Rare: La Bastide de Mamet, family house in Ardèche

Elegant mansion 16th-18th C. including a tower of the village ramparts, and birthplace of a general of Napoléon. Authentic atmosphere and contemporary comfort: fully renovated, newly equiped eco-friendly. Swimming pool in the large secure garden overlooking Cévennes. Welcoming to families (and friendly parties). At the top of the old village which lines Eyrieux river and Dolce Via (75 km for walkers and bikes in green Ardèche). At 25 km: Valence TGV (2 h from Paris), A7 and Drôme provençale. La Bastide de Mamet has always been our holiday home. We make it available to our guests with its pool games, hammocks, ping-pong, table football, bikes, swings, children toys, board games, pianos (2!), books of cooking, history or literature, the fireplace during winter evenings... To these must be added ballads in the untouched mountains around as far as the eye can see until the springs of the Loire, sports (bike, kayak on the Eyrieux river, tree-top adventure courses ...), discovery of high places of Protestant history, ruins of feudal castles, or prehistoric souvenirs as Grotte Chauvet, near Vallon Pont d'Arc. In the 2 500 m2 garden, the 70 m2 swimming pool is warmed by the sun, and secured by a barrier in statutory net There also is a summer kitchenette there (fridge, sink, micro waves). The terrace on the top of the large stone staircase coming up from the couryard to the house is equiped with a barrier for children. La Bastide de Mamet has 14 rooms: entrance, dining room, lounge with a fireplace which we use, study, library, music lounge, TV lounge, 6 bedrooms with large cupboards, 9 comfortable beds (new quality beddings) and 2 folding baby cots, kitchen and its service; more 5 shower and bath-rooms, 3 independent WC, laundry room, etc. Total at your disposal: 400 m2. More cellars, the boiler room (fuel boiler, 2 electric water heaters, 1 water softener) and the three-car-garage. The kitchen and its pantry are newly equipped (induction hob, oven, microwave, boiler, electric coffee maker, Nespresso machine, toaster, 2 fridges of which one with freezer, dish-washer...). The shower-rooms, the bathrooms and the WC are new too (towel dryers, hair-heater...), as the laundry room (washing machine, dryer, iron and iron table). 7 electric fans. 2 vacuums. 11 converts for electric plugs. 2 TV, 1 DVD player. 1 little radio and CD player. Landline phone. Emergency pharmacy. All cooking utensils and ingredients, all hygiene and domestic products, as well as bottles of mineral water, are at your disposal. In the house, the top of the staircase is equipped with a barrier for small children. Central heating in all the rooms of the ground floor, electric heating at the 1st floor. 4 smoke detectors. 5 fire-extinguishers. Double-glazed windows, alarm system Everything eco-friendly as much as possible. The thick walls of La Bastide didn't prevent us from installing WIFI. Wooden shutters keep the house cool in Summer. Precaution: at this time, all La Bastide is treated against Covid 19 virus before the arrival of our guests and of our family. In the house, 400 m2 are at your disposal (6 bedrooms, 4 shower-rooms, 1 bathroom, 3 independent WC, kitchen, laundry, etc.). Car(s) can be parked freely on Place de l'Eglise or in the outdoor lot behind the property. Otherwise, 2 cars can enter in our courtyard which is closed by a gate, and/or 3 cars in our garage which locks,. That's where we keep bikes of various sizes. I welcome my guests to show them the house, explain the way everything works (even if I put information on all the domestic appliances) and show the trash cans of recycling. I wrote for them lists of useful contacts, our good addresses in the area, and places we like. I am always available on my mobile phone for any question Our house keeper lives nearbye. She may come for any problem. And she is available on request in advance. She may welcome our guests when it is impossible for me to come from Paris. The watering of the garden and the maintenance of the swimming pool are managed by our gardener. La Bastide de Mamet is at the top of the old village which borders the river Eyrieux. Backwards, its garden has the view of Cévennes mountains. In the front, its courtyard opens onto the church square and the planer trees which shade the statue of the general Rampon, Napoléon's officer who was born in our house. We hear the bells of the church. At the bottom of the village, there are a baker, a small supermarket and a welcoming restaurant, unpretentious and considered as the best of the valley: Le Touristique Louis (children menus too). In the valley the Eyrieux runs, with bounded beaches. In the nearby village Les Ollières, you can rent kayaks, as well as bikes (up to 4 wheels for 4 people) to travel along the Dolce Via. Valence, TGV and A7 highway are 25 km (1/2 a hour by the turning points of the Ardèche roads). We circulate on foot in the village and on the mountain paths, by bicycle on the Dolce Via, by car for shopping in the villages and cities around (Les Ollières sur Eyrieux, Saint-Laurent du Pape, La Voulte-sur-Rhône, Privas, Valence...) and for exploring the region (and its Protestant origins). The bus line 12 of Cars de l'Ardèche, named "Le Sept", travels the valley from Valence up to Le Cheylard several times a day, making stops in all the villages. Single rate: 3 € (half-price for people under 26). Schedules : (Phone number hidden by Airbnb) or (Website hidden by Airbnb) Precision: the French tourism regulations impose to the visitons a tourist tax: in Ardèche, it is 0,66 € by night, which you pay us upon your arrival. We put it back to the Centre des Impôts of Privas. We open this house and its garden to guests by trusting them to respect our furniture, our family objects and the equipments that we leave at their disposal. This is why Airbnb ask you a pledge of 2 000 € at your reservation, which will be given back to you after your departure. (In case of problem or more important damage, proved by photos, expert's visit, estimate of works, the case will be settled by Airbnb). We accepted an electric barbecue, because fires are forbidden during Summer in Ardèche as in South of France. In case of droughts, the watering will be regulated, may be forbidden, as the wash of cars.