Amenities and House
Features: The first floor of the house has a large garage as well as a laundry area with a washer and dryer.
Up the stairs and through a glazed door and you enter an open plan area with a small entrance hall and living room, with comfortable seating. Here tiled floors, white walls, exposed beams and stone create a spacious and gracious warm ambience. There is a wood burning fire place (there is a supply of logs in the garage)and a multi format television with satellite reception, a video recorder and dvd player. The adjacent dining room accommodates 6 - 12 for dinner. Two full-length windows fill the rooms with light
The kitchen is a "cook's kitchen", fully equipped with anything needed to prepare a delicious meal from your morning's shopping at the market.
It includes a large refrigerator and freezer, dishwasher,four burner stove, electric oven, microwave, food mixer etc.
There is also a completely private (not overlooked) 20m? terrace. Exposed stone walls, tiled floor, part covered for shade, sink, refrigerator,gas barbecue and outside furniture make this an ideal spot for outside dining or just enjoying Summer, Spring and Autumn evenings.
Area Attractions and Nearby Activities: Vineyards surround the village as well as open countryside, making it ideal for walks and picnics. And of course ? wine tasting at the numerous nearby wineries. Abeilhan boasts some of the Herault wine triangle's best producers, visit Le Domaine St George on the Route d'Espondeilhan or my favourite Le domaine Les filles de Septembre on the Avenue George Guynemer.
Pezenas, the nearest town, is about a 1o minute drive away. It is a very pretty, lively town, hosting a Festival of Arts and Music every summer from June to September. There are exhibitions and concerts, and many free outdoor performances ranging from clowns to flamenco dancers to classical music. There is an interesting local museum and an easily-followed numbered tour of the town can be made. The town is immensely proud of its connection with Moli?re, the 17th century dramatist. Saturday is market day in Pezenas. The market is filled with produce, meats, fish, bread, flowers, pottery, clothing and so forth.
Beziers is a 20 minutes' drive away. Once it was a city with a turbulent past but now it is one of the jewels of the Midi. Apart from the extraordinary turreted Cathedral there are numerous sites to visit, art galleries, cinemas, a theatre, and of course dozens of restaurants and bars. In August there is the week-long "Feria", when the whole of Beziers takes to the streets to celebrate. There is a market and a flower market every Friday, and a monthly antiques market.
The Mediterranean beaches are close by, ranging from a 7-mile long stretch of sand at Marseillan Plage to lively, cosmopolitan resorts like Cap d`Agde. Marseillan Plage hosts a huge flea market on Sunday mornings.
Lac du Salagou provides bathing, windsurfing, fishing and excellent hilly walks.
The Herault River and the Canal du Midi offer numerous opportunities for walking, swimming, and fishing and boat trips. A 45-minute drive away, is St Guilhem the Desert. The village has stretched its old lanes under the Languedoc sun for twelve centuries. The village has been just classified a " Great National Site " and its Abbey registered with the World Inheritance of Humanity by the U.N.E.S.C.O.
The close access to the autoroute provides access to sights further afield such as Spain with the Dali museum in Figueras, or the cosmopilitan delights of museums and nightlife at Montpellier
Amenities and House
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No Pets Allowed
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