We had a wonderful time in this truly remarkable house. Spacious, clean and very comfortable. Also Maya, their cat, was a joy! Thanks for your generos...
Read More...Greta
Norway
Jun 23, 2019 - Jul 7, 2019
Became a member in: 2015
Renewal Date: 10/Nov/2019
We are a happy retired couple ! We made a lot of exchanges with pleasure and great meeting ! we have two children but they are adult and don't share our holydays . So, we travel both or sometimes with two friends ... We are open to travel during the year and specially in Juny and September . As you could read , we don't pratice very well english but we try ! you will be welcome in our sunny house !
Additional languages spoken
English
Affinities
The Arts,
Music Lovers
Profession
rretraité
Our pets
a cat, MAIA
Greta
Norway
Don & Sigrun
United States
We had a wonderful time in this truly remarkable house. Spacious, clean and very comfortable. Also Maya, their cat, was a joy! Thanks for your generos...
Read More...We had a wonderful time in this truly remarkable house. Spacious, clean and very comfortable. Also Maya, their cat, was a joy! Thanks for your generosity! Wishing you many more successful home swaps, Don & Sigrun
Read Less...Portia & Giles
Ireland
Simultaneous Home Exchange
Pet Care Needed
Smoking Not Allowed
Children Welcome
Use of Personal Car is possible
Open to all dates | USA |
Open to all dates | Open to all destinations |
Description of the home we are offering for exchange
A 7 kms de MONTPELLIER, agréable maison dans un environnement calme et vert avec piscine privée, offrant la possibilité de passer des vacances au calme au bord de la piscine , mais aussi très touristiques par les nombreuses activités et visites proposées dans les environs. Nous avons déjà réalisé 7 échanges, Londres, New York, San Francisco, Prague, Rome ... de très bons souvenirs !
Small outline of the activities which are accessible very easily from on our premises, by taking reference mark on the program that had followed our friends American and English with which we had exchanged the last years
Dimensioned Cities first of all, • Montpellier of course, which is a city of the Middle Ages, extremely alive… of the monuments, an estival environment with festivals of theatre, music… etc • Very close Nimes with its famous Roman arenas, • Sète, small Venice of Languedoc: at the same time, seaside resort and city animated in any season, Sète is characterized by its very typical districts crossed by the channels • The city of Carcassonne and its ramparts which is one of most beautiful and imposing medieval strengthened cities of France. It is in addition surrounded of the Cathares castles, • Beams of Provence, site of Provence of any beauty
Dimensioned Mountain, We are at a half hour of the National park of the Cevennes, with many tourist sites… which make it possible to associate ballades, and discovered… Thus, • To go up to the Aigoual Mount by going for a walk called 4000 steps, • To discover the Circus of Navacelles, calcareous canyon, • To visit the Caves of the Young ladies, or Clamouse, • To traverse the Gorges of the Tarn, Dimensioned River, It is undoubtedly the summer my activity preferred, • Bath in the river, and canoe… in the throats of Herault And then, • To traverse the channel of the South Dimensioned Sea, The beaches are broad, and we let us not be piled up there… • The seaside resort of the Grande Motte at a half hour of the house deserves displacement, • To discover the small Camargue, with more than 400 species d' birds and d' wild animals, in particular of the pink flamingos, live on this protected territory which the delta of the Rhone constitutes, without forgetting the horses and the bulls. And then some sites impossible to circumvent… • The bridge of Gard, its triple arranged d' arches, its 275 meters length and its 48 meters in height make some most impressive of the bridges built by the Romans, 2000 years ago. , it is part from now on of the World heritage of l' Humanity. To go to the Bridge of Gard, it is to discover the area of Anduze, with an excursion in the steam train, • The viaduct of Millau, higher viaduct of Europe, • The village of Guilhem Saint of the desert and his abbey And then of course neighbourhood, we have full with picturesque villages, the vines and the wine cellars with tasting, etc…
Type
House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence
Amenities
Entertainment
Extras
Setting
Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area
Notre maison est située dans un quartier résidentiel à l'environnement très vert. Notre terrain de 2500M2 permet une grande tranquillité par rapport aux voisins. Néanmoins vivant là depuis plus de 25 ans, nous connaissons toutes les personnes de notre rue, toujours prêts à rendre service si besoin. Vous pouvez vous rendre à pied au village et y trouver tous les commerces de proximité ainsi que le marché le jeudi et samedi. Vous rejoindrez le tramway en moins de 10MNS en voiture et vous trouverez ainsi au centre de Montpellier en 20 mns
Outdoor Activities
Leisure
Cultural Activities
Transport Nearby
Neighbourhood Services
Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home
Montpellier bien sûr si vous êtes intéressés par une ville offrant des sites touristiques incontournables, restaurants, concerts, théâtre, et musée mais également les villes de Sète, les Saintes Marie de la Mer, Aigues Mortes. Vous rejoindrez la mer en une demi heure avec les stations de Palavas et de la Grande Motte. Coté Montagne, les Cévennes vous proposent leur parc naturel, avec de nombreuses activités dans les rivières, ou dans les collines ¨! Baignade, Canoë, parapente ...les villages comme Saint Guilhem du Désert, et puis coté Camargue, promenade à cheval, visite de manades , flamands roses, taureaux, et chevaux .
Si vous avez un peu de temps, vous pouvez aller jusqu'à Aix en Provence, ou Marseille avec son superbe musée, le MUCEM, mais aussi à Millau pour découvrir son Viaduc; Vous pouvez aussi rester tout simplement au bord de la piscine et profiter du chant des cigales !
Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules
bien sûr une attention toute particulière vous est demandée pour la surveillance des enfants aux abords de la piscine ! pour le reste, nous souhaitons simplement trouver notre maison comme nous vous l'avons laissé, sachant que vous pouvez compter sur le soin que nous apporterons à la vôtre.
Conditions
Use of Personal Car
Home Exchange Type
Became a member in: 2015
Renewal Date: 10/Nov/2019
We are a happy retired couple ! We made a lot of exchanges with pleasure and great meeting ! we have two children but they are adult and don't share our holydays . So, we travel both or sometimes with two friends ... We are open to travel during the year and specially in Juny and September . As you could read , we don't pratice very well english but we try ! you will be welcome in our sunny house !
Additional languages spoken
English
Affinities
The Arts,
Music Lovers
Profession
rretraité
Our pets
a cat, MAIA
Greta
Norway
Don & Sigrun
United States
We had a wonderful time in this truly remarkable house. Spacious, clean and very comfortable. Also Maya, their cat, was a joy! Thanks for your generos...
Read More...We had a wonderful time in this truly remarkable house. Spacious, clean and very comfortable. Also Maya, their cat, was a joy! Thanks for your generosity! Wishing you many more successful home swaps, Don & Sigrun
Read Less...Portia & Giles
Ireland
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