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Cottage |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Aumale in Normandy

£56–£68 / night
£390–£475 / week

Short stays welcome

Changeover Sunday

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, no pets allowed

About the home

As an incentive to book our magnificent properties we are prepared to offer a 5% discount, should you reserve our property at least 6 months in advance. We also offer deals, during the off season for rentals of 2 weeks or more. Please enquire and your request will be answered promptly.

This unique cottage has 3 bedrooms and a truly superior range of facilities. It is located close to the historic town of Aumale (1mile 2km), where nearby you'll find a good selection of activities for all the family, from quad-biking to horse-riding. Trout or Salmon fishing is also an option in the nearby lakes. For convenience, English plug sockets are provided within the cottage. Hidden Gem Cottage with its three bedrooms, was skillfully converted in 2010 which was once part of a 1900's Cotton-mill.

Our other property for rent is Ebenezer Mansions which is a modern six double bedroom family mansion with excellent facilities. Both are set in a quiet rural setting with farmland & 2 large lakes all in close proximity. Only a mile(2Km) from Aumale town centre, Hidden Gem has a lovely waterfall and relaxing tranquil river flowing it behind, ideal to open the windows and listen to its soothing rushing tones as you fall asleep.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The Cottage is highly energy efficient. Newly installed electric wiring throughout, has enabled us to have English plugs accessible in each room of the appartment. A Modern neat open plan /dining room fully equipped for up to 6 people with all modern appliances and utilities. The living room, has a magnificent 30m corridor with high ceilings and oak beams.

Plenty of natural light pours in from the many skylights above. There is also the capacity to allocate this as an additional bedroom each night. The dining room provides delightful view of the water front from this room which also has a mezzanine, above which is great for the kids to sleep too.

Bed linen is provided F.O.C as are hand towels, but please bring your own bath towels.

Further details outdoors:
A short walk to the front of Ebenezer Mansions from Hidden Gem, there are additional parking bays, grassed areas and shared picnic tables.

This courtyard was formally an artists studio, you can see why, with the views of the surrounding hills and farmland and the meandering streams leading to the two large lakes just five minutes from the villa.
There are at least 4 bicycles (Suitable for teenagers). However, please bring your own safety equipment, such as helmets and lights.

Fishing is possible as there are two large lakes, which I know have brown trout, though, please note, a fishing licence is required. This town offers many convenient past-times like Archery and there is even horse-riding about 5Km away. The owner, Isabel, has gone out of her way to allow both the novice and experienced riders to use the excellent facilities in all weathers.

The drive in area at the front has just being divided to make it as car free as possible. One of the benefits of this is that we can now take advantage of the sun from this aspect of the property. Therefore, outdoor table and chairs are available for use here.

Further details

We'd love to encourage smaller families to visit this Pretty part of France especially outside the school Holiday Season.
As an incentive to come and explore this remarkable region of France. Now, you can get a great discount of 5% at off-peak periods- that's only £380! More details are given with the terms & conditions and the booking form.
Rental payments are due in full 8 weeks in advance. Booking deposits are 25% of the weeks rental fee and these are non refundable but can be transferred to another date if cancelled.

Exclusive for Summer 2012. Our rates have returned to the 2010 launch price of £460 for a week in High season! We're pleased to say, this is now inclusive of the utility charges, (water /electrics). We've decided to do this because we found with running a highly energy efficient home, the average total costs, when split to 50% were really quite small. However, this excludes central heating, which is charged at £15 per day, There is also a charge of £50 for the cleaning. Both are normally taken from the security deposit of £200 cash which is due to be paid on arrival.

Bed linen is provided F.O.C as are hand towels.

Conditions

UK: For more information send an e-mail to me,( Bertram D’Silva) using the form below.

UK Tel. No 1: 0208 943 7669. Text on 07837105923. Between 8am- 10pm

From abroad Tel.(++44) or (+++44) 208 943 7669

UK Tel. No2: 0208 943 7669 or Tel. from abroad (++44) or (+++44) 208 943 7669

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Dining room showing door through to main en-suite bedroom & stairs up to mezzanine bedroom.

 

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Oak beams above the 30m Passage way provides easy access to all the rooms.

 

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So relaxing just to sit behind Hidden Gem listening to Nature!

The Normandy / Seine-Maritime region

Normandy is made up of five rich and varied counties:- Seine maritime, Eure, Orne, Calvados and Manche. Aumale is within the Seine maritime region of Normandy, approximately, two hours from Paris. In-between the seine valley and channel coast, famous for its dramatic cliff lines, rolling open countryside and the twist and turns of the River Seine. We are on the border of the Picardy region:

Normandy, with its proximity to Paris for Disneyland together with a number of fashionable seaside resorts like Dieppe, Hornflour or Tourville along its coast indicate that this region has everything you could wish for; Etretat, Fecamp and Dieppe are three of the coastal areas well worth a mention.
Dieppe is a gem of a town. Famous for its Saturday morning market. Many of the streets in the old town just have to be explored. A majority of these are pedestrianised and it is delightful to view the historic buildings dating back to the17th century on foot. ...soaking in the atmosphere created by an abundance of timbered houses and huge chateaux set in the circuit of a glorious medieval past.

People who have stayed here have been to visit the historical world war II sites in Mont St Michel, Vimy and the Somme. Locally, towns like Rouen and Amiens, are truly places of inspiration. Indeed, Rouen, is known as the jewel in the crown -considered to be the capital of upper Normandy- Itself only half an hours drive from Aumale. The neighbouring county of Picardy (Picardie) also has long sandy beaches by the Somme estuary in the west.

The Aumale area

Aumale is a very popular base with Parisians, especially for the beach!
Quiet a historic town itself, with many of the half-timbered houses so characteristic in this region. It's not surprising then that you won't find a single charity shop in the town-it has a diverse range of specality shops like patisserie bakeries, butchers, delicatessens and an anglers accessories shop, which by the way sells the fishing licence (~5 Euros per day).

There seems to have been a deliberate choice to place the only supermarket (Intermarche) just outside town. A tourist office in the centre will keep you updated as to what is going on in the locality.

We are pleasantly amazed by the different things we find to do here. During the summer we found an archery club just near the two lakes and by the villa. We located a delightful horse riding school three miles from Aumale-They have been more than willing to take on the novice rider!

During Summer, we learnt that Aumale has a public heated Open Air Pool in the town centre. The nearest Indoor pools are in the towns of Formarie ~15km away and Grandvillers 20Km-this town has a larger indoor pool.
There is a Quad Biking arena not far from the town.

Eating out in Aumale is affordable as it not only has a pizza and Turkish Kebab restaurant in the centre but there is another pizza place just behind the Ebenezer which is set by the waterfront. This same country road also leads into the town centre.

How to get there

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By Sea and Car.

With more cross channel ferry routes than any other region, Normandy is a real gateway to France. Aumale is ideally located for the long or short breaks by car to France, being so close to the major motorway network of the A28 /A29. The Channel crossing is easy from either Dover to Calais with P+ O ferries. We have recently switched to using the Eurotunnel service which is quicker to access and also slightly nearer.
From Calais , the journey via the (A16), motorway is both quick and comfortable to Aumale. However, do bear in mind that from Calais there is a toll to pay of ~ 8 euros.
Or, Newhaven to Dieppe via LD lines, will save you about 30km each way, off the mileage, which was our preferred option being only 50mins away, and the 4hr crossing gives you a great chance to rest, especially in one of their cabins which easily accommodates families! The one draw-back with them is that they charge per person! See www.transmancheferries.com.

Using the Michelin Route planner:-www.viamichelin.co.uk and the details for the ports listed below will allow you to print out the route for yourselves.
76200Dieppe / 76390Aumale.
62200Boulogne / 76390Aumale.
62100 Calais / 76390Aumale.
77777Disneyland Resort Paris / 76390Aumale.

By Air. Fly/drive:

We've now had people from Scotland (The Highlands), Norway, Canada and Australia visit us. Using Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. As a result we have now developed contacts at car-hire companies at this airport, which you may wish to use to make your choice more reliable. We'll even loan you a Sat Nav, that we guarantee will make exploring in France a breeze as all the tourist places are listed.
Beauvais airport is less than 1hrs drive (53km) from Aumale. This is especially useful to people visiting us from Glasgow.

By Train

Similarly, local trains (SNCF) go from Beauvais to Aumale. Equally, there are daily and regular links from Paris. See www.scnf.com.

However, We would recommend driving to the outskirts of Paris, then take the local train service (RER) to explore Paris because of the cost and time element. There are deals available, for example, that will let you use both the RER and Metro services plus visit the top 55 attractions in Paris ( for a two day pass) costing just 80 euros.
We'll happily advise you of the best drive / train locations to do this. Aumale is perfectly situated on the A28 to make this just a direct drive to Paris 120km.

Activities near Aumale

Guestbook for Hidden Gem

Newly converted 2 years ago and in a delightful part of Normandy- I’ve received some truly amazing comments from people visiting us. Our primary aim, being that we'd like people to share our experience.

July 2011: truly a hidden gem, lovely to listen to the water flowing outside, accomodating cottage, a joy to kick back, relax + enjoy: Bertram a very helpful host, thoroughly enjoyable stay.


Sept 2011: Nothing was too much trouble for our host, lovely laundered fresh sheets, very relaxing, great location, easy to walk to town & explore: Would recommend.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season Rate	29 Jan 12	18 Mar 12	380£ 380	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	18 Mar 12	6 May 12	415£ 415	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	6 May 12	3 Jun 12	390£ 390	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	3 Jun 12	8 Jul 12	420£ 420	-	-	1 Week
High Season Rate	8 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	460£ 460	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	9 Sep 12	16 Dec 12	390£ 390	-	-	1 Week
Mid High Season Rate	16 Dec 12	6 Jan 13	435£ 435	-	-	1 Week

Prices for group size 5
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season Rate	29 Jan 12	18 Mar 12	390£ 390	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	18 Mar 12	6 May 12	425£ 425	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	6 May 12	3 Jun 12	400£ 400	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	3 Jun 12	8 Jul 12	430£ 430	-	-	1 Week
High Season Rate	8 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	465£ 465	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	9 Sep 12	16 Dec 12	400£ 400	-	-	1 Week
Mid-High Season Rate	16 Dec 12	6 Jan 13	445£ 445	-	-	1 Week

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season Rae	20 Nov 11	18 Dec 11	400£ 400	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	18 Dec 11	8 Jan 12	435£ 435	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	8 Jan 12	18 Mar 12	400£ 400	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	18 Mar 12	6 May 12	440£ 440	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	6 May 12	3 Jun 12	410£ 410	-	-	1 Week
Mid Season Rate	3 Jun 12	8 Jul 12	440£ 440	-	-	1 Week
High Season Rate	8 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	475£ 475	-	-	1 Week
Low Season Rate	9 Sep 12	16 Dec 12	410£ 410	-	-	1 Week
Mid-High Season Rate	16 Dec 12	6 Jan 13	455£ 455	-	-	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.

We've continued to make this wonderful Cottage even more comfortable for our guests. However, the cost for the utilities,(water and electrics) has been incorporated into this price. Where oil is being used for heating, during the colder months there is still a daily charge of £15 per day. There is also a compulsory cleaning charge of £50 for weekly rentals.

It still represents a real bargain as de-luxe cottages of this size and quality, in this region of Normandy, are normally at least £200 more per week.

Bed linen is provided F.O.C as are hand towels, please bring your own bath towels. A security deposit of £200 or Euros in cash is to be paid on arrival which will be refunded within 4 weeks of departure, obviously, less the charges for cleaning or central heating. Rental payments are due in full 8 weeks in advance. Booking deposits are 25% of the weeks rental fee and these are non refundable but can be transferred to another date if cancelled. More details are given with the terms & conditions and the booking form.

UK Tel. No 1: 0208 890 8699. Text on 07837105923. Between 8am- 10pm

From abroad Tel.(++44) or (+++44) 208 890 8699

We would be more than willing to supply additional items for a charge such as bath towels and bathroom accessories, flasks and insulated food boxes to minimise the things you need to bring as luggage with you, please ask when booking and we will accommodate your wishes

Availability

See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here

Availability notes:

Sunday is the preferred change over day for this property, unless you are renting Ebenezer Mansions as well, which we will try to accomodate your wishes.
We are pleased to also offer Hidden Gem (6-7 people), our Outstanding Cottage on the same site should your party be up to 22 people, to share at good rates too:

Contact the owner

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4 years listed You are contacting Bertram D'Silva Landline 44 0208 9437669 Mobile 44 077381 43024 Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This cottage has so far received no reviews.

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