La Vieille Grange

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Gite |1 bedroom |Sleeps 2

Gironde Estuary in Poitou-Charentes/Vendee

From £350 per week |  From £55 per night

4 nights minimum stay

Changeover flexible

4.5 out of 5

4 reviews | Write a review

Key info  Swimming pool, beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car essential, may take pets - please enquire

About the home

La Vieille Grange is different in many ways, in offering the best of both worlds all year round in its facilities, its location and in the atmosphere the owners strive to create.

A quality conversion of an old wine producing barn the gite offers privacy, relaxation, views, a large 4 x 6 metre all weather and all year garden room / terrace, an acre of garden, an 11 x 5 metre swimming pool and all mod cons internally, but at a value-for-money price.

Located in countryside, surrounded by vineyards and rolling Charente Maritime countryside but within 10 minutes of the Gironde estuary (with nature reserve and new bird sanctuary) and quiet marinas, it is within 30 minutes of a nice beach with lots of lovely local places to visit and with easy access to the life of Bordeaux, La Rochelle or even onwards to Biarritz and Spain. The gite is also available for Twin Centre "town and country" holidays with the owners' studio apartments in La Rochelle (see link to adverts below).

The gite is specifically designed around the needs of couples (or 2 friends !) and the owners Martin and Christopher take pride in welcoming and respecting the diversity of their guests, regardless of background.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Ground Floor :

* Kitchen/dining room modern & fully equipped incl full sized oven, ceramic hob, breakfast bar, dishwasher, washing machine, fridge/freezer, microwave, dining table/chairs and direct dial telephone.
* Living room with Godin log burner, TV/video with English (BBC, ITV, Film4 etc) TV channels, DVD player, sofa and easy chair.
* Bathroom (bath with wall mounted shower attachment).
* Separate WC

Entrance hall, with spiral staircase up to first floor :

In the converted grenier/loft, 2 large bedrooms (each approx 6mx3m / 18ftx9ft into the eaves):

* Main double bedroom for 2 people, with French windows with views across countryside towards the estuary (and the sunsets !)
* Mezzanine double bedroom for additional 2 people (see below), leading to main bedroom

The gite has been designed principally to provide year-round, spacious and well equipped accommodation for 2 people. However, the additional mezzanine double bedroom is also available if you want to invite friends to join you.

A complimentary Welcome Pack will be waiting for you - with provisions and refreshments - including a bottle of wine for you to celebrate the start of your holiday !

Wi-fi coverage is provided (subject to availability) if you bring a wi-fi enabled laptop.

Whilst the gite is attached to the owners' house, it is completely self contained as is its terrace/garden room.

The owners are ashamed to say that some of the internal doors, even on the ground floor, are too narrow for wheelchairs to get through. Otherwise, the ground floor facilities are quite accessible for people with mobility difficulties - if needed a sofa bed can be provided in the living room for people with mobility difficulties unable to use the spiral staircase to the 1st floor bedrooms.

Further details outdoors:
* Your own large 4 x 6 metre private garden room / terrace with triple, full width sliding patio doors (double glazed), equipped with choice of furniture : sofa, easy chair, teak steamer style chairs & teak deckchairs plus dining table and chairs and wood burner and stylish gas radiator when needed.
* Free panoramic views across the pool, garden and across the valley beyond to the church on the hill !
* a wide range of garden & pool furniture incl teak sun loungers, garden chairs, deck chairs, parasols & tables
* barbecue
* 2 bikes.
* Use of 11m x 5m swimming pool - in reality you'll have it to yourself most (if not all) the time. Depth from approx 1m at shallow end to approx 4m at deep end. The pool is open from May to September, and as far into October as the weather permits. Includes under pool illumination at night for those nocturnal cocktails and star gazing on your terrace
* Use of garden - approx. 1 acre - incl. boules pit

The pool and garden is only shared with the owners and from time to time their guests - yours is the only gite!

Further details

25% booking deposit is payable upon booking, with the remaining final payment being due 8 weeks before the booking commences. A £100/145 euros breakages/excess cleaning deposit is also payable with the final payment – we return it within 7 days of the end of your booking. Payments can be accepted by credit or debit cards, via the secure online services of WorldPay.

Conditions

Gite can be booked by the night (minimum 3 or 4 nights depending on month) from October - May.

Changeover day is Saturday (June - September). From October - May changeover day is flexible. Earliest arrival time is 2pm. Latest departure time is 10am.

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Your gite opening onto pool and garden (owners' house to left)

 

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Your garden room/terrace opening upon the pool area

 

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Stunning, large garden room / terrace

 

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Garden outside your gite

The Poitou-Charentes / Vendee / Charente Maritime region

Situated in the beautiful Charente Maritime (with hours of sunshine second only to the Cote d'Azur), but in the south of it (where the countryside is more interesting/undulating) and within easy striking distance of the Aquitaine/Gironde, including the Medoc. In the middle of the countryside (surrounded by vines and sunflowers) but within 10 mins of the Gironde Estuary (with nature reserve and new bird sanctuary) and within 30 minutes of the nearest beach.

The Gironde Estuary area

There are loads of interesting places to visit and things to do (if/when you tire of just lying around the pool during the summer!), including sleepy villages and livelier towns, beaches, chateaux/wine tasting, nature reserves, a new bird sanctuary, outside activities (for those into them!) including fishing, horse riding, walking and bird watching - or just sitting outside bars watching the world go by!

Within easy striking distance are : Chatelallion Plage, La Rochelle, Ile de Ré, Ile d'Oléron, St. Jean d'Angély, Angoulême, Royan, Rochefort, Cognac, Blaye, Saintes, Niort and even Bordeaux all within 1 hour drive.

How to get there

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There are 3 main ways of travelling to La Vieille Grange (see the owners website for the latest information - link at bottom of advert) :

By Ferry and Road:

* Whilst there are numerous ferry routes and operators, the owners find the easiest from the UK to be Brittany Ferries Portsmouth-St.Malo (4 hours drive away), or Portsmouth-Caen (5 hrs). If you live in the south west of England, their Plymouth-Roscoff (5 ½ hrs) and Poole-Cherbourg (5 ¾ hrs)routes are further alternatives.
* High speed services operate from Portsmouth to Caen & Cherbourg (Brittany Ferries) and from Poole, Weymouth & Jersey to St.Malo (Condor).
* Or of course there's the Channel Tunnel to Calais (6 ½ hrs away). with autoroutes almost all the way (avoiding Paris!)
* From Ireland, Brittany Ferries go from Cork to Roscoff (March - October), and Irish Ferries go from Rosslare to Cherbourg (all year) and Roscoff (May - September)

By Air:

* Direct flights to La Rochelle, Bordeaux, Poitiers or Nantes are available from many airports across the UK and Ireland including : Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cardiff, Cork, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds/Bradford, London (Stansted, Gatwick & Luton), Manchester, Nottingham, Shannon and Southampton.

By Rail:

* From UK by Channel Tunnel from London to Paris then TGV to Angouleme or Bordeaux.

Activities near Gironde Estuary

Reviews

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14 Aug 2011

“A splendid gîte with everything as promised and even more ...” A very quiet and beautiful garden with a marvelous panoramic view ... Well equiped gîte, good accomodation and excellent pool. We really loved it and appreciated the friendly welcome too.

04 Aug 2011

“A little bit of heaven” Just a perfect place to relax and do nothing or to explore the area. From the initial booking to the holiday, everything is dealt with efficiently and Chris and Martin are very welcoming hosts. There... more

23 Jul 2011

“Perfect in every way!” We spent a week here and it was just fabulous. The gite is fantastic as regards facilities, location but above all the hospitality of Chris and Martin. Their attention to detail from the booking... more

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13 Jul 2011

“Just perfect.” The Gite is charming and comfortable, the location is peaceful and relaxing, Martin and Chris are perfect hosts. Every little detail is thought of, from the welcome pack on your arrival (bit of a life saver if you arrive late) to the compressive 'guide' to how everything in the Gite works, and every detail in-between. You can use the Gite as the perfect quiet get away or as a base for visiting the surrounding areas - we preferred to the first - and the private pool and gardens help to make this one of my favorite places to visit. 10 out of 10.

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'A beautiful gite in such tranquil & peaceful surroundings. We've had an excellent 2 weeks here, enhanced by the weather and by Chris and Martin who manage that delicate task (so easily!) of being unobtrusive & so friendly. We shall return ...'

'We particularly loved : the accommodation and absolutely pristine facilities the view, the garden, the sunset, the birdsong and our wonderful hosts'

'So much to do in Charente-Maritime and we saw so little! The attractions of the gite were rather too much. The gorgeous weather poolside, the swallows dipping over the water, the buzzard wheeling over the valley, the amazing illuminating church (!) and the peace and quiet '

Rental prices

Prices for group size 2
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
November - March	1 Nov 11	1 Apr 12	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
April	1 Apr 12	1 May 12	395£ 395	5555	5555	4 Nights
May	1 May 12	1 Jun 12	450£ 450	6565	6565	4 Nights
June	1 Jun 12	1 Jul 12	595£ 595	0-	0-	1 Week
July - August	1 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
September	1 Sep 12	1 Oct 12	595£ 595	0-	0-	1 Week
October	1 Oct 12	1 Nov 12	395£ 395	5555	5555	4 Nights
November - March	1 Nov 12	1 Apr 13	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
April	1 Apr 13	1 May 13	395£ 395	5555	5555	4 Nights
May	1 May 13	1 Jun 13	450£ 450	6565	6565	4 Nights
June	1 Jun 13	1 Jul 13	595£ 595	0-	0-	1 Week
July - August	1 Jul 13	1 Sep 13	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
September	1 Sep 13	1 Oct 13	595£ 595	0-	0-	1 Week
October	1 Oct 13	1 Nov 13	395£ 395	5555	5555	4 Nights

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

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

Prices are for two people. Up to two extra people can be accommodated on the mezzanine - for a nominal additional £50 (total : for 4-7 nights). The gite can also be hired by the day between October and May, please ask for prices.

The prices include :

* hire of the gite

* bed linen (duvet)

* bath, hand and tea towels

* linen replacement every Saturday

* all electricity and logs

* one bottle of gas (for garden room gas radiator)

Availability

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

Contact the owner

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4 years listed You are contacting Chris And Martin Landline +33 5 46494600 Mobile +44 7 896675228 Web Visit site Payment accepted Credit cards accepted Languages spoken The owner is based in France and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This gite has received 4 reviews from previous guests.

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