Lovely farmhouse
Review Submitted: August 11, 2009
Date of Stay: August 2009
We had a great time in this spacious house, not like a holiday house, but a real home. Everything you can think of is there.
The kids (14, 14, 10, 10 and 6) couldn't get enough of the swimming pool, and we just loved the patio with the barbecue.
The house is in a very quiet location, so you can sleep with open windows, and wake to the sound of birdsong - wonderful!
The house is old and we're not particularly fond of the wall-to-wall carpet upstairs, but it's the only negative point about this place.
Saint-Savinien is 3 kms away and has a very good restaurant "Le Saint-Savinien". Saintes is about half an hour away, and is a very nice town - definitely worth a visit. "La Grande Plage" on Ile d'Oleron is a very large sandy beach, and not too crowded. We also visited "Le Marais des Oiseaux" on the island, but please, don't go there - it's a total waste of money: apart from geese and gulls, there's nothing much to see.
I would certainly recommend this house to all my friends who want to visit the Charente region.
Recommended for:
Girls Getaway,
Families with Teenagers,
Families with Young Children,
Romantic Getaway
Owner's Response: How lovely to receive such a positive review and know that all out hard work on making our house a really memorable place to stay was worthwhile.
It is good to know that the swimming pool and the quiet surroundings of the house plus the lovely Ile D'Oleron and Saintes were favourite places to visit even with all the different ages of the children 14, 10 and 6.
The wall to wall carpet upstairs is to try to stop some of the footfall noise as people move about the house. The large rooms and wooden flooors can echo.
Thank you Hilde for your kind comments.
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