Cordes-sur-Ciel holiday farmhouse letting, Itzac with walking, log fire, balcony/terrace, internet access, rural retreat, DVD

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Le Bourg (farmhouse)

Home description

Set in the tranquil rolling hills around Cordes, Le Bourg was built in the early 19th century and has been a working farm and vineyard until recently - the wine vats are still in place in the cellar! The house is south facing with magnificent views across the countryside to Castelneau de Montmiral 10km away. There is a large garden of nearly 1/2 hectare with plum, cherry, fig and walnut trees, some of the garden is maintained for playing and lounging in and some is wilder for exploring. A huge sun terrace with covered area and summer kitchen is opposite the front of the house so you can spend the long sunny summer days eating outside. At the back of the house, the pool is surrounded by decking and loungers and also has superb views.

The house was completely renovated during 2008 and the barn converted in 2009 by local craftsmen and now has the original beams exposed, log fires and luxury bathrooms and kitchens. The wrought iron antique beds will ensure a comfortable nights sleep.

The house is surrounded by paths and trails for walking and the nearest wine cave is only 15 minutes walk across the valley for local produce. Hilltop villages are all around with Cordes, Castelneau, and Puycelci only 10 minutes by car and Vaour has a world famous music festival during August.

There are links to extensive photos on our website

Laze Around the pool	Double bedroom
The houise from the sundeck	Part of garden

To see more photos please visit http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/76074

The Midi-Pyrenees / Tarn region

The "golden triangle" in Tarn has a superb climate where its warm and dry from early spring to late autumn. Albi is the main city of Tarn and has a magnificent brick cathedral from the middle ages and sits next to a museum dedicated to Toulouse- Lautrec who was born in Albi.

Toulouse, 4th largest city in France, is the centre of the European aircraft and space industry with its space museum and airbus factory.

Andorra and the Pyrenees mountains are 2 1/2 hours away and the beaches of the Med 2 hours away. The walled city of Carcassonne which featured in Robin Hood is an hour away.

Cordes-sur-Ciel / Itzac area

Itzac is surrounded by fortified hilltop villages - from the medieval city of Cordes-sur-Ciel to the small villages of Puycelci and Penne, and the rolling vineyards of Gaillac so there is plenty to explore. The countryside is criss-crossed with paths and cycle paths.

Vaour has a week long jazz festival in August and all the local villages have festivals throughout the summer with food, wine and music.

There is a large Friday market in Gaillac, a smaller market in Cordes on Saturday and a bustling Sunday market in St Antonin.

How to get there

1 hour from Toulouse with flights from Jet2, BA, Easyjet
1 hour 15 minutes from Rodez with Ryanair
1 hour 30 minutes from Carcassonne with Ryanair
A days drive from the ferry ports and tunnel

Activities near Cordes-sur-Ciel

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house was built over a period of time so is on various levels and has a number of outbuildings. The open plan kitchen/living/dining area is at the heart of the house, with a wood-burning stove in the large fireplace. The fully fitted kitchen has a range cooker and large fridge/freezer. There is satellite TV, dvd and cd players, lots of games and books just in case.

Off one end of the room is the pigeonnaire which has a fully tiled shower room with toilet and double sized shower and spiral staircase up to a double bedroom. In the opposite direction, a small flight of steps lead to the other 2 bedrooms - a twin and and the main double. In between is a luxury bathroom with free standing bath and separate double shower.

The adjoining 2 storey barn has a large living room with huge picture windows overlooking the valley and double height ceiling with huge exosed beams. There is 1 large en suite double bedroom with doors leading into the garden and a large en suite twin bedroom.

Underneath is a large dining kitchen, another double bedroom with doors to the garden, twin bedroom and bathroom.

Opposite the house, build on the roof of an old barn, is a huge sun terrace (over 100m2) with an equipped summer kitchen - sink, fridge, BBQ, cooker - and covered eating/sitting area.

Further details outdoors:
The 10 x 5 m pool is surrounded by decking and has loungers and seats. There are trees for shade and grass areas for playing and lounging and wilder areas of the garden for exploring.

Further details

Changeover is Saturday with arrival after 5pm and departure by 10am to allow time for cleaning. Once verbally booked, you will be sent a booking form with terms and conditions and the booking will be confirmed when this is returned along with the deposit of 50% of one weeks rental.

The balance of the rental will be due 8 weeks before the arrival date and a security deposit of £300 will be required. This will be returned one week after the rental ends (less any deductions required for breakages, additional cleaning etc)

Conditions

Smoking is not allowed in the house but can be done anywhere outside

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
medium	30 Aug 09	4 Oct 09	500£ 500	7070	100100	Flexible
low	4 Oct 09	20 Dec 09	300£ 300	5050	5050	Flexible
	20 Dec 09	3 Jan 10	600£ 600	0-	0-	1 Week
low	3 Jan 10	29 May 10	300£ 300	5050	7575	Flexible
medium	29 May 10	27 Jun 10	1000£ 1,000	0-	0-	1 Week
peak	27 Jun 10	4 Sep 10	2400£ 2,400	0-	0-	1 Week
medium	4 Sep 10	17 Oct 10	1000£ 1,000	150150	200200	Flexible
low	17 Oct 10	18 Dec 10	300£ 300	5050	7575	Flexible

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

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

Pool is available from 31st May until 3rd October. Rentals in low periods are for up to 8 people - additional people are charged at £50 pe person per week.

We are flexible on start/finish days during April, May and from October to take advantage of low-cost flights

Availability

See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here

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To contact this advertiser please visit: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/76074

Contact details for the advertiser of home 76074
Name:	Colin Shand
Tel:	+44 1368 865803
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