Property Details

A very nice fully equipped house, with marvellous views. You will enjoy the view 24 hours a day: watch the sunset with your drink in one hand, admire Pyrenees as long as there is day light and wonder what people do in all these houses down the hill - in the evening. Believe me, the view is really perfect - we bought the house for it! Our house will comfortably accommodate a large family of 10+a baby (13 is possible maximum)or 2 smaller families. But it is also perfect for 3-4 couples traveling together or just 1 couple celebrating an anniversary. It is a good place for anyone who wants to avoid the expence and bustle of fashionable resorts such as Nice or Chamonix.
2 bedrooms on the first floor, with double beds and wardrobes in each. Dining-seating room, dining space for 10. A separate kitchen, a bathroom and a separate WC. 2 bedrooms on the ground floor (1 double, 1 – with twin beds), wardrobe in each. Seating room with a sofa-bed. Shower room and a separate WC. The house has 2 entrances so you can divide early birds from those who sleep until 12 o'clock.
There is a garage and a parking space for 1 more car - in front of the gates. The property is fenced, both the garden and the house are safe for children. There are so many things to do all year round, for all ages that I wonder why people need TV? Though we have 2...

Local Area Details

The position of the house is really perfect, offering cool nights in summer after a hot day on the beach and warm evenings in winter - after a day of skiing. And no mistral! We are only 40 km from the airport of Perpignan and there are 5 more airports within a 3 hours disctance: Carcassone, Toulouse,Montpellier, Girona and Barcelona. There is a rail station in the town - 700 m from the house. The town centre, a 10 minute stroll, has a lot of restaurants and all the necessary shops, as well as banks and ATMs. A supermarket is in 1.5 km. There is a large municipal swimming pool and tennis courts at a 1 km distance. All kinds of sports, sightseeing, nature watching, hot springs and spas and a lot of wine related activity, the closest wine making village being only 6 km away.
Prades is a very pretty French with a big and colorful market on Tuesday and Saturday mornings where you can buy local produce such as the peaches and cherries that are grown in abundance here, fresh vegetables, wonderful cheeses and the excellent wine. There are events and festivals throughout the year. Spanish cellist Pablo Casals fled to Prades during the Spanish civil war, stayed and established the festival that now bears his name and is held each year for 2 weeks in July-August at Prades itself, but also in the Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa.
There are plenty of things to do all year round. The skiing season starts in December and often lasts through into April. The main resorts are at Font Romeu - Pyrenees 2000 (40 pistes, 52 km in total) and Les Angles (32 pistes, 40 km in total). Swimming –at the lake Vinca at a 10 km distance or at a water sports park (40 km) or at any coastal resort you can choose from a large range of (45 km to the closest).Wind surfing, water skiing at most coastal resorts. Diving at Argeles, Banyuls, Port Vendres, Bacares, St Cyprien and Collioure. Golf at Font Romeu there is a 9 hole golf course at a beautiful mountain setting. St Cyprien-Plage has a 27 hole golf course. Spas and thermal baths in Vernet-les-Bains (Rheumatology) and Molitg-les-Bains (Respiratory pathologies and Skin diseases). Outstanding natural sulphurous hot springs in wonderful outdoor mountain setting in St Thomas les Bains. Casino and night club in Vernet les Bains, wine making village – just 6 km away. And a lot more!


Places to visit
Pyrenees-Orientales is a beautiful region with perfect climate and a lot of places to visit. Among them: Villefranche de Conflent A medieval town with complete fortified walls. It is also the starting point for a ride on Yellow Train. You can ride in open or closed top carriages admiring the breathtaking view. Abbeys at St Martin de Canigou & St Michel de Cuxa. The 1.3 km long path to St Michel starts almost from the gate of the house. By the way, St Michel de Cuxa it that very place where the heroine finally kills Dracula in the bestseller by E. Kostova “The Historian”.Tautavel Museum – the site of the oldest human in Europe. Natural reserve in Nyer - wild life of the Pyrenees preserved as it is. The Perfume Tower in Mosset can be reached in 15 min, the Solar Oven at Mont-Louis in 30 min by car. And also Perpignan with its Palace of the Kings of Majorca, Collioure with its Royal palace overlooking one of the most beautiful ports in France, Ceret with its Modern Arts museum are well worth visiting.

Property Features

* Pets are allowed
* Children are allowed

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Name:	Anna Vinogradova
Telephone:	7-926-7476737
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