6 Bed House for sale
Saint-Ambroix, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Full Description
This spacious stone house, situated by a small village road, is currently divided into three units of accommodation. There is an apartment on the first floor for the owners, 93m2, with a large balcony (20m2) which looks out over the courtyard. This apartment has two bedrooms (one en suite), a bathroom, living room with kitchen, and an office with a mezzanine sleeping area.
On the ground floor there is a garage (25m2) and a workshop/cellar(48m2)
There are also two other apartments which are completely independent. They are both around 70m2. Each one has two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, and family bathroom, with balcony.
On the other side of the courtyard (where you can park four cars) is the garden area. Here there is a "summer kitchen", and an out of ground swimming pool.
In the village there is a baker's, grocery store, garage, primary school and chemist, plus a doctor's surgery, hairdresser's and a bar.
The nearest town is St Ambroix, about two miles away. This medieval market town has primary and secondary schools, three supermarkets, and lots of individual food shops. There is a very large lively weekly market, and the town hold many festivals and antique fairs. There is a weekly "vide greniers" every Saturday in the main square. It is just 20 minutes from the beautifully renovated Renaissance village of Barjac, which also holds markets and a very famous antique fair.
In this region swimming is popular in isolated and magical surrounding rivers, and other outdoor activities include canoeing, horse-riding, kayaking, cycling and mountain climbing. There are famous caves including the Caverne Pont d'Arc, with its cave paintings, recently opened to the public. The Ardèche Gorges are very close by, and are not to be missed. You can swim in the rivers, go to water parks, visit lovely old walled towns, have a coffee in the sunshine or go wine tasting at one of the many vineyards.
There are many fascinating cities to visit, including Nîmes, Avignon, Anduze, Alès, Uzès, Montpellier and Marseille, and the Mediterranean coast is also within reach at 120kms at Grau-du-Roi, Sainte Marie de la Mer and the Camargue. Conveniently situated for connections to airports at Nimes (60km), Avignon (70km) and Montpellier (80kms)
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