Description
Fancy a sunny vacation in a beautiful vacation home with private pool and pleasantly shaded terrace? This modern and lovingly furnished accommodation is located in Grans between the Alpilles and the Camargue. Walk through the forest of Miramas opposite and experience the Parc de la Poudrerie, 135 hectares in size and partly open to the public, with a diverse fauna of frogs, toads, reptiles, bats, beaver rats and over 130 different species of birds, such as flamingos, swans, herons and birds of prey. The Colline de Grans offers a great mountain bike trail with partly wide and couped sections. The tour takes about 45 minutes, and along the way you will discover so-called bories, igloo-shaped stone huts from the nineteenth century. You will also pass by the Mur des Abeilles or the Wall of the Bees. In the crevices of this eighteenth-century dry stone wall, 60 meters long, there are more than fifty hives of bees, which here enjoy adequate protection from bad weather. If you wish, you can also walk the route. 9 km from your cottage, Miramas offers five beautiful hiking trails with unique views of the pristine coastline and the Étang de Berre. Take your family to the cozy zoo of La Barben (15 km), home to more than 650 animals from around the world. After that, you can have a look around Salon-de-Provence. This great city is known for its soap manufactories, the birthplace of Nostradamus and the legendary French aerobatic team Patrouille de France. After an eventful excursion, the vacation property offers you the necessary rest to relax. The accommodation convinces with pleasantly bright rooms and has a separate annex with sleeping facilities, and the garden furniture in Moroccan style will certainly please you. The property is located on the outskirts of Grans, a peaceful little village with picturesque houses, small streets and old fountains. A long list of great destinations awaits you within less than an hour: Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Arles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Les Baux-de-Provence, the Alpilles and the Camargue, as well as the many cozy villages in the Luberon. 9 km away you can walk along the shores of the Étang de Berre, and from Grans it is only 45 minutes to the nearest Mediterranean beaches.
