Elegant mansion 16th-18th C. including a tower of the village ramparts, and birthplace of a general of Napoléon. Authentic atmosphere and contemporary comfort: fully renovated, newly equiped eco-friendly. Swimming pool in the large secure garden overlooking Cévennes. Welcoming to families (and friendly parties). At the top of the old village which lines Eyrieux river and Dolce Via (75 km for walkers and bikes in green Ardèche). At 25 km: Valence TGV (2 h from Paris), A7 and Drôme provençale. La Bastide de Mamet has always been our holiday home. We make it available to our guests with its pool games, hammocks, ping-pong, table football, bikes, swings, children toys, board games, pianos (2!), books of cooking, history or literature, the fireplace during winter evenings... To these must be added ballads in the untouched mountains around as far as the eye can see until the springs of the Loire, sports (bike, kayak on the Eyrieux river, tree-top adventure courses ...), discovery of high places of Protestant history, ruins of feudal castles, or prehistoric souvenirs as Grotte Chauvet, near Vallon Pont d'Arc. In the 2 500 m2 garden, the 70 m2 swimming pool is warmed by the sun, and secured by a barrier in statutory net There also is a summer kitchenette there (fridge, sink, micro waves). The terrace on the top of the large stone staircase coming up from the couryard to the house is equiped with a barrier for children. La Bastide de Mamet has 14 rooms: entrance, dining room, lounge with a fireplace which we use, study, library, music lounge, TV lounge, 6 bedrooms with large cupboards, 9 comfortable beds (new quality beddings) and 2 folding baby cots, kitchen and its service; more 5 shower and bath-rooms, 3 independent WC, laundry room, etc. Total at your disposal: 400 m2. More cellars, the boiler room (fuel boiler, 2 electric water heaters, 1 water softener) and the three-car-garage. The kitchen and its pantry are newly equipped (induction hob, oven, microwave, boiler, electric coffee maker, Nespresso machine, toaster, 2 fridges of which one with freezer, dish-washer...). The shower-rooms, the bathrooms and the WC are new too (towel dryers, hair-heater...), as the laundry room (washing machine, dryer, iron and iron table). 7 electric fans. 2 vacuums. 11 converts for electric plugs. 2 TV, 1 DVD player. 1 little radio and CD player. Landline phone. Emergency pharmacy. All cooking utensils and ingredients, all hygiene and domestic products, as well as bottles of mineral water, are at your disposal. In the house, the top of the staircase is equipped with a barrier for small children. Central heating in all the rooms of the ground floor, electric heating at the 1st floor. 4 smoke detectors. 5 fire-extinguishers. Double-glazed windows, alarm system Everything eco-friendly as much as possible. The thick walls of La Bastide didn't prevent us from installing WIFI. Wooden shutters keep the house cool in Summer. Precaution: at this time, all La Bastide is treated against Covid 19 virus before the arrival of our guests and of our family.