Great for easy-going family and friends holidays:
Le Lavandou provides a wonderful holiday home and location for both family and adults only holidays. The house and well maintained garden provide a stimulating and free environment for children, with a small oak wood, a multi-level tree house and double swing and large area for badminton (net and rackets provided).
Around the house is a terrace and other sunny and shaded areas for relaxing, reading and outdoor meals. The fenced private pool is 11m x 4m with Roman steps and is normally heated from June to mid-September (up to 28 degrees) and from earlier in the season if overall weather conditions permit. The house has an East facing terrace which we normally use for breakfast and an adjacent area of the garden with South and West views - best for lunch and dinner.
More on the area ...:
Condom en Armagnac is an attractive market town which has been the centre of the Armagnac business for hundreds of years. It has several supermarkets, pharmacies, bakers, newsagents, banks and doctors and a good choice of restaurants. There is also a main post office and A&E hospital.
Other nearby towns with historic centres and weekly markets include Lectoure, Fleurance, Eauze and Nerac. Nearby attractions include the Chateau de Mons and Chateau de Cassaigne, Flaran Abbey and medieval village of Larressingle.
The larger centres of Auch and Agen are around 30 minutes away. Bordeaux and Toulouse and their airports can each be reached in around 90 minutes. The Atlantic coast (Mimizan Plage) can be reached in around 90 minutes and the foothills of the Pyrenees (for white water rafting and walking) in around 2 hours. Other easily accessible activities around Condom include riding and quad biking and there are good walks direct from the house.
Wheelchair friendly:
Le Lavandou has a spacious ground floor on a single level with wide doors and includes a double bedroom. The ground floor WC is being modified for wheelchair/disabled access. Please let us know if our completing this is a requirement. We have a mobile ramp for access from the garden to the house from the terrace. The terrace and all the areas around the house are on the same level, providing easy wheelchair access to all parts of the garden, pool area, parking area and barn.
Golf:
Le Lavandou is very well located for golfing holidays in one of the most attractive areas of France. Ten golf courses can be reached within an hour and six are only 30-45 minutes away. The ten courses are in: Fleurance and Eauze (30 min); Barbaste and Auch (40 min); Agen and Castelajaloux (45 min); and Tillac, Mausserbe, Marmande and Valence d'Agen (each around an hour).
All the courses are open to visitors and have restaurants at the course or nearby. There is a wide range of courses, including three in the Garonne valley (Marmande, Agen, Valence d’Agen)and others in open countryside and woodland settings. Two of the nearby courses come with their own Chateau (Tillac and Lombez (75min. Golfing days can also be readily combined with visits to local markets and towns en route (including Nerac, Fleurance, Lectoure).
Other Activities:
Chateaux visits for history, wine and Armagnac.
marks the location of the property in Midi-Pyrenees
