cottages Cevennes

Monique & Gérard welcome you in a comfortable self catering holiday cottages in La Châtaigneraie in le Cros, an isolated hamlet in the Cevennes, among chestnuts-trees. This comfortable holiday cottage 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.

This 6-persons, agreable cottage next to us, overlooking the valley. Available all year round.

La Châtaigneraie - Sweet chestnut-orchard
a comfortable, self catering holiday cottage
in the Cevennesin nature with splendid view

La châtaigneraie du Cros, tout confort, très jolie vue

Avalability / bookingsdemand :

Monique & Gérard PIALET
Le Cros - La Châtaigneraie
monique.pialet@laposte.net
48160 St. Julien des Points - France
Tel. 00 33 (0)4 66 45 47 34 or (0)6 78 13 99 48
website: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 Chataigneraie is a comfortable groundfloor fully equiped bungalow, of 65 m², in the middle of a chestnut-wood, with a private entrance, parking, garden, terrace and barbecue.

This self catering 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 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.

There are two groundfloor bedrooms : 1 bedroom with 1 bed 140 cm, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds of 90 cm. The other beds 2 single beds of 90 cm are on a mezzanine.

Tariffs 2012 per week

July and August 470 €	May, June, Sept.and french schoolholidays 400 €	Rest of the year 340 €	weekend-renting possible outer Summer: Weekend 2 nights 200 € Weekend 3 nights 240 € Weekend 4 nights 280 €
	Exclusive heating costs Inclusive wood for woodsove

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

The cottage is also very well equiped for renting outer summer ( central heating and woodstove-insert )

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
"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

Access Florac, Mende Route Nationale 106 : Mende - Florac - Le Collet de Dèze - St. Julien des Points - La Grand Combe - Alès Railwaystation : La Grand Combe 10 kms ; Alès: 30 kms Airport : Nîmes 70 kms		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. , 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. , 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..