The entire package offered at this house was fantastic.
Beautifully renovated, furnished and equipped. We were more than happy with our initial short stay in February last year, and actually went back for a longer stay later in the season.
There is a Beautiful swimming pool 10 metres by 5, so everyone can cool down have a bit of fun and then dry off on the brilliant sunny decks all around the pool, or simply sit in the shaded area at the end of the pool enjoying all the antics..
Now if you are into pizzas you have two options here. In season there is a little pizza place that do great pizzas. And there is a full scale wood fired pizza oven …. ok it takes a while to heat up, but its an event that everyone can observe, work up an appetite in the evenings with a few glasses of wine and savour the home made pizzas…..
The house is on a very quiet street, but in the centre of the town. A bakery for the traditional french start to the day. Chemist, small grocery shops, newsagents, a lovely restaurent ( super value at lunch time with their menu du jour, and reasonable prices at night. Really , all essential facilities are to hand. If you feel like hanging out with the local observers of life passing by, join the folks on the stone bench outside the tourist office.
There is a beautiful wine cave 50meters from the house, with a number of others in close proximity.
There are plenty of walks in the countryside directly beside the house, and in the general area. There are some lovely beaches nearby in leucate and lafranqui, and portlanouvelle, offering both swimming , sailboarding and kite surfing. Hire a bike in Barcares Village and spend a few hours pottering around the beaches and ports there – all easy cycling.
The general hinterland into the corbieres offers some great drives and visits to the cathar castles. And if you are a really keen cyclist, this is the place for you…. the tour de france has been around these hills warming up for the really big climbs.
There are plenty of restaurants in the nearby towns, and good quality supermarkets in Sigean and Port la Nouvelle. For the kids of course there is even a Macdonalds in Sigean, but you are not going to France for that are you ????
For the tiny ones, there is a little playground near the house, and also a small lake beside the old windmill where the ducks are waiting to be fed with those bits of bread that you resisted eating at breakfast.
All in all, a great place to go. Go enjoy