Property Details

Les Cypres is part of a former agricultural building, recently fully restored and renovated to make a very comfortable holiday home. The gite is accessed via an external staircase which leads on to a sunny and secluded balcony; a glazed door leads to the kitchen/dining room. Also on this floor is a small sitting room and the bathroom. Upstairs there are two bedrooms (one double, one twin) and a washroom. Thre is garden space specifically for guests of les Cypres and the whole property is set in grounds of a hectare; you are welcome to use alll this space. The 11 x 5m swimming pool is shared with the proprietors who live next door. The house is five minutes walk from the centre of Caunes-Minervois with shops, café and restaurants.

Local Area Details

Les Cypres is a great place to relax and unwind but also an excellent base for exploring Cathare country; castles such as Minerve, Lastours, Queribus, peyrpetuse and Montsegur. The mediaeval cité of Carcassonne is only 20 minutes away. Visit the abbey in the village as well as those at Lagrasse and Fontfroide. Caves at Limousis and the Gouffre Géant de Cabrespine. One hour from the Mediterranean coast and just over an hour to the Spanish border. River and lake swimming available in the area. A lovely area for walking and cycling, flower and bird spotting - especially during April May and June.

Additional Information

About The Gay Scene

Gay Scene in Nimes= 7 kms Avignon = 20 kms Arles = 20 kms Beache of Espiguette = 55 kms

About Airport Information

Airports: Nimes : 10 kms Montpellier: 50 kms Marseille: 110 kms

About Family Activities

the farmhouse is in countryside and several courses of march or footing and several courses of bicycle or BAL are around the house many festivals and exhibitions Theater festival d'Avignon Music festival Montpellier Radio France Opéra festival d'Orange Photo festival d'Arles Painting museum Modern Art Nîmes Music festival d'Aix en Provence Piano festival Roque d'Anthéron Painting museum Calvet d'Avignon Painting museum Fabre de Montpellier Dance festival Montpellier

About Local Restaurants

Many Restaurants Uzes = 15 kms in Nimes= 7 kms Avignon = 20 kms Arles = 20 kms Beach = 55 kms

About Walking

the farmhouse is in countryside and several courses of march or footing and several courses of bicycle or BAL are around the house

About History

Your first tour will be to Nimes where you can visit the wonderful amphitheatre (end of 1st century BC) and Square House (1st century BC). Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) The story of my Life Your second tour will be to Avignon to see its Palais des Papes in which 7 Popes followed one another in 14 th century. To get there you will go through Tarascon and discover its Château du Roi René and farther away the abbey of Frigolet praised by Alphonse Daudet in " les lettres de Mon Moulin" and "élixir du Père Gaucher". This Mill of Daudet which you can see again at Fonvieille near the Baux en Provence a magnificent place on a calcareous rock. The third tour will be to Arles : the charming city of Arles , on the Grand Rhône River in Provence , rose to prominence in 49-46 BC when a triumphal Julius Caesar captured and despoiled nearby Marseille. It soon became the region's commercial hub and an important Roman provincial centre, with enormous public spaces that are still in use today. Vincent Van Gogh settled here in the late 19th century, fashioning hundreds of drawings and paintings when he took a break from pestering his ear. On hot summer days you can watch the waves of heat rising from the plains, just as Van Gogh did a century ago; olive groves and vineyards - often featured in his work - still cover the surrounding limestone hills. Arles is also noted for its houses with striking red barrel-tiled roofs and shady, twisting alleys too narrow to swing a cat in (trust us). Arles' attractions include the Les Arènes, an enormous Roman ampitheatre built towards the end of the 1st century AD. Tens of thousands of men and animals were sacrificed here to that most noble of pursuits - sport. Chariot races and hand-to-hand battles were staged with slaughter emphasised over tactics, but the public seemed happy. The Arènes was later transformed into a fortress, then a residential area, but its sanguinary origins have been reawakened in the full houses drawn to bullfights. Another of the city's Roman relics is the Théâtre Antique, which provides an ideal setting for open-air dance, film and music festivals in the summer. After to admire its cathedral Saint Trophime, its cloister and its tympanum which is a jewel of roman architecture. Central Arles is a relaxed place of intimate squares, terraced brasseries perfect for sipping pastis, wine and men with long pomaded moustaches playing pétanque. The fourth will take you to the Méditerranean Sea either to the Saintes Marie de la mer if you go across the étang du Vaccarès in the reserve of the Grande Camargue, or else to the Grau du Roi if you go through Aigues Mortes from which King Saint Louis embarked for the Crusades. The fifth will be to Uzès to visit its Duché and above all its picturesque market on Saturday mornings. On your way you must stop and have a look at the Pont du Gard to admire this magnificent Roman work. Another day, you'll go to Orange whose Roman theatre is one of the most beautiful in the world. Or maybe to Saint-Rémy de Provence. Or maybe to, or to…...but to do that you will have to come back.

About Bars

many bars in Nimes= 7 kms Avignon = 20 kms Arles = 20 kms

About Nightlife

Nightlife in Nimes= 7 kms Avignon = 20 kms Arles = 20 kms

About Beaches

Beaches in Grau-du-Roi = 55 kms

About Golfing

Many golfs: Nimes Campagne 18 trous 14 kms 15 minutes Uzes 9 trous 25 kms 25 minutes Nimes Vacquerolles 18 trous 25 kms 30 minutes Montpellier Massane 18 trous 52 kms 40 minutes Grand Avignon (Vedène) 18 trous 46 kms 40 minutes Pont-Royal 18 trous 43 kms 40 minutes La Grande Motte 18 trous 55 kms 45 minutes Montpellier Fontcaude 18 trous 70 kms 45 minutes Les Baux de Provence 9 trous 45 kms 45 minutes Servanes 18 trous 70 kms 55 minutes Montpellier Coulondres 18 trous 72 kms 55 minutes Provence (Saumane) 18 trous 72 kms 60 minutes

Property Features

* Has a Pool
* Close to a golf course
* Children are allowed

Contact Information

Name:	Gill Pound
Telephone:	+33-46878-4381
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