Demeure De La Carmine

“We liked it so much we stayed an extra night”

We booked for two nights and liked the place so much we stayed a third. The house itself is very close to the centre of Mirepoix (a few minutes walk) and sits quietly behind a high wall and private courtyard. It is old and charming; the rooms are done to a high specification in a French country s… more

We booked for two nights and liked the place so much we stayed a third. The house itself is very close to the centre of Mirepoix (a few minutes walk) and sits quietly behind a high wall and private courtyard. It is old and charming; the rooms are done to a high specification in a French country style. There's a kitchen and living area downstairs, where breakfast is served and where you're free to make your own drinks. Our bathroom was well designed and the products provided were good quality and plentiful. Some of the rooms have a bath in them - a recent trend not much to my liking - but ours was separated by a curtain (the lavatory has a door). The only thing that didn't shine were the pillows, which were somewhat hard, but that's probably a personal thing and a mere bagatelle. The house itself was lovely but the shining star was Chantal, who runs it. She exudes warmth, good humour and general delightfulness. We were, for instance, due to arrive at 10pm, itself a late enough time. Flight delays, queues at the car hire counter etc conspired to make us even later and when we finally limped up to the house at 11.30pm it was dark and shut up. Long story short, Chantal arrived five minutes after our phone call, during which time images of grumpy, unwelcoming Madames had formed in our minds, but she couldn't have been more charming. She had lit a fire for us in our room, it was warm and inviting. Our relief was huge. And it continued thus - she recommended and booked a restaurant for us, was around and chatty but never intrusive. A completely delightful presence. We almost stayed for a fourth and final night but felt we should be more adventurous and so ventured forth to what was supposed to be a chateau, but turned out to be a converted garage attached to a house that was itself surrounded by bungalows, and with a house style that was all about portion control. All this only served to highlight the charms of Chantal and Demeure de la Carmine.

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“Beautiful, relaxing place to stay close to the square.”

Mirepoix is beautiful and Demeure de la Carmine is less than 5 minutes walk to the square. The room I booked was beautiful, comfortable and with a great shower & quality toiletries. The breakfast was bespoke to my requirements, plentiful, fresh and just lovely - strong coffee in abundance. I did n… more

Mirepoix is beautiful and Demeure de la Carmine is less than 5 minutes walk to the square. The room I booked was beautiful, comfortable and with a great shower & quality toiletries. The breakfast was bespoke to my requirements, plentiful, fresh and just lovely - strong coffee in abundance. I did not get a chance to use the pool & sauna - but they looked wonderful. I highly recommend a stay here - the hosts are really welcoming & go out of their way to make sure your every need is met. There is no parking available on site, but further up the road opposite a school, is free & plentiful & a less than 100m away.

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“Charming”

We booked the accommodation for a weekend, having missed a flight we contacted the hotel to advise we would be late booking in. we were given instructions on how to obtain key and that the lights would be left on for us. In the morning we woke too late for breakfast but found it had been left out … more

We booked the accommodation for a weekend, having missed a flight we contacted the hotel to advise we would be late booking in. we were given instructions on how to obtain key and that the lights would be left on for us. In the morning we woke too late for breakfast but found it had been left out for us. The room was clean and spacious with everything you needed. Only four rooms for the hotel which had a warm homely feel. and really quiet The lady that looked after the hotel could only speak French but she tried hard to communicate. would defiantly go back again

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“Excellent but...”

Lovely four bedroomed chamber d'hote near the centre of Mirepoix. Very comfortable rooms and attentive management. Nice pool and `Hammam. Be aware the bedrooms are two on the first floor and two on the top floor. There is no lift so perhaps not ideal for some elderly. There is no air conditioning … more

Lovely four bedroomed chamber d'hote near the centre of Mirepoix. Very comfortable rooms and attentive management. Nice pool and `Hammam. Be aware the bedrooms are two on the first floor and two on the top floor. There is no lift so perhaps not ideal for some elderly. There is no air conditioning which was a serious negative as it was 38 degrees when we stayed. The is a small fan but quite noisy. Breakfast is superb and cannot be faulted. Another negative for some is that they don't allow children.

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