cottages Cevennes

Monique & Gérard welcome you in le Cros, an isolated hamlet in the Cevennes
La Châtaigneraie among chestnuts-trees, is situated in the commune of St. Julien des Points, North of Alès in the peripheral zone of the Cevennes National Park with it's protected flora and fauna, at a altitude of 450 m.
Calm and comfort are guaranteed.

There are two 6-persons, agreable cottages next to each other, overlooking the valley and available all year round.

2 comfortable self catering cottages in the Cevennes
La Châtaigneraie - Sweet chestnut-orchard
La châtaigneraie du Cros, tout confort, très jolie vue

La Coutinelle

La Pellegrine

Monique & Gérard PIALET - Le Cros - La Châtaigneraie
gerard.pialet@wanadoo.fr
48160 St. Julien des Points - France
Tel. 00 33 (0)4 66 45 47 34 or (0)6 09 43 79 56
Web-site:causses-cevennes.com/la-chataigneraie

Nearby you can enjoy nature and swimming pleasure. Fishing or sailing is possible in the Camboux-lake or perhaps you might prefer hiking in the surrounding area.

La Coutinelle and la Pellegrine (2 ancient chestnut varieties) are comfortable groundfloor fully equiped bungalows, each of 65 m², in the middle of a chestnut-wood, with a private entrance, parking, terrace and barbecue.

Each cottage consist of :
- A dining-room/living opening towards the terrace,
with very nice view, t.v., open fire-stove, mezzanine and documentation about different activities..

A terrace overlooking the Andorge-valley with garden-furniture, garden, terrace and barbecue.

A fully equiped kitchen with fridge-freezer, cooker, electric and microwave oven, dishwasher, washing machine and vacuumcleaner.
A bathroom with a shower.
Separated W.C.
Electric heating.

De six sleeping-places are divided over 2 groundfloor bedrooms : 1 bedroom with 1 bed 140 cm, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds of 90 cm.and 1 mezzanine with 2 single beds of 90 cm.

Tariffs 2009 weekly rent

July and August	May, June, September and french schoolholidays	Rest of the year	Outer summer weekend-renting possible :
446 €	370 €	289€ ( heating not included)	Week-end 2 nights 192 € Week-end 3 nights 227 € Week-end 4 nights 261 €

Tariffs exclusive Tourist tax taxe de séjour 0,5 € / person / day
Renting by week, Saturday-afternoon off 4 o'clock till next Saturday before 10 o'clock.. Pets not aloud.

La Coutinelle and la Pellegrine are also very well equiped for renting outer summer ( central heating and woodstove-insert )

Leisure nearby :

- Biking
- Hiking (Chemin des Pins: 3 hours)
- Birdspotting

Activities at proximity :

- Swimming 5 kms
- Hiking 4 kms
- Tennis 8 kms
- Fishing 5 kms
- Sailing 7 kms

To visit :

- Mont Lozère : Mountainbike- and donkey-renting
- Gorges du Tarn :canoeing, climbing, speleology
- Causse Méjean : grotto d'Aven Armand, vultures
- Alès, Anduze, St. Jean du Gard : Museum " de
la mine témoin", pottery of Anduze, bambouseraie
de Prafrance, unic in Europe (tropical gardens),
Musée du Désert (protestantism), steam-train of the
Cévennes through the cévenols valleys.
- La Grand Combe : miner-museum, market
- Champclauson : Aero-Club Cévennes
Montagne ( ULM, vol à voile)

Regional gastronomy :
- Hôtel Restaurant des Cévennes
- Local Products honey, confitures, crème de marrons, fruits
- Hôtel Restaurant des Cévennes
- Local Products honey, confitures, crème de marrons, fruits and vegetables, wild boar,
pélardons (goatcheese), chestnuts, mushrooms.
- Typical local market at La Grand Combe Wednesday and Saterday-morning.

All shops and services are at 8 kms in Collet de Dèze

About 1 hour and a half by car :
the Mediterranean, the camargue, le Pont du Gard, Sauve, Nîmes - Roman city, Mende, Marvejols

Authorisation-
N° : 030603
3 keys - 6 pers.

Access Florac Mende Railwaystation : La Grand Combe 10 kms ; Alès: 30 kms Airport : Nîmes 70 kms Route Nationale 106 : Mende - Florac - Le Collet de Dèze - St. Julien des Points - La Grand Combe - Alès		Alès Nîmes	*Motorway A75*, Sortie Marvejols - Florac- Collet de Dèze, at 4 km South of Le Collet de Dèze (in direction "Alès"), Don't turn off at the first indication : "Saint Julien des Points" at your left, but take the second one : 1 km further in front of the Hôtel-Restaurant des Cévennes) : "St. Julien des Points" and then follow the signs:"Le Cros"resp. "La Châtaigneraie" about 3 km.
	*Motorway* A7, sortie(exit) Bolléne, direction Alès, - La Grand Combe Saint Cécile d'Andorge, don't go into this village, but cross the bridge being the limit Gard-Lozére. Then take to the right , immediately after the bridge (in direction le Collet de Dèze) in front of the Hôtel-Restaurant des Cévennes) : "St. Julien des Points" and then follow the signs : "Le Cros" resp. "La Châtaigneraie"about 3 km..