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Manor House |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 8

Le Mans in Loire Valley

From £800 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

4 out of 5

1 review | Write a review

Key info  Car advised, private garden, pets welcome

About the home

This beautiful manoir provides a relaxing rural retreat. The garden, courtyard and grounds provide ample space to enjoy, eat alfresco, play outdoor games or just sit and unwind. The house has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a beautiful large lounge with open fire , and plenty of room to relax.

Whether its a family get away or a break with friends here at Le Petit Bois you can enjoy living the French life, shopping at the villages' Sunday market, or eating out at the local gourmand restaurants, and for the active life the nearby forests and lakes provide opportunities to walk, bike, fish, sail or generally just get away.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house has a large lounge with huge oak beams, a central fireplace which can be lit when required The bedrooms are large and spacious with views to the rolling countryside beyond. The bathrooms are new and all bedrooms finished to a high standard,

Further details outdoors:
Access to the front is via electronic gates into a courtyard surrounded by barns which provide secure and ample parking. The garden to the rear also fully secured allows children or animals to roam in freedom. To the side of the house is a large field that can be used for flying kites or generally running around in.
In the garden is a summer house for shaded dining, guests can use the barbecue and hammock, play boules and croquet, or just sit and watch the sun settle into evening.
Games, books and a selection of movies are available.

Further details

Pets allowed by arrangement

Conditions

Strictly no smoking
Refundable breakages deposit of 25% required in advance, to be refunded within two weeks of your departure (subject to satisfactory property inspection).

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The Loire Valley / Sarthe region

20 minutes from the bustling medieval city of Le Mans, famous for the 24 hour motor race. One hour north of the Loire rivers' vineyards and chateaux. Forest and lakes nearby, such as the local Forest of Charnie and the magnificent Alpes Mancelles - ideal for walking, cycling, fishing, sailing, swimming.

The Le Mans area

Perfect base to visit the area, including the towns of Le Mans, with its magnificent cathedral, medieval city and fantastic shops, Alencon, Laval with its hilltop fortress, the lake at Sille Le Guillaume with its beach and sailing facilities, the medieval village of Saint Suzanne, picturesque St Cenerie, Fresnay Sur Sarthe, or Solesmes Abbey, with its Gregorian chants and hymns.

Saint Symphorien is a small friendly village of approximately 500 inhabitants located 20 minutes from Le Mans, with a bar / tabac, boulangerie, butchers with epicerie, hotel with an award winning restaurant, tennis court, boules ground and a Sunday market, selling fuit & veg, cheese, meat, fish, flowers, clothes.

There is a good public open air swimming pool in Tennie, a neighbouring village, which is just 6km from the house.

If you're looking for crowds and British people, you'll be hard pushed to find them here!

How to get there

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By car, the Normandy ports of Caen and Le Havre are only app 2.5 hours away, a little further from Calais and Boulogne at app 4.5 hours but access is easy via the autoroutes direct to Le Mans. From the confluence of the A28 / A11 serving Paris, Alencon, Nantes , Tours, Rennes the house is 18 minutes.

By air there are direct flights in to Tours (1.5 hours) , Nantes and Dinard, or a comfortabe option is to fly to Paris and connect to the direct TGV service Montparnasse to Le Mans (55 minutes)

By train, using Rail europe you can travel from any point in the UK, via Eurostar to Paris and TGV to Le Mans.

Activities near Le Mans

Reviews

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27 Oct 2011

“Wonderful Easter spent in the beautiful 'Le Petit Bois', everything catered for a perfect ” A beautiful house set in a delightful secure peacefull garden. We entered the property via electronic gates into the beautiful court yard. The house itself is an old stone 'Maison de Maitre' with beemed ceilings and open fires. The kitchen is large with a lovely range cooker, although most of our meals were cooked on the huge BBQ in the garden. We visited old Le Mans and the stunning cathedral, and the children were delighted when we took them to the Motor Museum to see many of the cars that had taken part in the famous 'Le Mans 24hour' race. On days out we visited the beautiful Loire Valley , the Alpes Mancelles and of course Paris which took only 1.1/2hours on the TGV. This was a wonderful holiday spent in a glorious part of France in a house which is obviously someones beautiful home and not just a holiday let !

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We arrived safe and sound and have now settled into your wonderful property. It is so comfortable, and the location is perfect. What a lucky find for us!

I cooked a chicken casserole tonight which included a few fabulous courgettes from the garden plus some of your onions, potatoes and tomatoes (the latter are really juicy and aromatic). I have a favourite spot in the house - that lovely bench in the garden opposite all the wild flowers - and sat there this morning eating a peach from your tree and thinking Deep Thoughts about the world. Can't get much better than that!

Thank you for allowing us into your lovely house. We have rented houses for our summer holidays over many years, and yours is one of the best!

There are, in our experience, two types of holiday home owners. Those who strip away any trace of human habitation and leave you with an antiseptic shell and those who say 'this is our house,please look after it'. You know which category you are in. It makes the whole experience so much more friendly and welcoming. Thank you for a great holiday!

We were very sorry to leave, and I am trying hard not to look at the weather in Le Mans. Thanks again for a wonderful stay.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 8
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Autumn 2011	28 Oct 11	31 Dec 11	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week
Early 2012	31 Dec 11	8 Apr 12	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week
Easter and early summer	8 Apr 12	7 Jul 12	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer 2012	7 Jul 12	9 Sep 12	1200£ 1200	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn / winter 2012	9 Sep 12	23 Dec 12	800£ 800	0-	0-	1 Week

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

Prices are for the property per week in UK Pounds.

25% refundable deposit required at time of booking.

Payment in full required 28 days from rental period.

10% discount for second week. Discounts for long term rentals. Please ask for details.

£250 breakages deposit required with rental payment - to be refunded 14 days from end of rental.

Changeover day - Saturday, unless alternative day agreed with owner. Departing guests to leave by 11am. Arriving guests to arrive no earlier than 2pm. (Again, unless agreed in advance with owner).

Rental rates include cleaning fee.

There is a winter fuel supplement from November 1st to March 1st of £50 per week. (Oil and logs)

Cancellation charges:

Days until arrival Refund

56+ days Full booking deposit

15-55 days 25 per cent of total cost

1-14 days Nothing refunded

Availability

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You are contacting Rachel Nickless Landline +44 1789 263101 Mobile +44 7980 916815 Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2011. This manor house has received 1 review from previous guests.