Rural gite in the southern Cevennes

The Valmalle Gite

Elisabeth Meric
Valmalle Gite
F-48240 St André de Lancize
tel : +33 (0)4 6645 9343
mobile : +33 (0)6 6710 2555
e-mail : babeth@cevennes.com

Gite for rent, weekends or by the week

Located beside the D 984 road 2.5 km from St Germain de Calberte on the way to St André de Lancize (3 km). 500 meters height.

Description:
A fully restored old stone house with small windows. The roof is tiled with shingles of wood and the doors and windows are painted in Provencal green. The gite has its own entrance, shady terrace with a wild cherry tree, small garden with a lime tree, garden furniture and barbecue. There is a parking space for one car.

Inside: a living-room with chestnut floor, beams and ceiling. The walls are rendered with a hemp plaster and creamy sand to give a warm finish. The room has a farmhouse table, a two-seater settee, bookshelves and a fifties-style dresser. The kitchen corner is equipped for 6 persons and has a sink, ceramic hob, oven and micro-wave oven, fridge and dishwasher. Heating is by electricity.

The living-room opens into a corridor leading to the bathroom with bath, washbasin and bidet, a separate W.C., a linen cupboard, a large fridge with freezer compartment, and a storage area for the garden furniture.

Utstairs are two independent bedrooms with visible roofbeams, one with a double bed and wall cupboard and a second smaller room with twin beds.

Situation

The gite is located on the Grisou hiker's trail that winds its way round the top of the Calberte valley, not far from the Languedoc draille (an ancient route for the transhumance of sheep), the GR7 and GR67 national long-distance footpaths and the Stevenson trail. Just a few strides away are wild mountain streams with pools for a refreshing dip in summer, miniature canyons with sparkling hoarfrost and flowering strawberry trees in winter and heather in the spring. A short climb above the house rewards you with breathtaking views of Le Cam, Mont Mars and Mont Aigoual, and from a little further up you will see, towards the north behind the Ventalon, the rounded summits of Finiels on Mont Lozère . On a clear day you can see, far away to the east, the Mont Ventoux in Provence and the Oisans chain of the Alps.

The gite makes a convenient headquarters for car trips to explore the Ventalon and Mont Lozère, the town of Florac, the Tarn Gorge and the Grandes Causses and, to the south, St Jean du Gard, Anduze with its bamboo forest, and a number of spectacular caves.

How to get there

From the Rhone valley, Marseilles and Nimes : head for Alès and then take the N106 towards Mende. Turn left at the Col de Jalcreste.

From Montpellier and the south : Take the road to Anduze and then St Jean du Gard. At St Jean du Gard turn right and follow the D 984 up a wild valley to St Germain de Calberte and then Valmalle.

Your hosts

Weekend rates (excluding heating) :

• 66 euros per night for 3-4 persons (bedlinen and towels provided)
• 76 euros per night for 6 persons
• 113 euros two nights
• 144 euros three nights
• 174 euros four nights

• 12 July - 23 August : 513 euros
• 5-12 July and 23-30 July : 481 euros
• School holidays, June September and holiday periods : 378 euros
• Low season : 236 euros

Contact:

tel : +33 (0)4 6645 9343
mobile : +33 (0)6 6710 2555
e-mail : babeth@cevennes.com
Web : http://www.cevennes.com/valmalle/index_uk.html