Christmas markets in Ardèche 2026, dates and villages
From 14 November to 20 December, the calendar of Christmas markets around the Mas, weekend by weekend, and the idea of a Christmas before Christmas, with friends or family.
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Stories · Mas de Louise
The Journal
What the Mas
gives us to see
Stories of seasons, light and silence. Encounters with the valley producers, the Coiron craftsmen, the starlit nights of August. The Mas Journal is the reverse side of a stay — what happens when no one is watching.
Mas de Louise, told
by GEO
"The art of gathering under the Ardèche sun." French magazine GEO devoted an article to Mas de Louise, a family house in Ardèche designed to host up to fifteen people.
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Seasons & Stories
Behind
Behind
the scenes
The dolmens of the Ardèche, 865 stone tombs
A French record, an international conference in Ruoms and four discovery trails to walk in autumn, less than an hour from the Mas.
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October half-term, with the whole family
From 17 October to 2 November 2026, a large house in the Ardèche for every generation: private chef, a whole region to explore, nothing to manage.
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New Year at the Mas, in a large family house
The last dinner of the year, fifteen around one table, midnight under the Coiron sky and a New Year's Day with no alarm clock.
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Chestnut festivals 2026, dates, villages and programme
Chestnut festivals in the villages, Lou Pisadou at teatime, candles and foliage bouquets in the lounge: autumn in Ardèche, the cosy way.
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The Coiron plateau, Ardèche’s forgotten volcano
Basalt lava flows, black-stone villages, the Sceautres neck and walks: a guide to the plateau where Louise grew up.
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Mas de Louise, told by Maison Actuelle
A look back at the article French magazine Maison Actuelle devoted to the Mas, "a house that keeps within it the memory of summers past."
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A Family Christmas, with nothing to manage
Three generations together for Christmas in a single house, private chef and housekeeping included: how the Mas turns a big family gathering into real holidays for everyone.
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What to Do in Ardèche in Winter
Morning mist, Christmas markets, snow on the Mézenc: how to experience the Coiron's most intimate season, around the Mas.
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What to Do in Ardèche in Autumn
Golden light, harvest markets, late-season wine: how to experience the Coiron's most beautiful season, around the Mas.
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Stays & Private Hire
Come and write
Come and write
your own story
Mas de Louise is available for full private hire throughout the year. Every stay becomes a story of its own.