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 Villa and Pool |  Pool and View |  Villa and Garden |  Living Area |  Living Area |  Living Area and TV |  Kitchen |  Kitchen |  Master Bedroom |  Master Bedroom's ensuite |  Downstairs Bedroom |  and its ensuite |  Upstairs Bedroom |  Doors to its Roof Terrace |  and its ensuite shower room |  Pool and Terrace |  Villa and Vineyards |  Rear of Villa |  Nearby - Sete beach (winter) |  Sete Harbour |
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Sleeps: |
4 - 5 people |
Bedrooms: |
3 |
Beach: |
within 30km |
Bathrooms: |
3 -2 without wc+1 extra wc |
House size: |
130 m2 |
Garden size: |
3000 m2 |
Pool size: |
10.3m x 4.7m x1.8m |
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| May 10 | Jun 10 | Jul 10 | Aug 10 | Sep 10 | Oct 10 | | 24/04 | | booked | | 01/05 | | booked | | 08/05 | | booked | | 15/05 | | booked | | 22/05 | | booked |
| | 29/05 | | booked | | 05/06 | | booked | | 12/06 | | booked | | 19/06 | | booked |
| | 26/06 | | 1625 | | 03/07 | | booked | | 10/07 | | booked | | 17/07 | | booked | | 24/07 | | booked |
| | 31/07 | | booked | | 07/08 | | booked | | 14/08 | | booked | | 21/08 | | booked |
| | 28/08 | | booked | | 04/09 | | booked | | 11/09 | | 1250 | | 18/09 | | 1250 |
| | 25/09 | | booked | | 02/10 | | booked | | 09/10 | | booked | | 16/10 | | booked | | 23/10 | | booked |
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This handsome villa is just outside the village of Montarnaud which has a very good boulangerie and a family restaurant, just 15 minutes drive from the thriving university town of Montpellier. The house has been attractively decorated in Provençal style and is very comfortably furnished.
2 Weeks bookings only
Clients' comments:
Just a quick note to let you know how much we enjoyed our two weeks at Les Truquets - the villa, pool & gardens were all beautiful, and Andre and Bernadette were most helpful and friendly - a lovely couple - they made us feel so welcome. We really loved the Languedoc region and will definitely return there next year, as there is still so much to see and do in that area. Please pass on our thanks to the owners, we all thoroughly relaxed and had a wonderful couple of weeks in the sun! Teresa Scarff |
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Ground Floor
Entrance hall (9m2) with coat cupboards leads to the large open-plan kitchen-dining-living room (47m2), which has two french windows and a further door out to the terrace. The kitchen, which is tiled with warm ochre and blue Provencal tiles is fully equipped and has a fireplace. There is a second more humble kitchen/utility room (9m2) which is on the other side of the hall, with the oven and washing machine. The dining table extends and can seat up to eight.
The sitting area, which has three sofas, is voluminous, open right up to the rafters, and is well lit from a skylight above the upstairs landing as well as by the French windows to the terrace.
Off the far end of the sitting area, is the master bedroom (14m2) with standard-size double-bed (140cm), which has french windows out to the terrace and a ceiling fan. Very nicely finished ensuite bathroom (6m2): bath with shower over, wash-basin, bidet.
From the entrance hall is a short corridor to:
The second downstairs bedroom (13m2) with standard-size double bed and ceiling fan; a shower room with double-washbasin; and an independent wc.
First Floor
The stairs (open-sided so unsuitable for young children) lead up to a landing, and thence the third bedroom (17m2), with en suite shower room with WC (4m2). The bedroom has French windows to a roof terrace (9m2) with lovely views over the garden, the vineyards and the village and its medieval castle in the distance. |
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Washing-machine
Dish-washer
Fridge: large Freezer
Oven
Microwave
Blender
Juicer
Electric kettle
Iron
Hairdryer
TV Satellite-TV
Video-recorder, Radio, CD, DVD
Garden furniture 4 wooden relaxers, 6 plastic chairs, 8 wood/metal chairs, 3 Outdoor tables.
2 Portable BBQs.
Car-Parking under cover for 1 car plus additional parking
Baby cot and high chair |
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French windows from the kitchen-living room and from the master bedroom give onto the terrace, which is partly covered at the kitchen end. Here there are 3 outdoor dining tables. The property has 3 portable BBQs.
The 10.3m x 4.7m pool (1 to 1.8m deep) has corner steps and is surrounded by a paved terrace (60m2) and a small clover lawn of about 30m2 on one side, bordered by a very nice garden rockery with aromatic shrubs. On the other side the terrace is sheltered by a low wall, beyond which is the owner's half-hectare vineyard.
Behind the rockery, the rest of the garden is wooded with both fruit and forest trees. The whole garden is fenced and is gated at the entrance. One shaded parking place, plus enough room in driveway for another two cars.
The water for this property comes from a reservoir on site, therefore, best use of water is appreciated especially during July and August. |
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SITUATION
The house is about 400m from the village of Montarnaud (about 700m from the village centre). Very good traditional baker, village shop, family restaurant.
- 14km W of Montpellier centre. Thriving university town. Lively atmosphere in the old centre and Place de la Comédie, which is lined with outdoor cafés. Many good restaurants.
- 15km E of Gignac, a pleasant small market town (shops, post office, excellent restaurant).
- 17 km E of Aniane, and probably the most famous vineyard in the Languedoc, "Daumas Gassac". The wine produced here will never be "Appellation Controlée" because it is made from the Bordeaux varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, but the wine regularly wins blind-tastings when pitted against the Grand Cru chateaux of Bordeaux!
- 22km S of Grotte de Clamouse: Spectacular limestone caverns. (Canoe kayak hire on river Herault closeby).
- 24km S of St Guilhem-le-Desert. Beautiful medieval village and Abbey in rocky gorge. This was a major staging post on the pilgrammage route to Santiago de la Compostella.
- 30km N of Mediterranean beaches: Palavas-les-Flots is about 25 mins drive, or beach by Vic-la-Gardiole is 34km.
- 35km E of Lac Salagou; lake surrouded by volcanoes and the limestone "chaos" of Mourreze (spectacular towers and ravines).
- 41km NE of Pezenas; lovely old Renaissance centre, home of Moliere.
- 45km N of Sete, nice old fishing port with good seafood restaurants, the Bouzigues oyster beds.
- 75km W of Nimes (Roman arena and Temple)
ACCESS
International airports are at:
Beziers - this is a new route from summer 2008 - the airport is only approxmately 20 kms from Cap d'Agde. Ryanair from Bristol and Luton, London.
Carcassonne (Ryanair to Stansted - London, East Midlands, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Liverpool and Dublin).
Montpellier (international flights worldwide), Ryanair to Stansted and Bristol. Flights to Gatwick and Luton with Easyjet.
Perpignan (Ryanair to Stansted, Birmingham & Bristol, Flybe - Southampton. BMI baby Manchester).
Nimes (Ryanair to Stansted, Luton, East Midlands and Liverpool).
Gerona (Spain) Ryanair
Toulouse and Barcelona (Spain) also have international & transatlantic flights.
Railway: Beziers and Agde have railway stations with nearby car rental. Paris to Montpellier is 4,10 hrs by TGV (Train Grande Vitesse).
Road: 740 km south of Paris (about 6 hours drive non-stop), 1030 km south of Calais (about 9 hours drive non-stop). |
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Apprx 700 mts away:-
Baker
Grocer
Supermarket
Café-bar
Pharmacy
Two Restaurants apprx 800m
Golf apprx 15km
Riding apprx 1km
Public tennis courts apprx 1km
Canoe/Kayak hire apprx 25km
Beaches:
Sea: apprx 20km
River: apprx 15km
Lake: apprx 25km |
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