Les Tourterelles

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Barn |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 7

Eclance in Aube

from £125 / night

£875–£1195 / week

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

5 out of 5

3 reviews | Write a review

Key info  Swimming pool, beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car advised, no pets allowed

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About the home

Les Tourterelles (The Turtledoves) has been converted from an old timber framed barn into a building reminiscent of the medieval houses of Troyes. It is situated in the charming village of Eclance,on the borders of the ‘Côte de Bar’ and the Champagne Route.

The large oak beams have been exposed wherever possible as have the limestone walls giving the rooms a certain charm. The first floor is constructed from oak floorboards.

In the large sitting room/dining room, a wood burner nestles in the chimney place providing additional heat and ambience if you so desire. There is a separate, well equipped kitchen.

The main bedroom with an exposed stone wall has a king size bed and satellite TV along with en-suite bathroom with bath, shower, handbasin and toilet as well as a hairdryer. The second bedroom with double aspect windows has two single beds though is large enough to accommodate a third if requested. A large shower room is available. The third bedroom has french windows with a Juliette balcony and an en-suite shower room with toilet and handbasin.

In front of the gite is a terrace with wood garden furniture and parasol. Privacy is offered by the surrounding flower beds and trellis supporting climbing plants.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Beds - The cottage is normally set up with two single beds in the twin bedrooms, therefore enough beds for six people. For those guests requiring a seventh bed, there is sufficient space in the second bedroom to accommodate a third bed.

Linens-

The beds are ready made up for your arrival, with quality percale cotton sheets. Also included in the price are towels for the bathroom. Pool towels are available for hire, otherwise please bring your own. A cot for a baby is available for hire.

We do have some toys for the children to play with, as well an an old school desk for two small children from the Eclance school should you want that put into your cottage for you. Just let us know.

Further details outdoors:
The large outdoor heated pool is available for use from mid-May to mid-September. It is surrounded by a wall that provides privacy and shelter as well as security for young children running around in the garden. Adults are responsible for their children when they use the pool. The pool face south making the most of the sunshine and when you are tired of swimming, sunbathing, snoozing or reading that novel, just wander around and soak up the panorama around you of the hills, fields and forests.

There is a petanque/boules court and there are two sets of boules available for you play under the shade of trees. There is a table tennis table with bats and balls on a terrace that provides lighting in the evenings.

A BBQ terrace is situated beside the large limestone barn with a chimenea so that for late into the evening you get the refracted heat from the barn along with the cheery and warm atmosphere from the burning wood (regardless if it is not cool enough to warrant lighting the fire!). The tables and chairs can be moved from this area to under the trees if you prefer to eat in during the day in the shade of the trees.

For quiet contemplation, your own space or a lovely place to have an aperatif at the end of the day watching the sun set over the fields and forests, there are two terraces at the end of the garden.


The roads around Eclance are generally very quiet and we find them great for cycling. Should you prefer mountain bike riding, there are many tracks through the forests, fields and vineyards. You are welcome to bring your own bikes or you may prefer to hire them locally. There are a couple of bike hire shops nearby.

If walking is more to your taste, there are some very good routes in the surrounding area - suggested itineraries are available.

Further details

The cottages have been classified as 4 keys(4star) by Clévacances in conjunction with the Tourist Board. To secure your reservation, a contract produced by Clevacances requires your signature and a deposit of 25-30%.

Please note that you are required to have travel insurance or if you live on the continent, a home insurance policy that provides cover when you stay in holiday accommodation. (By civil law in France you are wholly responsible for any damage, accidental or otherwise, caused to holiday property)

Conditions

Short term breaks possible outside of July and August. Please contact the owners for details.

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Les Tourterelles from the courtyard

 

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Dining Room with table that extends

 

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View of the pool with sun shelter

 

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The Main Bedroom

The Northern France / Champagne-Ardenne region

“If you don't know Éclance, you won't know France”, is the saying many an Éclarist will tell you. We certainly hope that a stay at La Ferme des Tourterelles will give you the opportunity to become involved in the french way of life.

Whether or not you wish to make the most of the swimming pool and tranquil surroundings of La Ferme des Tourterelles and Eclance, there is much to offer round and about for all ages and interests.

* Explore the medieval towns of Troyes and Bar-sur-Aube.

* Langres and Provins with their ramparts and son et lumière make an interesting visit.

* Take the Champagne Route starting only a few kilometres from us. Not only is Champagne a drink for celebration but at any event, a bottle will be opened, great fun for when you go to any fair, fête or vide grenier! Stock up with champagne to take home. You will not find the same prices for some good quality products. Many of the well known champagne houses of Epernay and Reims buy grapes or juice produced in the Aube.

* Take advantage of the three large lakes in the Forest of the Orient; the first of which is only ten minutes drive from us; water sports (power and sail), swimming from artificial beaches.

* Fishing, rivers and lakes- one of the major world carp fishing competitions is held locally.

* Walking in the regional park 'Foret d'Orient' and countryside around (Eclance is on one of the feeder routes for the pilgrimage to Saint Compostella).

* Tennis, two floodlit courts are only 10 minutes drive at Bar-sur-Aube.

* Golf (three courses not too far away from us), cycling, horse riding (one of the french national studs is fairly close by).

* Spend a day at Nigloland, the third largest amusement park in France or why not spend an afternoon romping through the trees in the tree park by the lakes.

* Shopping in the factory outlets in Troyes; the largest in Europe.

* Explore the wooden churches typical to this area, museums and history (Napoleons' first defeat on French soil took place only 5-10 minutes away from us at La Rothiere).

* Visit the markets to buy fresh locally grown produce and cheeses.

* Drive to the Burgundy towns of Chablis, Dijon, Beaune or the towns of Reims and Epernay under 2 hours drive from us, to sample their offerings. Another lovely town to put on the list is Nancy, again possible for a day trip.

The great thing about this area is that it is only four hours drive from Calais, Belgium etc! We are easy to get to by car straight down the motorway.

The Aube / Eclance area

Éclance is a Galois name signifying ‘a clearing in the centre of forests’. The clearing may be rather bigger than when this name was coined and is now a small rural community nestling amongst the fields as well as forests. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Éclance reached a certain importance and by the 16th century hosted two large fairs.
For a small community Éclance boasts a very active social life. Virtually every month some sort of get together is organised and it has been made clear to us that our guests will be very welcome and in fact positively encouraged to attend. Éclance has its own forest and hunting lodge which provides the base for many a happy evening sat around the fire place (which dominates the centre of the room) in the winter. In addition the Place des Ancien Combatents at the centre of the village close to the large village pond, is the location for many of the summer events.

A typical programme of village events:

January : Les Gallettes des Rois (Frangipane tarts and wine)
February : Village carnival and Gaufres night
March : Games evening
April : Mountain Bike Raid 20km, 40km, 60km circuits
May : Village party; Bar-B-Que and stalls during the day, meal and dancing at night
June : School children's party and show
July : 14th July 12 hour celebration, spit roast and games during the day followed by meal and fireworks at night
September : Village walk
: Vide Grenier
October : Halloween procession and evening party
: Beaujolais Nouveau celebration
December : Santa Claus present giving to the children, champagne & cakes for the adults
: New Years celebration

Invariably these events tend to revolve around or end up with food and drink, most celebrations being accompanied by the sound of many a champagne cork and animated conversation!

Much is made of Napoleon as he went to military school at Brienne-le-Chateau (15 minutes). Not only that, but he lost his first battle on French soil at La Rothiere (10 minutes), though this is not really advertised by the French! As you relax by our pool and look at the hill to your east, imagine a Prussian battalion who set up their camp there, overlooking the other battalions who had set up camp on the pastures beside the chateau of Eclance. They stayed there a few days before heading off to defeat Napoleon.

La Ferme des Tourterelles used to be dairy farm that sold the milk to the local Eclance cheese maker. Although the reputation of this cheese still lasts, unfortunately it is no longer made.

During the First World War, the farm was used as a hospital for the wounded American soldiers. We discovered poetry and scribbling on the wall of our attic, hidden away for well over 50 years from these young lads. Much is made of the resistance during the Second World War with a museum and memorials to commemorate the bravery during this period.

The farm went into disuse after the closure of the Eclance fromagerie and the sale of the cattle and unfortunately the buildings deteriorated rapidly. Sarah and James purchased the plot in 2003 and have since renovated the buildings to their old glory with much help from some of the villagers. You are welcome to join in the many village activities which include an annual party in May, the celebration of Bastille Day, village walk, Beaujolais Nouveau, Gallette des Rois – to name a few!

The property and holiday description provides further details of the attractions close by, including the Regional Natural Park, the lakes, the amusement park etc.

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In the Champagne region we are only 4 hours easy driving from Calais and 2 hours from Paris.

Activities near Aube

Reviews

Review: 1 to 3 of 3

14 May 2012

“Beautiful property in scenic setting” Property was of a very high standard. Garden and views lovely. Our older kids enjoyed the table tennis and WiFi and also it was nice having books and board games we could use. Didn't manage to catch the bread van, but the closest boulangerie 10 mins drive away was great but you needed to get there quite early for the croissants! Owners very helpful before and through out stay.

01 Jan 2012

“Relaxing and profound” Amazing accommodations, largest rooms ever found in Europe. Bathrooms and closets are massive. Hosts very accommodating - keenly interested in bottom line- US Customers beware of banks charging a... more Response: For those from the US, please check with your banks their process for transferring money to France. Prior to this guest, the monies from previous US guests went straight into our account with no... more

11 Aug 2011

“Relaxation after a busy week in Paris” We had a week in Paris before coming here, so we were here to recharge the batteries before returning home to everyday life. And that was what we got here. Plenty of time to relax at the pool. Several small villages to visit and a few larger ones well worth seeing. We were lucky to stay here on the French National day and were able to join in on the local celebrations, Eclance is a small village of about 120 people, so the whole village was there. It was alovely experience and everyone was so friendly. The owners of the property went out of their way to give us info about things happening locally, for example markets, different villages every week through the summer. The house had all the home from home comforts.Our 3 teenage boys loved the pool, but were a bit frustrated at the poor internet access, but they were trying to get a better service. Would stay here again. Thanks Sarah for a lovely holiday! Response: We provide free access to the internet for all our cottages beit inside or out in the courtyard. Eclance though, is in the depth of the countryside and we are a long distance from the nearest telephone exchange. Even though we have ASDL,the speed of the internet therefore is not great if sending or reviewing large files/amount of data. Fibre optics is just being installed in Troyes this year (2012) so will be a long way off coming to Eclance. As there is only one telephone line, we advise all guests that the internet does provide access to email and for occassional use but you will not be able to play online games, view TV, films etc. So for those who want to be amused indoors, bring your Wii console and games as we have large LCD or plasma TV's in the cottages.

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Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
High Season	12 May 12	1 Jul 12	1100£ 1100	170£ 170	200£ 200	3 Nights
High Season	1 Jul 12	15 Sep 12	1100£ 1100	-	-	1 Week
Low Season	15 Sep 12	22 Dec 12	850£ 850	134£ 134	150£ 150	3 Nights
High Season	22 Dec 12	1 Jan 13	1100£ 1100	-	-	1 Week
Low Season	1 Apr 13	18 May 13	875£ 875	140£ 140	140£ 140	3 Nights
High Season	18 May 13	6 Jul 13	1140£ 1140	177£ 177	177£ 177	3 Nights
High Season	6 Jul 13	31 Aug 13	1140£ 1140	-	-	1 Week
High Season	31 Aug 13	14 Sep 13	1140£ 1140	177£ 177	177£ 177	3 Nights
Low Season	14 Sep 13	21 Dec 13	875£ 875	140£ 140	140£ 140	3 Nights
High Season	21 Dec 13	4 Jan 14	1140£ 1140	-	-	1 Week

Prices for group size 7
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
High Season	30 Jun 12	15 Sep 12	1155£ 1155	-	-	1 Week
Low Season	15 Sep 12	22 Dec 12	890£ 890	143£ 143	160£ 160	3 Nights
High Season	22 Dec 12	1 Jan 13	1155£ 1155	-	-	1 Week
Low Season	1 Apr 13	18 May 13	915£ 915	150£ 150	150£ 150	3 Nights
High Season	18 May 13	6 Jul 13	1195£ 1195	192£ 192	192£ 192	3 Nights
High Season	6 Jul 13	31 Aug 13	1195£ 1195	-	-	1 Week
High Season	31 Aug 13	14 Sep 13	1195£ 1195	192£ 192	192£ 192	3 Nights
Low Season	14 Sep 13	21 Dec 13	915£ 915	150£ 150	150£ 150	3 Nights
High Season	21 Dec 13	4 Jan 14	1195£ 1195	-	-	1 Week

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Bottle or half bottle champagne provided as a welcome gift depending on number of adults from our friends 'Champagne Philippe Legout' for those renting for a week or more.

Payment of deposit via IBAN, Caxton FX FastPay Online System (we have found the rates of exchange to be better than the banks or post office with no commission charges to either you or us) or PayPal with an increment to cover additional charges.

Payment of balance in euros on arrival or via IBAN or FastPay in advance

We request a security deposit of 300€ in line with the standard terms of the Clévcances contract. This is to cover the cost of any eventual damage or untoward cleaning requirements.

Prices include bedlinen with beds already made up, services such as electricity and gas and towels for the bathroom. Should you require the cleaning service to take place after your departure, please reserve in advance at a cost of 55€. Otherwise, the cottage must be left in the same state of cleanliness as your found the cottage on your arrival.

Outside of July & August the cottage may be rented for periods shorter than a week. Please contact the owners for details.

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2 years listed You are contacting Sarah Lacey Landline 33 325 274984 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in France and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2011. This barn has received 3 reviews from previous guests.

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