Periers holiday farmhouse rental, Coutances with walking, beach/lake nearby, balcony/terrace, internet access, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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La Clergerie (farmhouse)

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La Clergerie is a traditional 'mas et pierre' farmhouse, situated in the Marais National Park on the Cotentin Peninsular just 20 mins from the sea.,. The property is in a pretty butterfly filled vally adjoining open countryside, yet close to modern amenities. Recently refurbished to an exceptionally high standard and professionally interior designed, accommodation consists of a barn conversion, which is part of the original farmhouse and retains original oak beams and cathedral ceilings. Offering accommodation for up to six people, the farmhouse gite has two large airy bedrooms with original beams and cathedral style ceilings with views over the award winning south-facing gardens and surrounding countryside. Equipped with a large double and a single bed , both en-suite, each bedroom has seating, a music system, hairdryers and fan coolers. One en-suite is eqipped with a spa shower and the other a bath with mixer taps. Both have heated towel rails.

Linked via a galleried mezzanine reading area with chaise8lounge, stairs take you down to the double aspect sitting room with seating for six, plus a pretty window seat overlooking the award winning gardens. A short corridor leads to the well-equipped kitchen diner and a third (optional) bathroom with traditional double Victorian-style slipper bath. The gite has a sun terrace with outdoor eating area under a pergola, as well as bar-b-que, evening firepit and sun loungers. There is private off-road parking in front of the accommodation, and internet access by arrangement. We offer service washes at 10 euros per load line-dried and 15 euros per load machine-dried. The gite is also equipped with a clothes airer .

In the grounds of La Clergerie is the Old Bakery which sleeps two further adults and an infant and can be rented jointly witht he farmhouse gite to maximise accommodation, or separately. For further details contact the owners and see further information below...

Front view of La Clergerie farmhouse gite	The Old Bakery in the awardwinning gardens of La Clergerie
A bedroom at La Clergerie	Guest sitting room at La Clergerie

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The Normandy / Manche region

The Marias National Park is a designated are of outstanding natural beauty on the Cotentin Peninsular of Manche. To the west you will find sand dune lined safe family beaches that stretch for more than a hundred kms between Mont St Michel and Cherbourg. The area is steeped in histo , being the home of William the Conquerer who defeated the English and took the throne in 1066His birthplace is at Falaise (one hour by car) , and the Bayeaux Tapestry Museum ( 40 minutes by car) still has the original tapesty telling his storuy.
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To the East are the famous D-Day landing beaches - Utah, Omaha and Sword beach (35 minutes by car) - where US, Canadian and British soldiers and airmen fought bravely against incredible odds to free Normandy in 1944. Travellers around the region will note that each village celebrates D-Day on its own special day according to when it was liberated. The tranquil beauty of the US , military cemetry at Colville-sur-Mer should not be missed. Travelling north through Grand-Camp-Maisy and the recently disovered defence battery, the N13 (20 minutes by car from La Clergerie) leads to St Mere-Eglise where US paratroopers famously engaged in the first battle on D-Day, and where Tom Hanks based himself at the local museum for researching his part in "Saving Private Ryan", and the TV series "Band of Brothers".

Following the salt marshes to the East of La Clergerie are a number of pretty andunspoilt traditional French beach resorts, with seafood restaurants, bars and traditional French markets throught the week. The estuary at Agon point, near Agon-Coutainville is home to hundreds of skylarks nesting in the dunes in early summer. The area is also responsible for a lrge proportion of France's oyster farming and the beds can be visited at low tide on foot.

To the South is the more cosmopolitan resort of Granville and the grandeur of the holy pilgrim island of Mont St. Michel. Film fans can visit the renowned American Film Festival at Deauville in the late summer and brush shoulders with the likes of Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp, just a few hours drive away.

Periers / Coutances area

Coutances is a traditional French market town perched on a hill , overlooking the Marais to one side and the beautiful east coast on the other. The beautiful Cathedral which began construction as William the Conqueror invaded Britain and was completed two centuries later, was designed by the same architect responsible for Notre Dame . it boasts someof the most spectacular stain glasses windows you will find.

Known as the Town of the Chimneys there are many original quaint listed stone town houses . With its boutiques, patisseries, bars, restaurants and coffee shops, and the Jardin de Plantes' spectacular summer bedding open in July and August for romatic moonlight walks, there is always plenty to do. The town hosts several festivals each year, including a Jazz festival in May and Festival of Art July and August - when artists take to the streets to paint and draw and hold their annual exhibitions. Local abbeys, chateaux and great churches in the locality hold music concerts throughout the summer for a few euros entrance, and travelling musicians can be found giigging in bars and restaurants along the coast throughout the summer.

Coutances holds its market on Thursdays. Parking is easy in the town centre and free for short stays, though parking passes can be purchased from local shops for longer stays for a very small charge. Nearby Periers hold its Saturdays as does St. Lo and Pirou on Sundays, where people can buy spit roasted legs of lamb to take home for lunch.

How to get there

La Clergerie is in the Marais National Park on the Cotentin Peninsular in upper Normandy, 8kms from Coutances (to the west) and 18kms from St.Lo (south). and 20 mins from the sea. Nearest airports are Dinard (125kms) servicing the Uk via Ryanair and Paris (350kms), making La Clergerie ideal for a twin location holiday with Paris, in order to visit the D-Day landing beaches, Caen, the Bayeaux Tapestry and Mont St. Michel. A fast train from Paris in 2hrs 40mins via Caen will take you to Carentan 20 minutes drive away. La Clergerie is 23 kms from the nearest Auto routes the N13 and A84. The ferry port of Cherbourg is 75kms to the north, and the ferry port of St. Malo 128 kms to the south. La Clergerie 50490 can be found on Tom-Tom GPS. From either Paris/Caen (from the east)or Cherbourg (from the North_ take the N13 (avoiding St. Lo). From Cherbourg you are looking for the first turn to Caren tan and from the direction of Caen this will be the second turn to Carentan off the N13- also marked Carentan Industrial Zone. Turning here and round the outskirts of the town, you cross several roundabouts until you come to the cattle market (Merchesieux de Bestaux). Here take the route for Periers- some 18kms on. You will come to a large roundabout on the outskirts of Periers with the C hampion supermarket to the right - a good stopping point for petrol or groceries. Cross the roundabout and a few hundred metres further on you come to a set of traffic lights. Turn right here, on to the D900 marked for St. Lo. 7kms down this road Feugers and Le Mesnilbus (D57) will be marked on the right. Turn here and pass through Feugeres where there is a village shop and local recycling point. From Feugeres the D57 rises up through a series of bends for about 1.5km and you will find signposts on the left for the Champs-Benoit Cider Farm and La Clergerie. Turn down the lane which goes through the cider farm and about 500 metres on from the turn, you will enter La Clergerie which is also signposted. We are the second house on the left.

Activities near Periers

Facilities

Further details indoors:
La Clergerie has been furnished to a high standard throughout, including halogen spotlighting and low level lamps. Furnishings include silk drapes, antiques and original works of art. The kitchen is equipped with labour saving items. The tarrif includes electricity of up to 60kws per week, which includes electric thermostatically controlled wall radiators and 300 ltrs of hot water per day.

In 2007 La Clergerie was awarded first prize in the Maison Fleuries gardens competition, supported by the French Tourist Board, for the beauty of its gardens. Our accommodation has been rated fours star plus by TripAdvisor.com and other independent assesors.

We can lend guests, maps tour guide books and information from the tourist board, as well as advise on itineries and guided tours.

Further details outdoors:
La Clergerie is situated in two acres of land which leads into wooded pastures and orchards. The land is bordered by a stream with its own small cascade and is a haven for wildlife, including birds of prey, heron and a wide variety of garden birds. Picnics can be taken on the lawned bank of the stream which is covered in daffodils in spring, or on the sundeck. An early supper can be eaten by one of the two landscaped ponds. where House Martins swoop to gather their supper or dragon flies settled for the night. There is an orchard and a large area of lawn for children to play, but we do ask our guests to supervise children at all times because of the proximity of water, which it is not possible to fence.

La Clergerie is also known for its beautiful night skies, free from residual background light, which makes it ideal for keen astronomers or just a bit of romantic star gazing. Our local astronomy would be happy to led you through the skies on request for a small fee.

In High Season use of the hot tub is reserved for guests in the Old Bakery - unless the Bakery is being rented jointly with the main farmhouse gite. We do not charge for the use of the hot-tub, only the electricity to power it,to a useable temperatuure of 40 degrees centigrade, which works out at 70 euros for six/two hour sessions. booked through the owners.

Further details

Out of high season we are happy to have short stay guests for a minimum of two nights on a daily rate,, and when needed, can offer the faclities on a bed and breakfast basis at a reasonable daily rate of 80 euros per double room. (added single beds extra).

Guests can also purchase from us seasonal organic vegetables from the potager and free-range egss from our own hens.

At La Clergerie we believe in the principles of green tourism and endeavour to recycle as much as possible. We water our gardens whenever possible from natural springs and do not use pesticides. Our expensive fosse sytem operated under local authority licence ensures that only totally clean water re-enters the environment.

Conditions

We take a deposit of 50 per cent of the total booking cost at the time of booking and this can be paid in UK sterling cheques, Amex travellers cheques in sterling, or French bank cheques in euros. Deposits cannot be returned if accommodation is cancelled at less than six weeks notice from the commencement date of the booking.. Where guests have difficultis, in the payment method ,we can arrange a direct bank transfer. We also require a damages/breakages deposit of 200 euros for each unit of accommodation rented, which is payable in cash on the day of arrival and is repaid to you on the day you leave.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Spring	21 Jan 08	16 Mar 08	695£  560	130105	140113	2 Nights
Easter	16 Mar 08	13 Apr 08	695£  560	0-	0-	1 Week
Early Summer	13 Apr 08	1 Jul 08	695£  560	130105	140113	2 Nights
High Summer	1 Jul 08	15 Sep 08	795£  641	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	15 Sep 08	20 Dec 08	695£  560	130105	140113	2 Nights
Christmas.NewYear	20 Dec 08	7 Jan 09	795£  641	140113	150121	3 Nights

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

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
Pleae note, tarrifs for a joint rental of the Farmhouse Gite and the Old Bakery is available on request.

Normally a 50 per cent deposit is required at the time of booking for rentals of one week or less. 30 per cent deposit required for bookings of more than one week.The remainder is payable six weeks before booking commences. (Full payment when booking is made less than six weeks before arrival date). Deposits cannot be returned when cancellation is less than six weeks prior to your booking commencing.

Due to French banking restrictions and recent frauds, we can only accept the following methods of payment:
UK Bank sterling cheques.travellers cheques.postal orders.
Fench bank euro cheques. (Other eurocheques from EU countries are not accepted by regional French banks).
Amex cheques in sterling. We will quote you the rate as given on the international exchanges on the date you confirm your booking.
Electronic bank transfer - full details on request.
Short stay guests can pay cash on date of arrival by prior arrangement only.
We also require a 200 euros damages.breakages deposit in cash on the day you arrive which will be returned on the day you leave. Guests are expected to leave the rental in the clean and tidy condition they will find it and we will hold back a cleaning fee if this is not the case. A daily maid service is availale for 15 euros per hour by arrangement.
Guests are also advised that the village commune practices recycling and bins are provided on site for this purpose. Unsorted rubbish will be returned to you as there is a system of fines on rubbish collection which does not meet the guidelines.. This is now general practice in France.

Guestbook

"Barely a day goes by without us remembering our wondeful honeymoon at La Clergerie". Mr and Mrs C., Wales

"We really appreciated the fine care and hospitality you gave to us". Mr and Mrs L. , Southern California.

"We have had such a lovely stay at La Clergerie. The bedrooms were beautiful and the house is in such a tranquil setting". Rev and Mrs N. , US Airforce.

"The most comfortable beds since we began out tour of France!" Mr and Mrs K Florida

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Name:	Christine-Marie Esteve
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