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La Blache (Domaine Les Blaches)
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| Week: from Sunday to Sunday End cleaning is not inclusive (50 €). Pet 25 € per rental period. Sheets are inclusive. Please bring your own towels. From September until the end of May electricity is not inclusive. Electricity: 0,15 € per unit. Deposit: 150 € | ||||||||||
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 | type rooms / size sleeps location region miscellaneous | : : : : : : | Gîte 4 / 70 m² 6 Désaignes Ardèche    |
Domaine Les Blaches
This traditional, tastefully renovated farm lies on the edge of the extensive Ardèche Natural Park.
Two ´gîtes´ are at your disposal here: La Blache and La Châtaigne .
Domaine Les Blaches is an absolutely quiet and peaceful spot, on a distance of about 3 km of the medieval village Désaignes. This village has some 1100 inhabitants and lies between Lamastre and St. Agrève. Valence is abt. 50 km away.
Surroundings
During the summer months the small village Désaignes offers the possibility of free swimming to their inhabitants and the guests, in a bathing pool in the river Doux (with supervision). Not far from the village there is a riding-school.
There are numerous possibilities for walking; you will find road-maps in the house.
And of course you can make wonderful tours by car, e.g. to the Mont Mezenc (1745 m) and the Gerbier de Jonc, with their beautiful flower fields. Through the valley of the Doux, between Lamastre and Tournon, on a rail-line maintained by volunteers runs an old steam train several times a day. The scenery of this tour consists of rough nature, small tunnels, bridges over the river and steep mountain sides.
Towns nearby are Valence, Le Puy and St. Etienne, approximately 1 - 2 hours driving through an ever changing landscape. There is a small supermarket in Désaignes. In Lamastre you will find 2 big supermarkets and on Tuesday mornings there is a market. You can also hire a bike here. In the house a lot of information and brochures are at your disposal and of course your host Simon will be happy to answer to all your questions.
La Blache
This holiday home (70 m²) is on the first floor of the former barn, which was built from big and small natural stones, which is characteristic for the Ardèche farms.
Because the ground floor, still in use as a barn, was partially built into the mountain, you can enter the house on the mountain side through different doors. You will then find yourself in the large living room with dining place and open kitchen. This house sleeps 6, divided over 3 rooms.
In bedroom 1 is a double bed, in bedroom 2 two single beds and in bedroom 3 bunk beds.
There is a terrace with garden furniture and deck chairs, invisible from the other house, so your privacy is guaranteed.
The combination of the chestnut floor, the stone walls and the maintenance of the very old roof construction give a very special atmosphere to this house.
There is a SAT-TV and a sound set, a washing machine is in the bathroom.
The kitchen has a fridge, a gas cooker and a microwave oven. Even from behind the sink you can enjoy the beautiful view.
Children can live their life to the full here in building their ´own holiday home´ in a tree.
