Local leisure facilities: There are two safe open air swimming pools and a paddling pool with life guards, tennis courts and a park with a lake all within 10 minutes walk or 3 mins drive of the cottage. Opposite the swimming pool there is a horse show-jumping arena where events are held. Also within 10 minutes drive there are specialist fishing lakes en route to Avranches.
Within 3 minutes walk of the cottage, up the quiet country lane, are magnificent and extensive beech woods set on a hill overlooking beautiful rolling countryside. There you can walk or stroll in the cool shade of the beech trees and enjoy relaxed family picnics.
Gastronomic delights: Near Saint Pois, about 10 minutes drive away, is the Moulin de Jean a superb gourmet restaurant within a beautifully restored water mill which offers great value and service.
In Brécey try the restaurant Auberge des Sports which serves homely French fare.
Avranches, about 20 minutes by car, offers a range of restaurants including La Belle Epoque for good food in an interesting setting; Saint Marco for good food in nice surroundings; and Le Port D'Etain, a friendly little place with good French fare.
Activities: La Tullerie is ideal for a family holiday offering many different activities so that everyone’s interest will be catered for! It is a country cottage with opportunities for walking and cycling.
For golf enthusiasts there are golf courses at Vire, 20 mins by car, and at Breville sur Mer, 30 mins, which is close to the fishing port and seaside resort of Granville, and so can be part of a family day out with shopping or beach activities for non-golfers.
For beach-lovers some of Normandy’s beautiful, unspoilt sandy beaches are not far away and are ideal for sailing, wind-surfing and sand-yachting.
Within easy traveling distance are many towns such as the historic Avranches which has many restaurants, shops, museums and beautiful botanical gardens. Mortain offers scenic walking routes beside two waterfalls, go-carting and pony-trekking as well as the historic Abbaye Blanche (White Abbey). The Mont Saint-Michel, the unique medieval town and abbey, is about 40 mins drive away.
