Civray holiday home rental, Genouille with private pool, walking, log fire, balcony/terrace, air con, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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Les Laurents (house)

Home description

Les Laurents is a beautiful restored Charentaise farmhouse built in the 17th century with many original features. All rooms have oak or chestnut beamed ceilings or feature beams, large open limestone fireplaces, and exposed honey coloured stone wall. Most rooms are furnished with French antique furniture with comfort in mind, yet modern conveniences. The house with 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 4 toilets is ideal for two families. The quiet countryside is perfect for a relaxing holiday where all you can hear are the birds. For the most energetic of the family who don’t want to sit by the pool, we have table-tennis, badminton, a basket ball net, mini-golf and a variety of indoor games and books.

Restored farmhouse with private pool	Private pool with under-water lighting
Large spacious lounge with comfortable seating	Dining room with large table

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The Poitou-Charentes / Vendee / Vienne region

Vienne is well known to be the second sunniest region in France, thanks to its micro climate. Things to do of interest close by 15/40 minutes. Asnoir offers house riding and trekking. In Romange there is a delightful monkey park. Charroux hosts an abbey and the 8th century tower of Charlemagne and holds a wine festival and a weekend painting in the street, anyone can join in, all the pictures are for sale if you like one. At Ruffec there is an equestrian centre for horse riding; canoeing, kayaking and indoor pools are also available.

Civray / Genouille area

Civray is our nearest town 8 min drive. Civray is set on the beautiful river Charente, and boasts a masterpiece of Romanesque style, with the 12th century Roman church of St Nicolas at the heart. The hamlet set in this tranquil region is a tapestry of fields of sunflowers and poppy edged wheat fields with numerous idyllic country lanes for quiet walks. Every Tuesday and Friday there is the colourful town market, where you can taste some of the local specialties. Or maybe try one of the many restaurants or bars. Civray offers an open air pool through the summer and lovely walks by the river or perhaps you like to fish. Licences are available from most tabacs. We have two large supermarkets and several smaller ones, an array of small shops all worth a browse. If you like a more peaceful town why not hire a bike from speed cycles and let the hustle pass you by.

How to get there

You can reach the home:

* by air (airports in Poitiers and Limoges)
* by train (Eurostar from Paris to Poitiers and Ruffec)
* by ferry (ferry port in St Malo)
* by car (car hire available)

Activities near Civray

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Les Laurents offers quality and comfortable accommodation for 12 people, ideal for 2 families. The house boasts a large farmhouse kitchen with fitted cupboards, fridge, cooker, dishwasher, separate tap for filtered water, large table seating for 8, open fireplace with wood burning stove. From the kitchen door is the rear shaded garden. Adjacent is the utility room with washing machine, deep freezer, second fridge for all those cold drinks, micro-wave, and a ground floor cloakroom (wash-basin and toilet) and ironing facilities.
The dining room is next to the kitchen and is a relaxing room with 2 large comfortable settees, a dining table for 10-12 people, an original stone fireplace with wood-burning stove, TV, DVD video. The dining/sitting room opens onto the south facing terrace.
We also have for your further comfort a large luxurious lounge, south facing with French doors opening onto the sunny enclosed terrace and garden. There are two 4 seat settees and chairs, beautiful French antique furniture, a second TV and large open fireplace with wood-burning stove, open stairs to the first floor with minstrel gallery leading to the bedrooms.
The house offers 3 double bedrooms with French antique furnishings, 1 twin bedded room, also a large family room with king size bed, single bed and bunk-beds with en-suite facilities.

Further details outdoors:
There is a large enclosed garden and 10m x 5m swimming pool (under-water lighting for evening bathing), a private courtyard with ample parking, a paved terrace for the quick and easy gas BBQ, ideal for a quiet relaxing holiday. The exterior of the house has a large climbing blue wisteria scrambling over the door and windows with its beautiful scent and also the crimson geraniums cascade from beneath every window.

Conditions

* A deposit of 25% is required at the time of booking.
* The balance is payable 8 weeks prior to the holiday start date
* A refundable amount of £ 200 is requested on arrival to cover possible breakages
* Bed linen available for hire

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
May/Jun/Jul	10 May 08	19 Jul 08	1000£  1,000	0-	0-	1 Week
Jul/Aug/Sep	19 Jul 08	6 Sep 08	1500£  1,500	0-	0-	1 Week
September	6 Sep 08	1 Oct 08	600£  600	0-	0-	1 Week
October, November	1 Oct 08	1 Dec 08	500£  500	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
* All prices are per week, Saturday to Saturday.
* Arrival after 4pm, depart by 10am

Availability notes

To see availability please visit http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/42957

Contact owner

To contact this owner please visit: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/42957

Contact details for home 42957 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Michael Churchward
Tel:	+33 549 879621
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Advertiser joined: 3 Jan 2008 This property added: 3 Jan 2008

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