Four bedroom villa in one acre.

Secluded garden with spectacular views including the Cevenne Mountains surrounded by lavender fields and vineyards

Located in the Ardeche - Cevenne - Provence triangle

Good size Swimming Pool

Excellent base for touring/ rambling / canoeing / cycling

Weekly rental from £380

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La Maison Ames is a four bedroom villa situated in the countryside with a one acre secluded garden, good sized swimming pool and spectacular views including the Cevenne Mountains on the horizon.

La Maison is approximately 3 kilometres from the renaissance town of Barjac which has many interesting restaurants, shops and well preserved narrow streets which you will enjoy exploring.

Many wild flowers grow in the garden alongside herbs including rosemary, thyme and sage.

La Maison Ames, Saint Privat de Champclos, is surrounded by lavender fields and vineyards and the 2004 Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlas marks the road passing by our driveway as a scenic route with panoramic views.

Medical facilities re doctors/dentists and the fire brigade with paramedics are available in Barjac.

Directions and travel to La Maison Ames:

With Marseille on the Mediterranean coast, take a line North West ( approx. 90kms) to Avignon and continue North West to Barjac.(Approx.70 kms).

By car : Between Montelimar and Orange on the A7 autoroute is the town of Bollene. Leave the autoroute at Bollene and drive to Barjac via Saint Pont Esprit.

For anyone who wants to leave their car at home, budget flights are now available from England:

RyanAir from London-Luton to Nimes or London-Stansted to Saint Etienne.

EasyJet from London-Luton to Nice.

There is a very fast train service from London Waterloo by Eurostar and TGV to Avignon where car hire is available. To check out prices and times please click on: www.eurostar.com

Car hire is available at the airports.

From Easter each year canoe hire is available on the Rivers Ardeche & Ceze. If you book four hours canoeing on the Ardeche (20 minutes drive from our villa) you can stop at the beach with your packed lunch just before canoeing under the famous Pont d’Arc which is shown in the photo below, and can be seen on: www.vallon-pont-darc.com

You are recommended to visit the vineyards including the world famous Chateauneuf du Pape. Cotes du Rhone Village, Tavel, Vins du Pays du Gard, & Lirac are all local wines well worth tasting!

Rambling and Canoeing

Barjac is set in the middle of the Ardeche/Cevenne/Provence triangle and La Maison Ames in the hamlet of Saint Privat de Champclos is ideally situated as a base for rambling holidays with many circular walks marked on local maps on our doorstep between the rivers Ardeche and Ceze.

Only 20 minute drive from the villa takes you to either river where canoes can be hired by the hour or by the day. Canoeing down the Ardeche from Vallon Pont D'arc takes you under the world famous Pont d'Arc and the next 35 kilometers can be canoed over one or two days taking you over several small rapids.

The Ceze is a more tranquil river where many birds such as heron and kingfisher can normally be spotted. Ramblers may wish to follow the path of Robert Louise Stevenson who walked through the Cevennes mountains with his donkey Modestine, or walk through the Ceze or Ardeche gorges where there are many prehistoric caves to be explored.

There is a temporary exhibition at Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc, close by to La Maison Ames, which will tell you about the amazing discovery in 1994 of paintings on the walls in the Chauvet Grotto in shades of ochre, black and red, of more than 300 creatures, unique in the world, which were painted more than 30,000 years ago by Cro-Magnon men, well before the Lascaux.

Touring & Cycling

Bicycles are available for hire at the villa if booked in advance but allocating time to tour the region by car is recommended so taking in the many famous surrounding towns such as Avignon, Orange, Nimes, Arles which have many well preserved Roman buildings.

The famous three tier Pont du Gard aqueduct near Avignon, coliseum and amphitheatre at Nimes are a must. Next to the Roman theatre at Arles [still used for bull fights] a town that Van Gogh and Picasso visited is the Musee Reattu where you will find rough doodles and pencil sketches by Picasso.

The Mediterranean coast has a lot to offer including visiting the Carmarge where you look out for its pink flamingos and roaming white horses.

La Maison Ames is normally available from 2pm Saturday with access to the garden from 12.00 noon with vacation due by 10.00 am on last Saturday. Bed linen is supplied.

In the Low and Mid-Low periods, bookings can be from Thursday to Thursday to keep costs down with the low cost flights shown on www.ryanair.com for flights from : London–Luton to Nîmes, where hire cars are available at the airport.

(We are 1 hour 20 minutes drive from Nîmes airport)

In Low and Mid-Low periods weekly rates can be reduced by £180 if only two people stay or by £80 if only three or four people stay. These reductions do not apply if four weeks are booked for the price of two in the low period.

please contact owners to confirm required dates are free.

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please contact: Gary Ames

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Tel (UK): 00 44 (0)1277 212612

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