A Beautiful Maison with Private Pool, located near a Medieval Village in the heart of the Gers: Sleeps 12/14 plus a cot (6 Bedrooms). Children and families are very welcome.
Accessibility – There is one ensuite double bedroom on the ground floor.
Outside Pool (12 x 6 m) for sole use of guests – locally maintained. Outside furniture including loungers, parasols, tables and chairs.
Barbecue – Gas. Gardens. 2 terraces one by pool and the other adjacent to the house.
Coast/Beach – Approx 2 hours drive to Atlantic beaches (Biarritz) or 3 hours to the Mediterranean.
Walking in the Pyrenees GR trails of approx. 700km (including 4 pilgrim routes).
Skiing is very popular with many levels, skiing with nursery slopes for starters .
Golf – The Château de Pallanne golf course is an absolutely stunning 18 hole 6,341m (6968 yds) Par 72 in parkland surrounding the château and is only 8 miles from the house. In addition golf is available at The Bigorre golf course is a challenging 5893m (6,476 yds) Par 72 parkland course with spectacular views towards the highest peaks in the Pyrenees, and at Golf de Lourdes, which is a picturesque 5,384m (5,916 yds) Par 71 golf course set in woodland on the shores of Lac du Lourdes. In addition there are two more local golf courses of equally high standard at Lannemezan and Eauze that can be utilised during your stay.
Distances 30 mins hour from Auch, 1 hour to Pyrenees, including some of the great sites in the Midi-Pyrenees, 45 mins to Lourdes.
Further details – You can get just about everything you need from the shops in Mirande with two supermarkets – the nearest are the ‘Intermarché’, ‘Carrefour’ and also a ‘Lidl’ and an ‘Aldi’. There are also hypermarches in ‘Auch’ and ‘Tarbes’.
Local Markets – Monday is market day in Mirande. This is a large market with many different streets and squares specialising in food, flowers, clothes. There is also a large covered market with excellent meat, fish and cheese together with good quality local vegetables, cheeses, eggs, chicken and charcuterie – market day in Marciac is Wednesday, and Thursday in Miélan.
Restaurants – there are plenty of local restaurants that we have tried and liked or which have been recommended to us by friends. A favourite is the Restaurant La Villette in Mirande offering superb pizza, steak and traditional dishes.
Marciac is a twenty miniute drive from Berdoues, and plays host to the famous Marciac Jazz Festival held annually at the end of July for two weeks. The whole of Marciac comes alive with market stalls, open air restaurants in abundance and the sound of jazz.
Auch with its beautiful cathedral & wonderful architecture has a large market is on Thursday, with a smaller craft market by the Cathedral on Saturday.
Other wonderful places of interest are Toulouse ; Carcassonne ; Pic du Midi ; Lourdes ; Cauterets
Local attractions – Lac Du Mielan waterslides, tennis, horseriding, sailing.
Vineyards Madiran, St Mont
Remains of a Gallo-Roman villa at Seviac with excellent mosaics.
Tempo Latino Festival last weekend of July.
Canoeing/kayaking, quad biking.