Gite de Pechine

The magic of the Ariege

B&B plus evening meals

Superb local & mountain walks

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Around our local area

Fun for kids

New! Picture Gallery

Snow fun in the Ariege

Amazing flora and fauna

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Our bit for the environment

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Our Green Bit

Conservation and the local economy

We are trying to reduce wherever possible our impact on the environment here and we would like to encourage our guests to follow suite.   To that end, we recycle about 60% of all our waste, we grow our own organic produce and encourage energy and water saving practices.  Vegetarian kitchen leftovers, vegetable peelings, etc, are all fed to our two pet pigs.  They in turn help to fertilise our soil!

We also try to promote our own local area economy through using our local shops, restaurants and businesses, wherever possible. 

We plan to grow more of our own produce over the next few years, to improve our energy efficiency and to just try to do our green bit!