Mas Ceret - OMS101

The property is located in the Pyrenees Orientales region, close to Spain.

It is just 7km to Ceret and shops, 12km to Amelie Les Bains and 30km to the beaches.

The Pyrenees Orientales is in the Languedoc-Roussillon area in south west France which borders Spain and the Mediterranean. Its position means it has a temperate climate, with very mild winters and hot dry summers with temperatures reaching between 85 and 95 degrees between July and September.

This region conceals many treasures: varied landscapes of rich beauty, an important architectural heritage, and traditions and a culture that have lasted for centuries.

Set in spectacular countryside with the Mediterranean to the east, Catalonia to the south and Andorra to the west, the Pyrenees Orientales borders are formed by mountain peaks.

This area is a wonderful place to spend a holiday with its warm seas, sandy beaches and fresh mountain air. Carlitte Peak is the highest mountain but Mont Canigou is the most remarkable as it stands out above the plain showing very clearly the differing vegetation zones of juniper and orange groves, oleander, aloe, pomegranate, olive vines growing to over 600 metres, huge chestnut, pine and birch trees and rhododendrons over 300 metres high.

As this is such a lush region it comes as no surprise that agriculture features heavily with wine and liqueur wines such as Rivesaltes and Banyuls being the biggest boost to the economy of the area.

Perpignan is the capital of the Pyrenees-Orientales department of the south of France.

This town is a lively and historic city, with its heyday in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries when the kings of Majorca held court there. In fact most of the historic interest stems from this period. With its prime position on the Mediterranean coast, it is an excellent base from which to explore the eastern end of the Pyrenees and the Cathar castles of the Corbieres.

All the beaches around Perpignan are excellent, offering acres of sand in Argeles-sur-Mer or the rocky coastline at Collioure which is a small beach town virtually undiscovered by tourists, where you can dive along a special underwater trail. The whole coast is host to water sports at all levels of ability, with the serious surfers heading for St Cyprien just above Argeles