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Maison Foussat is an elegant 3 storey town house, right in the very heart of Uzes. Built in local stone, it has been carefully restored to provide 200 square metres of high quality accommodation and features exposed stone walls, wood beamed ceilings and tiled floors.
Inside:
* gracious reception room with open fireplace. Comfortable sitting area and dining table seating 6
* kitchen with stainless steel range cooker
* large store room off the kitchen
* first floor sitting room with entertainment centre and wireless internet access
* 3 double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room
* Family bathroom with bathtub & double wash basins. Separate WC
* laundry room
* gas central heating throughout
Outside:
* at ground floor & lower ground floor level, courtyard with dining table
* roof terrace with spectacular views of the town
Uzès is a lively medieval town, distinguished as the first Duché of France. With it's fine chateau and various towers and fortress buildings dating from the 12th century, it has been a national protected site since the 1950s. 100 yards from the Maison Fousset is the huge "Place aux Herbes" with outdoor cafés and a huge market each Saturday, as well as a smaller organic market on Wednesdays. The town is full of shops and restaurants; there are a number of banks, a bus station, and a cinema. Uzès is also the home to several summer festivals, including a modern dance festival and several types of music.
Uzès is surrounded by picturesque towns and villages, each with it's own character. St. Quentin la Poterie, a village 3 km away is known internationally for it's pottery studios and pottery museum. A 15 minute drive brings you to the Pont du Gard - a world heritage site. It is an enormous bridge - part of a Roman aqueduct that carried water from the springs in Uzès to Nimes. Both Avignon with the Palais des Papes and a fantastic summer festival, and Nimes with it's superb Colleseum are within a 45 minute drive. Arles, the town of Van Gogh, Orange with the Arausio - an intact Roman Theater, the Camargue with its famous "chevaux blancs", the beaches of Montpellier, the Luberon, and the Cevennes are all just an hour or so away. Also nearby is the beautiful gorge of the Ardèche,.
There is wonderful bathing in the Cèze or in the Gardon at the Pont du Gard. Kayaks and canoes are available at the Cèze and the Gardon; longer rafting trips take place on the Ardèche. The country roads are perfect for bicycling, and are small country lanes and paths for walking.
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