Gite based walking holiday in South France.

For climbers, the area is full of great climbs on a variety of rocks. Of particular note is the area around Tautavel in the Corbieres just north of the Tet valley.

In summer, the whole area becomes a walker's paradise. For serious hikers, there are many challenging paths with the facility to spend the night in Refuges dotted around the mountains. For the recreational walker, there are easier walks but wherever you go, you are always surrounded by fantastic scenery and wonderful flora & fauna. In this area alone, there are 7 Nature reserves.

Geographically, the Pyrenees-Orientales department, the southernmost in France, can be split into 3 distinct regions:

a) to the north, the Corbieres & the Fenouilledes, a land of crumbly schist rock & limestone outcrops.

b) to the east, the plain & coast of Roussillon, an ancient bay filled by the fertile alluvial deposits of the Tech, Tet & Agly rivers, bounded to the south by the Alberes massif, the final eastern link in the Pyrenean chain of mountains.

c) to the west, a vast zone of granite mountains formed between two of the earth's plates interspersed by the two plateaus of the Cerdagne & Capcir and the deep valleys of the Vallespir (River Tech) & Confluent (River Tet).

Self Catering holiday gîte and B&B accommodation in South France for holiday / vacation rent in Tet Valley near Pyrenees Mountains Southern France
For either Gite or B&B accommodation in the area please contact the resident English speaking owners of the Peach Valley gite:

Jolanta & Steve Williams on
Tel: 00 33 4 68 05 96 44
6 Cami Ral, 66320 Rodès, France.
Email us at enquiry@peachvalley.co.uk