Welcome to La Cerisaie - Chambres d'hôtes & gîtes

Are you looking forward to a wonderfully relaxing holiday in the south of France, and would you like to sleep in a beautiful and stately 'maison de maître' or in one of the two cozy gites, located in the Haut-Languedoc provincial nature park? Then you've come to the right place. Our chambres d'hôtes 'La Cerisaie', or: the cherry orchard, is located in the village of Riols; a mansion from 1869 surrounded by a beautiful garden with many flowers and plants, seating areas, sun loungers and two hammocks. A nice swimming pool of 10 x 5 meters, surrounded by hardwood chair decks, for relaxing, makes it a wonderful place.

La Cerisaie exudes the atmosphere of the past, combined with contemporary comfort. The house is elegant, has a lot of charm and is full of authentic elements such as old wooden floors, marble fireplaces and doors and windows with cut glass. The house has five comfortable rooms and a studio, for those who would also like to have a kitchen/kitchenette. There are two gites in the old coach house behind the maison: one for two and one for four people. All rooms and gites have a private bathroom and the beds are covered with wonderfully soft and cooling Egyptian percale cotton.

On the ground floor of the maison we have a communal living room with (exchange) library and games, a dining room (with a large oval table) for when the weather is bad and where a maximum of twelve people can eat and the breakfast room, where we can also eat with more guests. There is also a piano in this room, which you can play to your heart's content.

In general, we cook a three-course menu on Saturday, Monday and Thursday evenings, which we serve at long tables outside on the terrace, or inside in bad weather. On other evenings (except Tuesday) you can order a cheese and/or charcuterie board.

There is plenty to do in the area: you can walk, cycle, swim in the lakes or the river Jaur, visit wine estates or go to nice villages such as Olargues, Minerve or Roquebrun and visit the weekly market there, for example.

La Cerisaie welcomes guests aged sixteen and older in the early and late season. In July & August, families with children aged twelve and over are welcome in the gites.

We are free on Tuesday; In general you cannot check in then. If you would like to do this, please discuss it with us to see if this is possible.

La Cerisaie is a wonderful place to enjoy a carefree holiday and discover the beautiful surroundings of the Haut-Languedoc. Are you still in doubt? Images sometimes say more than words. Watch a short video impression of La Cerisaie here.

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We have been the (Dutch) owners of La Cerisaie since 2023. After years in healthcare (Leon Verest as a general practitioner, Stefan Wigger as an advisor), we have changed course to offer guests a wonderful stay in our attractive chambres d'hôtes.

Leon: "I have enjoyed working as a general practitioner for almost 25 years. I will miss that profession enormously, but I also want to fulfill another dream. After all, we only have one life to live. So on to an adventure together with my husband in France. A new start and a new job. With a lot of contact with people, but in a different way than I had as a general practitioner."
Stefan: "I had the idea of starting a B&B for a long time. In 2022, this took shape when we had a two-month sabbatical in France. When we were looking for a suitable property and visited La Cerisaie, we fell We fell in love with this beautiful building. We saw several houses, but we always compared the houses with La Cerisaie. It was clear: this house chose us."

We both enjoy good food and good wines. In Amsterdam we often stood together in the kitchen of our houseboat to treat friends and family to a delicious dinner. We want to take that with us to our life in France. We generally cook a three-course meal on Saturday, Tuesday and Thursday. When the weather is nice we eat outside at a long table in front of the maison, when the weather is less nice we sit in the dining room.

Hope to see you again!