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| Property List | Holiday Charente Maritime Carefully restored and comfortably furnished property with peaceful large enclosed garden and large swimming pool Le Grand Bois near Mirambeau |
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About our property (sleeps 2-9+Baby)  Le Grand Bois, a restored, spacious Charentais farmhouse with attached barn and stable (empty except for the pool equipment!), has thick, stone walls, exposed beams and shuttered windows. The ground floor has a large entrance hall, a living room, dining-kitchen room and a back kitchen, each of which is 6.5m x 6.5m. There are two bathrooms, one with two washbasins, a toilet, a bath and a separate shower; the second has a washbasin and toilet. All floors are tiled.
The house has three
fireplaces with inserts and are not used during the
normal rental season. The kitchens have a gas-electric
stove, microwave, coffee maker, two refrigerators,
dishwasher, toaster etc. Cooking and eating utensils are
provided. There are books and a radio-CD The first (sleeping floor) has three bedrooms: a large master bedroom with a queen-sized bed, a second with a double bed, and a third room with five single beds. A small child's cot is available. Both the first and third bedrooms have large oak beams. All floors are wood with carpeting. The famhouse is secluded from the
other three properties in There is a 5m x 10m in-ground pool at the rear of the house, a vine-covered pergola, shade and fruit trees, roses and hollyhocks, as well as a portable barbecue and garden chairs and tables. This lovely restored farmhouse
filled with charm is our vacation home and we find it
relaxing and comfortable. We enjoy our home and the
surrounding region and we trust that others will as well.
We hope that those staying in Le Grand Bois will also
treat it as a family home!
Prices include all gas, electricity and water. Bed linen and towels are provided. A security deposit of $500* is required,all of which will be returned if there is no damage or breakage. There is a house and linen cleaning fee of $150*, half of which will be returned if the house is left in good order. For a party of 7 or more persons, there will be an added weekly fee of $50* per person beyond 6. Reservations will be confirmed upon receipt of 50% of the rental fee. The remaining 50%, the security deposit and the cleaning fee are due 60 days prior to the beginning of the rental period. * or the Euro equivalent. We carry appropriate home insurance but renters must provide their own health and injury insurance. We also recommend cancellation insurance. Refunds, due to cancellation, can be made only if we are able to rent the house for the period reserved. We cannot accept pets and, for health and safety reasons, there is no smoking within the house. Rentals are from Saturday 4pm to Saturday 10am, with a minimum rental period of one week. Click here for a BOOKING FORM. ( it will open in a Word document ) About our region Our
vacation home, a Charentaise-style farmhouse which we
call Le Grand Bois, is situated at the southern tip of
the The general vicinity around the house is criss-crossed with small, paved farming roads ideal for walking, jogging and cycling. Referred to frequently as the 'authentic France' with its unspoiled coast and countryside, numerous small farms, historical Romanesque churches in every town and village, and the second highest amount of sunshine in France, the region is an ideal location in which to relax and smell the flowers! The hamlet of Grand Bois with its four homes is within five minutes of the town of Mirambeau. The town has a Saturday morning open market, several bakeries, a pastry shop, a butcher shop, restaurants, a bank with ATM, a supermarket, a Maison de Presse with international newspapers, tourist bureau, tennis courts and a Renaissance Château, now a four star hotel and restaurant. As an added local touch, a butcher and baker drive by the house on a weekly basis and toot their horn! The attractive town of Jonzac with its thermal baths and recently opened water park is a ten minute drive. Beaches on the Gironde Estuary are within 25 minutes and the open Atlantic, including the Côte Sauvage north of Royan and the Zoo at Palmyre, are less than an hour away. Cognac, with its famous distilleries, the summer art and music festivals at Saintes and throughout the region, the opportunity to see films at nearby St Genis de Saintonge, and the coastal charms of Mortagne, Mescher, Talmont and St George de Didonne, all contribute to the area's attractiveness. The wine of the Charente-Maritime is good, but the better wines are near Blaye, St Emilion, and the environs closer to Bordeaux. However, in addition to world-class cognac, you must try Pineau de Charente, a local aperitif made up of a blend of unfermented grape juice and cognac which have been aged in oak barrels. Visit the Château de Beaulon in nearby Saint Dizant du Gua and sample Pineau and Cognac while admiring the Château's gardens and 'blue pools.' Throughout the region, sea food and melons are outstanding, as is most local produce, including honey. Getting there Le Grand Bois is 50 kilometres northeast of Bordeaux and 500 kilometres southwest of Paris. One takes exit 37 (Mirambeau) off the A10, the Aquitaine autoroute. Mirambeau is two minutes from the exit. One can fly to Bordeaux from either London or Paris and rent a car at the Merignac Airport. There is a train from Paris to Bordeaux, as well as from Paris to Angoulême, with its special bus link to Jonzac, minutes from Mirambeau. One can take the Channel Tunnel from the United Kingdom and drive from Calais. To book this Holiday Charente Maritime please contact the owners:
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