Lavender Villa - POR102

The detached, spacious villa is situated in a residential area only a 5 minute walk from the centre of the old village of Portiragnes.

This peaceful village has a post office, sports hall, medical centre, a few shops and bars, a restaurant, pizzeria and a supermarket. There is a market every Sunday from 8am to 1pm.

The unspoilt seaside resort of Portiragnes Plage is 5kms from the village. Here there are numerous restaurants and bars and various beach activities.

The village benefits from a favourable location amidst vineyards along the Canal du Midi (World Heritage Site). The region is idea for walking, cycling and bird-watching. It is an ideal centre for touring the region, experiencing the peace and calm of village life, spending your days on the beach or visiting many inland tourist sites.

Superb, child friendly beaches within a 5 minute drive, all with waterside restaurants and cafés.Horse-riding school nearby.

Béziers (15 minutes), historic town and capital of wine producing and rugby. Perhaps the best flower market in the whole of the south on Fridays in the beautiful tree-lined main boulevard.

Canal du Midi which links the Atlantic with the Mediterranean, miles of flat walks along the shady tow-paths. A choice of boat excursions can be taken.

Cap d’Agde (25 minutes) has further beaches and water sports, boat trips, beautiful harbour, golf, casino, fashionable shopping, nightclubs, waterfront restaurants, several children’s theme parks and a fabulous water park (Aqualand).

Carcassonne castle is well worth a visit, especially on jousting days!

Roque Haute - outskirts of Portiragnes. Superb botanical reserve.

Golf courses nearby at Béziers and Cap d'Agde.

Bassin de Thau - a calm inland sea teeming with fish. A breeding place for oysters and shellfish, producing over half the oysters consumed in France. Villages, such as Bouzigues and Meze, have many restaurants serving sumptuous platters of fresh shellfish.

Roquebrun (called "Little Nice") with its Mediterranean garden with over 400 species of trees, plants and flowers.

Pézenas - City of Molière with an exceptional architectural heritage. Numerous arts and crafts artists with workshops open to the public. Large market every Saturday.

Spain - an hour's drive to the border and 3 hours to Barcelona.

Beziers Vias airport has Ryanair and Flybe routes from Stansted, Bristol, Luton and Southampton at varying times/seasons. This airport is only a 10 minute drive away from the villa.

Budget airlines fly regularly to Beziers-Vias, Montpellier, Perpignan, Nimes, Carcassonne and Girona. Spain, Andorra and the Pyrenees are within easy reach. By rail, the TGV operates from Lille to Béziers or Agde. Eurostar has a non-stop service from Waterloo to Avignon (July to September).