Large comfortable garden apt overlooks port & mountains, Collioure/PV — Property 51497
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, sleeps 6
- Location: Collioure/Port Vendres Collioure, Pyrenees-Orientales Coast, Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Summary of the apartment, 3 bedrooms, sleeps 6
- Contact Karla Ptacek
- +44 (0)208 694 1000
- Property type:
- apartment, 87 m²
- Location type:
- Waterfront, Beach
- Highlights:
- Garden, Terrace, Barbecue
- View all features
- Pets not allowed
- Garden
- No smoking
- Family friendly
The harbour - Port Vendres |
From the kitchen to the harbour. |
view across garden from top of Catalan garden |
The living room. |
Large comfortable garden apt overlooks port & mountains, Collioure/PV
The Garden Apartment is a comfortable, well equipped home for our guests, situated in the historic old town with great views around the harbour, the Mediterranean and mountains and one of the largest gardens in the area. It is on the top floor of a traditional French 'bourgeois' house and retains many original features. The kitchen, dining and lounge area is large and opens onto a timber-decked terrace with teak furniture, leading to the gardens. The kitchen is large, fully equipped, including a breakfast bar, with views to the harbour & mountains. The dining area is adjacent to the traditional Catalan fireplace, with views across the old town to the mountains. The lounge is large, airy & cool in summer. The bedrooms provide a lot of flexibility: 1 triple, 1 double and 1 single bedroom. Velux windows give good ventilation in the summer. The terraced gardens to the side have fruit trees (plums, figs, apricots), flowers, lawns, - good for relaxing, outdoor dining & admiring views!
Location
Collioure/Port Vendres Collioure < Pyrenees-Orientales Coast < Pyrenees-Orientales < Languedoc-Roussillon < France
| Nearest airport: | Perpignan at 40 kilometres |
|---|---|
| Nearest beach: | Beach at 700 metres |
| Nearest motorway: | Le Boulou at 10 kilometres |
| Nearest railway station: | Port Vendres at 1 kilometres |
| Car: | recommended |
Port Vendres, adjacent to Collioure, is a natural deep water harbour 1st used by the Greeks in 8BC, & remains a major import point for fruit: you will see freighters from around the world in the harbour. If you like seafood you have arrived in heaven because Port Vendres has a large fishing fleet. The famous fish market has a great degustation bar with every type of shellfish, including oysters and white wine. Restaurants in Port Vendres are wonderful. A stroll along the quay will take you past fishing boats, usually a freighter, often a cruise ship, the ferry, and the yacht harbour. There are excellent beaches close by & down the coast you pass Pauliles with its superb beach, Banyuls, and into Spain to enjoy the Costa Brava. Cadaques has the home of Salvador Dali. Here the Pyrenees reach down to the sea, the walking is good, either through vine covered hillsides or in the high mountains. Local wines are excellent as are 240 sunny days/yr.
Local activities walking, mountaineering, swimming, surfing, sailing, fishing, wind-surfing, golf, cycling, horse riding, water skiing, diving, mountain biking, tennis
Availability for the apartment in Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
- Last updated on:
- Monday, 19 May 2008
- Changeover day:
- Saturday
- Normal availability
- All year.

- Available

- Unavailable / Booked

- Special offer
| October 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| November 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | ||||||
| December 2008 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |||
| January 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
| February 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| March 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
| April 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | ||
| May 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | ||||||
| June 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | ||||
| July 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
| August 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | |||||
| September 2009 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | M | T | W | T | F | S |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | |||
Sometimes available on other start/finish days and for split weeks. 'By the Mediterranean you want to be outside all the time, and that is what is so special about Karla and Dan's garden apartment - you have lots of outside space and such a variety of plants!' Annalisa Colombara, artist
Rental rates for the apartment in Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
- Rental basis is per property to be paid in:
- British Pounds
| Dates | Rates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period name | Begins | Ends | Weekly | Weekend per night | Midweek per night | Minimum stay |
| Early Autumn | 01 Oct 2008 | 24 Oct 2008 | GBP 450 | - | - | 1 Week |
*Please Note: The owner of this property accepts payment in the original currency specified, before use of conversion tool. The conversion tool is provided for your convenience only. The owner may accept other currencies if specifically agreed in advance.
Notes to the rental rates
-
Rental is Saturday to Saturday but this can be negotiated to allow guests to benefit from best airfare deals where possible (not in peak season).
-
Between September & April, some weekend/ midweek rentals possible upon request
-
Payment in pounds sterling or euros
Accommodation and Facilities for the apartment in Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
| Property type: |
|
|---|---|
| Accommodation type: |
|
| Floor area: |
|
| Location type: |
|
| Theme: |
|
| General: |
|
| Kitchen: |
|
| Living room: |
|
| Dining: |
|
| Bathrooms: |
|
| Bedrooms: |
|
| Entertainment: |
|
| Outside: |
|
| Suitability: |
|
| Notes: | We have 2 gardens: (1) an enclosed wooden terrace (24 sq m) surrounded by herbs, climbing roses, bougainvillea, & a magnificent plum tree (24 sq m); (2) a traditional Catalan terraced garden (400 sq m) rambling up from our garden gate in the square, bordered by steps and partly enclosed by dry stone walls, providing views of the mountains, port, Mediterranean. The steps are steep which makes push chair access difficult. The Catalan garden has lawns on some terraces, fruit trees (cherry, fig, plum, apricot, mulberry, pear, apple, grapes, lemons, olives), bushes, flowers, rock garden. There is also a covered patio (9 sq m) adjacent to main entrance to the apartment for shoes/beach/fishing items etc. Internally, the staircase to the bedrooms is wooden and partly spiral. Toddlers and young children will need supervision in the garden & apartment. We have a large selection of novels for your enjoyment, plus DVDs, children's toys, beach accessories & ample fresh fruit to pick! |
Small Footprint on the Planet?
Don't want to fly? Take a train! For approx £110 roundtrip you can pick up a train in London at about 8:15am, change once at Lille at lunchtime, and arrive in Perpignan by about 7pm. Then you take a final 20 minute train trip down the coast from Perpignan to Port Vendres. While in Port Vendres you can take the local buses up and down the coast. Alternatively you can take your car on one of the ferries and drive down. My brother does the Callais to Port Vendres trip in 11 1/2 hrs, or if he takes overnight ferry from Portsmouth to St Malo its 8-9 hrs. I tend to take a leisurely 2-3 days, enjoying the scenery on the backroads. JUNE 2008 REVIEW :'Just wanted to let you know we had a fantastic holiday in Port Vendres and we all loved your house. My elder son, Alex (aged 4) loved all the bits and pieces in the house and the boats in the harbour. Thanks also for all the info on the local area. It was great to have some insider knowledge.' TS, London
Guest Book from June 2007
(1) Charles O. from Norfolk: 'We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday. Although we like being near the sea, we're not particularly after beaches so your lovely garden was an absolute bonus. We spent two or three days just enjoying the sun, the shade and the view without going out at all. We were delighted with Port Vendres and very pleased we were there rather than the neighboring costal villages. PV has the right scale and is a busy working community that we found appealing. Evelyne (housekeeper) certainly is a treasure and full of information. She was very tolerant of our version of French and it was good to talk at some length. Evelyne, the wine and flowers that we found on arrival, and your written information all made us feel most welcome.' (June 2007). (2) Eleanor H, from Germany, June 2007:'We had a wonderful time in Port Vendres, we found it had a very real air about it. The apartment was great. There was everything we needed. Fabulous!'(June 2007).
Liability & More Guest Quotes!
We cannot be held responsible for accidents, injuries or losses incurred during your stay. You should make your own arrangements for holiday insurance. GUEST QUOTES: Judith Squires & family, August 2006: 'Just a note to let you know that we had a wonderful time at the apartment - we really didn't want to leave and we all want a return visit! We didn't even take the car anywhere for the first 4 days - just explored the local bays and beaches during the day and pottered around watering the garden in the evenings, cooking fabulous fresh fish on the barbeque and sipping great wines - bliss! The local people were all very friendly and helpful and the boys felt confident enough to go out by themselves and practice their French. The apartment is fabulously well equipped and you've obviously put a lot of thought into it. It really felt like being a welcome guest in someone's home. In short it was a fabulous holiday and can't fault it at all! Can't wait for the next visit.'
Other Activities deep sea fishing, wind surfing, snorkelling
Advertiser contact & booking information for property 51497
If you don't hear from the advertiser in 5 days please feel free to use their telephone number if it has been supplied. Don't forget to quote Holiday-Rentals.co.uk property number 51497
Make an enquiry now
Please note that the contents of this form will be sent direct by e-mail to the advertiser
- Advertisers:
- Karla Ptacek
- Telephone
- +44 (0)208 694 1000 (home)
- Preferred language(s):
- English
- Advertiser since:
- 26 Jul 2005
- Property listed since:
- 26 Jul 2005