Practical Details
You will need a car to arrive here and to get around in the area. The nearest airports and TGV train stations are in Montpellier and Nimes, each 1 ½ hours by car. The Marseille Provence airport is a bigger hub, 2 hours 15 minutes by car.
The house is 8 minutes by car from the charming village of Lasalle, where there are many cultural events in the summer especially. Lasalle also has many boutiques and services including:
3 bakeries,
a small grocery store
a lovely market in the village square on Mondays
a pharmacy and a medical clinic.
It takes 20 minutes by car to go to Anduze or St Jean du Gard, and 25 minutes to St. Hippolyte du Fort. These are mid-size tourist towns. They have more shopping and public transportation access as well as bike rental shops.
Your on-site parking place is directly in front of the house.
The house is served by fiber internet wi-fi. There is no television.
The laundry room (a.k.a. summer kitchen) is shared with me. I occasionally need to pass through to my pantry or to run a load of wash. I can usually pass through discretely when my guests are not using the space.
The guesthouse is part of a very old farmhouse, and does not comply with American accessibility standards.
The guesthouse entry door, living room and bedroom are on the second floor; the kitchen, dining table, and bathroom are on the third floor, with a loft in between. There is a small passage from the loft to the kitchen where the ceiling height is only 5’-9”.
The exterior stone stair is well-lit as is the tunnel. The stair is authentic – therefore it has an irregular stone surface. It does not have a handrail.
The entry door to the guesthouse is only 5’-6” height – many adults have to duck.
The interior wood stair has a good handrail, but it is very steep.
The wall that is between the cottage and the host’s house is a stone wall 30” thick.