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Why go to Languedoc/Roussillon?
Delightful rural landscape, with charming hill top towns as well as fantastic sandy beaches. |
Babygoes2 recommends properties which are suitable for babies or toddlers for a variety of reasons (go to first stop). None of these properties however is 100% child-safe. All of the property descriptions are the opinion of BabyGoes2 and not the individual property owner or tour operator. Prices, while as accurate as possible, are for guidance only. Check late deals and members offers for any price reductions or offers.
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Les Jardins de Saint Benoit Languedoc |
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Les Jardins de Saint Benoit Languedoc |
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Villa resorts are one of the most popular choices for babygoes2’s clients, and now at last there is an excellent option of this type in France. Superbly situated on a 20-acre riverside site, Jardins de Saint Benoît is a a magnificent vineyard and spa estate: collection of townhouses (no pools) and villas with private pools, set in glorious Languedoc countryside in the heart of the Corbières region of the Languedoc. With its pedestrianised streets, squares and fountains, the estate is an extension of the picturesque village of St Laurent de Cabrerisse. There’s a good kids club, plenty for children to do, an excellent spa, shared pool,restaurant, vineyard - and the resorts joins seamlessly to the local village - so all its shops, restaurants and cafes are within easy walking distance. Close to both beaches (30mins) and the fascinating towns of Carcassonne (30 mins) narbonne, Beziers and Perpignan – this luxury resort offers a very high level of flexibility combined with excellent facilities and has something for everyone - highly recommended. |
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The resort offers with either village houses with garden, or larger villas (maisons vigneronnes) sleeping from 4 to 10 with gardens and private pools. All the accommodation is both stylish and of a very high standard. Featuring traditional Mediterranean façades with wooden shutters, the houses boast natural lime washed walls and high ceilings with exposed wooden beams in the bedrooms.To the rear, floor-to-ceiling doors open out to the gardens beyond, while the sunny aspect ensures plenty of sunlight with just the right amount of shade!
Interiors at Les Jardins de Saint Benoît are styled to provide traditional French elegance with a modern twist. Wood, iron-work, lime washes and traditional textiles are employed throughout. Quality and attention to detail are found in every room, from the choice of top-of-the-range bathroom fixtures to fully integrated kitchens with top-specification appliances. The end result is chic, calm and comfortable.
Two types of accommodation are available: Village Houses are traditional Mediterranean houses, each with private terrace and small garden planted with native flowers, fruit trees and herbs. Meanwhile Maisons Vigneronnes are inspired by the traditional home of the winemaker and feature spacious luxury accommodation, a large garden and private pool.
- The villas with private pool: A faithful update of the traditional Maison Vigneronne, these spacious houses come with either three, four or five bedrooms and interior space extending from 99m² (3-bed) to 146m² (5-bed). Ground floors feature a spacious open plan salon or living area with broad picture windows and a superb kitchen equipped for the most ardent cook.
- Air conditioning (bedrooms only)
- Satellite flat screen TV
- Telephone and high speed internet connection
- Kitchen with fridge, hob, oven, microwave, toaster, kettle, coffee machine
- Full place settings and cooking utensils
- Washer
- Cleaning utensils
- Baby/infant facilities on request (cot with linen, chair, bath)
Outside:
- Terrace with table and chairs
- Sun loungers
- Private Pool
The Village Houses: Inspired by the traditional village architecture of the Corbières, each village house has one or two bedrooms with floor areas ranging from 43m² (1-bed) to 82m² (3-bed) arranged over two levels. The accommodation is spacious and well proportioned, with all furniture and fittings carefully selected for the perfect combination of traditional style and contemporary luxury.
The kitchen and bathrooms are designed to exacting standards and feature high-specification fittings and equipment. Each Maison de Village has its own private terrace and small garden.
Inside:
- Air conditioning (bedrooms only)
- Satellite flat screen TV
- Telephone and high speed internet connection
- Kitchen with fridge, hob, oven, microwave, toaster, kettle, coffee machine
- Full place settings and cooking utensils
- Washer
- Cleaning utensils
- Baby/infant facilities on request (cot with linen, chair, bath)
Outside:
- Terrace with table and chairs
- Sun loungers
- Garden
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- A gourmet Mediterranean restaurant
- Lounge and terrace bar with panoramic views over the surrounding countryside
- Superb Garrigae spa with indoor pool
- Jacuzzi
- Sauna and steam room and an impressive range of natural treatments
- Professional conference and seminar facilities with meeting rooms and banqueting facilities for 150 delegates
- Business centre
- Wi-fi throughout the estate
- A large outdoor heated swimming pool
- Terrace café
- Medieval Gardens
- A spacious village boulevard with shady plane trees, a fountain, lovely gardens, BBQs and boule courts
- The 'Kids Club'
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Supervised kid’s area featuring swimming pool, play ground and sports facilities, while elsewhere on the site children will be love the petting farm, orchard and vegetable garden.
Professionally-run kids club during the summer and school holidays providing a wide range of fun, creative and naturally oriented activities, all in the care of a team of professional staff
Kids Club (Service free for 2010)
- Operates during Easter and summer (July/August)
- Club caters for children from the age of 4 upwards
- Professionally trained staff
- Range of creative, outdoor, naturally oriented activities which kids love, from fishing and raft building through sports activities, drama, swimming, cycling, to arts and craft
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1 – 1.5 hr flight from the UK. Plenty of choice of airport, either BA or no frills: to Beziers/Perpignan/Carcassonne/Montpelier. 30 mins-1 hr transfer depending on airport of arrival. |
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Village houses from 1355 euros to 2335 euros for 7 nights depending on season and size. Nivghtly rates also available during certain seasons. Houses with private pools range from 2394 euros for 7 nights to 3749 euros depending on season and size. Per night rates available in these too for non peak dates. 7 night Rates include mid-stay clean, toiletries and cleaning kit. Welcome pack on request. |
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Le Chemin, Hameau de Montengrand. |
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Le Chemin, Hameau de Montengrand, South of France.
www.montengrand.com info@montengrand.com |
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Le Chemin is a terrace of beautifully restored and superbly equipped stone cottages, each with its own private garden or terrace, located in the tiny rural hamlet of Montengrand. Only five minutes from the picturesque, mediaeval market town of Mirepoix, with it’s bustling weekly markets and numerous child friendly pavement cafés and restaurants. Set in 30 acres of pasture, wildflower meadows and woodland the domain boasts an exquisite heated swimming pool with views to savour, space to roam, a large organic vegetable patch for guests to plunder, a boat to float on nearby Lac Montbel, as well as resident ponies, tame sheep and other animals to enjoy.
Whilst Montengrand is the perfect place to wind down and enjoy the slower pace of life in this gloriously unspoilt region, there are also a huge number of activities on offer locally. From walking, cycling and tennis, sailing, canoeing, tree top adventures and go-karting, horse riding and river and lake swimming, as well as Cathar strongholds, the extraordinary La Cité at Carcassonne (40 mins)and the mysteries of Rennes le Chateau to explore. Just 1hour south- east of Toulouse, Montengrand is perfectly located for exploring the riches of the Languedoc and the Midi-Pyrenees. 15 minutes from Lac Montbel and approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes from the nearest Mediterranean beaches at Narbonne. |
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The cottages have been lovingly restored, using traditional materials, to provide comfortable and stylish holiday retreats. Every property layout is unique, but each offers an open plan living space, which opens onto a private, fenced and gated, south facing garden or terrace equipped with garden furniture, a gas barbeque and some much-needed shade. The custom built kitchen areas all feature gas hobs, electric ovens, microwaves, fridge freezers, dishwashers and washing machines. All of the cottages have a double bedroom and a twin bedroom, whilst additional beds for children are available in some of the properties via a large mezzanine space, bunk-beds or pull out beds. |
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The mild climate makes this a perfect destination from May through to late October and attention to detail means that visitors will find pretty much everything that a parent travelling with children would like to find, including a fenced pool area with the added security of a rigid, key operated cover to close the surface when not in use. The heated pool also features a large summer kitchen with dishwasher and fridge/freezer and gas barbeque.
Parents needs feature high on the agenda with a roster of local English speaking baby sitters, Egyptian cotton bed linen, bath robes, bath towels, plus towels for poolside use, a pre-arrival grocery shopping service, daily bread and croissant delivery service, a mid-week cleaning service and some fantastic local restaurants and vineyards to enjoy! |
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From toys, cots, highchairs, nightlights, stair-gates, potties, booster seats and hand blenders for the very young visitor to snooker, table-tennis, badminton, acres of trees to climb, plus a traditional 18 foot tipi for older children.
Quality bicycles to suit all ages can be hired locally, including baby seats, trailers and tag-along bikes for our younger guests. A cycle track runs right past the domain so it is possible to ride to Mirepoix “off road” |
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35 minutes from Carcassonne airport and 1 hour from Toulouse airport. Approximately 1-hour 15mins from the motor-rail destinations of Toulouse and Narbonne. |
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From £550 per cottage, per week in early May and throughout October2008, rising to £995 per cottage, per week during the UK school summer holidays from mid July to end of August. Price is for accommodation only from Saturday to Saturday and includes use of all the shared facilities of the domain, bed linen, towels and mid-week cleaning service. |
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Le Sarrail, Near Carcassonne |
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Le Sarrail, Near Carcassonne, Languedoc Roussillion, south of France
www.lesarrail.com
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Houses sleep 5, 6 & 8. Total capacity 19 |
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Set amongst the vineyards of the ‘Malpere’, a beautiful wine growing area in the south of France, with panoramic views of unspoilt countryside and a backdrop of the Pyrenees mountains you will find Le Sarrail, a hamlet of 3 luxury houses, each with private terrace and sharing their own heated pool.
Le Sarrail specialises in providing both parents and children with the perfect holiday. Along with the mid-century classic furniture pieces, luxurious Egyptian cotton sheets, WIFI and IPod docks, come a long list of nursery gear, a host of toys, and funky little log-cabin playhouse, not forgetting the stunning views from the heated outdoor pool, the elegant lines and chic loungers of which are very often accessorised with a collection of kiddie inflatables. Guest comments such as ''You have created such a perfect haven for children and grown ups alike that I'm not sure I want to tell anyone else about it - see you next year! (guests with 2 kids under 6yrs) mean that the summer months can often be booked up a year in advance. This is not only because the kids are so happy here with all that's provided for them, but also partly due to the 'hotel style' services that are offered, the extra services list is endless, practically anything can be arranged; on-site wine-tasting, massage, flights over the Pyrenées even a visiting photographer to capture your families happy, tanned holiday moments!
This stylish hideaway offers peace and tranquillity, though local amenities, aswell as kiddies park, tennis courts & fishing lake are found in the medieval hilltop village of Montréal only 5 minutes away. A quarter of an hour beyond Montréal lies the bustling fortified town of Carcassonne with its famous 12th Century castle 'La cité', festivals, jousting, markets, pavement cafés, shops & restaurants.
If you can bear to tear yourself away from Le Sarrail for longer there is so much to discover nearby; it's less than an hour from both the beautiful wide sandy beaches of the Mediterranean with its quaint fishing towns and the Pyrenean ski slopes. Only 20 minutes from the property you'll find Lake Cavayère (otherwise known as 'Carcassonne plage') with it's stunning scenery & stroller-friendly walks, sandy beach and little boats is only 20 minutes and for the more active there's 'Acro Branch' (for kids of all ages & adults) where you literally swing from the trees or there's the Australia Park, this is always a memorable day out for the kids. Forty minutes drive will find you in the foothills of the Pyrenées perfect for picnics with its breaktaking gorges, canoeing, rafting, climbing, hiking, the 'Wolf Park', Dinosaur Museum or just take in the scenery the many stunning mountain towns & villages. Staying closer to home, the tree-lined canal du midi is only 10 minutes from the property and is the perfect shady place to go on a hot day with little ones, whether you hire a little boat or cycle along the footpath, it's a memorable experience. |
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Each house is indvididually designed, but all have the same airy and relaxed and feel.
The ground floor areas are light, spacious and semi-open plan with fully equipped kitchen, dining area with table & seating and a comfortable lounge area with flat screen TV, DVD player & wood burning stove. All the houses have been meticulously thought out, and all have high quality fully equipped kitchens, 5 ring gas stove, dishwasher, giant fridge-freezer, microwave, washine machine and a private furnished terrace with gas BBQ. Upstairs, the master bedrooms have comfortable kingsize beds and ensuite facilities. Twin bedded, single and bunkbed rooms share a family bathroom (with tub) and all towels (including pool towels) and hairdryers are provided.
Maison Citron & Maison Figue can inter-connect if required on the ground floor level and the divison between the two terraces can be folded back. The two houses would then sleep 11 - ideal for larger groups or two families holidaying together. |
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The pool area shared by the houses is fenced with a child-proof gate, for extra peace of mind and security the pool has an electronically operated safety cover. It is heated from Easter through to November to a temperature perfect for babies and toddlers, there also are plenty of inflatables for use in the pool as well as more than enough sunbeds to lounge on.
The shady 1000 sq ft barn is always popular with adults and kids alike. Crammed with ride-ons, baby-foot and other games the kids can make friends, while parents can chill out, sip a cold drink and gaze at the view.
Le Sarrail prides itself on service, offering to arrange just about anything you could want; delicious organic French meals delivered to your door, on-site massage, reflexology & yoga, wine-tasting, baby-sitting aswell as bike hire, flying over the Pyrénees' cathar castles, health & fitness training, skiing lessons – the list is endless.
The owners have a wealth of knowledge of the area and nothing is too much for them; reservations at the wonderful nearby restaurants – from little French bistros to Michelin starred restaurants – to white water rafting & sailing, they are happy tailor-make your holiday with you and suggest activities that will suit your whole family.
A very generous welcome pack awaits you at Le Sarrail; bread, milk, butter, cheese, ham, cereal selection, biscuits, wine & beers to name but a few of the things you'll find in your kitchen. |
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The saying goes 'if the kids are happy, then the parents are happy' well, that's certainly true of the families that have stayed here. The main attractions being bouncing on the 14 trampoline (with security net), the log cabin stuffed with toys, swings (including baby swing), ride-ons, babminton, petanque, of course the pool with its inflatables but most of all the three freindly cats and one very greedy dog!
A selection of books, games, pens & paper & DVD's can also be found in each house aswell as kids cookbook for a bit of messy entertainment!
For little ones, there's no need to bring all the baby paraphanalia, everthing can be provided; stairgates, cot, bedguard, highchair, booster seat, lightweight pushchair, baby-sling, steriliser, hand blender, rocker chair, walker, baby playmat, baby bath, non-slip bath mat, toddler stools, changing mat, blackout curtains, matress protector, nightlights, UV tent for pool or beach use, plastic crockery, cutlery & sippy cup, & potty – if they've forgotton anything let them know and they will do their best to get it for you! |
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15 Minutes from Carcassonne airport - www.ryanair.com
1 hour from Toulouse airport - British Airways, Easyjet, Flybe & Jet2
Rail – TGV to Toulouse or Narbonne or Avignon
Ferry - Dover to Calais, will then take around 11 hour drive |
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Prices per week depending on season:
Maison Figue (sleeps 5 plus cot) - €1200 rising to €1950
Maison Citron (sleeps 6 plus cot) - €1300 rising to €2050
Maison Cypres (sleeps 8 plus cot) - €1600 rising to €2550
Price includes linen & towels.
Check-in Saturday after 4pm, check-out by 10am Saturday |
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