Featured Holiday Rentals in Midi-Pyrenees
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Featured Holiday Rentals in Midi-Pyrenees
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Holiday Rentals in Midi-Pyrenees - A Guide to Midi-Pyrenees
Holiday rentals in Midi-Pyrénées are available across this region, the largest region in France, situated in the south west. The region covers the mountainous area of the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain. If you are driving through France to get to your holiday rentals in Midi-Pyrénées, you will be able to use France’s excellent road network to reach your destination. The E15 Euroroute which runs all the way from Scotland to Spain makes the region highly accessible from the UK.
The region is served by three airports (Toulouse, Rodez-Marcillac and Tarbes-Lourdes) which offer flights from the UK by low cost airlines including Ryanair, Aer Lingus and Easyjet as well as British Airways. Airport in neighbouring regions also have easy access to your holiday rentals in Midi-Pyrénées, and include Carcassonne and Pau Pyrénées.
As well as easy access by car and air, Midi-Pyrénées holiday rentals are accessible by rail, with the high speed TGV train from Paris taking only 5 hours to Toulouse and Tarbes.
The region is predominantly agricultural which means it is largely unspoilt and sparsely populated, consisting of farmland, forest and rivers. This diversity of landscape means the climate also varies from one area to another, but the region as a whole benefits from hot summers. What an ideal setting for a relaxing family break in a holiday rental in France.
Types of Holiday Rentals in Midi-Pyrenees
The most popular type of property to rent in Midi-Pyrénées seems to be apartments or houses in Midi-Pyrénées.
The most common size of Midi-Pyrénées apartments or houses are two to three bedrooms which will sleep between two and six people, so there is quite a lot of flexibility when choosing your holiday rental in Midi-Pyrénées.
Whilst researching, I found a picturesque three bedroom country house sleeping six people. It’s an 18th century beamed property with granite floors and landscaped gardens with five terraces made of Brazilian rose stone and yellow stone from the local Lot valley.
This stunning house in Midi-Pyrénées also has use of a 60ft x 30ft pool in a park-like setting. This sort of country house with beautiful gardens and outdoor facilities is very popular in the region, largely due to the unspoilt surroundings. So, if you think this sounds like what you are looking for, holiday rentals in Midi-Pyrénées will not disappoint.
Other main cities in Midi-Pyrénées are Tarbes, Castres, Montauban and Millau.
Midi-Pyrenees Useful Information
The largest region in France, Midi-Pyrénées is made up of 8 “Départements”: Ariège, Aveyron, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, Lot, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. It is then split into 22 Arondissements, 293 Cantons and 3020 Communes.
Your choice of Midi-Pyrénées holiday rentals will be plentiful as the region covers nearly 46,000 kilometres, so whether you are looking for a Midi-Pyrénées holiday rental in Armagnac set amongst the vineyards or a city style holiday rental in Toulouse, the diversity of the region means there will be something to suit.
The region of Midi-Pyrénées boasts the cultural city of Toulouse as its capital, which offers many sightseeing opportunities and is known as the “Ville Rose” due to its Roman tile and brick buildings, meaning one of the first things you will notice in Toulouse is its colour.
If you enjoy the cultural aspects of a city break, you may be interested in a holiday rental in Toulouse. Wherever you select for your Midi-Pyrénées holiday rental, don’t forget to try some of the local specialities including Roquefort cheese, cassoulet and Armagnac