Pezenas holiday villa to let with walking, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Villa Lavande - Coteau Moliere (villa)

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With its own private terrace with awning, access to the Californian Style Swimming Pool, in a private area of this secure development in the Languedoc, this makes a great base for enjoying this part of Southern France. The beaches are only 15 minutes by car and Pezenas as a town is steeped in French history and culture. There are numerous restaurants and bars in the town as well as a large range of gift shops. Additionally the town is famous in France for its Antique shops.
The property has been purpose built to make an ideal holiday retreat, with a lounge diner on the ground floor with American kitchen, a double and 2 single beds in the bedrooms. There is a 3 piece shower room upstairs and a separate toilet downstairs. The terrace has its own awning with a Mediterranean garden around it.

Californian Swimming Pool	A large terrace for entertaining and barbecues
Views over Pezenas and the vineyards	The Lounge

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The Languedoc-Roussillon / Herault region

The Languedoc Roussillon lies on the southern Mediterranean Coast of France and borders with Spain. The local diallect or language spoken is French but many can also speak Occitan, the language of the region before it became part of France.

The region is largest vineyard in the world with many household named appelations such as St Chinian, Minervois, Faugeres, etc and some excellent reds, superb rose wines and famous whites such as Limoux, a sparkling white older than Champagne in its origins. The region of course is also famous for its seafood and from Sete to Perpignan there are many excellent fish restaurants as well as local fish dishes.

The climate is hot and sunny for most of the year with a region having 300 days of sunshine per year. The temperatures in the summer can reach the mid 30's often, and spring and autumn sees temperatures in the 20's. Only at the end of December and January do temperatures occassionally reach zero overnight and hardly ever during the daytime. Normal temperatures in January are around the 12-15 degrees mark.

Pezenas town is of historical interest in itself however around and about there are many other places to visit with miles and miles of golden sandy beaches, some have no buildings on them whatsoever such as the sandspit between the inland sea basin famous for oysters at the Bassin de Thau and the Mediterranean. The fishing ports of Meze, Bouzigues(oysters) and Marseillan are very pretty places to visit. Inland there is the Cathar country with its history of the Abeissignan Crusades and Cathar Castles to explore before going up to Carcassone a complete restored historic walled city and world heritage site an hours motorway drive away. There is also the highest road bridge in the world on the motorway near Millau from Paris about an hour and a halfs drive.

The region is also full of remnants to the Romans and Greeks as can be seen at Agde, Nimes, Narbonne or at the Oppidum de Ensurene Museum just the other side of Beziers. Additianally the Canal du Midi crosses the Herault department and arrives at the Mediterranean Sea at Agde. There are also a wealth of events taking place locally both in the towns and villages.

For serious shopping visit Montpellier or Beziers. Montpellier has a significant student and young feel to it as well as a fantastically well preserved Roman centre. It is also famous for its culture in terms of Music and the Arts. Beziers to has much to offer from the Feria in Mid August when it feels like most of Spain comes to town for the week for the bullfighting, horseshows, flamenco dancing and fetes in the town. There is also every Friday bar Feria week an amazing flower market which covers the Allees in Central Beziers from one end to the other in spectacular colours. The town has a wide selection of shops and restaurants as well as some stunning views from the Cathedral plateau in front of St Nazaire.

Pezenas area

Back in the 1600's Moliere and his acting troupe came to the town to entertain the local dignataries and people. Moliere became synonymous with Pezenas and to this day his presence over many years can be seen in the large important houses with their inner courtyards with multiple balconies when of course public access is allowed. The tourisme office in the Place Gambetto, in the centre of the old cobbled streets of Pezenas will happily provide you with many more details. Every Saturday morning there is a huge market in the Cours Jean Jaures the wide boulevard in the centre of Pezenas selling everything from clothes to oysters, and often the time when many locals come out to socialize on a weekly basis. Nearer Xmas this turns into the daily Xmas Market, with many views of Santa Claus often seen trying to scramble up a rope or over a roof top to someones bedroom!! Restaurants include Les Maronniers, 0467 90 13 80 on the main street into Pezenas amongst the antique shops but book, Apres le Deluge 04 67 90 29 26 a tiny restaurant outside but huge inside. Outside is better. Le Poisson Verre 04 67 98 25 11 in the main cobbled square or also our favourite La Terrace also in the Place Gambetta 0467 98 25 11 - but don't tell them its your birthday or you are liable to have an improptu rendition by a made up choir!!!

How to get there

Fly to any of the following airports - Beziers (20mins) and flights from London Stanstead in July and Bristol airports, Montpellier (40 mins by car), Nimes (1 hr 20 mins), Carcassone (1 hr) or Perpignan (1hr) and use hire car at the airports, either Hertz , Avis or Europecar are good.
-Ryanair serve Montpellier from Stanstead, Air Horizons from Dublin and British Airways from Gatwick.
-Ryanair serve Carcassone from Stanstead
-Ryanair serve Nimes from Liverpool, Luton and Stanstead
-Ryanair serve Perpignan from Stanstead as do Flybe from Bristol and Southampton
Jet2.com serves Perpignan from Manchester

Activities near Pezenas

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The villa has been furnished in a modern style with comfortable armchairs and a bed settee for guests use. There is a full range of units and all utensils and pots and pans are provided.

Further details outdoors:
The Domaine has magnificent views over the surrounding countryside and roof top views of the town of Pezenas. The villa is located in the bottom corner of the development, which means it has a level of privacy not experienced elsewhere on the Domaine. The pool is secured and is ideal for young children with a gently sloping shelf in the pool itself and secure entry and exit for residents only. It is open from Mid May until the end of September.

Further details

The pool is open all day but closes for maintenance usually in the evenings but occassionally during the daytime dependent on temperature and pool usage. An allocated parking space in the grounds comes with the villa. The grounds have a combination code availabe to residents only.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
October to December	1 Oct 08	1 Jan 09	215£  215	0-	0-	1 Week
January to April	1 Jan 09	26 Apr 09	215£  215	0-	0-	1 Week
May and June 2009	26 Apr 09	28 Jun 09	360£  360	0-	0-	1 Week
July and August	28 Jun 09	30 Aug 09	495£  495	0-	0-	1 Week
September 2009	30 Aug 09	27 Sep 09	360£  360	0-	0-	1 Week
October to December	27 Sep 09	1 Jan 10	215£  215	0-	0-	1 Week

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

Payment can be accepted in Sterling or Euros equivalent at time of payment reservation. Special rates are available for long winter letsof 3 months or more. Please enquire. A security deposit of 300Euros or £210 is required.

Payment can be accepted in Euros - please enquire.

Guestbook

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Le Coteau Moliere and have returned every year. It makes an ideal base to stay in this beautiful part of France and has everything as well as being close to Pezenas and the Mediterranean beaches.- The Clarke family.

The villa provided is with a great place to relax and everyone was very friendly. It was easy to get into Pezenas. We hardly used the car except for trips to the supermarket. - Lynn and David Briffett and family

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Contact details for home 6661 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Edward O'Neill
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