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House |7 bedrooms |Sleeps 14

Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq in Aquitaine/Dordogne

£257–£423 / night
£1800–£2960 / week

7 nights minimum stay

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Key info  Swimming pool, beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

Built in the early 18th Century and renovated to provide modern facilities but with all the charm you would expect from a traditional country maison de maître with large spacious rooms, high ceilings, original features such as stone floors, open log fireplace and pale blue shutters. La Chartreuse is set in mature gardens with fruit and ornamental trees, a large pool, patio and BBQ area.

The house is situated a short walk along a country lane from the village with its small grocery shop, church and popular restaurant. The surrounding area is summed up by spectacular coastline, great beaches, beautiful medieval towns and the stunning Pyrenees.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The house is well equipped with large kitchen and spacious rooms looking out onto the garden and fields and farms beyond. The dining room has an open log fire, huge table and plenty of seating. There are books available to read in the sitting room, or just sit and chat in the garden room.

The bedrooms are pretty with wooden floorboards and crisp, white bedlinen. The top floor of the house is a huge and beautifully beamed attic area with table football, TV and DVD player, a wide selection of DVDs for everyone, board games, playstation with games, and I-Pod dock.

Wi-fi available throughout.

To clarify the bathroom facilities the property has three bathrooms and two shower rooms, with one bathroom and one shower room being en-suite.

Further details outdoors:
The outside patio area has a large table and umbrella with seating. BBQ area. Plenty of lounge chairs for relaxing and a further seating area under the pergola surrounding the pool. The pool is 12' by 5' and protected by an alarm. It has steps and a shallow end and can be floodlit at night. Outdoor games such as table tennis, boules and badminton are also there to enjoy.

The mature gardens are pretty with lilacs, old cedars, oak trees, and plenty of fruit trees such as cherry, pear, plum, fig, apricot and mulberry.

Further details

The single bedded rooms have low ceilings heights which make them more suitable to children.

There are additional outbuildings within the grounds, such as the old barn, which are out of bounds.

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The Aquitaine / Dordogne / Landes region

Aquitaine is in the South West corner of France and is an area of long sandy beaches, pine forests, valleys and medieval towns. Its stretches from the Massif Central in the north down to the Basque border with Spain in the south. Inland are the beautiful areas of Lot-et -Garonne and the Dordogne.

The South West of France is famed for its cuisine with the fine wines of Bordeaux, the surrounding vineyards and picturesque towns such as St Emilion. Landes is renowned for its duck and goose foie gras, confit, pates and terrines. St Jean de Luz is known for fresh fish and seafood second to none and oysters from Archachon are the best. Bayonne is famous for its ham and lastly Perigord for the truffle.

The area is one of the largest and most historic in France and for centuries has had links with England through trade. We liked their wine quite a bit!!

Popular attractions are:- Bordeaux, a world heritage site, with the Aquitaine vineyards and chateaux. Archachon and the Dune de Pilat. Landes with its pine forests, beaches and trails. The fiery Basque country where the mountains meet the sea and the tiny villages in typical Basque style. Biarritz and St Jean de Luz are popular seaside resorts near the border with Spain. Bearn, and its elegant capital Pau, give a whole new area to explore inland with the picturesque towns of Salies-De-Bearn and Sauveterre-de-Bearn, the fortified wall town on the Gave d'Oloron.

The Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq area

St Jean de Marsacq is a small village with church, popular restaurant, school and small store. This is ideal for fresh bread, croissants and milk. The locals play boules outside the village hall and all the town gather frequently throughout the summer for fêtes and feasts. The village centre is a 5-10 minute walk.

For a larger range of shops and amenities, St Vincent de Tyrosse is 5 minutes by car. There is an excellent supermarket, boucherie, poissonerie, florist etc and weekly market on Friday mornings. St Vincent de Tyrosse also holds the Course Landaise in the bullring throughout the summer. This is the local and more humane form of Spanish bullfighting.

St Jean de Marsacq is 20 minutes from Hossegor with its fabulous beaches and international surf festivals. Hossegor has great boutique shopping, bars and restaurants, and the top ranking Hossegor golf course. Closer is the even more stunning Golf de Seignosse. Set amongst pine forests it has been voted the best golf course in France by the Association of British Tour Operators for France and is in the world's Top 50 courses.

For smaller children, or those that don't like the larger waves that make it great for surfing, there is a large inland salt-water lake. Hossegor has been a popular resort since the 1930's and grand houses were built along the lake's edge. There is a sandy beach with pedalos to hire. The lake is also to home to oyster beds and the fresh oysters are for sale around the lake.

The World Pro surfing championships are held In Hossegor every year around August although the water stays warm enough to swim and surf through Autumn. In fact, the 200km or so of unspoilt coastline along the Cote Landaise and Cote D'Argent has something to offer everyone including cycling through the pine forests, walking, kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding and kite-surfing.

There are cultural interests to enjoy in the stunning cities of Biarritz, Bayonne, St Jean de Luz and Dax. Biarritz and Bayonne have a wealth of historical influence in France plus great cuisine and up-market shopping. The border with Spain is less than an hour away and the Basque towns of St Jean de Luz and St Sebastian are hugely recommended. The Guggenheim museum in Bilbao is worth the visit.

Both Biarritz and Dax are natural spa towns with renowned thalassotherapy centres.

Follow the Pyrenean foothills inland to enjoy spectacular scenery and wildlife. You may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the Pyrenean brown bear.

How to get there

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Airports around the UK & Ireland with flight departures to the South West of France include: Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Leeds, Luton, Manchester, Shannon, and Stansted. Flights go directly to Biarritz, Bordeaux, Bilbao and Pau. Biarritz airport (35mins) and Pau (60 mins) are the closest. Both are served by Ryanair, with EasyJet flying to Biarritz from Gatwick. Bordeaux or Bilbao are good back-up options to consider with BA, EasyJet and Ryanair.

PO ferries have regular overnight crossings to Bilbao and Santander from Portsmouth and Plymouth.

Alternatively the Eurostar into Paris and the TGV down to Dax, Bayonne or Biarritz is a very laid-back, comfortable and surprisingly easy way to arrive.

Car rental companies such as Avis, Hertz and Europcar are available at all the airports above and major train stations.

Activities near Saint-Jean-de-Marsacq

Rental prices

Prices for group size 14
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	2 Jun 12	30 Jun 12	2350€ 2350	-	-	1 Week
	30 Jun 12	14 Jul 12	2550€ 2550	-	-	1 Week
	14 Jul 12	28 Jul 12	3200€ 3200	-	-	1 Week
	28 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	3700€ 3700	-	-	1 Week
	1 Sep 12	22 Sep 12	2250€ 2250	-	-	1 Week

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

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

Rental price includes:

Bathroom towels (pools towels not included) and bedlinen.

Beds made for arrival.

Not included:

We expect that guests leave the property clean and tidy with duties performed as per our terms and conditions. An optional exit clean is available at Euro 120, payable locally.

Refundable security deposit: £400 by cheque which will be returned/destroyed two weeks after departure and satisfactory inspection.

Payments accepted by bank transfer or cheque.

Optional extras: Fresh linen and towels for stays of more than one week (at a cost of Euro 85 please book in advance). Babysitting, catering, shopping, housekeeping etc. Please enquire for details and prices.

Arrival time after 4pm and departure by 10am, Saturday to Saturday. Please enquire about arrival and departures dates outside June-mid September.

Availability

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1 years listed You are contacting Kate Ware Landline 44 1277 231194 Mobile 44 778 8583416 Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2010. This house has so far received no reviews.

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