NEAR CARCASSONNE, FARMHOUSE & POOL IN 40 ACRES OF BEAUTY

The Farm: Saint Henry is really a 'hobby'-farm; we keep animals for our (and your) pleasure. We have a few sheep, donkeys, goats and horses, cats and dogs to cuddle, rabbits, hens, ducks, geese and pigeons to feed (including sometimes pet lambs to bottle-feed). We, the owners, live in the converted bergerie – sheep-barn – attached to the farm house: each dwelling has its own veranda for dining outdoors, not overlooked by the other. In principle you would share the pool and gardens with us but in practice most of the time you would have both to yourselves. And of course there is a lot of space in which to be on ones’ own.

Several ski-stations are within daily use by car, nearest 50 miles. There are golf-courses at Toulouse & Carcassonne. Consult us or see our website.

Please contact the owner for further details and their website.

Around Laurac Le Grand: Laurac is no longer ‘grand’ as it was in the Middle Ages, but it is interesting to explore its quiet traffic-free lanes and speculate on its turbulent history, or to walk from the house directly on to the moor-land paths and into its little valleys where you can find wildlife, wild flowers (particularly orchids and lavender) and fine views. A short car-drive will take you to the lovely banks of the Canal du Midi, or the markets of Castelnaudary and Mirepoix (the latter in a perfect medieval arcaded town-square), or just a little further to the battlements of Carcassonne – or if you want to taste local wines and food we can arrange visits to vineyards, farms and village fêtes.

Situated between the mountains of the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean coast, there is much to see -- abbeys, old churches, castles, pretty villages and fortified towns – or imposing cities like Toulouse, Perpignan, Narbonne -- museums like those of Toulouse-Lautrec and Salvador Dali, the Bastides of the Tarn.