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Village holiday in Languedoc | Farm cottage in Mayenne

Village holiday in Languedoc

Fancy a bucolic retreat in the French countryside? Anyone can live the dream for a few weeks. Continental living has become an industry; the influx of English-speaking buyers has rejuvenated many fading towns and villages across France.

Half an hour from our rented cottage in rural Languedoc, the morning market in the venerable town of Pezenas has been staged every Saturday for six hundred years. Fromages des terroirs heralds a table groaning with cheeses in door-stopper wheels or melt-in-the-mouth wedges of soft Beaufort, Roquefort or a host of regional varieties.






Valentine's Day in the Languedoc village of Magalas
Valentine's Day in the Languedoc village of Magalas		 En route... the E15 Autoroute
En route... the E15 Autoroute		 Country road, Herault
Country road, Herault
Chateau at Pouzolles
Chateau at Pouzolles		 Pouzolles at dusk
Pouzolles at dusk		 Canal du Midi
Canal du Midi
Sunrise over Magalas, a circulade village
Sunrise over Magalas, a circulade village		 Magalas
Magalas		 Cottage lunch at Magalas
Cottage lunch at Magalas
Early evening, Magalas
Early evening, Magalas		 Vallee du Jaur
Vallee du Jaur		 Voters gather in Pezenas
Voters gather in Pezenas
Saturday market in Pezenas
Saturday market in Pezenas		 Saturday market in Pezenas
Saturday market in Pezenas		 Olive varieties at the Pezenas market
Olive varieties at the Pezenas market
Window boxes, Pezenas
Window boxes, Pezenas		 Historic shop sign, Pezenas
Historic shop sign, Pezenas		 Pont du Gard, outside Nimes
Pont du Gard, outside Nimes
Les Arenes, the Roman amphitheatre in Nimes
Les Arenes, the Roman amphitheatre in Nimes		 Cafe society, Nimes
Cafe society, Nimes		 Local cheeses at Les Halles, Nimes
Local cheeses at Les Halles, Nimes
Maison Carree, Nimes
Maison Carree, Nimes		 Canal Royal, Sete
Canal Royal, Sete		 Sete balconies
Sete balconies
Town Sete
Town Sete		 Lunching in Sete
Lunching in Sete		 Troubador, Sete
Troubador, Sete
Mussels for lunch, Sete
Mussels for lunch, Sete

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