Featured Holiday Rentals in Barcelonnette
Featured Holiday Rentals in Barcelonnette
Holiday Rentals in Barcelonnette - A Guide to Barcelonnette
Holiday rentals in Barcelonnette can be found in the Ubays Mountain Valley, which runs from east to west and then curves past Jausiers. It is a large town which was created in the 13th century with neat streets divided up into rectangles.
The long pedestrian street runs parallel to the mountains on both sides. These mountains can rise up to over 2600 metres and make for fantastic scenery in this picturesque commune.
Your Barcelonnette holiday rentals are nestled amongst a primarily market town with local open-air markets always available. Not only good for a summer break, Barcelonnette has a good winter mountain sports scene being based in the French Southern Alps.
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Types of Holiday Rentals in Barcelonnette
Being based near the French Alps, the main type of holiday rentals in Barcelonnette are apartment and chalet style properties. If you search a little harder you will also find a few farmhouses and house style rentals still within easy reach of the main tourist areas.
For those of you looking for a large family holiday or maybe a trip away with friends a good choice for a chalet property is the La Sauze holiday chalet in Barcelonnette town. It has 6 bedrooms which can accommodate up to 13 people, 2 bathrooms, fully equipped kitchen, living area and ample outside space.
Looking at the photos the building is a typical timber styled low pitch roof holiday home. Internally the rooms are all timber lined and very cosy. The main feature of this property and pretty much all the holiday rentals in Barcelonnette is the fantastic views over the snow covered mountain valleys.
Barcelonnette Useful Information
Holiday rentals in Barcelonnette are located in the region of Provence-Alps-Cote d’azur and the department of Alps-de-Haute-Provence.
Land area covers 16.42 square kilometres and holds a local population of around 2800 people. Barcelonnette is situated in a wide and very fertile valley and lies at an elevation of 1132 metres on the right bank of the Ubaye River.
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