Chez Beaugis:
Sit back and relax in the sunshine or if you are feeling more energetic, head out of the gate and take a walk through the many fields of sunflowers that surround us. Chasseneuil 3 kms away is a small market town, where you can find a heated swimming pool (The roof opens in the summer), wine cave, pizzeria, various restaurants, bars, tempting boulangeries, boucheries and supermarché. There is a small market on Saturday & Wednesday mornings where you can buy fresh local produce including oysters and local cheeses. The monument to the French Resistance & museum is also nearby. Just a short journey in any direction you will find quaint villages and medieval towns with shops, markets and many good restaurants. There are also many festivals throughout the summer.
Places of interest:
Wine try before you buy at nearby St Sornin where you can purchase the excellent local wines. Velorail at Confolens & Roumaziers follow an old rail track that winds it way through the high lands on the Charente/Limousine border, past viaducts, rivers and meadows. Canoe hire on the at Mansle. Leisure Lakes nearby, with swimming, mini golf, pedloes & other activities. Fishing is available nearby, also two Golf courses. Indoor swimming pool with flume & Ice skating rink. Futuroscope Theme Park at Poitiers is 1 hr away. Cognac visit the famous distilleries and sample the finest Cognac in the world, Brantôme In the Dordogne which has a Church built in the caves. The beaches of Royan & La Rochelle are just over 1½ hours away. Talmont a pretty coastal village is worth a visit. Oradour-sur-glane The village of the martyrs. & lots more.
Getting Here:
Chez Beaugis is easily reached without an overnight stop. The route is quite easy and takes you through Normandy and the Loire Valley. If you prefer to travel by train from Waterloo via Lille the TVG will bring you to where car hire is available. For those wishing to fly the nearest airport in the Summer is Angoulême which is 20 minutes away or Limoges which is 45 minutes both only take just over an 1 hour from Stanstead via Ryanair. Car hire is also available from all airports. Also flights into Poitiers, Bordeaux & La Rochelle.
Other Activities:
Wine Tasting, Velo Rail, Ice skating, Lakes with beaches & water sports