La Maison de l’Orb is a fantastic house located on the riverside of the Orb, in Vieussan. It offers beautiful views of the surrounding mountains and river and provides total peace and tranquillity.

The house is separated into two separate apartments that can be rented either together, or apart. The top floor has 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom, and the bottom floor also has 4 bedrooms and 1 bathroom – sleeping a total of 14 people. The top apartment has a private swimming pool on the top level that overlooks the mountains and riverside, and the bottom apartment has a large multi-level garden leading down to the river, where you'll find your own private beach.

Enter the top apartment via the upstairs pool terrace that overlooks the river and mountains. The terrace has an outdoor dining and lounging area, and is a great place to relax in the sun with a book and cocktail!

The front door leads to a spacious living area with a fully equipped eat-in kitchen with 2 large French windows overlooking the river. It includes a granite island with a gas hob, plenty of workspace, a dishwasher, a washing machine, an integrated NEFF oven with grill, two separate fridge-freezers (one American style with cold filtered water and ice dispenser), an iron, a vacuum cleaner and a log burner for the winter months.

There’s a separate sitting room with beautiful original tiled floors, equipped with a sofa and two armchairs and French doors leading onto the terrace and pool area. A further sitting room/snug is accessible from the kitchen and has TV with French channels, as well as French windows overlooking the river and has the best views up the Vallee de l’Orb.

The first bedroom is a double (Euro King Size: 160cm), and is located off the living area, it has a wardrobe and chest of drawers with marble tops.
The second bedroom is accessed through beautiful wooden doors into the hallway and has bunk beds and a single, making it ideal for children.
The Master bedroom (Euro King Size: 160cm) is accessed through the children’s room or via a terrace which has stunning views of the medieval bridge leading to the house and the village of Vieussan.

A cot is available upon request.

The family bathroom will take your breath away – it has a large walk-in shower area, bath, bidet, and washbasin. There are original French tiled floors and large windows overlooking the river. There is a separate WC next door. Bath towels are provided.

The bottom apartment is the entire ground floor of a recently renovated century-old winemaker’s house. You have access to your own private riverbank looking up to the Orb valley and over to the medieval hilltop village of Vieussan.

The front door leads into a games/entrance area, which is also where you’ll find two of the bedrooms. The kitchen is at the end of the hallway and is fully equipped with two large French Café style doors leading to the garden. The kitchen is modern and has a fridge, a hob, a NEFF oven with grill, a dishwasher, a washing machine and all the usual utensils, as well as an American style fridge/freezer with cold filtered water and an ice maker. There is a Juliette balcony which offers stunning views over the garden and river.

The first bedroom is the former stable and retains the drinking trough (useful for putting your suitcases on!), old wooden doors and one original stone wall. It’s a large and spacious room with a Euro King size bed (160cm) and has good hanging and storage space.
The second and third bedrooms are smaller – each has two single beds with hanging/storage facilities. These bedrooms have new windows with views looking through the trees to the beaches on the other side of the river. All of the bedrooms have radiators for warmth during the Spring, Autumn and Winter.
There is a day bed in the games room that could be used as an additional bed, however, the room is open and, therefore, does not offer privacy. A cot is available upon request.

The family bathroom is spacious and offers a large walk-in shower, WC and basin. Bath towels are provided.

Outside the living room’s beautiful Café doors is a small railed-off area, with lockable gates, where small children can play safely. From there, a flight of stone steps leads you to the walled garden.

The sheltered top terrace has a table for eating out in the shade of cherry and fig trees (help yourself to cherries, grapes and figs in season) and a barbecue. Down two more terraces is your own private river bank. Bathe or swim in the sun in the gently flowing waters, then lie in a hammock or deck chair under the shade of the trees on the bank.