Vacation Rental Description
Corbère is situated between the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean and the magnificent mountains of the Pyrenees. It is close to the capital of the Pyrenees Orientales, Perpignan, and a short drive south to Spain. The village offers the best of all worlds, quiet village setting with busy cosmopolitan city nearby.
The house is in the sunniest area in France with an average of 300 days of sunshine each year! It is suitable for letting winter and summer as there is heating in all rooms.
Accommodation in the house is spread over 3 floors. The entrance on the ground floor leads to two bedrooms, one a double and the other a bunk bedded room and a shower room (often bedrooms are situated at lower levels because it is cooler for sleeping in summer).
The second floor also houses another double bedroom and a bathroom.
The top floor of the house is a spacious, light and airy open plan living area with great views of the surrounding hills and countryside. This layout is ideal for holiday living where delicious local foods can be prepared whilst chatting with friends or family out on the terrace or just relaxing in the sitting area with a glass of wine.
The newly installed kitchen has everything you could need to make your holiday relaxing and enjoyable. The sitting area has two large comfortable sofa beds. The dining area has a table and seating for 6.
Leading off from the kitchen is a roof terrace with uninterrupted views to the ancient castle above. There is a large dining table and seating for 6. Also supplied are two comfortable sun-loungers for you to lay back and enjoy the wonderful sunshine.
This house is comfortable both summer and winter, with heating in all rooms and cooling fans available for summer letting. Recently renovated to a high standard, the character of the old house is still apparent in the beautiful restored and exposed roof beams.
Easily sleeping and catering for 6 people, there are also 2 comfortable sofa beds in the sitting area.
Facilities
- Cable Satellite
- Cooking Utensils
- DVD
- Heating
- Kitchen
- Microwave
This property has everything you could need for a self catering break. It has a great terrace for eating outside.
Activities
- Adventure Sports
- Biking
- Playground
- Cinema
- Fishing
- Horse Riding
- Hunting/Rock Climbing
- Kayaking
- Mountain Biking
- Restaurant
- Shopping
- Rafting
- Snow Boarding
- Tennis
- Zoo/Wildlife
This is a fantastic area for both relaxing and adventurous activities. You can take advantage of the ski slopes in winter and the lush mountain walks in the summer.
A speciality of the region is canyoning, following a river using whatever method is required. Climbing, jumping down waterfalls, swimming and walking. It is essential to wear helmets and wetsuits and to use ropes and harnesses. Exhilarating!!
There are many things for the children to enjoy too, the little yellow train takes you up to the mountains. The Animal Park in Casteil, ideal for a whole day out. The animals are free to wander in their own open areas, situated in a lovely valley the walk around the park is 2 or 3 km depending on your route.
There are several swimming pools around both indoor and outdoor. At Marquixanes there is an adventure park where children of all ages can climb in the trees, zip wire over the river (using safety equipment provided).
Travel Options
- Nearest Airport : Perpignan at 25 kilometers distance;
- Nearest Train Station : Millas at 6 kilometers distance
- Nearest Town : Millas at 6 kilometers distance
- Travel Info: Fly to Perpignan using low cost airlines Ryanair and Flybe or Air France. Corbère le Château is only 25 minutes from the airport.
Alternatively fly (in order of closeness) Girona (Spain), Bèziers, Carcassonne, Montpellier, Nîmes, Barcelona or Toulouse using Ryanair, Easyjest, Jet2, BMIbaby, Flybe, British Airways or Air France.
Drive from Perpignan on the RN116 (Direction Andorra) Head for Prades/Andorra until you turn off at Millas, in the centre of Millas follow signs for Corbère les Cabanes.
There is a reasonably priced rail link to the area using Eurostar.
London, St Pancras to Perpignan (change at Lille to France's high speed train the TGV)
Journey time on average 8 to 10 hours.
There are regular local trains from Perpignan to Millas and Millas is a short taxi ride away.
All local bus fares are set at the incredibly low price of €1.
Once in Perpignan you can hire BIP bikes to get you from A to B the bikes are collected and left at conveniently placed BIP stations throughout the city.
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