Accommodation themes
- SWEET BABY
- INTERNET ADDICTS
- THE HAUTES-ALPES BY BIKE
domestic equipment
- Accès Web
- Freezer
- Microwave oven
- Local ski-bikes
- Child reads
- Stove/Fireplace
- Television
outdoor facilities
- Enclosed ground
- Garden
- Individual house
- Terrace
Services
- Provided sheets
- Evening meals
Leisure and amenities
- Bathing :3 km
- Shops :0,1 km
- Horse riding :25 km
- Climbing :2 km
- Station :35 km
- Fishing :0,5 km
- Forest :0,1 km
- Downhill skiing :15 km
- Cross country skiing :0,3 km
- Hang gliding :4 km
- Windsurf :3 km
- VTT :0,1 km
Themes of your stay
- SWEET BABYGoing on holiday with one or more children is not always easy. That's why we have created the 'loving baby' stay. No need to bring all baby's things and overload your car, your hosts will provide the necessary equipment: cot, high chair, changing mat, etc. The owners will advise you on family activities and outings accessible with a push chair. In some cases they can even arrange babysitters so that you can spend an evening alone together.
- INTERNET ADDICTSStay connected, receive your emails, surf the net, or work online…To stay in touch with your loved ones or your work, send news or your holiday photos, to search for an itinerary or plan the next stage of your holiday, your gîte has an internet connection accessible during your stay.
- THE HAUTES-ALPES BY BIKESome of the most famous sporting events have taken place on the Southern Alps roads and tracks (Tour de France, Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, French mountain bike championships, Worldcup, etc.) and the region is nowadays known as a bicycle paradise. The marked itineraries for both mountain bikers and touring cyclists make it a pleasure accessible to everyone. Your hosts make your stay even easier by providing a storage room for your equipment, a repair kit and information.
- GITE RANDO (HIKERS)The accommodation is situated near one or more marked hiking trails (PR, GR). The owner provides topographical maps (IGN) and guidebooks. He will be able to advise his guests on the itineraries and can provide a packed lunch (if you take your dinners with him).
- CHRISTMAS IN A GÎTEAs Christmas approaches, everyone prepares for the festivities: illuminated tree, crib and its figurines, stockings hanging from the fireplace… Restaurants with their traditional menus are not to be outdone. Your hosts will be happy to point out local activities and will have decorated the gîte for the celebration. On your arrival: a bottle of champagne, chocolates and sweets. Fully experience the Christmas tradition in Hautes-Alpes.
- GITE AT THE WATERFRONTThere is no shortage of water in the Alpes du Sud with its numerous dams favourable for swimming, boating and fishing. Serre-Ponçon Lake at the confluence of Durance and Ubaye rivers, at 3000 ha, is the largest artificial lake in Europe, Embrun, le Sautet, and the many rivers and torrents: Durance, Clarée, Buëch, Guisane, Drac, Blanchem Méouge, Blaisance and Avance.
- HERITAGEThe accommodation is situated near many cultural, heritage or historic sights (museum, fortification, architectural interest, monument or special interest site). Your host, who is sensitive to and knowledgeable about the region, will be happy to provide information and brochures on the subject. Amongst the Hautes-Alpes highlights: the villages of character, the sundials, the bell towers, the mountain villages, the ancient fortifications, the museums (mine museum, ecological museum, ethnological museum, railway museum).
- ACCESS TO LA MEIJE RESORTSWith its majestic setting, spectacular trails and 2150 m climb in altitude, the La Meije Glacier cable car is a world apart. It is the domain of off-piste skiing. Those who are discovering les Vallons for the first time are counselled to hire a mountain guide. On the other side of the scenic northern faces of La Meije is the 'sunny side' and recreational skiing. 5 km from La Grave, accessible by free shuttle bus, Chazelet, rising to 2300 m, offers recreational and family skiing. 4 button tows, 1 chair lift and red and green pistes. The Villar d'Arène snow area is the place par excellence for the family. 2 blue pistes, 1 red and a luge area. All activities start from the village. For cross-country skiing, head for Villar d'Arène or le vallon d'Arsine, with 10 km of prepared pistes for all levels. The cross-country season is from Christmas to Easter, depending on the snow. Snowshoeing.
- Massif des ÉcrinsThe massif des Écrins is a large mountain range in the French Alps. It is a wild, authentic, Mountain beauty has been able to be preserved because of its status of National Park. \"Le veil of the mariee\" in the Valgaudemar, the refuge of the Glacier Blanc at 2542 m a.s.l. " in Vallouise, Prapic village in the Valley of Champsaur, the Shepherd House, home of the Parc de Châteauroux-les-Alpes in the Embrunais and the Meije cable car are places not to be missed.
- Stay bikerAccommodation has a garage or a shelter for motorbikes, sheets and bathroom linen are provided as self catering, owner makes available a bomb of grease to the chain and information on pumps petrol and the nearest garages. Maps and tourist information are available in the accommodation and facilitate the Organization of circuits of discovery on a motorcycle from the cottage.
- Route des Grandes AlpesInaugurated in 1937, the Route of the great Alps is the most beautiful mountain roaming: Thonon-les-Bains at Chin, from Geneva to the Mediterranean, 684 km and 16 passes among the highest in the Alpine french - six of them rising to over 2,000 metres - guide motorists, bikers, cyclists, cycling (and sometimes even... intrepid hikers!).
- HOUSE
- Your holiday at the corner of fireWhat could be more pleasant in the fall or winter to meet at the corner of the fireplace to warm up in the heat of the flame and to hear the fire crackling. Sensation of vacation to stay deviser quietly and enjoy the time that passes by letting her mind go: this is what offers you our selection of houses of hosts and lodgings with fireplace!