Flers holiday farmhouse rental, St. Paul with walking, log fire, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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La Coupliere (farmhouse)

Home description

Just an hour from the ferry at Caen, La Coupliere is a beautiful stone farmhouse set in it's own enclosed mature gardens surrounded by apple orchards and grazing cows. The house sits in the open countryside of the Swisse Normande, yet is only three miles from the regional capital of Flers with it's many shops, restaurants and twice weekly market and is just on the edge of two villages with a bakery and restaurant.
Ideal base to explore Normandy with the Swisse Normande on your doorstep offering walking, climbing, canoeing, fishing, golfing and a host of other outdoor activities.
The house is central for all the major attractions of Normandy including Mont Saint Michael, The Normandy Landing Beaches,St. Lo, Domfront, the spa town of Bagnoles de L'Orne not to mention the numerous markets in the region and a few minutes walk from the house you can buy your cider and Calvados from the local farmer.

La Coupliere	The welcoming log fire
The newly fitted kitchen	Dining area

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The Normandy / Orne region

Lower Normandy has almost everything that you would expect from a holiday destination in the French countryside. The region is rightly famous for it's beautiful countryside, it's wide choice of chesses, especially Camembert and Pont Laveque as well as being the centre of the cider industry. Every where you go, you will see farms offering free tasting of their delicious cider and Calvados but try a sample of Pommeau as well, an aperitif about the same strength as sherry.
The area can provide fantastic outdoor activities in the beautiful Swisse Normande including canoeing, fishing, walking, mountain biking, golfing etc. The area is generally warmer than the UK and gets less rainfall and it can be quite mild through to the later part of the year.
There are many beautiful towns nearby including medievil Domfront with it's impressive ramparts, cobbled streets lined with cafes, Lornay L'Abbey with it's historic abbey, ancient cider press and biscuit factory. Other neaby towns worth visiting include Pont D'Oilly on the banks of the Orne and Clecy in the Swisse Normande.

Flers / St. Paul area

The house is juse 3 miles from Flers, the regional capital, with it's many chic shops and a wide variety of restaurants and cafes. It also has plenty for the children with an indoor swimming pool, tennis courts and 10 pin bowling. There is a market twice weekly, the bigger one on Saturday with an indoor section selling freshly caught seafood at prices about a third cheaper than most places in the UK.
The house sits on the edge of the villages of St Paul and La Lande Patry and former has a great bakery within walking distance (about 800m) and there is a restrauant in La Lande Patry and another two very good restaurants in Landisaque about 2 miles from the house.

How to get there

By Ferry: Brittany Ferries to Caen and the house is about a 1 hour drive passing the Swisse Normande on the way.
Ferries to Calais: All major ferry companies crossing the Channel and then a drive down the coast through the Normandy countryside to the house.
By Air: Cheap flights by Ryan air to Dinard and then about a two hour drive past some on the most famous landmarks in France including Mont Saint Michael.
By Train: Eurotunnel to Paris and then regular trains to Flers, just 3 miles from the house.

Activities near Flers

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house still has the origional beams and beautiful tiled floor and you can relax on the comfortable sofas in front of a roaring log fire. There is a newly fitted kitchen with dining area, plenty of worktop space and all the modern equipment you might need. The bedroom are all a generous size and each window has wonderful countryside views.

Further details outdoors:
The house site in it's own mature gardens which are fully enclosed so you always know where the children are. The countryside around the house is quiet and peacful with grazing cows and apple orchards. The area at the front of the house is ideal for BBQs as you relax and let the stresses of modern life soak away. There is garden furniture available and the weeping willow provides some cool shade during the warmer summer months.

Further details

Please note that weeks covering Bank Holidays and Half Terms will cost £525. The change over day for the house is generally Saturday but we will aways try to make alternative arrangements during quieter periods if needed. We will accept shorter lets where possible and give a discount for rentals longer than a week.

You can arrive at the house from 3pm onwards but arrivals after 8pm would need to be by special arrangement. When leaving the house we would appreciate if you could do so before 10am. Our friendly English speaking caretaker lives just 200m away and is always happy to help if you have any problems.

Bed linen is provided but you will need towels. We will require a good house keeping bond of £50 along with the final payment and this will be sent to you on your return from France. There is no additional charge for electricity or heating and some logs will be provided for the fire and if you need more you can pay the care taker.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	5 Jan 08	30 Mar 08	325£  325	0-	0-	1 Week
	30 Mar 08	1 Jun 08	375£  375	0-	0-	1 Week
	1 Jun 08	28 Sep 08	525£  525	0-	0-	1 Week
	28 Sep 08	21 Dec 08	375£  375	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
A returnable deposit of £100 is required as a good housekeeping bond and will be returned to you within two weeks of your return from France, conditional on the house being left in a reasonable condition.

Availability notes

To see availability please visit http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/41581

Contact owner

To contact this owner please visit: http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/41581

Contact details for home 41581 Please mention Holiday Lettings
Name:	Jim Cumberton
Tel:	+44 (0)1286 870284
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