Villa JAVAL is a new house located 100 m from the Aérium beach on the Bassin and 500 m from Lake Saint Brice. Its location is ideal for a family. You can walk to the beaches of the Basin. Arès town centre with its shops is 3 km away. The villa offers 130 m2 of living space, comprising a very bright lounge/dining room with wood-burning stove for winter evenings, TV and WIFI a fully-equipped open-plan kitchen a master bedroom with a 160cm bed, a shower room and a WC 2 bedrooms, each with a double bed (140cm) a cabin bedroom with a bunk bed for children a shower room separate WC a utility room with washing machine Outside, you'll find an uncovered east-facing terrace for breakfast in the sun a covered terrace facing south-west a 3x5m salt-treated swimming pool heated from Easter to All Saints' Day and equipped with an underwater cover for your children's safety. a charcoal barbecue parking for 3 cars in the garden. the property is fully fenced and closed by an automatic gate. The following services are included in the rental price: - personalised welcome - end-of-stay cleaning - bed linen and towels The following services are optional. Please ask me for prices and book these services before your arrival: breakfast delivery daily cleaning bicycle hire babysitting hire of childcare equipment A swimming pool safety system complying with current standards is available. It is up to you to use it according to your needs. You are therefore responsible for the use of this equipment throughout your stay. In July and August, we welcome you every day except Saturday. Pets are NOT ACCEPTED IN THIS ACCOMMODATION. It is forbidden to organise a party in this accommodation, the residence is quiet and should remain so. No smoking Deposit to be paid by credit card: you will receive an email the week before your arrival. The deposit will not be debited. A flat-rate charge of approximately 2% of the amount of the deposit will be payable by you, corresponding to the cost of taking out insurance in the event of a dispute. Possibility of depositing the deposit in the form of a cheque on arrival (please specify this before your arrival). The small village of Arès is located to the north of the Bay of Arcachon, between Andernos and Lège Cap Ferret. Its little oyster-farming village with its white and blue huts is typical of the basin. It marks the start of the Prés Salés, a marshy area at the bottom of the basin where it's great to stroll, hike or observe the local flora and fauna. If you follow the coastal path along the basin, you'll reach Andernos via the Quinconces nature reserve. Next to Arès, you'll find Andernos les Bains. Andernos les bains is a town of over 12,000 inhabitants, with 1 cinema, an indoor public swimming pool, 1 skate park, 1 city stadium, several children's playgrounds, a climbing gym, a laser game... You can stroll along the pedestrianised street for a spot of shopping, eat an ice cream or a crêpe, stroll along the jetty (the longest in France, offering a unique panorama of the Bassin, the cabanes Tchanquées, the bird island, etc.) or eat oysters in one of the many tasting rooms in the port. Not forgetting the Domaine de Certes (Audenge), the Teich bird sanctuary, the Aqualand park (Gujan Mestas), the Parc de le Coccinelle and Kid parc Gujan mestras). 1 hour to the south, you can't come to the Basin without visiting Arcachon and the winter town, then climbing the Dune du Pilat. 30 minutes to the north, you can visit the Cap Ferret peninsula, with its 10 villages, oyster-farming ports, Cap Ferret lighthouse, panoramic view of the Cap Ferret headland, Frédhélian ice-cream parlours, Bélisaire jetty, miniature train, etc. The vast network of cycle paths in the Gironde allows you to cycle around the basin, to the ocean beaches, Cap Ferret or even Arcachon for the more motivated. The UBA maritime shuttles run from Andernos to Arcachon and from Cap Ferret to Arcachon. The Passe Marée (tidal pass) also provides a sea link to Arcachon, even at low tide, and also offers trips around the basin, starting from Andernos. On the Basin side, you'll find a host of small beaches between Arès and Andernos, but you'll have to wait until high tide to swim there, except at Lac de Saint Brice (Arès), a small reservoir in the Basin, where you can swim whatever the tide. With the kids, you'll love the Betey beach (Andernos), where you can enjoy a children's play area right on the beach, sample ice creams and crêpes in the small beach snack bar, picnic in the shade of the pine trees and swim at high tide. On the Atlantic Ocean side, Grand Crohot beach is the nearest ocean beach to Andernos (about 15 minutes by car), but you'll find a multitude of more or less busy, more or less accessible beaches along the miles of coastline that the Atlantic Ocean has to offer. In summer, CAP 33 offers a host of free sporting activities open to everyone (see the programme online). If you like local markets, here's a list of nearby markets: Marché d'Arès: every Tuesday morning Marché d'Andernos: every Friday morning in the open air and covered market (open according to season) Lège Bourg market: every Saturday morning. Cap Ferret market: every morning from mid-June to mid-September, then on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays the rest of the year. Piraillan market: every morning from mid-June to mid-September. You can do your shopping in the Arès supermarkets: Leclerc, Lidl and Carrefour City. In summer and winter, the basin is lively all year round thanks to local events: The Arès oyster festival on the weekend of 15 August Cabanes en fête on the 1st Saturday in December The Andernos jazz festival at the end of July And let's not forget Lacanau, Soulac-sur-Mer, Bordeaux, the Médoc vineyards and its châteaux... Sun or rain, hot or cold, high or low tide, as a couple or with the family... you'll always find something to do in the Basin... and you'll always want to come back! Sophie - LA CONCIERGERIE DU BASSIN