“Nous avons passé un très agréable séjour à Montpellier. Nous avons été très bien accueillis dans la maison de Rachel et Saji. La maison est très confortable avec une petite terrasse trés agréable pour prendre les repas, et idéalement située prés du centre : le tram passe à proximité. Nous avons pu nous promener dans le centre ville et aussi aller à la plage très facilement ( le tram y mène...). Montpellier est une ville très agréable, ou il fait bon flâner. Ce fut un très bel échange et nous avons eu un très bon contact. A recommander!”
A lovely central Montpellier townhouse on tramline
A lovely central Montpellier townhouse on tramline
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- 2 Bedrooms
- Sleeps 6
- 2 Bathrooms
About our home
Our quaint townhouse is in a very central residential area of Montpellier. There are two separate bedrooms, but the house can sleep 6 people in 3 separate areas (1 double queen-size mezzanine bedroom on the second floor and 1 single bed (with an extra trundler bed underneath) on the first floor in the study; 1 bedroom with 1 double mezzanine-bed (also on the first floor). There is also a convertible double bed in the living room. The kitchen opens out onto a small courtyard which is very pleasant for dining in the long summer evenings. The house is well equipped (dishwasher, washing machine, high-speed Internet, stove/oven, fridge/freezer, microwave). We have lived here for 20 years and love the area. We have put a lot of time and effort into making our home special. We had major interior renovations done several years ago, plus mosquito netting fitted on all of the windows, so the house inside is insect free! A tram just around the corner provides transport all over the city (direct to train station, indirect to airport and beach, with shuttle buses).
Features
- Main home
- Wifi
- Cable TV
- Car optional
- No smoking
- Central heating
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- No pets
Rachel's reviews
As a host (4)“We visited Montpellier for 11 days in July 2013, to complete our exchange with Rachel and her lovely teenage son, Saji. She graciously met us on our arrival in Montpellier and accompanied us to her unique house, which has been recently refurbished and in which she obviously takes great pride. This is reflected in the standard of cleanliness and orderliness she maintains throughout the house. Overall, a very comfortable residence with the small courtyard off the kitchen being ideal for relaxing and all fresco dining. Its location, being quite close to a tram stop, made access to the town very easy (only a five minute trip) and the same journey can also be made comfortably on foot (about 20 minutes), which we undertook many times. There are many local and nearby places of interest, easily accessible from Rachel's house. Montpellier is well worth a visit, as it is an exciting and vibrant city. Thank you Rachel and Saji for your warm hospitality, we really enjoyed our stay.”
“We had a great exchange with Rachel for just over a week in April 2018. With a group of three adults, the house had more than enough space. It has a unique interior, with a beautiful large living room to have dinners together (and a fully equipped kitchen to cook them!). It's also located in a very convenient location with a tram nearby that brings you directly to the central station in just a few stops. Rachel was also kind enough to let us use two superb bicycles which made taking short day-trips and getting around the city a pleasure. Communication about the key exchange, arrival and instructions for the home were very clear. Rachel's home is cosy, has character and is a wonderful place to spend some time in Montepellier! Rachel, her son and their group were great guests as well, leaving everything clean, neat and orderly. All in all, we thoroughly enjoyed our time in Montpellier and can highly recommend an exchange with Rachel!”
“During a short week in August I spent a short week with my son in Montpellier, where we had a great time during which we enjoyed the city of Montpellier with its very kind people as well as the seaside close to Montpellier. At our arrival at Montpellier, we were warmly welcomed by Rachel and her son. They showed us around in their house and gave us groceries for the first day. They were so kind to offer us gifts from the region. These great signs of hospitality provided us with the perfect start of our wonderful stay in which we mainly visited the cultural heritage of this great historic city and visited the seaside. The house is perfectly located, close to the city center (15-20 minutes walk) as well as close to a stop of tram nr 3. Tram nr. 3 brings you to city and to the bus that takes you to the beach. The spacious clean and tidy house was perfect for us. It was not too warm in the summer and the windows were well protected with screens to prevent mosquitos to enter the house. In short, I really enjoyed our stay in Montpellier as well as the encounter with Rachel and her son; therefore I highly recommend this exchange.”
More about us
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Rachel (60) is originally from New Zealand but has been living in France for over 40 years; therefore she speaks both English and French. She is an associate professor in computational linguistics at the University of Montpellier. Rachel's son Saji (22) has grown up in France but is bilingual. Rachel sometimes travels with Saji or with one or two friends.
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We have already been to many countries but would love to discover others! We did our first very successful house exchange in August 2012 (in Menton at Natascia and David's). We think it's a fantastic way for us to discover new places in friendly home environments. At Christmas time (2012) we stayed in Bateman's Bay (Australia, at David and Jan's, and they came here in July 2013) and prior to that for a couple of months in Wellington (New Zealand, personal exchange) and our exchangers really enjoyed their time here (see recommendations). We had a very successful exchange with Yvette from Amsterdam for a week. We have since become friends!. We had another exchange with Amsterdam (2018, At Mattias & Gert's place). It was great. We're hoping to do our next one in 2022.
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We usually like to go away for 5 days to a week, unless the destination is further away. We are also open to long weekends somewhere closer to Montpellier. We're really looking forward to new experiences, so don't hestitate to email us! We usually follow University holidays, but we have a certain flexibility, especially for city breaks (Amsterdam, London, etc.), so feel free to contact us. Any direct destination we can fly to from Montpellier is an option (Porto, Faro, Lisbon, Rome, Palerma, Berlin, Dusseldorf, North Africa, Madrid, etc.)
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Where is it?
Neighbourhood
Transport without a car is very easy from our house as there is a tramway station just around the corner. 4 tramway lines make getting around the city very easy. We are on Tramway line n° 3 (just four stops direct from central train station). Just get off at the "Arceaux" stop and walk a short stretch up the hill, then turn left (about 3 mins). It is also a pleasant 25-minute walk to the main square of Montpellier "place de la Comedie". Our street is quiet and we know all of the surrounding neighbours well. There is a park at the end of the street which children like. One of our favourite Saturday morning activities is popping down (5 minute walk) to the Arceaux outdoor food market. I use my bike to get around the city and for going to work. Montpellier is a young city (~60 000 students) and many French people would like to live here in the south because of the pleasant climate and easy access to beaches (20-minute drive or tram+bus trip) or the country (1-hour drive to the Cevennes). Montpellier is just 3hrs 20mins to Paris and 2hrs 50 mins to Barcelona by fast (TGV) train and there are direct flights all year round to various French cities (Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Brest, Lille, Nantes, Paris-CDG, Paris-Orly, Strasbourg) and also international destinations (Algiers, Amsterdam, Bâle-Mulhouse, Casablanca, Charleroi, Fes, London-Gatwick, Marrakesh, Nador, Oran) and during specific months (Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Franckfurt-Hahn, London-Luton, Rotterdam, Stockholm).
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