Gite Garden Room & Terrace (click to enlarge)

Views across garden & pool (click to enlarge)

Gite with pool, near Gironde estuary Charente Maritime

La Vieille Grange

Sleeps 2

A quality conversion of an old wine producing barn, with stunning year round garden room/terrace overlooking 11m x 5m pool (open May-Sept), an acre of garden and fabulous views.

Ideal for couples (or 2 friends) and year round breaks.

Year-round comfort with, on ground floor, living room with sofa, Godin log burner and TV/DVD/video, with English (BBC, ITV, Film 4 etc) and French channels. Fully equipped kitchen/dining room, entrance hall, bathroom (with shower attachment) and separate WC.

In first floor grenier/loft : mezzanine bedroom leading to spacious (6mx3m - but with some low beams) main double bedroom with French windows with views across countryside towards the Gironde estuary (and the sunsets !).

Large year round garden room/terrace with use of 11m x 5m swimming pool (May-September) and an acre of garden withboules pit. Full electric heating throughout (when needed !).

2 additional people can be accommodated in the mezzanine bedroom (at an additional charge), if you wish to bring some friends with you.

Prices and booking information

The gite can be hired by the day between October and April (minimum 3 or 4 nights, depending on season). May - September the gite can only be booked by the week (Saturday/Saturday).

The prices include :

• hire of the gite
• bed linen (duvet)
• bath, hand and tea towels
• linen replacement every Saturday
• all electricity and logs

A 25% Booking Deposit is payable at the time of booking. Final payment is then due 8 weeks before your holiday commences.

We can accept payments by credit card or debit card (via the secure WorldPay site) or by cheque.

A £100 per booking breakages/excess cleaning deposit (« dépôt de garantie » under French law) is payable with your final payment. This will be returned to you within 7 days of the end of your holiday, less any deductions for breakages or excessive cleaning that is needed.

In the unfortunate event of your having to cancel your booking, we will try to let the gite to someone else, and if successful we will just retain the 25% booking deposit and return all other monies to you. However, if we are not able to re-book the gite, the cancellation charges will be: before 8 weeks 25%; between 4-8 weeks 75%; less than 4 weeks 100% (all including 25% booking deposit).

About our region

Located in countryside, surrounded by vineyards and rolling countryside but within 10 minutes of the Gironde estuary and quiet marinas, the gite is within 30 minutes of nice beaches at Meschers.

The property is in a small hamlet of about 12 houses and a farm, but within 10 minutes of the nearest small town (Mirambeau) and 20 minutes of a larger one (Jonzac)

Situated in the beautiful Charente Maritime ("land & sea : the elements of success"), but in the south of it (where the countryside is more interesting/undulating) and within easy striking distance of the Aquitaine/Gironde, including the Medoc.

The area is the second sunniest in France, after the Cote d'Azur - but without their prices or crowds !

There are loads of interesting places to visit and things to do (if/when you tire of just lying around the pool during the summer !!), including sleepy villages and livelier towns, beaches, chateaux/wine tasting, nature reserves, outside activities (for those into them !) including fishing, horse riding, walking and bird watching - or just sitting outside bars watching the world go by !

Within easy striking distance are : La Rochelle, Ile de Ré, Ile d'Oléron, St. Jean d'Angély, Angoulême, Royan, Rochefort, Cognac, Blaye, Saintes, Niort and even Bordeaux.

Getting there

There are 3 main ways of travelling to La Vieille Grange:

By Ferry and Road:

Whilst there are numerous ferry routes and operators, the owners find the easiest from the UK to be Brittany Ferries Portsmouth-St.Malo (4 hours drive away), or Portsmouth-Caen (5 hrs). If you live in the south west of England, their Plymouth-Roscoff (5 ½ hrs) and Poole-Cherbourg (5 ¾ hrs) routes are further alternatives.

High speed services operate from Portsmouth to Caen & Cherbourg (Brittany Ferries) and from Poole, Weymouth & Jersey to St.Malo (Condor).

Or of course there's the Channel Tunnel to Calais (6 ½ hrs away).

From Ireland, Brittany Ferries go from Cork to Roscoff (March - October), and Irish Ferries go from Rosslare to Cherbourg (all year) and Roscoff (May - September)

By Air:

Direct flights to La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Poitiers or Nantes are available from many airports across the UK and Ireland including : Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, London (Stansted, Luton & Gatwick), Manchester, Nottingham, Norwich, Shannon and Southampton.

By Rail:

From UK by Channel Tunnel from London to Paris then TGV to Angouleme or Bordeaux.

For further details, including Comfort Guidelines and photographs please visit the owner's website Click Here

For any further information, or to book the property please contact the owners:

Chris Stevens and Martin Roberts

Click here to email the owner

Tel/Fax: 00 33 (0)5 46 49 46 00

When booking this property please mention Relax in France

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