Le Parc de la Tese, colourful residence set at the heart of La Ciotat a stone's throw from the sea, offers 3-bedroom villas with gardens and studio to 1-bedroom apartment.

Property type: Villas with gardens and Studios

Address La Ciotat
Accommodation Studio to 3 beds
Price €148K to €319K
Sizes 29 to 83sqm
Deposit 5% to Notary
Delivery date 3Q2011
Sales office Yes


The development:
Combining outdoors lifestyle and indoor comfort, the colourful residence Parc de la Tese is located at the heart of La Ciotat and nestled in the middle of a vast park made of gardens, groves, squares and trees. It offers studio to 1-bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom villas with private gardens, roller or wooden shutters, electrical central heating, kitchenettes for the studios and large spacious living rooms with access to the terraces, all in an entirely secured and enclosed domain.

The location:
Le Parc de la Tese is located in La Ciotat, a charming southern town by the sea in the Bouches du Rhone department. It is part of the metropolitan area of Marseille Provence and is located to the east of Marseille at an equal distance from Marseille and Toulon. ‘La Ciutat’ means in Occitan ‘the city’, and is well known for being the birthplace of motion pictures and of petanque. In effect The Lumiere Brothers, inventors of the cinematograph, filmed the first motion picture ever, entitled ‘L’arrivee d’un train en gare de La Ciotat’ (The arrival of a train at the station of La Ciotat) in 1895. And Jean Lenoir invented the famous game of petanque in 1907. The old centre of the town was built in 15th century which result today in an extremely rich architectural heritage: Place de la liberte square from the revolution period, the Chapelle des Penitents Bleus, the church Notre Dame de l’Ascension on the old Port from the C16th and many others flourish the city. The surroundings of La Ciotat offers all the variations of a delightful coast, praised for its charms by Lamartine and by Stendhal, and captured by many painters, including Georges Braque. Rocks, creeks, cliffs and green valleys are part of the landscapes where the fragrances of the guarrigue blend with the perfumes of the great blue. The lively city offers all sorts of restaurants, bars and bistros. Many events take place all through the year including festivals of poetry, short films, contemporary art and jazz, or fairs, sportive events, carnivals, historical reconstructions... Marseille and Toulon are located just 30 minutes from La Ciotat.

Food specialities and local gastronomy:
Fresh products including figs, apricots, cherries, melons, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears, grapes, tomatoes, salads, eggplants, cucumbers, courgettes, asparagus, peppers. And also cheeses, olive oil, olives.
Specialities: Aioli (sauce made of garlic and olive oil); pistou (cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil); Le Castel (crunchy layer cake with cream, sugar coated and almond); La tome de Camargue (ewe cottage cheese, to enjoy with herbs, olive oil or tomatoes...); la Bouillabaisse (4 fishes served hot with rouille or aioli sauce); Les Calissons d’Aix (almonds, confit of melon, sugar, glucose syrup, unleavened bread...); Cotes de Provence (red and white wines).

Activities:
Sailing, fishing, scuba diving, swimming, sightseeing, waterskiing, windsurfing, hiking, cycling...

Financing:
We have our own French mortgage brokerage service in order to find the most suitable mortgage for you. Whether you want an interest-only mortgage, a traditional repayment mortgage or hybrid mortgage, we can get the right mortgage for you.

Access:
Le Parc de la Tese is situated in La Ciotat, in the Bouche du Rhone department in the Region of Provence Cote d’Azur.

By car: motorway A50 : exit 9

By train: Paris is 2h and a half from London thanks to the Eurostar train. Regular direct TGV trains are available from Paris to Marseille and Toulon.

By plane: Low cost flights are available from UK to Marseille and Toulon airports. Marseille-Provence airport and Toulon-Hyeres international airport are 50 minutes away.