This family home of approximately 230m² offers 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (4 toilets), and a wealth of amenities, including a stylish modern kitchen, elegant living spaces, and private outdoor terraces with pool and panoramic views.
The Pyrenees offer an unspoiled, undeveloped and natural wildness plus a real opportunity for those seeking beauty, adventure, and a rich cultural heritage. This ecologically diverse region offers an everchanging natural panorama.
Explore winding trails, hidden waterfalls, ski resorts, and a timeless calm of alpine meadows. From medieval villages to bustling markets, the French Pyrenees captivate with its unique blend of history, culture, and splendor - AND the cheeses!
Our local town is Foix, a well preserved medieval town dating from neoliothic times. In addition to a great castle (open to the public) it has winding alleyways of half timbered houses and shops, all situated on the edge of two rivers, the Arget and the Ariege.
Plenty of restaurants and bars, some traditional and some modern, and upmarket to suit all tastes.
A weekly market with artisanal shops and stalls to satisfy all your shopping needs are here. The lake just outside Foix offers water pleasures and a beach. A new swimming pool complex at Foix centre offers inside and outside bathing and relaxing.
We have a major theatre and multiscreen cinema.
At neighbouring nearby towns you can find a fabulous spa complex and casino. Golf is about 20 minutes from Foix.
From pre-history this region has seen the first cave men (neolithic) in Europe after the last ice age. Their art works decorate many caves in the area. These are world famous and important.
Then we have vast numbers of fabulous buildings and bridges from the middle ages. The history of the Cathars is here, hard and bloody. The Inquisition was also here.
Castles and Bastides (defended villages) abound. Our local church was built in the 11th Century.
You are never short of ancient buildings historical sites or museums to visit.
Foix is 15 minutes away.
Toulouse International Airport is 1h10min away and Carcassonne International Airport just 1 hour away.
Andorra is 1h15min away and we have ski resorts 45min away.
The Mediterranean is 1h30 away.
It is possible to walk from the front door of the house to the Mediterranean, Spain and the Atlantic without ever crossing private lands!