Bed & Breakfast in Cessenon-sur-Orb, Maison de la Fontaine

Maison de la Fontaine

We offer:

A friendly and welcoming Chambres d'Hotes/Bed & Breakfast with two charming and traditional rooms and a delicious and filling continental breakfast. Each private room/bathroom is on a separate floor. Both rooms have fridges and tea and coffee making facilities. The Orb Room upstairs has reverse cycle air conditioning and a huge bathroom with rain shower, toilet and roll top bath.

The Font Room downstairs has a kitchenette with microwave, crockery & cutlery and leads to a lovely courtyard with table and chairs and umbrella.

Very comfortable super King sized beds with quality linen & towels, spacious private bathrooms, complimentary beverages, bottled water, hairdryer & toiletries.

We are located in a quiet street a minutes stroll from the village centre with its many amenities. Enjoy the cafes, bars and restaurants and take an evening walk up to the 800 year old tower overlooking the valley and mountains.

We provide secure storage for your bicycles and motorbikes.

Complimentary Wifi.

Our swimming pool is the beautiful Orb River - two minutes walk away.

Take our beach chairs and towels down to the river beach and watch the world go by.

Our tariff for the low season (1st September - 15th June excluding public holidays) is 60€ for the Orb room and 65€ for the Font room per night, including breakfast.

High season 15th June - 31st August - 75€ for the Font room and 70€ for the Orb room, per night including breakfast.
Engish & French spoken.

On our doorstep there is everything you need. The village centre is a couple of minutes walk away, as is the beautiful Orb River. The 800 year old Bell Tower at the top of the village has stunning views over the mountains and countryside. Take a stroll to the top at sunset, or sunrise if you are early birds.

Our Bed & Breakfast/Chambres d'Hotes is the perfect place to stay for walking and/or cycling holidays. There are several beautiful tracks nearby for all levels of fitness and endless roads and paths to explore for everyone.

Our 400 year old, three storey village house, was originally part of one of several operational olive mills in Cessenon sur Orb.

On the route of the Santiago Compostela and nestling on the banks of the river Orb - Cessenon sur Orb is one of the oldest wine producing villages in the Languedoc region of the south of France and boasting over 3,000 years of history.

We are located in the world famous AOC St Chinian wine growing region and in less than ten minutes you can be in the heart of the breathtaking Haute Languedoc Regional Park, driving through the mountains and ancient villages as they nestle into the rocks overlooking the deep gorges and river beds.

There are so many activities and sights to see here, it is truly difficult to list them all, but these include; kayaking & canoeing, cycling, walking, wine tastings, typical French restaurants, ancient villages, archaelogical museums, Abbeys, a mini farm, markets, canal boat trips, Mediterranean beaches and so much more - most within a forty minute drive from us.

We are near Beziers and St Chinian, forty minutes from Narbonne, and just over an hour from both Carcassonne and Montpellier.

Come and enjoy a stay in this delightful and stunning region of the Herault with Chris and Susan - friendly, relaxed and welcoming Brit/Kiwis who have lived in France since 2009 and could have been on one of those programmes about crazy people who buy old French houses and renovate them, then turn them into a B & B

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Tourist sites near Cessenon-sur-Orb :
Mini Ferme, Bike Rental, Kayaking, Canoeing, Pedaloes, Vineyards, Wine Tours & Tastings, Markets, Mountain Walks, Cycling, Walking, Historical buildings,Museums, riverside beaches.
Béziers : 20 km