Le Mas Blanc - the Blue Room

Le Mas Blan exists for almost 800 years and is originally a Benedictine Monastery. It is a mythical place, beautifully situated in a nature reserve on the border of Provence and the Cevennes. The renovated monastery is overlooking the surrounding hills and the 40 hectares of private forests, terraces, and hiking trails along our own waterwells. The heated swimming pool is not far from the beautifully restored accommodations. Are you looking for a holiday home in the South of France or better still a holiday home with swimming pool in Provence or Cevennes, then you have come to the right place.

the Blue Room

This is our double room with a view over the hills of the Cevennes. Here you will feel like being the master of our valley. When the sky is clear, you can even see the Pre-Alps. The bathroom has a sink and a shower that is decorated with a mosaic decoration. The toilet has a separate entrance. The cane armchairs can be used both in the room and on the adjacent covered cloister terrace, which overlooks the flowers of the courtyard. Here is also a “treasure chest” with beautiful inlaid woodwork, in which some kitchen utensils are stored to turn your own breakfast into a French breakfast or make a nice lunch salad.

Entrance and Terrace

The private covered cloister terrace overlooking the courtyard

Bedroom

The room is equipped with two single beds. The antique wardrobe, in two tones lavender blue, completes the picture.

In front of the open window

Have a glass of wine with a beautiful view over the hills of the Cevennes.

Fresh figs

When the time of the figs starts at the end of August, you can pick a fresh meal of sweet figs from your room window until late October.

Nature: The Mas Blanc is located in the specific surroundings where the Provence and certainly the Cévennes are known for. Rest, swimming in the heated pool and the many rivers, will offer you the relaxation you are looking for.

Activities: In the immediate vicinity you can make large and small walks and bike rides from the former monastery. We have prepared routes for this purpose. The same applies to people who prefer to explore the area by car. But a canoe trip on the Cèze or Ardèche is often on the program. For the larger children there is an adventure park within walking distance where they can climb in the trees.

Cities and Villages: Are you interested in the culture of the region? Then you will enjoy yourselves in the cities of Avignon, Uzès, Nimes en Montpellier. “Les 5 plus beaux villages de France”) are so close, that you can visit them in one beautiful day trip by car.

Direct surroundings: The Mas Blanc is ideal for exploring the southern French Cevennes, Ardèche and Provence. Saint Ambroix is ​​only a few kilometers away. On Tuesday morning the people from near and far come together for the weekly market.

Day trip: The river Cèze offers many opportunities for swimming, fishing or canoeing. But also the beach is an easily accessible destination for a day trip.

Museums: We name 10 of them, but there are many more.

Pont du Gard
The silk museum  
Saint Quentin la poterie  
Un siecle de roulottes  
Le musée 1900  
Prehistorama  
the fossil forest  
Les Baux – de- Provence  
Sweets museum Haribo  
The Mining museum. 

Caves: In the immediate vicinity there are 4 caves to visit. Very exciting and current is the “Grotte de Chauvet”. He has been opened for the public just recently. This, now world famous, cave discovered by chance just in 1994 . The cave was inhabited more than 30,000 years ago (in the stone age) by the inhabitants of this region. Hundreds of drawings of animals whose existence was not yet known have been found . Only scientists and honored guests can visit the real cave, which is on the Unesco World Heritage List. But the French authorities have built a replica for a total cost of 55 million euros, that can not be distinguished from the real one. From the location of your holiday home on the Mas Blanc, this cave can be reached within 45 minutes.