Property For Sale Cardeilhac,France

Beautiful 4/5 Bedroom House in Rural France


A 4/5 bedroom house with large south facing conservatory and outdoor, covered swimming pool. The house has underfloor, oil-fired central heating and wood-burning stoves in the lounge and conservatory. Situation is outskirts of a small village in rural, southwestern France with views of the Pyrenees.



Area of plot; 195sqm





interior Facilities:

4/5 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
Large south facing conservatory
Wood Burning Stoves
Underfloor Heating
2 Reception Rooms


Exterior Facilities:

Covered Swimming Pool
2 Outbuildings
Garage
Private Garden


Local Facilities:

The Sea 1.5hr
The Airport 1hr
Golf 30 mins
Main Attractions 45 mins




About the Area:

The Pyrenees mountain range separates the iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe, stretching more than 430km between Spain and France and rising higher than 3,400m in elevation. Hiking trails traverse the entire length of the range and national parks offer shorter trails, while dozens of ski resorts can be found on both sides of the Pyrenees. Andorra is a tiny sovereign state in the heart of the chain.



Conspicuous features of Pyrenean scenery are:



The absence of great lakes, such as those that fill the lateral valleys of the Alps

the rarity and relative high elevation of usable passes

the large number of the mountain torrents locally called gaves, which often form lofty waterfalls, surpassed in Europe only by those of Scandinavia

the frequency with which the upper end of a valley assumes the form of a semicircle of precipitous cliffs, called a cirque.

The highest waterfall is Gavarnie (462 m or 1,515 ft), at the head of the Gave de Pau; the Cirque de Gavarnie, in the same valley,together with the nearby Cirque de Troumouse and Cirque d'Estaube, are notable examples of the cirque formation.



Low passes are lacking, and the principal roads and the railroads between France and Spain run only in the lowlands at the western and eastern ends of the Pyrenees, near sea level. The main passes of note are:



the Col de la Perche (1581m), towards the east, between the valley of the Tet and the valley of the Segre,

the Pas de la Casa or Port d'Envalira, the highest road pass in the Pyrenees at 2408m, and one of the highest points of the European road network, which provides the route from France to Andorra,

the nearby Col de Puymorens (1920m), on European route E09 between France and Spain.

the Port de la Bonaigua (2070m), in the middle of the range at the head of the Aran Valley, although the nearly col at Plan de Beret (1870m) is the lowest point in the main ridge between the Col de la Perche, almost 100km to the east and the Col du Pourtalet (1794m), over 100km to the west.

the Col de Somport or Port de Canfranc (1632m), where there were old Roman roads.

Because of the lack of low passes a number of tunnels have been created, beneath the passes at Somport, Envalira, and Puymorens and new routes in the center of the range at Bielsa and Vielha.



A notable visual feature of this mountain range is La Breche de Roland, a gap in the ridge line, which - according to legend - was created by Roland.







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