Montauriol holiday villa rental with walking, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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'There's so much to do but what's great is that you don't HAVE to do it!' This comment from one of our visitors refers to how lovely it is just relaxing around the villa, soaking up the magnificent views and the peace and quiet. It was purpose built in 2001 and is equipped and furnished to a very high standard. It has two bedrooms (one double, one twin), both with en-suite shower rooms (with WCs) and ceiling fans, a light and airy main room with high ceilings (open-plan fully-fitted kitchen / dining / living room), a spacious covered terrace with dining and sitting areas, and a large garden with a gas barbecue, table tennis and sun loungers. The friendly (but discreet) owners live 40 metres away and, as the two houses are out of sight of one another, guests are guaranteed complete privacy. There is unrestricted use of the owners' pool, which is solar heated at the beginning and end of the season and has a pool house (with fridge and tea and coffee making facilities), shaded areas and loungers.
Location: Montauriol < Thuir < Aspres < Pyrenees-Orientales < Languedoc-Roussillon < France

pool and pool hut	pool from above
kitchen	lounge / diner

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The Languedoc-Roussillon / Pyrenees-Orientales region

The Pyrenées-Orientales can be said to have everything - sun, sea, mountains... and Spain within easy reach (Gerona Airport is only 100 km away and can be the cheapest access to the area). The villa is just outside Montauriol, a quiet village in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is 30 minutes south-west of Perpignan, 30 minutes from the Spanish border, 40 minutes from the coast (sandy beaches at Canet, St Cyprien, Argelès, Collioure...) and 1 hour 30 minutes from the nearest ski resort. As well as its unspoilt natural beauty and picturesque villages and harbours, the area is known for its history (abbeys, churches, castles, walled villages...) and culture (art galleries, music festivals...). Tourism is well developed so a full range of activities is available, e.g. water skiing, diving, horse-riding, canyoning, paragliding, ULM, animal and bird parks, etc. There are also excellent shops, markets, restaurants and clubs. So there's plenty for those who want more than R & R!

Montauriol area

Montauriol is a small friendly village of only 200 inhabitants centred around its town hall. There are beautiful walks in the hills, where chapels and a castle can be discovered. One of the chapels, for example, has doors which date from around the 10th century. Bird watchers have seen golden oriols, bee eaters, buzzards, red kites and, occasionally, short-toed eagles. Eagles use thermals from the hil opposite to ascend. Plant watchers will also find plenty to interest them.

How to get there

There are Ryan Air and Fly Be flights to Perpignan Airport, which is about 40 km from us, and also Ryan Air Flights to Carcassonne, about 150 km away. Another excellent option is Gerona Airport, in Spain, as there are a number of flights there from UK regional airports. Gerona Airport is about 100 km from Montauriol.

We have found that Auto Europe Discount Car Hires are very good and very reasonably priced.

If coming by car, the A75 motorway via Clermont-Ferrand is usually less crowded and certainly more attractive that the A6 via Lyon. Parts of it are toll-free, and it also means that you can go over the Pont de Millau, which is quite an experience.

There are trains to Perpignan, of course, but you would need to hire a car on arrival.

Activities near Montauriol

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Here is an extract from an email sent to us by Sue and David, who stayed in the villa in May 2007. We were their first stop in house-hunting "tour de France:
(...) We stayed in a number of different kinds of gite and apartments and without doubt yours has been the best of all.....by quite a considerable margin. We have stayed (suffered?) in some horribly dirty, dark and damp places that look wonderful on websites and the reality is incredibly different (the photos on some websites are completely misleading). Your villa, in direct contrast, is very light, spotlessly clean, dry, very well equipped and welcoming with the real advantage of the great views and we would be quite happy for you to quote it to any other visitors. We would have been quite content in the villa even if the weather had been wet, unlike many other places where we were only too glad to be out in the car all day simply to get dry and warm!

Further details outdoors:
The villa also has table tennis and sun loungers. 2 bicycles available free of charge.

Further details

The pool is shared with the owners (2 adults) and their family / friends when visiting.

Conditions

Please consult about small children and pets. Outside smokers welcome!
A 25% deposit is payable on booking. Full payment is to be made one month before the start of the holiday, accompanied by a separate deposit cheque of £100 (or 150 euros) to cover any damage. This will be returned after inspection of the property. (Since 2001, when we built the villa, we have only once had to use a guest's deposit, when we had to retain £30 for cleaning the sofa covers after the visit of some yoghurt-loving children!)

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	27 Nov 08	28 Mar 09	310£ 310	0-	0-	1 Week
	28 Mar 09	26 Apr 09	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
	26 Apr 09	31 May 09	420£ 420	0-	0-	1 Week
	31 May 09	28 Jun 09	570£ 570	0-	0-	1 Week
	28 Jun 09	12 Jul 09	660£ 660	0-	0-	1 Week
	12 Jul 09	19 Jul 09	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
	19 Jul 09	30 Aug 09	880£ 880	0-	0-	2 Weeks
	30 Aug 09	13 Sep 09	720£ 720	0-	0-	1 Week
	13 Sep 09	27 Sep 09	570£ 570	0-	0-	1 Week
	27 Sep 09	1 Nov 09	420£ 420	0-	0-	1 Week
	1 Nov 09	7 Mar 10	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week

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

We will happily accept bookings mid week to midweek outside of high season to co-incide with lower fares on tuesdays, wednesdays & thursdays.

Guestbook

'We were delighted with the house and the area. The peace and quiet you have afforded us was very much appreciated. It's nice to be able to just sit and listen to the birds! We sincerely hope to visit again.'
'We enjoyed our holiday very much. The villa was extremely comfortable and well equipped. I particularly enjoyed sitting outside and admiring the wonderful view. So peaceful and restful. The area is so interesting and unfortunately so little time to see everything. We enjoyed meeting you very much.'
'Beautiful, peaceful location - ideal for exploring. The accommodation is bright and very comfortable.'
'You are perfect hosts and have tried very hard to think of everything
'The villa was wonderful. The best we've had after four trips to France!'
'Our main focus of the holiday was to relax, forget work and have fun. We did all of this every day, our only complaint was that the days went too quickly.'

Availability

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Contact details for home 31771 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Adrian Tee
Tel:	+33 (0)468 387844
Mobile:	+33 (0)671 308151
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