The COTTAGE: 4 star Gîtes de France rating. New (2017 construction) comprising 2 bedrooms on the upper floor, each with a double bed (1.4x2m) in solid oak and its own balcony. The ground floor and the private pool (16m long) are wheel-chair accessible. A fully-equipped kitchen & a double sofa-bed are on the L-shaped ground floor. There are two wet-room style shower rooms, one on each floor, the downstairs one including a WC; upstairs, the WC is separate. TV (French and British), free WiFi; dishwasher, washing machine, Nespresso coffee machine; hair dryers in each bedroom. Two private parking places right outside a private entrance. Shaded gas barbecue with table/6 chairs (30m2); LaFuma armchairs and padded sun loungers around the pool/terrace.

LOCATION: small & quiet hamlet with specular views across the Cèze Valley to La Roque sur Cèze medieval village. The Cèze river itself is also visible from the pool. The cottage is 25min from the Bollène A7 motorway exit. A supermarket (Intermarché) is at 3km and the pretty town of Goudargues, with its restaurants dotted along a canal, is at 4.5km. The Cascades du Sautadet (natural rock pools and water falls) are at 4km.

ACTIVITIES: There are lots of places along the Cèze river for Kayak & Canoe rental, small beaches for swimming, and plenty of tracks for mountain biking/running/walking. Our private pool: 16x4m (April-October), depth 1.2 - 1.8m with countercurrent system for the ardent swimmer.

SURROUNDINGS: Uzès at 34km (half an hour by car); Avignon at 45km (40min); Mediterranean beaches (Le Grau du Roi) at 117km (1h30min); the Ardèche river at 30min (St Martin d'Ardèche).