest.”

“The countryside is glorious. We enjoyed long walks every evening before dinner.”

“There is so much to see in the area – we sample new places every time we visit.”

"We love it so much - could we enquire about availablility for our sixth visit?"

"The children loved the wealth of activities and we loved simply relaxing in the local swimming pool and the garden, enjoying the wonderful scenery and becoming regular visitors to our favourite restaurants.

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