Here are just a few extracts taken from the La Cardabelle Guest Book, the Guests are not only giving their comments about the villa but also telling us what they enjoyed in and around the area.

2005

“We have thoroughly enjoyed our week at La Cardabelle. The villa is very comfortable, spacious, well equipped, quiet and an ideal base for exploring the area. A highlight of our stay was canoeing on the R. Herault upstream of St. Guilhem.

We’ve had a great holiday”.

“We’ve had a wonderful holiday in this superb house – generously equipped. Pool so appreciated. St. Guilhem le Desert beautiful, especially early in the day before the visitors arrive.

Thank you for all your kind provisions for us.”

Had a lovely restful holiday in a well equipped and comfortable house. Children enjoyed the pool and wendy house. Pezenas is worth a visit for shops and restaurants.

“Excellent holiday for 2 families. House very well equipped and comfortable. Pool kept children very happy. Aqualand in Cap d’Agde well worth a day out. Viaduct at Millau very impressive. Lucky enough to see water jousting at Sete. Superb house for exploration.

Thanks for facilities and arrangements.

2006

“A wonderful holiday in a fantastic property ideally located for peace and quiet but also to discover the amazing Languedoc countryside and history. So many highlights, the Millau Viaduct, the paths of the Knights Templar and the Hospitaller of the Lazarc, St Guilhem le Desert and the Clamouse Caves, all the above within easy driving distance. Pool was well enjoyed by all the family in the hot weather.”

We had a superbly relaxing time in Cabrials. The villa was perfect for recharging drained batteries. “The villa is ideally located for getting out and about…Sete, Pezenas and Meze (fantastic seafood!!). Thank you for a gorgeous place to stay on our holiday, we will be coming back.”

We have had a fantastic time and loved every minute. The kids loved the pool & the play area & we loved the fine local wines and French cuisine. It is well worth taking a walk around the vineyards (turn left out of the villa) If heading out for a meal we would recommend Restaurant La Tournesol in Clermont l’Herault, fabulous food and a family area if you have children.

Full marks to La Cardabelle!!”

“This beautiful appointed house has been a wonderful haven from the cares of working life. You should venture into the hills and follow the trail of the Knights Templar or go to Pezenas and spend time (and money) in the many lovely craft shops, The jewellery and wood turning are quite superb.

Thank you for a delightful stay.”

2007

“Wonderful weather, fantastic part of France, many places of interest…..villa is the perfect location, comfortable and equipped with everything you could need….but….just great!”

                                                                                                J & D. Watts, Leatherhead

“La Cardabelle exceeded all expectations. Our 2 grand daughters loved the play area and turned the play house into a pirate camp. With young children Captain Jacko’s at Cap d’Agde was perfect for them and a step over the boardwalk onto the sand and the Med proper was great. We had a very good lunch looking out to sea at the restaurant Le Reef, a really good day out. Canoeing at St, Guilhem was a success too. The children loved pony rides at the Domaine Trois Fontaine, towards Canet. Tennis in the village (Cabrials) – ask at the shop and you can join for a year for 18 Euros!

The weather has been excellent...pool hit 29 degrees!”

“We shared this lovely, well kept and well equipped house one week with senior Norwegian friends and one week with our Danish family, children and grandchildren. For both groups the house was a fine frame for social life. We enjoyed the friendly attitude from people in Cabrials, the little shop is perfect.

Thank you for a good welcome.”

2008

“Had a fabulous stay here, Nimes and Carcassonne well worth a visit, also enjoyed a trip to the Millau Viaduc, villa very well equipped.”

“The Villa is great and especially the pool and sun loungers, loved the Boules Court. The markets had lots of good food and fruit to buy, L’epicerie very helpful and great to have. Cabrials & the area very pretty. Many thanks Pauline and Thomas, yourselves and Aurore were very helpful.”

“We all had a fantastic time, villa and pool lovely, hope to visit again soon. Lovely area will recommend to friends.”

“Fantastic villa – truly an excellent location and very well equipped.

Must do’s: Pezenas, Montpellier, Millau Viaduct, Meze.

Needs: Nothing really – Broadband would be useful (sad I know)”

“Wonderful house, great area, great weather & perfection was reached when we found the cafateire! So much to see and do, Meze, Marseillan a delight, St. Pons de Mauchiens is beautiful, the wines of the area a revelation. We’ll be back!”

                                                                                                Mac. Family and Friends, Scotland

2009

Excellent Villa and facilities, great base for touring the area, we found Pezenas and St. Guilhem particularly attractive, our daughter and partner also took the 12 km kayak adventure from

St. Guilham.

Cabrials is a very pretty village with nice rural strolls in all directions and delightful birds and frogs chorus, the red squirrel visiting the garden was also a delight.

We have thoroughly enjoyed our stay – perfect villa, wonderful pool, great location.

We will miss this place, and especially taking pre-dinner drinks at the Epicerie.

We had great seafood at Meze.

Thank you so much. We have loved your beautiful villa with all its great amenities. The hamlet is perfect and everyone so friendly. We enjoyed ordering our croissants and baguettes and our pre dinner drinks at the Epicerie. Mostly we wanted to relax by the pool but we did manage some lovely day trips to St. Guilhem de Desert and le Grau d’Agde (excellent beach, surf, sea food).

 The nearby ferme has stunning goats cheese and the local cave rose is delicious for 2 euros.

Thanks again and to all who follow – enjoy.

The Rafters from Wellington, NZ

What a fabulous retreat, it didn’t take us long to get into the routine of swim, eat, swim, drink, swim. How lovely it was to eat all meals outside, often surrounded by mummy red squirrel who treated us to an audience with her beautiful kittens – what a thrill that was!!

Best day out for children aged 9-15, plus mum and dad was canoeing on L’Herault from

St. Guilhem. It was a beautiful day out which encompassed lots of river swimming, picnicking on deserted beaches and mini rapids. Swimming under Pont du Diable was brilliant, take water shoes – it is really stony and snorkels as the water is very clear with lots of fish.

A truly wonderful 2 weeks, thank you for making your lovely French home available to us..

We had a wonderful stay at La Cardabelle and enjoyed the house and the pool very much, we had a crowd of young children and they simply adored the little playing area as well as the toys that were provided for the pool, very thoughtful and appreciated.

Thanks for a well equipped house – nothing is missing.

2010

We also had a lovely time at your lovely villa, felt at home as soon as we stepped in the front door! Children loved exploring the grounds and spent lots of time in the pool and Wendy House. Weather was perfect, plenty of shade if it got too hot. Love to come again one day and will definitely recommend to our friends.

Thank you for a lovely holiday from all of us.

                                                                                                            Wills and Stoke families

A blissful, lazy fortnight spent in a well equipped homely idyll!

Plenty of shady spots in the garden to escape the blazing sun. Lovely to watch the acrobatic antics of the red squirrels.

Cabrials is a super centre to explore the area, local epicerie supplying our daily baguettes.

Thank you Tom and Pauline.

Villa La Cardabelle offered us serene tranquillity set in gorgeous panoramic landscape. The sound of the trees swaying from the gentle breeze against a backdrop of wall to wall blue skies and the crafty red squirrel taking a sip from the cool water of the pool is just one of many memories we’ll remember from our stay in Cabrials.

A fantastic place to wind down and forget our hectic lives in Angleterre! There is a lot to see and do in the area, like the ghettos of the fairies, canoeing down the Herault River and seeing the majestic gorges.

All in all a wonderful and memorable holiday at La Cardabelle, thank you Tom and Pauline.

                                                                                                            The Ryrie Family

We had a wonderful time this week, fantastic thunderstorms at night and lovely hot days – thanks for a great holiday.

We had a wonderful 2 weeks in your beautifully appointed villa. Everything was perfect, from the well equipped kitchen to the great choice of toys for our own two little girls.

We were lucky with the weather and were able to enjoy leisurely suppers in the garden.

Thank you so much Thomas and Pauline.

                                                                                                            Graham and Jane Rothery

2011

Thank you for sharing your wonderful Villa, I enjoyed the sights and my stay here.

                                                                                                            Mrs C Crowfoot

What a fantastic house, garden and pool. Everything was perfect and the children only got out of the pool to play swingball. BBQ most nights. Great exploring as well – saw the Tour de France 5 minutes from here. Meze for the day, Caves Clamouse recommended.

We wished we were staying for 2 weeks now that we are leaving – will be back to the area again.

We have had a fantastic 2 weeks. The Villa is spacious and very well equipped. The whole family enjoyed the garden and particularly the pool area. The weather has been excellent – 30 degrees most days. BBQ most nights – outdoor eating facilities are very good. The locals are very friendly and we have found much to do in the area – Pezenas and Marseillan were particularly enjoyable.

A highlight was undoubtedly a boat trip under the Millau Viaduct – magnificent!

A number of sightings of the red squirrel family in the back garden!

                                                                                                            The Melson Family

Great holiday. Enjoyed the pool. Went cycling around the Lake Salagou and canoeing down the Herault Gorges, we had a lovely 3 course meal at the Abbaye de Valmagne and an authentic French meal at the Pomme d’Amour in Pezenas, Marseillan Plage and town were great, fun in the big waves!

Thank you, we hope to be back next year.

Thank you Thomas and Pauline for letting us stay in your lovely Villa in this gorgeous part of France. The Villa was really child friendly and well equipped. The kids loved the pool and Wendy house.

The locals were really friendly and we spent a fantastic night at the Cabrials Flamenco night.

We took full advantage of the epicerie croissant/bread ordering service.

We BBQ’d and spent days by the pool.

Special thanks to Thomas for all your advice and assistance – we’d love to come back one day.

                                                                                                            Fisher and Calvert Families

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