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Townhouse |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Tuchan in Languedoc-Roussillon

From £250 per week |  From £45 per night

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

Beautifully restored house, oak beamed throughout with ground floor kitchen/dining room and cloakroom/ second WC, middle floor with 3 twin bedrooms and bathroom and top floor sitting room with views of Pyrenees.

Sunny secluded south facing courtyard garden with built-in barbecue, table for alfresco dining and sun-loungers.

Pretty working village produces local Fitou wine as well as the sweet wines of Maury and Muscat from the Mont Tauch cave cooperative, now re-opened to include a visitor experience. All essential shops, bar/café, bank with cash machine, pharmacy, tabac, PO, restaurants (two all year) and swimming pool (summer) and tennis courts in the village.

Spectacular countryside. Corbières hills with gorges and hill-top Cathar castles. Within easy driving distance of the coast , the Pyrenees, Perpignan and Carcassonne. Great rambling, cycling and horse-riding country.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Ground Floor:-
Kitchen/Diner equipped with built-in oven, gas hob, large combination microwave/oven.
Well equipped for cooking, eating and drinking.
*Sink, dishwasher & refrigerator.
*Terracotta tiled floor with tiled dining table and work-surfaces.
*Electric wall heater.
*French window onto courtyard.

Cloakroom, WC and washbasin, folding table and chairs.
Under stairs storage housing washing machine and beach play toys, cool box, shopping caddy etc.

First Floor:-
*3 double bedrooms all with twin beds. Chest of drawers and electric fans in each room, TV/video and DVD player in front bedroom, cot available on request.
*Tiled bathroom, bath fitted with shower, washbasin & WC.

Grenier (top floor):-
Bright double aspect sitting room with bed/settee (possibility to take two extra guests), rattan sofa and two armchairs, central cooling fan and free standing fan, three electric heaters. TV/video/DVD and a large library of videos, DVDs and books, computer corner with internet and b&w printer, Views over the vineyards to the Pyrenees (Mount Canigou).

Further details outdoors:
Courtyard:-
Sunny paved courtyard garden, south facing and totally secluded with planted borders. Dining table, chairs and parasol, sun-loungers, built-in barbecue, outside light.

Further details

English speaking representative available on hand for queries/emergencies.

One ladies and one gents mountain bike is provided for guests.
If you just want to chill out without a car and explore on foot or bike then speak to the owners about transport from Perpignan or Carcasonne airports.

Like most village centre houses the property fronts onto the road and this has only short term parking available. Ample parking is available just around the corner facing the gendarmerie.

For further local information and links please click on owners website link in the 'contact details' box below.

Conditions

25% of rental fee to secure booking.
Balance of rental and refundable (subject to satisfactory property inspection) breakages deposit of £100 required 6 weeks before arrival.
Payment can be accepted in Euros on request.

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View south-west from Grenier

 

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Ready for cycling

 

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Room with a view

The Languedoc-Roussillon / Aude region

The Languedoc-Roussillon region comprises five departments and the house is in Aude close to the border with Pyrenees-Orientale the two southernmost departments.

The region is is one of the sunniest in France and along its 150 mile coastline are miles of sandy beaches backed by a hinterland rising up to the foothlls of the Pyrenees in the south. As well as the major towns of Montpellier, Nimes, Perpignan and Carcassonne, all of which are full of character, there is plenty of wild countryside.

The Tuchan area

You can visit the local hill-top Cathar castle, Chateau d'Aguilar, and even more interesting to visit are Queribus (just past Cucugnan) and Peyrepertuse. The fortified town of Carcassonne is close enough for a day out; visit Lagrasse on the way out/back (medieval town centre and Abbey). Fontfroide Abbey and the cities of Narbonne and Perpignan are worth a visit.

The local gorges on the way to Cucugnan and especially the Gorges de Galamus (park and visit the Hermitage) north of St Paul de Fenouillet are spectacular. South towards Estagel are good views of the Pyrenees, especially in the winter. The highest peak is Pic de Canigou (the peak which can be seen from the top floor of the house on a clear day). You can drive to the Pyrenees in 2 hours to visit the fortified town of Villefranche de Conflent and ride on the 'Little Yellow Train';

The nearest beaches are less than one hour away. The most direct route to the beaches is the mountain road that goes through to Bacares or alternatively drive to Perpignan and to Canet or further south to the picturesque village of Collioure.

There is a safari park in Sigean and Tautavel has a museum for the 'Oldest Man in Europe' (the bones of Tautavel Man found nearby are estimated to be 450,000 years old).

In the winter the ski resorts (Font Romeu, Les Angles) are close enough for a day's skiing.

How to get there

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Travel by Air:

(RA - Ryanair) (BMI - BMI Baby) (FB - Flybe) (EJ - Easyjet) (J2 - Jet2)

Perpignan (½ hour drive) Flights from: Stansted (RA); Manchester, Leeds (BMI); Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Southampton, Glasgow, Edingurgh, Dublin, Belfast (FB).

Carcasonne (1 hour drive) Flights from: East Midlands, Liverpool, Stansted, Dublin, Cork (RA)

Montpellier (2 hours drive) Flights from: Leeds (RA); Gatwick (EJ).

Toulouse (2½ hours drive) Flights from: Gatwick, Bristol (EJ); Leeds (J2), Manchester (BMI); Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Belfast, (FB); Leeds, Edinburgh, Belfast (J2).

Girona (2 hours drive) Flights from: Luton, Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham, Bournemouth, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle (RA) - don't forget some Euros for the motorway tolls.

Driving: can be done in a day but it is 10-12 hours from Calais so an overnight stop is recommended . How about the scenic route via the spectacular new bridge at Millau.

Activities near Tuchan

Guestbook for Old Carpenter's Workshop

'we had a great time at Tuchan, your house was in important part of our well being and also it has been quite easy and to deal with you. Thank you' August 2009, João Monteiro and family, Portugal

Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season	1 Nov 11	1 Mar 12	250£ 250	4545	4545	3 Nights
Spring	1 Mar 12	1 May 12	350£ 350	6060	6060	3 Nights
Early Summer	1 May 12	1 Jul 12	420£ 420	7070	7070	3 Nights
High Summer	1 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	455£ 455	7575	7575	5 Nights
Autumn	1 Sep 12	1 Nov 12	420£ 420	7070	7070	3 Nights
Low Season	1 Nov 12	28 Feb 13	250£ 250	4545	4545	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.

All linen, hand/bath towels and tea towels included, please bring your own beach towels.

Two extra persons can be accommodated in the grenier as a double by arrangement.

Bookings across the periods will take the price of the majority period.

Availability

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

Contact the owner

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3 years listed You are contacting John And Linda Morris Landline +44 (0)1452 612477 Mobile n/a Web Visit site Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2008. This townhouse has so far received 0 reviews.