Domaine Yanou &Yanetto - 10 pers Slow travel

Old typical French farm built in 1773 with natural materials in a very peaceful countryside near Pau and Lourdes (South-Ouest of France) Ideal place to spend holiday with friends (or two families) in one single place but separated houses. Nice Swimming-pool (12X5) and lovely garden. .The 2 houses ( one for 6 persons) and the other for 4 persons are fully equipped and furnished with old typical things of French rural life and some others from all over the world! Tour de France is coming each year near Pau and our place. AN international classical music festival takes place between July 19th and 28th every year. You may also go to the World jazz festival in Marciac ( each year between july 25th and August 15th) . The best way to come from abroad is to fly to the city of Pau and then rent a car, going north and leave the highway exit Auriac : we are 12 km from here. Or you can come from a flight from Biarritz or Bordeaux if you get a better flight fare. You can come by train to the station of Pau and then rent a car. You can drive from Paris through Bordeaux to highway exit Garlin: we are 12 km from there. You can drive also through Toulouse and leave the hignway 65 at exit Auriac. If you get lost please call us! Les péripéties de la restauration du domaine sont dignes du livre « Un été en Provence » de Peter Mayle et constituent à bien des égards les racines de mon attachement à ce domaine au sens où Augustin Berque l’écrit dans le livre « Entre Japon et Méditerranée » : « La réalité de notre espace est faite de ces choses qui, toujours, sont bien plus que de simples objets : par-delà leur contour physiquement mesurable, c’est notre être qu’elles engagent. Pas n’importe quelles choses, et pas n’importe quel espace : les choses et l’espace propres à certains lieux, qui pour nous ont du sens, et qui deviennent ainsi notre existence » Easy to go for the day in the mountain (Gavarnie, Cauterets and many other nice palces in the Pyrennées) and also to the beach in St jean de Luz or Biarritz. For those who love jazz we have a very famous jazz festival in Marciac beginning of August each year. Outside you will enjoy the swimming pool ( 12X5), barbecueand several gamesfor the kids such as badminton, toboggan and tennis table Near the house at the village (5 km) you will find 2 typical French style restaurants where you may enjoy the Bearn cuisine. At about 15 km you will be in the Madiran wineyards, able to taste Madiran (red wine) and Pacherenc (white wine) and if you drive to Pau (30km) you will be able to taste Jurançon! In the countryside you may visit Roman old churches and old Middle age castles trying to know more about French countryside style of life! Tour de France every year around the property and in the city of Pau C'est une endroit idéal pour décompresser et se déconnecter pour se retrouver en famille ou entre amis, prendre le temps de se promener, profiter du verger et se reposer.