French Country Houses: Pezenas Apartment Moliere

Chic 1st Floor Accommodation with courtyard in historic Pezenas

1 bedroom (Sleeps 2 plus baby)

P ézenas is a delightful, lively market town with a rich historical and architectural heritage. Medieval, Renaissance and 17th century houses make a wander through its streets an exceptional experience. The weekly, all day Saturday street market is the best in the area. On one side of the house is a boulangerie, on the other a fruit and vegetable shop. A two-minute stroll from the house takes you to the heart of town with shops, supermarket, and a wide choice of restaurants and cafés. In keeping with the town’s artistic style, there are many artisans’ shops selling locally made pottery, tablecloths and soft furnishings in beautiful Provençal prints, original works of art, etc. and across the road a wine merchant.

Sophisticated Montpellier is a 40 minute drive and offers the arts, theatre, shopping, an international airport and train station. An hour's drive takes you to splendid Roman towns such as Avignon, Nîmes, Arles. Other international airports within an hour’s drive are Nimes, Carcassonne, Rodez. There is a reasonable bus service into and out of Pézenas to Montpellier, Béziers, the coast and destinations in between, making it an ideal base if you don’t have a car.

The local swimming pool is a few minutes’ away on foot; good swimming at Mediterranean beaches between Agde and Sète are a half hour drive away and Lake Salagou (also fishing and non-motorised watersports), 15 minutes.

ACCOMMODATION
This large house is divided into two and the owners, a French/English family, live in the other part. The smartly renovated apartment is fully self-contained with its own flower filled, walled courtyard, which has sun for most of the year, (the balcony of the owners’ apartment is above). The apartment is light and bright and features some of one of the owner’s, a professional artist, original paintings.

Entry is via a flight of stairs with handrail to the apartment’s front door, which opens to an entrance foyer. From the foyer a door opens on to a small, light corridor. To the right is the large bedroom with exposed beams, double bed, wardrobe etc plus two armchairs and a TV. A huge window opens to the courtyard.

To the left of the corridor is a good-sized bathroom with bath, overhead shower and hand washbasin with vanity and big mirror and separate WC. Up two steps is the bright, sunny kitchen/dining room with a window overlooking the courtyard and French door opening to it. There are two armchairs also in this room. The kitchen is brand new, neat, practical and well equipped with two hotplates, bench top electric oven, microwave, fridge, coffee machine, etc. The original old tiles from the house have been retained here, with timber floors in the rest of the apartment.

The courtyard is 12 sq m with a dining setting provided and is an ideal spot for al fresco meals, or relaxing in the sun, a cool drink to hand!

The owners are a charming couple and will be as friendly or discreet as you wish. A cot can be provided for a baby. Smoking outside only.

2010 Pezenas Apartment French Country House Rates

The above quoted rates are per week in AUD. Rates include linen. Rates are subject to change without notice and subject to currency changes. Security Deposit of $750 is additional.

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