So...Why Stay At Maison De L'Orb

Throughout our first season here we have been asking guests what was good, what could be done different, what they liked etc. Here is the feedback as promised.

Cheerful, friendly service and relaxed atmosphere

Our informal, lively dining area where you can eat good, honest home cooked using lots of local produce as well as home made chutneys and preserves.

The breakfast is NOT just a piece of bread and cafe but a lovely selection of breads, poached fruits, muesli, and full English if requested featuring quality food. You could always have more!

Slightly more expensive than other B & B in Beziers, however the rooms and location make up for that.

Evening dining is available and the wine list is well-chosen, interesting and fairly priced. There was also some great sherries (and tapas), local cider and beers

The bedrooms are airy and light with a clean, stylish look and the bathrooms are modern with good plumbing.

No children!

The house is situated on the river Orb, with views to Pont Vieux and surroundings making it just peaceful.

The garden complete with fruit trees, sunbathing areas and a shower for those really hot afternoons.

The heart of Beziers is a mere ten minute walk up hill and full details of what to do, where to go and what to see are available in the lovely welcome pack.

Grand Gala De Catch

TONIGHT IN BEZIERS

Grand Gala de Catch de l'Ecole de catch de Béziers samedi 29 août 2009 à 18h sur les Allées Paul Riquet à Béziers.

Jean Corne et Lionel Bouillet sont tous les deux entraîneurs à l'Association Biterroise de Catch.

- Jean Corne, ancien champion d'Europe, écrivain de "La Vérité sur le Catch", vedette de TF1 dans les années 70-80 ( preuve en fichier joint avec photo de Jean Corne dans le programme télévisé de 1975 ), sera dans le rôle de l'annonceur le 29 Août.
- Lionel Bouillet, ancien catcheur de l'Elysée Montmartre remontera quant à lui sur le ring pour l'occasion pour faire face à ses élèves.

Tony "Zell" Trivaldo, Chester Alan, L'Ange Noir, Archmed, Vinsnake, Ayuko, Dwayne Evil, Nicolas sont les noms de scène des jeunes élèves qui montreront le fruit de leur entraînement ce soir-là.

Renseignements : 04 67 62 32 12
www.abccatch.com

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Ryanair Flights

Just a reminder that the winter flight schedule from Ryanair has been released. Good news is that flights from Bristol and London Luton will continue over the winter season though the Luton flights go down to just two a week on a Saturday and a Tuesday making Beziers a great place to come for a long weekend especially as the Tuesday flight back to London is early evening. Check out http://www.ryanair.co.uk for timetables and booking. We are located a mere fifteen minutes by car to the airport and can arrange free local pick up there and back if requested.

To confirm winter times and routes for London Luton to Beziers

LUTON to BEZIERS
Saturdays
10.35am - 1.35pm arrive
Tuesdays
2.30pm - 5.30pm arrive

BEZIERS to LUTON
Saturdays
2.00pm - 2.55pm arrive
Tuesdays
5.55pm - 6.50pm arrive

Fête Du Faubourg

This weekend saw another Beziers fete finishing with another great firework display.

To give some history...

The Fête du Faubourg, (22nd of August each year) is the anniversary of the liberation of Béziers in 1944. The day starts with a Service of Remembrance in the Church of St Just during the morning, followed at mid-day, by the laying of Wreaths at the Faubourg War Memorial. In the evening there is a Grand Banquet on the Banks of the River Orb, provided by the local Residents‛ Association (Groupement du Faubourg) and the presentation of a “Son et Lumiere” and fireworks presented by the Mairie (Town Council) and after the fireworks the evening ends with a Concert in the park. The theme of the son et lumière has commemorated the life of Jean Moulin leader of the French Resistance during WW2 who was born in Béziers in 1899.

Maison De L'Orb is located in the Faubourg, (False Town, really the town outside the Medieval walls, suburbia), which spans the river Orb at Béziers, in the Languedoc (Occitan) region of Southern France.

To celebrate this event we hosted a small intimate garden party with guests, friends and neighbours some of which can still recall the events of wartime Beziers. We were told that part of our house was used as a safe house by the local resistance group during the war sheltering those escaping the Nazi regime. It made us feel rather humble.

Coming Soon To Beziers

New Season’s Wine Festival
Autumn 2009
In the heart of the most extensive vineyards in the world, the arrival of the new season’s wine and the festivities, which accompany it, afford the opportunity to pay homage to the vine, which has made the region around Béziers, the “Biterrois”, special. For a real splash of local colour make sure you build this event into your holidays in the south of France.

Flamenco In Winter
Winter 2009
A ray of sunshine in the middle of winter – in the great Spanish tradition

Christmas Market & Grand Winter Fair
The Allées Paul Riquet are lined with the stalls of artisans and shopkeepers. The fun of this fair lasts for twenty days

Night Scenes

A Night In The Garden

A Night in the Garden

From 01/07/2009 To 30/08/2009

The Tourist Office presents an entertaining way to explore Béziers....

So, another season for strolling under the stars is under way. A time to explore Béziers, a town that has been shaped by its illustrious past and its secret charms.
For ten years now, the Tourist Office has been finding ways for the local population and visitors from France and abroad to stroll around the town at night to see it and hear it in a different way. This tenth anniversary also coincides with a brand-new show and a brand-new venue: this year the actors from the In Situ Company will be leading the public into Béziers’s ‘green lung’, the Jardin des Poètes. They will lead those who are interested through the 5 hectares of foliage, the ups and downs, secret pathways and benches, to explore old and new Occitan poetry and to recall the theatre as it was and as it continues to be experienced in Béziers.
And the guiding theme? The busts of the poets and writers that give this garden its name, those poets and writers whose spirits still waft upon the summer breeze, filled with songs of love and music, of longing and of caustic wit, for those who have ears to hear them.

Calendar of performances

Start at 21:30, at the statue of Paul Riquet, on the Allées Paul Riquet.

Performances in July
21, 24 and 25

Performances in August
4, 5, 6, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27


Information / Contacts

Booking essential

Prices
Standard €10:00, Concessions €6:00 (Children under 12, students, disabled, groups of 10 people or more)

Ticket Office

Tourist Office
29 avenue St Saëns,
34500 Béziers
Tel: +33 (0)4 67 76 84 00
tourisme@ville-beziers.fr

Feria

Email from my London friend this week pointed out that Christmas has arrived in London (go figure...) while here in the land of sunshine we're still summer...thank goodness.

This week is the famous Feria, three days of partying, eating, drinking and general good fun. I am sure you all know the score but well worth a visit to catch the entertainment and let yourself go. It is also a time for neighbours and this week despite being here for nearly two years have managed to be invited to many a neighbour function and to finally be accepted by the locals - it takes some time but its better than just being known as "the English" (despite actually not being a true Brit we just speaky the language!). But thank you, its great to be one of the crowd.

Thank you to the fabulous emails received over the last couple of days from guests, we too enjoyed having you here and hope to see you again very soon.

Maybe Christmas? We shall be open...watch this space.
Love xx