Chateau de Lartigolle is an elegantly restored 18thC chateau, set in an 11 hectare (25 acre) wooded estate, high up on a hill with wonderful views over idyllic countryside. Lartigolle has superb facilities, great comfort, immensely stylish interiors, wonderful views and offers great cooking. Lartigolle is a pleasure trip for all ages! Lartigolle breathes from every stone the Gascon feeling of ‘bien-être’ or well-being. Whether yours is a large family party, several families together, or a group of friends, the property can offer up to 20 of you practically anything you might want on holiday. Lartigolle is only 10 minutes drive from the charming ancient city of Auch with its beautiful C15th cathedral, winding cobbled streets, street cafés, small shops, and much to see, do and enjoy.
Outdoors, the courtyard is full of flowers, shrubs and trees and most meals are eaten here in the shade of the chestnut trees. There are lots of other sunny and shady places ideally sited to enjoy evening drinks while watching the sun set. As well as the tennis court (surrounded by vineyards, orchards and ancient woodland) and 16m swimming pool (with poolside covered terrace and spectacular views down an endless valley) there is ample space for games: trampoline, table tennis and ‘boules’, and the English owners (who live on site) will organise wine-tastings, golf, horse riding, quad biking, canoeing, rafting, treetop adventures, paint-balling, hot-air ballooning, fishing and shooting – you can be as active as you like! And Lartigolle is only about an hour’s drive from the excellent and un-crowded Pyrenean ski resorts.
Indoors, the choice is just as good: a full-size snooker table, a ‘baby-foot’ table. a Steinway mini grand piano, a music system and huge CD selection, a well-stocked library, a children’s room with toys, SKY TV and DVD player…and whatever level of service you would like, from complete self-catering to having the two resident chefs prepare delicious, freshly cooked dinners, using fresh local ingredients and complemented by excellent local wines. Eating in summer is usually in the chateau courtyard under the chestnut trees, but can also be in the grand salon (dining room) with vast double doors at each end, looking east over the courtyard and west down the valley below the chateau. There are wood fires and central heating throughout (supplementary fuel charge in winter). Pets are not allowed but babies and toddlers are welcome and baby-sitting, laundry, extra cleaning and shopping can be arranged.
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Lartigolle has six luxurious ensuite double/family bedrooms sleeping fourteen and a large studio bedroom for six children. As well as the ‘grand salon’ or dining room, there is a large sitting room (‘Club Room’), the ‘petit salon’ (music room), the library, snooker room, and the children’s ‘chill room’; and there is a large, professionally equipped chateau kitchen in which superb Gascony food is produced - either by you, your staff or by the Lartigolle chefs.
On the Ground Floor, there is a double flight of stone steps up to an impressive double, glazed front door, leading into the enormous dining room which is at the centre of the chateau. This room runs the full depth of the house from east to west, with glazed doors and fine fanlights at each end. This stylish, spacious room sits 24 in great comfort, redolent with the welcoming memories of many happy feasts! Throughout the ground floor, the cool high rooms are lit by tall windows reaching to the ceilings, and one room flows easily into the next with original tiled and wooden floors complemented everywhere by touches of contemporary flair. On one side of the dining room, on the east front, are the snooker room and children’s sitting room and on the other side, the music room, library and large sitting room. In the southwest and northwest corners are luxurious double bedrooms, with walk-in shower rooms brilliantly installed in the original round corner towers of the chateau.
Adjacent to the dining hall is the stair hall, with a very fine original curving wooden staircase sweeping up to the First Floor. Double bedrooms in each corner with walk-in shower rooms set into the round corner towers and two other large, double bedrooms, one with two extra beds so known as the ‘family room’. These bedrooms, like the two on the ground floor, are each individual and different but linked in style by hand-printed wallpapers and an inspired combination of antique and contemporary furniture and pictures. Along the upstairs corridor, double doors open into a vast ‘studio’ bedroom, or children’s dormitory, with space for six children to sleep with their own round tower shower room.
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The owners of Lartigolle are also the house-keepers who will look after you during your stay. They have carried out the brilliant renovation of the property to its present use and live on site in the chateau ‘wing’ and the stable block – they are the designers and deliverers of your Lartigolle dream. You can rent Lartigolle on a fully self-catering basis, and the owners will welcome you into an immaculately prepared house but then leave you in complete privacy (but you have three hours a day of cleaning included in the rent). In addition you can rent the two double staff bedrooms in the kitchen wing and bring your won staff with you. Or you can opt for various levels of extra in-house Lartigolle service, from having dinner prepared for you every night up to the ‘Full Service’ option. ‘Full Service’ will provide you with the very best of local food and wine, bought, prepared and served for you 5 days a week, together with professional shopping and housekeeping. This can include breakfast every day, packed lunch hampers, afternoon tea, drinks with canapés and superb four course dinners with wines and Armagnac. Very spoiling and pure pleasure!
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| Distances |
5 minutes drive to Pessan (local café and facilities)
10 minutes drive to Auch (departmental capital, fine cathedral and mediaeval town centre, shops, markets, restaurants, super-markets, golf course)
50 minutes drive to Toulouse International airport
60 minutes drive to Toulouse City centre (excellent shops, galleries, museums, restaurants)
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