Charming Country Chateau in Languedoc with Private Heated Pool near Pézenas and Mediterranean Beaches
The rate is for a maximum of 10 people including children. For security reasons, the children under 5/6 years old are not suitable because the interior and exterior stairs cannot be secured by barriers
Prices include all gas, electricity, cleaning products, dishwasher tablets and heating of the pool.
A package compulsory for linen including bedlinen, bath towels, hand towels of 20/25 € / persons (the beach towels are not included) has to be paid at arrival with the final housekeeping of 150 €. For a stay more than a week the rate included the change of the linen and 2 hours of housekeeping (for bathrooms + kitchen) on Saturday morning from 10 to 12 am.
Out-of-season pricing and short breaks available, ask the owner.
For booking a deposit of 30 % is necessary (the booking becomes definitive only after payment of the deposit and return of the signed contract). The reservation is subject to complete payment of rental four weeks before the arrival.
A refundable security deposit of 1000 € must be paid at the arrival with the linen and the final housekeeping. The refundable security deposit is paid off 14 days after the departure
The château d’Hortes is very easily accessible by the A9 motorway (5 mins) A75 (10 mins) or by Agde train station (10 mins) or even the airports of Béziers/Vias 15 mins or Montpellier 45 mins.
The town of Bessan is about 800 meters away from the Chateau. This town of 4.200 inhabitants offers all kinds of conveniences. A hypermarket is open up to 8 p.m. in summertime and on Sunday mornings. You can have a treat at a gourmet restaurant, the Hacienda. The “Guinguette” along the Canal du Midi offers a range of entertainment. Every Sunday a large and famous handicraft market is held in the square and on the high street of the town.
The château d’Hortes is very easily accessible by the A9 motorway (5 mins) A75 (10 mins) or by Agde train station (10 mins) or even the airports of Béziers/Vias 15 mins or Montpellier 45 mins.
You’ll be choosing a lot of places to visit / About 10 mn drive away is the historical city of Pezenas, the town where Moliere found success. You can visit many sights : the old town with medieval burger-houses and town mansions of the 17th and 18th Centuries; collegial cloistered(?) church St-Jean and a lot of museums. But also taste wine each Friday evening, listen to music concerts, and plays at the theatre, discover the artists’ shops (engravers, bookbinders, painters, etc.). Pezenas nightlife comes alive on Tuesday and Thursday nights
Many long and sandy beaches of the Languedoc région are within an easy 10/15 minutes drive, e.g. the famous sea resort of Cap d’Agde where there are a lot of water activities (sailing, surfing, scuba diving). Enjoy the famous Aqualand Park (the most popular aquatic park of UE) and choose from many fine beach restaurants. Or drive along the coast until the “Etang de Thau”, stop to explore the charming and typical ports Marseillan or Bouzigues to taste oysters and mussels with a fruity chilled rosé wine.
The Canal du Midi and the spectacular 9 Ecluses of Beziers (Béziers 20 minutes away) also not to be missed and offer a bucolic walk that you can explore on foot or by renting a boat for the day (within 10 minutes from home).
The Medieval hamlet of “St Guilhem le Deserts In less one hour’s drive, with its Music Festival; the spectacular limestone caves “Grotte de Clamouse”; the city of Carcassonne less than an hour away; the animal sanctuary Sigean; or the Canal du Midi and its famous locks. Montpellier and the Musée Fabre is less than one hour from home.
Charming 19th Century country house in Languedoc with private heated pool near PEZENAS and Méditerrenean beaches.
Surrounded by winears at 800 m by feet of the village of Bessan it is a haven of peace ideal for up to 10 people with the garden.
Surrounded by winears at 800 m of the village of Bessan it is a haven of peace ideal for up to 10 people. The park is totaly closed (10 000m2) and the south terrace is be “the place to be” all day from breakfast to dinner.Two large lawns can accommodate all kinds of outdoor games.
- Living area – On the ground floor. Large entrance hall open to elegant and bright blue drawing room, featuring comfortable seating, antiques and old paintings, he is serving a large dining room/library on the right and a TV lounge on the left, all this rooms has glass doors opening onto the spacious south terrace. Full equiped by confortable garden chairs and a table to
- A large, fully equipped kitchen, which would satisfy any cook and a toilet complete this ground floor and at last a Separate wc
- On the first floor served by a majestic and easy stairscase 5 comfortable and bright bedrooms reached by, :
Bedroom 1: Charlotte’Bedroom with king size bed
Bedroom 2: Peter’s bedroom with king size bed or separate beds
Bedroom 3: Kaky’s Bedroom with king size bed and en suite bathroom.
Bedroom 4: Lover’Bedroom with a king size bed and amaizing wallpaper in the style
Bedroom 5: Twin bedroom with dressing room. - The 3 bathrooms have towels and air dryer.
- At the end of the corridor with its magnificent and typical Provencal floor tiles lit by two large windows, a separate toilet
Exterior :
- The pool area is “the second place to be”: This large heated pool (12X6 m) with roman stairs is plenty of many mediterranean shrubs and flowers. Totally private and secure. A huge lawned area with comfortable cushioned sun loungers so that you can either take a nap under umbrellas and a pleasant recent arbour or play beach ball or other games, your are in paradise !
- The main lawn, facing the south terrace, bordered by shrubs and flowers, is ideal for playing football, frisbee, paddle tennis, table tennis, or just relaxing with a book on a comfortable sun lounger or chair under a hundred year old maple tree.
- Barbecue, ping-pong table, boules de pétanque, badminton and lots of teak garden furniture are provided.
- Come and savour the mediterranean way of life ! I would be happy to share my favorite addresses and our different regional wines and I could organize for you tasting in private cellars….