Aude Holiday Gite with Pool and garden in Languedoc, Nr Canal du Midi, France - Le Fitou Reviews

Wow! This was one special holiday! (Copy of review on Trip Advisor)

The Winemaker's House was everything we hoped it would be.In an ideal location for exploring the area, it was immaculately presented, whilst offering lots of character and original French features.The owners, Roger and Jane, were extremely helpful, providing us with food on arrival, and giving us lots of very useful information about places to visit, and restaurants in the area. The garden area was well stocked with beautiful plants, and flowers in profusion. An excellent swimming pool was extremely welcome, at the end of a busy day, exploring the area. All in all, we would thoroughly recommend Le Fitou; indeed, we have already booked for next year.

Lovely family gite with welcoming hosts (Copy of review on Trip Advisor)
Highlight for us was the beautiful pool, very well maintained and a really good size. The gite is characterful, spacious and well appointed. Great location with the very friendly village shop and a playground both within a couple of minutes walk. The local area is a delight, full of charming, picturesque canal and riverside villages, vineyards galore and beautiful beaches an easy drive away. Roger and Jane are the perfect hosts full of recommendations to help you enjoy it all, we all look forward to coming back!

A French holiday to remember in a lovely gite in a fantastic location (copy of review on Home Away)

Just returned from a wonderful week spent in the Aude region of the Languedoc .
Le Fitou is a traditional French gite with a large pool, sun beds and well kept garden situated in a small village location near to the Canal Midi and the beautiful historic towns of Narbonne and Carcassonne. It is well equipped with spacious bedrooms and modern bathrooms. One of my memories will be waking up with the sunshine gleaming ,overlooking the garden and pool and listening to the church bells ringing. Roger and Jane ( plus lovely Lupin the small friendly dog) are fantastic friendly hosts; they have researched the local area well and subsequently know the best places to visit including restaurants, beaches and historic villages.
We have stayed in many gites and villas during the last 10 years in France and the welcome pack was the best ever, thank you.

Superb Accommodation (Copy of review on Home Away)

We (mum, dad plus sons 18 and 20) spent a wonderful 2 weeks at Le Fitou. We became 5 when joined by a son's friend in the second week. More than enough space and very comfortable- large living room with adjacent, well equipped, kitchen and dining room. We didn't use the dining room much, as we tended to eat on the shaded patio table just outside the kitchen, beyond which was a large, clean and essential (it was very hot) swimming pool within a beautiful garden. 3 good sized and comfortable bedrooms equipped with fans (essential at night). We loved it. Our hosts, Roger and Jane, could not have been more kind and helpful. They were full of information about the local area (places to visit, good restaurants, the best beaches, parking in nearby towns) which is so useful when you only have 2 precious weeks' of holiday. The location was perfect. So many interesting places to visit within an hour's drive. The furthest we travelled was to beautiful Montpellier, which took about an hour, but Beziers and Narbonne could be reached within 30 mins or so). Carcasonne about 45 mins. Memories will include: the village annual fancy dress barge race; boating on the canal; drinking with the locals at the nearby woodland bar; walking by the river to a beautiful nearby village called Le Somail (you must eat at the restaurant next to the second hand bookshop- Roger and Jane will give you the details); swimming in nearby rivers; wine tasting (if you throw a stone here, you will hit a vineyard); the boys and dad being pulled behind a speed boat at the nearby beach; eating grilled sardines and drinking wine at the beach restaraunt; 10km kayak ride (fantastic!); opening the shutters every morning to perfect weather. Thank you again to Jane and Roger for stocking our fridge with a few essentials prior to arrival. So kind. We will return!

We have rented this place 4 times in the last 8 years. The only place in the world we've ever gone back to more than once! The rental is clean, spacious and well-equipped. The pool and garden are well maintained and you just feel all of your stresses melting away while sitting on the patio enjoying local wine, cheese and produce. We can't get enough of this area and all it has to offer - local markets, beaches, wine-tasting, early morning runs along the Canal du Midi, white water rafting in the Pyrenees, day trips to Spain, kayaking, etc.

We spent a family holiday at Le Fitou in July 2015 and I can honestly say it was one of the best we have had.

Le Fitou is a charming and very well-kept property. There were only four of us, but it could have very comfortably accommodated six and it is very reasonably priced. Indeed, it considerably exceeded our expectations.

The house is spotless and very well equipped with some nice little touches, including generous basic food essentials on arrival, vases of fresh-cut flowers, good quality linen and towels and plenty of toiletries.

Every morning we would stroll to the lovely little village shop to buy delicious fresh bread and croissants. We would be back by the time the coffee had brewed.

For an excellent choice of fish, meat, local fruit and vegetables there’s a good supermarket only a few minutes drive away and the gated parking directly in front of the house makes it all very convenient. At the back is a lovely private patio for relaxing and eating al fresco.

For our 12 year old twin boys the very well maintained and good size swimming pool was one of the highlights. It is very safe and it is very quiet and peaceful, set in the pretty and well-tended walled garden.

Other than on the few occasions when we could persuade the boys to go exploring the nearby towns and countryside they spent most of their time in the pool and rated it 10/10, both for fun and cleanliness. Although shared with the owners, you rarely see them as they are very discreet and only tend to use it when guests are not there.

But when you do want to see them, Roger and Jane are fantastic hosts and always happy to provide excellent suggestions of places and nearby restaurants to visit. The white-water canoeing and a privately chartered boat trip on the Canal du Midi were great fun.

For a change from the pool, there is some lovely nearby river swimming and the beach that they recommended at Narbonne was very pleasant and uncrowded.

It has given us some lovely memories and the boys are already asking when we will be going back …

Picturesque comfortable Gite
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

My husband I have just had a lovely week at this charming Gite. The Gite is bright and comfortable nicely furnished with everything you need. The owners were very welcoming and helpful, recommending places to visit and eat. There is so much to do and visit in the surrounding areas. The house is in the lovely village of Mirepeisset and so near the Canal du Midi which is just lovely. We would highly recommend this Gite for a lovely holiday.

Date of arrival
13 May 2016

(Copy or review on Home Away - 11/07/2016)
The property was beautifully maintained with lots of nice personal touches (colourful throws and cushions on the beds, pretty pictures etc) Well equipped kitchen, plenty of storage space for suitcases etc. Lots of information about the area and our hosts were excellent sources of information and only too willing to help out with suggestions to help us have a great holiday, Good local store and restaurant. Plenty of goodies in the fridge to start us off! Good size pool for the swimmers and plenty of beach towels for the more lazy. Highly recommended!

Gorgeous Gite in beautiful surroundings (Copy of review on Home Away)
14 July 2016
We were so pleased that the gorgeous winemaker's house behind the green gates was in fact our holiday home for the next week! We were greeted by owners Roger and Jane with big smiles, a walk-around the property and a glass of rosé while the children splashed in the beautiful pool. We came for a week's holiday with our family to relax and enjoy the sunshine, gorgeous countryside and of course delicious food and wine and we were not disappointed! Le Fitou is beautifully decorated and has everything you need - from a washing machine to an electric whisk. The pool area and garden are a view to behold - the flowers are beautiful thanks to Jane. Le Fitou is brilliantly located two minutes walk from the village shop so we had fresh baguette and croissants each morning and there are also many nice walks and bike rides on your doorstep. Roger and Jane are fantastic hosts and are always there if you need them but also discreet if you would prefer some quiet time. Their welcome pack of food basics was also greatly appreciated so we didn't have to head straight to the supermarket on our first evening. Would definitely recommend!

9 July 2016 (Copy of review on Home Away)

Mirepeisset is a lovely, tranquil and typically French village surrounded by vineyards. It has two charming restaurants and one shop, which doubles as a patisserie . Just perfect for fresh croissants and bread ! The house itself is simply perfect and exceeded our expectations. The decor is tasteful while the room sizes are just right. The swimming pool is wonderful and comes with all the sunloungers you will need for a relaxing day by the pool. The gardens surrounding the houses and swimming pools are lush and colourful and provide shade and a wonderful breeze. I cannot recommend this place enough for those that want a peaceful place to relax for a week or those who want to explore the surrounding countryside, the expanse of white sands on the coast, the tiny hillside villages orbsple the delicious wines and foods of the region. Jane and Roger are excellent hosts and while discrete are on hand with any questions you may have.