Cévennes : beautiful 17th century house, 120ha, Swimming pool, Wifi

We had a wonderful week in this beautiful house. Very well equipped. Super pool. Lots of space. Great garden. Excellent communication with Host

We had a blissful stay with friends and family at Le Chat in September 2016. The property, with a garden and an olive grove, is beautiful and amazingly quiet. The house itself is large and comfortable and the indoor and outdoor dining areas and the pool are just fantastic. The owners are so helpful before and during the trip, with lots of tips about what to do and answers to all of your questions. They provide a number of booklets in the house's front hall, and we made good use of the one that showed local hikes. Sylvie, the on-site (lower level apartment) person who prepares the house for your stay and takes care of the laundering of all sheets and towels after your stay, is unobtrusive. She's such a nice woman, and is there when you need her, and not there when you don't. When we arrived, there was a bottle of local wine and fresh veggies for the garden on the kitchen table. The entire house was clean and well-maintained. We had also asked that Sylvie purchase some basics, and there they were, in the fridge. Our beds were very comfortable, the bathrooms modern, and the house decor is charming. It is a great house for three or four couples and also for groups. The kids' room puts all the children together in one big room that includes a bunk bed. We loved being in a part of France that is remote, with few obvious tourists, yet within an hour to 1 hour 15 minutes of historic centers, such as Arles and Avignon. The experience was truly local and we loved it, including buying goat cheese from the farm that lay just below us. We also took walks/hikes, two of which ended in small, medieval towns that were fun to wander through. The nearby town of Hippolyte is where we did our food shopping. It had a great boulangerie and two supermarkets, one of which had quite a bit of local fruits/veggies, meats, chickens, cheeses, wines. Hippolyte also has some very good dining options. My only suggestion would be to provide fans. It got cool at night, and a breeze from a fan would have been very pleasant. That's just quibble though, for this was a dream vacation.