Holiday rentals in  

    Espira de l'Agly near Perpignan, France

Sleeps up to 17 in total. 1 gite, sleeps 2 + child & baby, 1 gite sleeps up to 4 + baby, 1 gite sleeps up to 10 + 2/3 babies including  the ground floor bed/sitting room sleeping 5 + baby  and can be used by two families

      Air Conditioned/Heated Gites with HEATED Pool near Perpignan available all year round - short or long lets. Provides accommodation for up to 17 people (plus babies) by booking one, two or all three apartments. 

       Modern gites in restored stone built former convent located in centre of small village with 11 wine domaines/caves and within walking distance of restaurant, local bar and shops. 

Holiday in Catalan/Cathar region with over 50 major tourist/natural heritage sites and over 300 sunshine days per year. 14km to Mediterranean beaches, 30 mins to Spanish border and Pyrenees. Convenient for airport.

This renovated, ivy clad, 18th C stone Mas near the centre of Espira, a small village, once formed part of a large convent/monastery, which is now a college.The house was where the nuns lived, reared hens and rabbits and grew   vegetables and fruit. It was then surrounded by vineyards and was on the edge of  the village. We still have hens providing free range fresh eggs if you want these.
   

Surrounded by stone walls it is a garden lovers delight. See Picture Gallery for more images. It has several separate 'rooms' of garden and terraces containing 300 yr old olive, lemon, orange, grape vines, banana, 3 different Strelitzia, Bougainvillea, a large flowering Magnolia Grandiflora together with many, many unusual plants giving a truly lush Mediterranean feel as well as an enclosed and productive fruit and vegetable garden.

Mas Grandiflora has a real sense of privacy although the property is within a few hundred yards of the centre square of the village with pharmacy, doctor, dentist, tabac, boulangerie, bar, post office, small mini-market and bank and a small market on Thursday. Le Jaumet,an open air restaurant open June to October, is within 5 mins walk. A Pizza van visits the village 5 times per week .  There is a bus service from the village to Perpignan and surrounding areas and the train station at nearby Rivesaltes where you can also find the Monday market. The Train Touristique has a station in our village and provides an excellent day out op the Agly valley to Axat with stopoffs possible for the Gorge de Galamus and the Cathar castle of Pularens.

The owners Alvin and Elaine live on the premises and provide personal attention, 
information, help and advice to all guests. For lovers of Gourmet food and wine we can recommend many excellent restaurants and wine domaines with some really top class wines available within the village itself and within walking distance from the property. We are happy to accompany guests on walking and wine tasting tours.

THE POOL AREA

The pool area is fully enclosed and has non-slip paving. It conforms to French law for pool security.The pool is shared with the other guests and the owners. There are numerous loungers, small tables and chairs with an enclosed and private shower area for your use. The pool (7.5m x 4.5m) is heated and in use  from May until October dependent on the weather. The pool has a salt chlorination system so is kind to the eyes and skin.

The pool (7.5m x 4.5m) is heated and in use  from May until October dependent on the weather. The pool has a salt chlorination system so is kind to the eyes and skin.

The Pool Shower/changing room

White Brugmansia by the Pool Shower

Towards the pool and owners terrace

Entrance to the pool

FLIGHTS

Direct to Perpignan from London Stanstead (STN), London Heathrow (LHR), Southampton (SOU), Birmingham (BHX), Bristol (BRS), Manchester (MAN), Paris Orly (ORY), Bruxelles Sud - Charleroi (CRL), Ajaccio (AJA), Amsterdam (AMS), Bordeaux (BOD), Brest (BES), Bastia (BIA), Calvi (CLY), Cayenne (CAY), Fort-de-France (FDF), Geneve (GVA), Lannion (LAI), Lorient (LRT), Lyon (LYS), Marseille (MRS), Milam (LIN), Mulhouse/Bale (MLH), Nice (NCE), Pekin (BSJ), Point-A-Pitre )PTP), Quimper (UIO), Saint-Denis de la Reunion (RUN), Strasbourg (SXB).

See Travel section for details of other airports convieniently located in France and probably the best offering a huge range of flightsand the  cheapest at Girona (GRO) Northern Spain which also has cheaper car hire.