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Gite |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 4

St Julien le Faucon in Lisieux

From £500 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

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Key info  Swimming pool, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

In the heart of the Pays d'Auge, within an hour of Deauville coast and the d-day beaches, near castles, picturesque hamlets, and a 12th century chapel,our property is set on 13 acres of apple orchards and farmland. Totally tranquil, the 18th converted stable is decorated with antiques and adjacent to a swimming pool, private garden.

The gite has a large double bedroom with beamed ceiling and antique headboard, dresser and dressing table, two very small single bedrooms with proper beds, a large country kitchen opening on to a cosy sitting/dining room. Beamed ceilings, modern bath/shower room, satellite TV, dishwasher, washing machine. The gite is one of the five outbuildings on an historic property, the cider press dating to the 18th century and the manor house to the 17th C. Life coaching available. Complimentary bottle of home-made cider on arrival.

Perfect for a small family or those seeking complete peace and quiet in a pastoral, bucolic environment.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
A large completely furnished country kitchen with all amenities. Cosy sitting room adjacent to open plan kitchen. On the ground floor, a substantial modern shower/bathroom with WC. There is a wood burning stove in the sitting room. Also, wifi is now available

Upstairs, a charming antique filled master bedroom and two small single bedrooms with standard one-person beds.. There is a WC in one of the single bedrooms upstairs.

Further details outdoors:
Private access to the gite. Parking. Large private garden with terrace and table with four chairs, etc. Private access to swimming pool situated next to gite. The pool is used only by the guests and the resident family when the guests are not on the premises.

The pool is contained within a wall with doors that can be closed securely for those with small children. The garden contains two old large trees, a large lawn with several flower beds, a terrace with table and chairs for dining or lounging, plus a barbeque.

Further details

We prefer non-smokers and no animals, only because we have a dog, 3 cats,and horses.

Conditions

We do ask that guests pay a cleaning fee of 50 Euros before departure.

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Swimming pool adjacent to guest cottage

Awards

The Normandy / Calvados region

Normandy is famous for its D-Day beaches, of course. Also, butter, cream, and the cheeses: Camembert, Livarot and Pont L'Eveque.

Springtime in Normandy offers vistas of extraordinary flowering apple trees, elderflowers, cowslips and many other flora and fauna. The summer in Normandy is one of the most beautiful, for the most part hot, but not humid. The days seem endless with the sun setting as late as 10:30pm. The autumn is a gentle change, not too cold, walks are a delight picking wild blackberries along the way. Xmas is lovely, less commercial than other parts of the world, the weather is usually mild and crisp, the little hamlets are decorated with lights, the churches with creches (scenes of Jesus in the manger) St. Pierre sur Dives has a live creche with real farm animals every year.

The small hamlets boast beautiful churches, usually a castle or manor, and certainly a charming creperie in which to taste the local speciality: Pommeau (apple cider with Calvados). The tea, however, leaves a lot to be desired, esp. for the British!

Restaurants abound from the small brasserie where one can have a full meal for 10-15€ per person to establishments for the more sophisticated palette. Deauville/Trouville, 45 mins away have an endless assortment of restaurants, the most popular being Le Central and Les Vapeurs for scrumptious seafood such as moules (mussels) and frites (chips).

A walk on the beach after or before dinner is a treat, the houses along the coast mostly dating to the 19th century, villas of great beauty.

The Lisieux / St Julien le Faucon area

St. Julien le Faucon is an adorable, small hamlet with a creperie, tabac and newspaper shop, a general food store, a pharmacy. It is two minutes away from the superb listed Manoir de Coupesarte and Chateau Grandchamp.

Ten minutes away is St. Pierre sur Dives, which, on Monday mornings holds one of the oldest and most famous market in Normandy. St. Pierre has a superb abbey dating back to the 12th century, even astrological symbols are carved into the church floor! The first Sunday in every month is an antique lovers paradise in St. Pierre sur Dives, with the hall and surrounding area chock a block with old furniture, linens, paintings, silver, etc.

St. Pierre has excellent restaurants, banks, supermarkets, newspaper shop selling English language papers, tennis courts, etc. 10 minutes in the other direction is the magnificent Chateau de Canon famous for its park and dramatic gardens. Endless walks, drives and bike rides are possible, with manor houses, historic sites, churches, all along the way

How to get there

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By car, we are 45 minutes from the Brittany Ferries terminal in Caen, 50 minutes from the LD Lines Ferry terminal in Le Havre.

From Paris, the train from Gare St. Lazare takes an hour and a half to the Lisieux train station.

Cars can be rented in Lisieux, if necessary. The drive from the Lisieux train station to our property takes approximately 20 minutes.

If one chooses to fly into Deauville, we are 45 minutes from there by car.

If travelling by Eurostar from London, one must take a cab from the Gare de Nord to the Gare St. Lazare and travel to Lisieux.

Activities near Lisieux

Guestbook for Manoir des Ecluses

"Thank you so much for being so welcoming, informative and friendly. We've had a lovely time and hope to be back next year! " Becky and Paul, Berkshire
" Thanks for a wonderful gite, very chic...Great recommendations in your mini-guides provided" Anna & Peter, London
"Lovely, relaxing, comfortable stay. Thanks for the small, useful touches in the kitchen. Hope to return." Bally & Bob, UK
"Wonderful place: quiet, relaxing...thanks so much for your warm welcome!" Andra Morosi, Paris, France
"More beautiful than the photos...relaxing, beautiful rest. Appreciate the personal touches..." Hough, Cheshire

Rental prices

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	1 Sep 11	13 May 12	500£ 500	0-	0-	1 Week
	13 May 12	1 Jul 12	525£ 525	0-	0-	1 Week
	1 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	1 Week

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

We do not accept credit cards, but can accept British/American/French cheques, pounds, euros, or dollars. We would like a 50% deposit prior to your arrival payable by cheque. If this is a last minute booking, please contact us for payment arrangements. Additionally, we require a 100£ damage/breakage deposit which will be returned to you within the week after your departure. There is mandatory cleaner fee of 50€ due prior to your departure. Thank you.

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2 years listed You are contacting Lisa De Jager-Mahler Landline +33 231 63 64 66 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in France and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2009. This gite has so far received 0 reviews.