8 Bedroom Chateau in Herault

This grand 19th Century Chateau St Marthe is charming, providing a huge amount of outside and inside room to stretch one's holiday wings, and beautiful views over the surrounding countryside. It has a full sized tennis court, a very large 12x6 swimming pool, a park boasting tall, mature Mediterranean pines, insuring total peace and tranquility, and it is close to the local town of Roujan with a few restaurants and good local shops and markets. Beaches are only 35 minutes away.
The chateau has definitlely seen better and more affluent times but original features like oak doors and parquet floors, marble fireplaces and some interesting pieces of furniture are still in place. One could describe it as 'shabby chic' although it is undergoing renovation of the interior and exterior bit by bit. All the spaces are so massive and the ceilings are so high that if an occassional cobweb or stained wall paper bothers you, this place is not worth contemplating. However, if you like the idea of staying in a historical chateau with loads of room, vast halls, very large bedrooms and a lovely 'gardienne' called Marie who has been working for the family for 40 years and is a wizzard at local cuisine (she can cook twice a week on request regional delicacies like lapin a la moutarde, paella, etc) you will not be disappointed.

The house is just 2 kms from the centre of Roujan, an attractive old wine village: excellent bakery, village shops, family restaurant. 10 kms Pezenas a picturesque market town beautiful medieval and Renaissance centre narrow winding streets, many galleries and working craft shops. A wide choice of good restaurants. Colourful market on Saturday mornings. All services, supermarket. Mediterranean beaches 35 mins drive Agde 30kms Old historic town and fishing port, founded by the Ancient Greeks, excellent seafood restaurants. Cap d'Agde 35 km. 'Aqualand' Beziers 22 km Large market town, renowned for its colourful 'Feria' in August Lac Salagou 20 km north. St Guilhem-le-Desert 37 km. Beautiful medieval village and abbey Parc Naturel du Haut Languedoc 40km North West of Pezenas Narbonne appx 50 km. Once the capital of Roman Gaul. Famous cathedral. Montpellier appx 100 kms Nimes appx 100 km.. Carcassonne appx 125 km.

Golf - Golf St Thomas Beziers 22 kms (23 mins)
Riding - Pezenas 10 kms (11 mins)
Tennis courts - private in the park
Canoe hire 20 kms
Windsurf - Leucat plage, Valras plage 35 kms
Bike hire - Pezenas 10 kms, Beziers 22 kms
Beaches: Sea Valras plage 35 kms or 35 mins
River - 15 kms - Roquebrun canoe hire and river discents - great fun!
Lake - 20 kms - windsurfing, boat hire, pedalos, bathing etc