La Maison Caignac
Local Area
La Maison Caignac is perfect for a relaxing holiday just soaking up the atmosphere and wandering around the grounds. If you want to explore this attractive part of France you will be spoilt for choice. The vibrant city of Toulouse is just 40 kms away and Carcassonne is 60 kms. There are many local markets, the best being in the town of Mirepoix which boasts a fabulous Monday morning market with in excess of 200 stalls. If you care to travel, you can find a market for every day of the week!
The Pyrenees are a 60 minute drive away and telecabines, at Ax les Thermes, take you up to the ski areas where you can enjoy mountain walks in the summer or skiing in the winter. For beach lovers, the Mediterranean sea is only 1 hour's drive away. The area is perfect for sports lovers too. Golf, horse riding and white water rafting are within easy reach from Caignac and a nearby lake, only 4 kms away, offers swimming, pedalo hire, sailing and windsurfing. Another lake, 50 kms away, offers waterskiing and jetskiing. Boats can be hired on the Canal du Midi or you can cycle the towpath either towards Toulouse or the Mediterranean.
Things to do
Here is a selection of things to do in no particular order and certainly by no means exhaustive.
Go boating at Lac Ganguise
Cycle/walk/boat the Canal du Midi
Visit a Casino/theatre/restaurant complex on the Toulouse périphérique
Go canoeing or white water (well, mountain river) rafting
Visit the Pyrenees - skiing in winter - main lift open in summer for mountain walking
Water skiing at Tarascon
Go to the Mediterranean - visit Collioure near Perpignan
Go to Andorra
Visit the prehistoric caves and underground boating near Foix and Tarascon
Visit some sites of the Cathare castles
Do Carcassonne and/or Toulouse
Visit Space City at Toulous
Visit the Airbus factory at Toulouse
Arrive/Depart via Barcelona
Visit the Gayda wine farm and restaurant between Fanjeaux and Limoux
Do the large markets at Mirepoix or Revel
Go ballooning or parachuting
Recently renovated and refurbished
High standard accommodation
Sleeps up to 13
Private heated swimming pool
Private tennis court
Barbeque and Outside dining
Lovely gardens
Pool Table, Pin Table, Pub Darts, Table Football
Garden Chess
Cricket Net
Boules Court