Country homes of Les Aygues-Vives, 8, Church Street, 09250 Luzenac

upper-Ariège, France

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Gîtes de France

Magical Pyrenees : sweet and strong, genuine, for ever

 

 

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The house and areas around

Surroundings

 

The Home « the Marmot »

 

The Home « the Trout »

 

 

 

 

The house and near areas around

 

….At the Aygues_Vives, the river rocks the house and gardens ….

 

 

 

The house of Aygues-Vives, nestled by the river,

in a case of forests and of mountains

 

The entrance of the homes:

gardens and courtyard by the river

 

 

The courtyard:

the corner of tubs full of flowers

 

 

 

In front of the homes :

the small beach, rocks, the diving-board

 

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Surroundings

 

….a genuine world made by mountains ….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The village, on a winter morning, falling snow …

 

 

 

General view southward since

the road to the castle of Lordat

 

 

General view eastward since the road

to the castle of Lordat

 

 

 

 

 

The Large Pond of Fontargente and the collar towards Andorra

 

Free ranching: Mérens Mare and foal in the pastures of Fontargente

 

The monts of Orlu in winter

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow and montains around Plateau of Beille and Ax area

 

Winter landscape from the alpin ski resort

of Bonascre (Ax 3 Domains)

 

 

 

The nordic ski resort of Beille

The alpin ski resort of Bonascre (Ax 3 Domains)

 

 

….torrents which growl…

 

The torrent of Lavail in spring

 

 

…canyons, for dynamic and intrepid people….

 

 

 

 

 

 

The canyon of Artigue, at the starting point,

with the guides of Ax

 

Not be afraid of the cold water…

 

 

 

 

Artigue : dizziness and fear of jumping are forbidden…

Artigue : the tyrolean rope above the abyss…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the canyon of Orlu, with the guides of Ax…

 

 

 

 

 

….natural hydrothermal warn springs….

 

The big (on the left) and the small (on the right) sulphurous hydrothermal warn springs of Mérens

 

 

…splendid tracks constructed by generations of travelers….

 

Nice tracks paved by the shepherds, the pedlars and  the smugglers, lead towards Spain across the mountain

 

 

… .sheep barns (orrys) which punctuate the ways of transhumance and mountain shelters ….

 

The orrys (sheep barns) gives shelters for one-night stop (to the left), as well as the mountain shelter of The Boutas (to the right)

 

 

….of splendid roman churches…

 

The roman church of Axiat

 

The roman church of Unac

 

The roman church of Verdun-upon-Ariège

Vernaux : roman church on a sunny midday

 

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The home « the Marmot  »

 

          

The “Izard” living – dining room with the kitchen corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bedroom « the Pyrenean Bear »

 

 

 

 

The kid bedroom « the Ptarmigan »

The bedroom « Le Great Grouse »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bathromn « The Mallard »

 

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The home « The Trout »

 

 

The “Fario Trout” living – dining room with the kitchen corner

 

The bedroom « The Salamander »

The bedroom « The Tree Frog »

 

The bedroom  « The Turtle»

The small lounge  /  occasional bedroom « The Otter »

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bathroom « the Pyrenean Desman »

 

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Informations

 

M. Christian CREPEAU, tel : +33 (0)6 81 54 85 78

Email : aygues_vives_luzenac@yahoo.fr