All linens, towels, utilities included
Prices are in euros and are per week. Payment accepted in various currencies.
Changeover day: Saturday
*In the event of a long-term rental (minimum four weeks) including the Christmas fortnight, the price of each of these two weeks will be the same as that of the other winter weeks.

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Lou Récantou is a stone cottage at the edge of the Minervois village of Oupia, between Carcassonne and Narbonne.  It was restored by its Canadian owners, who live in the adjacent house.  The single-storey cottage is quiet and virtually secluded. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a large, bright open kitchen/dining/living area with a cathedral ceiling, one exposed stone wall and the original beams.  Underfloor heating makes the house cosy and comfortable in cooler weather and for long winter lets.

In front of the house is a private, quiet, enclosed garden with a solar heated pool (6m x 3m), a gas barbecue, five sunloungers, a wooden table and six chairs.

In the large kitchen:
. five-burner gas cooker and oven
. refrigerator with freezer
. dishwasher
. microwave oven
. coffee maker
. hand-blender
. toaster
. lots of working space

In the dining/library area:
. telephone
. small stereo
. iron and ironing board
. computer with high-speed internet access
. loads of books
. dining table comfortably seating six people

In the living room area:
. 2 leather sofas and matching armchair
. books about France and lots of local information

In the two bathrooms:
. shower
. toilet
. marble-topped vanity
. washing machine

In the three bedrooms:
. bedside tables
. two reading lamps
. closet
. shelf space

First bedroom
. queen-size bed
. ensuite bathroom

Second bedroom:
. two single beds or king-size bed

Third bedroom:
. two single beds

Available to guests: baby bed, play pen and booster seat.

Non-smokers only.

No pets.

Travel details
Air: three airports within 1½ hours: Carcassonne, Toulouse, Perpignan
Train: Narbonne, (½ hour) with 3-4 car rental agencies.
Oupia is 17 km. north of the A61 motorway.

LOCAL AREA

Oupia is a small, friendly wine-producing village with a grocery store, post office and restaurant. The Château d'Oupia has won many gold medals for its red Minervois, Les Barons, but offers several other excellent wines as well.  All other services are in Olonzac, five minutes away.

The Minervois excels year-round in both on-road and off-road cycling and offers very good walking and bird-watching.  Easy day trips to Carcassonne, Narbonne, the Canal du Midi, Minerve and many of the Cathar castles, perched high on rocky promontories in a superb landscape of mountains and river gorges.

Please quote 'A Week or 2 in Languedoc' when contacting the owners: