La Maison de la Gardie

28/04/2015

Stage 12 Tour de France 2015: Plateau de Beille.

Proud of you Justin!

28/04/2015

And such an unexpected bonus for the support team!

28/04/2015

What it takes to ride the Tour de France....what it takes to ride one stage of the Tour de France: well for the support vehicle just absolutely breathtaking views in a country of contrasts....about 30 minutes out from Caunes Minervois , just past Fanjeaux on the way to the Pyrenees

16/04/2015

An extract from an article by Roger Cohen...

Truths of a French Village
'A few weeks ago I was in France, where I’ve owned a village house for almost 20 years that I am now planning to sell. A real estate agent had taken a look at the property and we had made an appointment to discuss how to proceed. She swept into the kitchen, a bundle of energy and conviction, with an impassioned appeal:
“Monsieur Cohen, whatever you do, you must on no account sell this house!”
I gazed at her, a little incredulous.
“You cannot sell it. This is a family home. You know it the moment you step in. You sense it in the walls. You breathe it in every room. You feel it in your bones. This is a house you must keep for your children. I will help you sell it if you insist, but my advice is not to sell. You would be making a mistake.”

This was, shall we say, a cultural moment, one of those times when a door opens and you gaze, if not into the soul of a country, at least into territory that is distinct and deep and almost certainly has greater meaning than the headlines and statistics that are supposed to capture the state of a nation, in this case one called France, whose malaise has become an object of fascination. I tried to imagine an American or British real estate agent, presented with a potentially lucrative opportunity, deciding to begin the pitch with a heartfelt call not to sell the property because it was the repository of something important or irreplaceable. I came up blank. I could not picture it. There were no circumstances in which self-interest, or at least professional obligation, would not prevail. Price would be pre-eminent, along with market conditions and terms. Yet in this French village, across a wooden kitchen table set on a stone floor, the setting of economic interest below emotional intuition seemed a natural outcrop of soil and place.'

10/04/2015

A visitor ...

31/03/2015

Rates for La Maison de la Gardie
April-2015 115 Euros per day
May-Sep 2015 130 Euros per day
Oct-Nov 2015 115 Euros per day
Dec 2015-Jan 2016 100 Euros per day
weekly bookings Saturday to Saturday unless by prior arrangement.
cleaning fee 75 Euros
electricity read separately, +- 25 Euros per week
security deposit 300 Euros

17/03/2015

a charming village house for rental in the heart of Cathar country South of France

17/03/2015

8 Pontus de la Gardie is a second home in the heart of Caunes Minervois, a medieval village in southern France. It is a few hundred metres from the Romanesque Abbey. It has 3 bedrooms each with a queen sized bed, 2 bathrooms, 2 living areas, kitchen, dining and private courtyard.

Pricing ranges from 700-910 euros per week.
It is serviced on request, guests are met on arrival.

In the heart of the biggest contiguous planting of grapes on the planet (!),the centre of the old Cathar territories, and never more than 30 minutes from a Tour de France stage, there is plenty to do for everyone.

Personalised itineraries can be compiled for you or a tourist office in the Abbey precinct can assist you in English and French.

13/03/2015

13/03/2015