Ideally located near the slopes of the Massif des Maures, close by Pierrefeu-du-Var, and not too far from Hyères and the Iles d'Or, the stopover gite lies at the hamlet of La Portanière, on the line of the GR 51, termed "the balcony of the Mediteraneam sea" wich connect La Madrague (between Cassis and Marseille) to Menton, through the enchanting massifs oh the Calanques, the Maures and the Esterel.

The gite was previously an elementary school of the thirties. A typical bell-tower still remains of it.
It provides a solarium that looks out on the Maures and the vineyards. In addition, a bowling-green reminds the connoisseurs that this is southern France !

Owing to their good mood and dynamism, Agnès and Marcel make this gite a confortable, quiet and hospitable place. This gite is quite well fit to excursionists, walkers, bikers and mountain-bikers.
For this purpose, it provides a safe garage for bikes, a small repair-shop and a car-washing post. It gives excursionists and mountain-bikers the opportunity to discover the Massif des Maures by taking the GR51, GR 90 and GR 9 as well as the numerous secondary roads dotted with passes towering over the Mediterranean sea. Local paths are know to delight the excursionnists with less ambitions claims by offering them courses marked out from the gite.

For sportsmen of all kinds and tourists who intend to adjust their holidays with the discovery of local attractivities (espacially wines from Provence and a factory of candied chestnuts at Collobrières !), the gite provides all the informations for a better staying as well as a trough acquaintance with this area of the Maures and the French Riviera for a wide range of activities during your holidays here.

As a conclusion, to a day dedicated to effort or idling, Agnès will treat you with local cooking from the best produces of the countryside.