Garden & Grounds
Through Balinese doors from the kitchen there is a charming dining terrace and another dining terrace on the first floor of the Pool House. Between the Main House and the Pool House a cosy shady terrace with a barbecue area including a large gas barbecue is to be find.
Only a short walk from the Houses (100 meters) is the tennis court with a practice wall at one end. There are also basketball hoops, a badminton net plus racquets and shuttlecocks and a specially laid out ‘bouledrome’ (boules pitch).
The L-shaped swimming pool measures 18 metres (58 ft) in length, 7.5 meters (24 ft) at the base of the “L”, and 5 metres (16 ft) at its upper end. Very wide steps descend to the shallow end (1 metre, or 39 ins), sloping to a deeper area in the middle (2 metres, or 6′ 6″). There is a wide, safety shelf at a depth of 60cms (2 ft) running along 2 sides of the pool. The pool is filtered and slightly saline, (roughly the strength of human tears) which avoids the use of chlorine and helps keep the water crystal-clear. Around the pool there are 10 sun beds, tables, chairs and several large sun umbrellas. The pool is alarmed. The pool can be heated on demand. A charge of £250 per week will be deducted from tenant’s Booking and Security Deposits if pool heating is required.
La Bourdette enjoys a peaceful rural location in the stunning South West region of France, against a backdrop of the Pyrénées.
There are basic shopping facilities at Daumazan-sur-Arize (2 kms), including an excellent ‘boulangerie’, butcher and a small supermarket whilst at Montesquieu-Volvestre (7 kms) there is a wider variety of shops including several good boulangeries and a larger and well stocked supermarket. The market towns of Carbonne and St Girons are 22 and 40 kms respectively.
La Bourdette is 65 kms (usually less than one hour) from Toulouse’s Blagnac international airport, whilst Carcassonne airport (which has some international flights) is 100 kms. The nearest entry to the autoroute (the A64/E80) is 20 kms, whilst the TGV stops at Toulouse.