Les Rives du Port

Spring 2024 - final weeks left

Missed out on a Marseillan escape this spring or summer? Join us early next year.

June July & August 2024 are already booked up!

 

APRIL 2024 - just two weeks left

SEPTEMBER 2024 - one week available

 

Whenever you return to Les Rives du Port, look out for the little touches, new twists to the decor and design. The owners have a great eye for detail and as they use the house throughout the year, there will always be a triumphant addition tto the home from the markets and art and antique fairs at the plage and Pezenas.

Regular guests get to know the fisherwomen, wine makers and dog walkers who pass the terrace each morning, and a wave bonjour is part of the sunrise routine at Le Rives.

Luxury over three storeys with two large double bedrooms and two bathrooms, a portside terrace overlooking the fishing boats and the park and a private garden to the ground floor bedroom.

 

From £400 out of season to £880 in peak summer months, this special house is a firm favourite, with regular guests returning year after year to a true home-from-home by the water's edge. Key spring and summer dates book up a year in advance.

 

The Ground Floor entrance hall and smart modern bathroom lead into a light, bright and cosy garden-bedroom with a comfortable double bed.

The nautical theme reflects the port that is just outside the window, with tableaux of sails and seas on the wall behind the bed. A well-stocked book case reflects the home-owner's wide-ranging interests and includes maps and guides for planning your next cycle trip or hike in the countryside outside Marseillan.

Two glass doors swing open to the pretty waterfront patio with its romantic swing seat under the pergola and cool greenery that rustles gently in the sea breeze.

The washing machine is downstairs, just off the hallway.

A soft and welcoming sofa and arm chairs and a smart dining suite for apreciating food and lifestyle in comfort.

A high-end music system and the TV for quiet nights in. And a cooling through breeze in summer as you enjoy either your own tunes or the house owner's eclectic taste in music.

Newly decked in teak, the first floor terrace through the patio windows is the place for breakfast, lunch and dinner al fresco - dining under the sultry Languedoc skies.

Step out onto this wide terrace, its electric awning offering shade from the noonday sun, an outdoor dining suite for evenings watching the lights flickering across the bay as the Mont St Clair is reflected in the clear waters of the Etang de Thau.

A few more steps lead to the splendid spacious open plan bedroom on the second floor.

A brand new ensuite shower/wetroom and a seperate wc on the same level.

This bedroom now has an extra-wide kingsized double bed. Space for pampering and quality me time, comfortable chairs, with desks and tables for catching up on your emails, admiring the eclectic art collection on the walls or simply gazing out over two contrasting views of Marseillan:

Look north across the port, the oysterbeds, beyond the Parc and onto the vineyards of the horizon; Gaze south over the Tabarka rooftops to the entrance of the main marina.

Relaxation is the keynote of any stay at the Rives du Port. You can see the oysterbeds from the terrace and one of the gentlest shopping trips you will take will be the lovely waterside wander through the park, along the new plagette beach to the oyster farms.

Pick and choose your seafood supper and, on the way back, step into the red stone warehouse of the Banq family's winery and choose a flavoursome viognier white or reliable marsellan red to serve with the meal.

You can take the same walk, leaving the car at home should you fancy dining out. In summer, fishermen's shack just beyond the plagette, serve platters of fresh oysters with a glass of crisp chilled picpoul and  the lunchtime brasucade fishermen's barbecues at the osyer sheds are the stuff of legend.

 

Behind the sheds, grab a plate, find a spare place at one of the long shared tables and lunch with the locals. Mussels, sizzling in white wine and herbs, toasted over flaming vine stock, fresh sardines on the grill: pile up your plate and leave space for dessert. 4 courses, coffee and wine for around 20 euros - pretty much unforgettable stuff.

Of course, the fine dining option is still on the menu, two or three minutes in the other direction and you are on the main restaurant lined quaysides of the pleasure port, and five minutes walk takes you to the very heart of Marseillan Village for the gatsronomic treats of centre ville.

 

Plenty of oportunity to work off all this food - the village tennis courts are just along the oyster farm lane from the house, you may hire a sailing boat with a skipper for as little at 60 euros in the main port around the corner.

 

The new cycle path swings all the way round the etang, taking you to Sete and back along a trail of unspoilt beaches and ripening vines.

Of course, you may prefer simply to watch other people being energetic - the Kithau sailboard club has its shack in the park by the lagoon and the fun is in watching first timers enjoy the zip wire string from the shore to the waters.

Contact us now for updates on availability and to request your special week in the sun.

 

Fill in the form HERE or write to

stephane@marseillanvillage.co.uk

or call us in France on 06 06 75 65 59

Guests from the UK can call us on 07522 507915 .

 

All reservations must be accompanied by a 25% deposit. Balance 8 weeks before arrival.

We also require a security deposit against breakages of £200, refunded 7 days after departure.

 

Prices quoted do not include linens - available at a modest charge.

 

Weekly bookings are from 5pm on the day of your arrival until 10am on the morning you leave.

Registration number: 3415000060216