3-Bed Renovated House with Pool & Pyrenees Views – Holiday Home in Salies-de-Béarn



Aquitaine, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Salies-de-Béarn, France, Salies-de-Béarn (France)
3 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 156m² Floor area
€419,000
House
No parking
3 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
156m²
Garden
Pool
Not furnished
Description
On a clear morning, standing at the front of this house with a coffee in hand, the Pyrenees sit low and blue on the horizon, their snow-capped peaks catching the early light. Behind you, half an acre of mature garden hums quietly — bees in the lavender, water catching the sun in the salt-treated pool. This is the kind of scene you stop and actually notice, not because it's unusual, but because you've just realised you own it.
Salies-de-Béarn is one of those French towns that hasn't been polished up for tourists. It still works. The Wednesday and Saturday markets on the Place du Bayaà fill up with local producers selling Ossau-Iraty cheese, Bayonne ham cured in the town's own famous salt, and wine from the Jurançon vineyards a short drive east. The thermal spa baths — the Thermes de Salies-de-Béarn — draw French visitors for week-long cures, and have done for centuries, which means the town has good restaurants, decent bakeries, and a calm, purposeful energy that's hard to manufacture. There's a genuine medieval quarter here, with the characteristic half-timbered maisons salanoises leaning over the Saleys river. Wander up Rue des Moulins on a Sunday and you'll smell roasting duck before you see anything.
The house itself sits close enough to town to walk for bread in the morning, but far enough out to feel genuinely rural. That's not an easy balance in a town this size, and it's one of the property's quiet strengths. The setting is peaceful without being remote — a practical distinction for anyone managing a second home from abroad.
Inside, the renovation has been done with a sensible hand. The ground floor centres on a generous living and dining room, heated by a pellet burner that throws out serious warmth through the cooler Basque autumn and winter months. The fitted kitchen is functional and well-planned. An entrance hall, a ground-floor bathroom with both a bath and separate shower, an independent WC, and a bonus room currently used as a children's playroom — but just as useful as a fourth bedroom, a home office, or a treatment room if you're the type who works remotely — round out the ground level. The first floor holds two bedrooms, one of which has its own private shower room, so guests have genuine independence. A second floor adds two more rooms: currently arranged as a child's room and a study, but flexible enough to configure however suits you.
Double glazing throughout keeps the house quiet and well-insulated. A wastewater treatment system rated for eight people means the infrastructure is properly sized for full-house entertaining, not just weekend stays.
Outside, the pool — five by three metres, treated with salt and chlorine — is the right size for actual use rather than just looking impressive in photos. A double garage and a carport handle the practical side of rural life with room to spare. There's even a dedicated electric car charging terminal, which feels forward-thinking for a property in a town of this scale.
The gardens — half an acre of them — are mature, which means the trees are established, the shade is real, and the work of creating a landscape has already been done for you. In July and August, when the Basque Country heats up and the light goes golden by seven in the evening, this garden becomes the entire point of the day.
The wider region rewards exploration across every season. The Atlantic coast at Biarritz and Hendaye is under an hour away — long surf beaches, old casino architecture, and the peculiar Franco-Basque beach culture that makes the Côte Basque feel unlike anywhere else in France. Heading south, the Col d'Aubisque and the Col du Tourmalet open up serious cycling country — these are Tour de France climbs, not tourist paths. In winter, ski resorts at Gourette and La Pierre-Saint-Martin are within a reasonable drive. The Spanish border at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port — starting point of the Camino de Santiago's French route — is less than forty minutes away, which makes San Sebastián's pintxos bars and Donostia's old quarter a genuine half-day trip.
For access, Pau Pyrénées Airport is about forty minutes east and serves multiple European routes. Biarritz Airport, about an hour away, adds further connections including London Stansted and Dublin. The TGV station at Orthez, just fourteen kilometres north, links directly to Bordeaux and onward to Paris Montparnasse in under three hours. This is not a hard place to reach, which matters enormously both for your own enjoyment and for the rental calendar if you choose to let the property.
Salies-de-Béarn sits in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a département that continues to attract buyers from the UK, Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany partly because prices remain more grounded than Biarritz or the Pays Basque coast, and partly because the quality of daily life — the markets, the food, the landscape — is genuinely high. Properties in good condition with outdoor space and views at this price point don't sit on the market for long here.
Key features at a glance:
- 3 bedrooms plus flexible additional rooms (up to 5 usable sleeping spaces)
- 2 bathrooms (ground-floor bathroom with bath and shower, first-floor private shower room)
- 156 sqm of living space in good, well-renovated condition
- Private salt-and-chlorine pool, 5m x 3m
- Half an acre of mature gardens
- Far-reaching countryside views with Pyrenees visible from the front
- Double garage plus covered carport
- Electric car charging terminal
- Pellet burner heating in main living area
- Double glazing throughout
- Wastewater system rated for 8 people
- Electric gate and simple/double-flow ventilation
- Walking distance to Salies-de-Béarn town centre, market, and thermal spa
- Under 1 hour to Biarritz and the Atlantic coast
- Excellent transport links: Pau airport (40 min), TGV at Orthez (14 km)
For international buyers, France's legal framework for non-resident property ownership is well-established, and the Notaire system provides solid transactional security. The Pyrénées-Atlantiques has an active short-term rental market driven by summer coastal visitors, spa tourism, and Camino pilgrims, giving this property real income potential if you want to offset ownership costs during the weeks you're not in residence.
If you've been considering a second home in Southwest France — somewhere with actual character, real countryside, and the kind of food culture that makes you stop checking your phone — this house in Salies-de-Béarn is worth your time. Reach out through Homestra to arrange a viewing or to request the full property dossier. The right buyer will move quickly on this one.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 3
- Size
- 156m²
- Price per m²
- €2,686
- Garden size
- 4031m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- Yes
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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