Rent holiday homes or chateaux in Angouleme | France » self catering gites and accommodation 2011

The Chateau de la Croix has recently been rated by The Guardian newspaper to be one of the top five properties to rent in France. The Chateau de la Croix comes complete with a bar, a private swimming pool, a home cinema, a piano salon and a billiards room.

This château combines the elegance and beauty of a bygone age with the utterly up-to-date and is now the last word in decadence and surrounded by over four acres of private gardens with a large heated outdoor swimming pool, on the edge of a charming village.