La Vieille Forge
About the home
Beautiful rolling countryside and slow flowing rivers. Little old villages with 12th Century churches, like Angle sur l'Anglin one of the beautiful villages of France, friendly, helpful local people, wide choice of inexpensive eating and drinking. 5 minutes to fishing, kayaking, tennis, golf, horse riding, horse racing, beauty and relaxing therapies. We are on the edge of the Natural Park of the Brenne, famous for its birds and 1000 lakes.
Close to local weekly markets in La Roche Posay, Le Blanc, Descartes and Chatellerault, and regular summer "brocantes" in villages around the area. Nearby are smaller chateaux and vineyards and a zoo park. Or as most families do, just enjoy the peace and the south facing walled heated pool. You can go for walks directly from our property into our woods, listening for the golden oriol, woodpeckers, fly catchers, hoopoos, nightingales, buzzards and many more. And night time just sit with a glass of wine and watch the stars in the sky - beautiful.
| Size: | Sleeps up to 7, 3 bedrooms |
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| Nearest beach: | Sable d'Olonne, 150km |
| Will consider: | House swaps |
| Access: | Car essential Nearest amenities: 1km |
| Family friendly? | Suitable for children of all ages Unsuitable for people with restricted mobility |
| Notes: | No pets allowed No smoking at this property |
Facilities
| Luxuries: | DVD player |
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| Pool: | Shared outdoor pool (heated) |
| General: | Satellite TV |
| Standard: | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
| Utilities: | Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Washing machine |
| Rooms: | 3 Bedrooms, 1 shower room |
| Furniture: | Single beds (3), Double beds (2), Cots (2), Dining seating for 12, Lounge seating for 5 |
| Other: | Linen provided, please check with the advertiser regarding towels Highchair available |
| Outdoors: | Shared outdoor pool (heated), Balcony / Terrace, Shared garden, BBQ, Bicycles available, Swing set |
| Access: | Secure parking |
Further details indoors:
Each gite has a walled and gated patio area with outside table and chairs and BBQ. This area is sheltered from the sun by overhead vine leaves. Gite 1 has a kitchen/diner with French windows out onto the patio and a downstairs WC, upstairs lounge with TV and three bedrooms with roomy shower room and WC. We supply DVDs, mainly for adults, so children should bring their own favourites. There are also adults' and children's' books. Each bedroom has a fan. Beds are made up ready for your arrival but you need to bring your own towels. We put bread, milk, eggs, jam and butter in the fridge for your first breakfast, in case of late arrival Saturday evening.
Further details outdoors:
The main entrance to our 2 gites is gated with a short drive to a parking area beside the gites. From each gite it is only a few paces to the walled and gated south facing heated pool which is equipped with a solar shower. Around the pool and beyond are grassy fields where children can play cricket or football and there are 2 swings. We have a range of bikes at your disposal. You can walk from our property through our woods and up onto the hill behind. It is very peaceful but yet only 1 km from all the services you could require.
Further details
Weekly from Saturday 4.00 pm to Saturday 10.00 am
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Enquire nowThe Loire Valley / Indre-et-Loire region
This area chosen by the Kings of England and France for their Chateaux - because the climate is equitable, not too hot and not too cold and the rolling valleys and slow flowing rivers are so beautiful. The quaint villages with their light stone buildings and red roofs, the white rocks with their cave houses, evidence of ancient civilisations having chosen this area since pre-history. There is an impressive newly refurbished chateau in Grand Pressigny now a museum of pre-history in the Creuse. The spa town of La Roche Posay nearby has been known for its healing waters for centuries and is well known in France to come for a "cure". It sits up above the rivers Gartempe and Creuse and offers visitors a lively mix of bars, restaurants and shops. Nearby Angle sur l'Anglin, one of the "pretty villages of France" is worth visiting with its craggy castle dominating the river and its newly opened pre-history cave museum. Drive to the Brenne Natural Wildlife Park with its 1000 lakes and visitor centres.
The Yzeures sur Creuse area
Yzeures is a village with a central square, church, bar, gourmet restaurant/hotel, post office, charcuterie, 2 bakers, a fishing shop/men's hairdresser, a newsagent/tobacconist and an antique shop. On the outskirts are also a comprehensive supermarket, petrol station (24hr), bank, chemist, bar/restaurant, gift/clothes shop, shoe shop and DIY store. Down by the gently flowing river Creuse there are tennis courts and an outward bound course.
La Roche Posay(5 mins) has a wide range of bars and restaurants, 2 banks, a post office, bakers, butchers, take-away food, a pizzeria, chemists, newsagent. Also a golf course, horse riding stables, a horse racing course, a discotheque and a casino. Each Tuesday and Friday there is a traditional market in the square with all kinds of food and produce from the area - great for fabulous range of floral soaps. On other days you can watch the French playing boules under the shade of the trees.
Chauvigny (30mins) has a wonderful bird of prey show set in ruins of a castle and a velo-rail route - also a large Saturday market.
Azay le Ferron has a small and very interestingly furnished chateau with beautiful large gardens and was donated as a gift to the area by its last owner.
The zoo park at La Touche (15mins) is great to take the whole family and a picnic, you can ride bikes round too.
There are regular "brocantes" held in the local villages and usually a list of events to choose from every week - musical, outward bound, fishing, cars.
Each village is prettier than the next and the little churches are always worth a look inside.
How to get there
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| Nearest Travel Links | |
| Airport: | Tours and Poitiers: 70 km |
| Railway: | Chatellerault: 25 km |
| Ferry: | Caen: 250 km |
Tours and Poitiers airports 1 hour (Ryanair) - Car hire at both airports. Paris by TGV train one and a half hours from Chatellerault.
By car from ferry ports Caen/Le Havre 6 hours. Boulogne 5+ hours. Calais 6 hours.
Activities near Yzeures sur Creuse
Tennis in town
Watersports
Horse Riding
Golf within 30 mins drive
Fishing
Walking holidays
Rural / countryside retreats
Cycling holidays
Rental prices
| Rental prices originally quoted in: British £ | Convert to: |
| Prices for group size 7 | ||||||
| Period | From![]() | To![]() | Weekly![]() | Nightly rate | Minimum stay | |
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| spring | 5 May 12 | 30 Jun 12 | £ 800 | - | - | 1 Week |
| summer | 30 Jun 12 | 29 Jul 12 | £ 1000 | - | - | 1 Week |
| high summer | 29 Jul 12 | 1 Sep 12 | £ 1200 | - | - | 1 Week |
| autumn | 1 Sep 12 | 29 Sep 12 | £ 800 | - | - | 1 Week |
The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.
We have quoted in pounds sterling, but if preferred we can also accept payment in euros at the rate of transfer on the day of payment.
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* Required fields Please check the following errors: | 3 years listed You are contacting Elaine Morris
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