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Courses & Seminars Arts
in the Garden Art Courses & Seminars for drawing and painting, mosaic, web design, digital photography, digital tools for artists and the cultivation of Japanese maples |
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our B&B Set in one acre of beautiful
gardens, including an extensive The house and gardens are decorated with art objects from all over the world, including paintings and prints by the artists/owners. Bed & Breakfast Accommodation Guest
Lounge/Dining Room with traditional Norman granite A daily newspaper (the International Herald Tribune) is provided in the guest lounge. Others may be available on request. Gardens of one acre with plentiful seats (in sun & shade) to relax and many sculptures, mosaics and reliefs to discover. Afternoon teas and coffee can be served in the garden or on the terrace. Two new bicycles (lady's and gent's) for guest use. Music room and library with modern piano and sheet music (classical, jazz, shows); extensive collection of films, music CDs (classical, jazz and pop/rock) and books, which guests are welcome to borrow during their stay, and to enjoy either in their own rooms or in the guest lounge. Books include a large selection of modern fiction in English, a small selection in French, and an extensive collection of books on fine and applied arts and gardening. Bedrooms The Red
Bedroom: de luxe room sumptuously carpeted Views both to garden at front of house and open country to the rear. Coffee and tea-making facilities. TV with DVD player and hi-fi. An additional single bed can be provided for €15 euros. The
White Bedroom: a bright and airy room, with parquet Rooms can be occupied from 2pm on day of arrival. Visitors are of course welcome to use the garden at any time. We are pleased to offer you a completely smoke-free environment. And we regret that though we ourselves like dogs, our two cats, Coco and Cafe, do not! Food Good food is at the heart of country life as you'll experience it here. Food is fresh, locally produced by the farmers and fishermen for which Normandy is famous, with many fruit and vegetables organically produced in our own polytunnel and harvested the day of comsumption. We offer an evening meal/table d'hote option, with excellent choice and top quality home-cooked dishes, ranging from a good 3-course meal with an aperitif and good wine for €25 euros to an really excellent 5-course meal with an aperitif and superior wines for €45 euros per person. Alternatively, there are numerous restaurants within a twenty minute drive. Krishna is an excellent cook (writes Brian,) with a food hygiene certificate and six months' experience working under a master chef in a four star hotel, and is keen to make you feel really welcome with a gastronomic experience that's a little bit special! If you'd like to eat with us on your first evening, please let us know the day before. Menus available on request a few days before your arrival. Guests with special dietary needs (vegetarian, vegan, etc.) are welcomed. A generous (complimentary) continental breakfast is served from 8.30 and includes a selection of fresh breads, brioche and croissants, confiture, honey, cereals, cheeses, yoghurt, fruit juice, and unlimited tea and coffee. A traditional English breakfast is available at €6 euros in addition to our complimentary continental breakfast. Seminars and Residential Art Courses. We offer courses in drawing and painting, mosaic, web design, digital photography, digital tools for artists and the cultivation of Japanese maples. For further details on our courses please click here. Prices & Booking information Bed & Breakfast / Chambre d'Hôte Per room per night, including a generous continental breakfast. Special Offer: Book for 3 nights or more and discount your room price by 10% for your entire stay.
20% deposit is required to secure bookings both for accommodation-only guests and those on residential courses. Methods of payment: Cheques in Sterling drawn on a UK bank account Cheques in Euros drawn on a French bank account. Paypal .This is the most secure system for payments online, and allows payment using credit cards. Our Gardens More than 18 years in the making, the gardens offers the visitor an abundance of surprises, combining traditional features of English garden design with others, more personal and eccentric; winding paths opening unexpectedly into long vistas framing a statue or a birdbath; paved areas using natural local stone set in mosaic patterns; box bushes shaped into globes, cubes and cones; nooks and crannies and secret places where the curious eye can discover a mosaic, a sculpture or a bas relief. In
addition to a wide range of trees and flowering shrubs A number of comfortable benches, set both in sunny and shady corners, offer ideal opportunity to relax with a good book, or enjoy the tranquillity of this secluded garden, and the profusion of wild birds which have made it their home, perhaps with a glimpse of our red squirrels, owls and (rather less welcome!) our visiting rabbits. To complete your enjoyment, teas, coffee, and afternoon cream teas can be served in the garden or on the terrace. About our Region In addition to the D-Day Landing beaches, we are fortunate to have within easy reach two of France's greatest treasures. The Bayeux Tapestry describes in graphic detail the most famous date in English history: 1066 and the invasion of England by William the Conqueror. 70 metres in length, and 50 centimetres in height, it tells in 58 scenes the story of the events leading up to the battle of Hastings and the death of King Harold on the field of battle. It is housed in its own museum in the city of Bayeux, well worth visiting for its own sake. Equally unique is the island monastery of Le Mont St.Michel, with the winding streets of its medieval village culminating in a beautiful monastery, bathed in extraordinary light and with stunning views over the surrounding estuary. Also drawing visitors from all over the world are The D-Day Landing Beaches, site of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the immaculately tended cemeteries commemorating those who gave their lives to liberate France in the crucial battles of World War II. Gateway to France for many English visitors using its ferry port each year, The City of Caen, city of William the Conqueror, fell to an earlier English invasion as long ago as 1346, when only the Chateau held out! Though it suffered badly in the Battle for Caen in 1944, the city boasts wonderful churches, most notably the Abbaye aux Hommes (with William's tomb); the Chateau (built by William); a beautiful Botanic Garden; a Museum of Fine Arts with a good permanent collection; the Memorial (the Museum telling the story of the Battle of Normandy); and as befits a university town, a profusion of cafes, bars and restaurants. Getting there By car ferry: Nearest
ferry port is Caen (Ouistreham) with ferries running from
the South Coast of England operated by Journey time on the ferry: 6 hours. Drive time from the ferry to Arts in the Garden is about an hour. P&O also operates a catamaran ferry to Cherbourg (with a much reduced journey time) in the summer months. Drive time from the ferry to Arts in the Garden is about an hour and a half. Condor ferries also operates services from Weymouth, Poole and Portsmouth to St. Malo and Cherbourg, each about an hour and a half drive from Arts in the Garden. By air: To
Dinard Car hire available at airport with Hertz, Europcar & Budget. The drive from Dinard to Arts in the Garden takes about 1hour 30 minutes, mostly along double carriageway with little traffic. To Caen (Carpiquet) Skysouth operates flights from Brighton to Carpiquet, about 15 minutes from Caen. Car hire available at airport with Hertz, Europcar & Budget. To Paris By
Train: Trains arrive at Paris Gare du Nord, from which a short metro journey to Paris Montparnasse then train to Vire (about 2 hours 30 minutes; we are happy to pick up visitors at Vire station.) French railways are efficient and reasonably priced, and are operated by SNCF. For further details and photographs please visit the owner's website at: www.artsinthegarden.net For availability and bookings for Normandy B&B, Art Courses & Seminars near Vire & D-Day Beaches Normandy please contact the owners:
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