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Cottage |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 8

St Nicolas des Eaux in Blavet Valley

From £275 per week

Short stays welcome

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, may take pets - please enquire

About the home

Riverside Cottage, in stunning village of St Nicholas Des Eaux, originally the village bakery, has been modernised, but retains its original rustic charm and provides comfortable, bright and spacious family accommodation. It has wooden floors throughout, wood burner and electric heaters,lge HD sat tv, The river is metres away for beautiful walks and superb,award winning fishing. The village is a true delight, the river front being adorned with flowers. It boasts several family bars, restaurants, creperie, all with outdoor seating and superb views and comparitively low prices. village shop, morning deliveries of bread and croissants.Newly designed children's play area by the river. Boat trips can be taken along the river, bikes, canoes and pedaloes can be hired locally.Golf and horse riding are nearby. Ten pin bowling and quad bikes are available locally. There are numerous summer fetes, pardons and local artists display work in the chapels. (Clients are allowed to use the outdoor swimming pool of the hotel de la vallee.)

Facilities

Further details indoors:
All the rooms of the house are of generous size giving very comfortable family accommodation at an extremely reasonable price. This property is a 'home fom home' from which to explore the beautiful surroundings,local historic towns, markets and superb beaches. The upstairs accommodation consists of 1double room, with adjacent drying room, 1 with twin beds,1 with full sized bunks and sink and shower, bathroom with shower, sink and toilet. Downstairs there is a large open plan lounge / dining room./full size kitchen. There is a second lounge/ double bedroom downstairs useful, for larger parties. Stable door at front. wifi can be accessed at 'Le Petit Zef' in the village.

Further details outdoors:
.There is a large lawned area to the right of the house, with picnic table and views over the river.

Cars can be parked directly outside the house, or on the large car park diagonally opposite. Or in a parking bay just past the house.

There is no private garden, but as this property is in the heart of a beautiful village with picnic areas, stunning riverside walks, and a new children's fully equipped play area, this has not caused a problem.

Further details

No smoking inside the cottage please.

Conditions

25% of rental fee secures booking

balance due a month before booking date, also £100 refundable damage deposit

sorry no smoking in the house.

house to be left clean and tidy please.

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Rugged Brittany

 

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Riverside Cottage

The Brittany / Morbihan region

This region is a sought after holiday destination because of its outstanding beauty and micro climate. It offers 600km of coastline, ranging from dramatic cliffs to fabulous sandy beaches and coves.It has pretty harbours and offshore islands to explore.
Carnac and Quiberon peninsular are a must for watersports e.g surfing,sailing,windsurfingsandcarting. Carnac is also home to the mysterious standing stones.
Away fom the beaches there are stunning river valleys and woodlands and fascinating historic towns to visit. Vannes,Auray,Josselin And Pontivy, the latter with chateaux, make excellent day trips.
Seafood and Crepes are the specialities of this area .

The Blavet Valley / St Nicolas des Eaux area

The picturesque, friendly village of St Nicholas Des Eaux is in the heart of the Blavet Valley and is only !5 mins fom the medieval town and Napoleonic Chateau of Pontivy. It has a towpath through the village that extends for miles and is ideal for walking, picnics, biking. Facilities include bicycle hire, canoes, pedaloes, boat trips and a boules area. It has two restaurants, two bars and a creperie, all with outside seating to enjoy the stunning views. There is a local outdoor swimming pool at Baud and an excellent golf course close by. It is a favourite with river fishermen, winning awards for best fishing river 2006.(permits can be got locally) There is plenty to do, or you can laze by the river and enjoy a bottle of local wine for around £1.
A few minutes drive away there is open air go-carting, tennis courts, ten-pin bowling and a heated outdoor pool with watersports facilities, and a forest adventure park.
The cuisine of the area is excellent with lunchtime menus offering you 4 or 5 courses including wine, cider or beer for the princely sum of 9 euros!
On the cultural front a visit to Pont Aven is a must, where Gaugin lived, there are summer art exhibitions in the Blavet valley chapels, also the Pont Scorff art centre. Music lovers must experience the Lorient Celtic Festival and Vannes Jazz festival. The largest lake in Brittany, Guerledean, for beaches an watersports is 20 minutes away.

How to get there

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Ryanair To Dinard or Nantes from Luton,Stansted or E. Midlands
Air France to Brest from London City, Gatwick and Heathrow
Aer Arann to Lorient from Luton, Kerry, Cork, Galway and Waterford
B.A. Gatwick to Nantes
Flybe to Rennes and Brest from Birmingham,manchester,Exeter and Southampton
Air Wales to Rennes from Manchester,Cardiff, Jersey and Waterford.
Brittany Ferries Portsmouth to Cherbourg, Caen and St Malo. Poole to Cherbourg, Plymouth to Roscoff, Cork to Roscoff.

Condor Ferries Weymouth and poole to St Malo and Portsmouth to Cherbourg.
LD lines Portsmouth to Le Havre
Hoverspeed, Seafrance and P&o Dover to Calais (and others)

Cars can be hired easily either through the flight or ferry company or independantly by sites such as europcar, or holiday autos.

Activities near Blavet Valley

Guestbook for Riverside Cottage

We really enjoyed our holiday, there was lots to do locally. The restaurants and bars had a friendly atmosphere, crepes fantastic! Cottage felt like home. Mr and Mrs Jarvis

We have been to France many times but this is one area we would return to. It's stunning and the house was very cosy.
Mr and Mrs Humphries

the newly fitted kitchen was a dream. normally in gites one feels squashed in. plenty of room to actually enjoy cooking!! mrs James

Rental prices

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
low	25 Jan 12	31 Mar 12	275£ 275	0-	0-	1 Week
medium	31 Mar 12	26 May 12	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
high	26 May 12	21 Jul 12	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
peak	21 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	425£ 425	0-	0-	1 Week
medium	9 Sep 12	6 Oct 12	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
low	6 Oct 12	15 Dec 12	275£ 275	0-	0-	1 Week

Prices for group size 8
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
low	23 Jan 12	31 Mar 12	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
medium	31 Mar 12	26 May 12	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
high	26 May 12	21 Jul 12	400£ 400	0-	0-	1 Week
peak	21 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	475£ 475	0-	0-	1 Week
medium	9 Sep 12	6 Oct 12	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
low	6 Oct 12	15 Dec 12	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week

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

Preferred payment method is by cheque. Discount for two weeks or longer of 5%. Can be booked for less than a week . please enquire if you want periods longer or shorter than a week.

A damage and cleanliness deposit of £100 is to be paid with final balance. This is returnable immediately after the cottage has been checked after your departure.

Availability

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4 years listed You are contacting Frances Mcgann Landline +44 161 6138617 Mobile +44 07952 889098 Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This cottage has so far received 0 reviews.

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