Peche
Les Gites du Moulin
Nearest Airport: La Rochelle |
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Sleeps 8 in 4 bedrooms, suitable for 2 families to share At a Glance
Local airports :La Rochelle 1 hour; Bordeaux 1.5 hours
St Malo 4 hours drive
Rural hamlet location
Enclosed pool and heated children’s splash pool
Babysitting by an English speaking registered childminder
Plenty of outdoor children’s toys and activities
Wine tasting with the owner – a professional wine expertSPECIAL OFFER - Book your 2011 holiday at 2010 prices (if booked by 31st July 2010) Peche is one of the gites available at Les Gites du Moulin. Click here to find out more about this cluster of gites or to look at the other gites. What we think…
This is the largest of the gites here and is well laid out for the needs of a large family or perhaps two families sharing. Being slightly larger, this gite benefits from having a separate sitting and dining room (both with patio doors leading onto the garden) both of which are tiled to keep them cool in the heat of the summer. It is furnished simply but comprehensively and retains a rural French charm sympathetic to the character of the original building. It is well positioned to enjoy easy access to the pool and the garden as well as the communal barbeque area. The Bedrooms…
Peche has 4 bedrooms (2 doubles and 2 twins) reached via the ornate spiral staircase from the living area. One of the doubles has an en-suite bathroom with bath and shower-attachment and there is a second bathroom with similar facilities. All the bedrooms have fitted wardrobes and drawers. The Living Accommodation…
The living area sits eight in comfort and looks out over the fields to the rear and to the gardens at the front through patio doors. The fully fitted kitchen is equipped with a fridge-freezer, dishwasher, microwave and a gas oven and hob. The back door is off the kitchen which leads to a more secluded patio area with a charcoal barbeque and garden furniture for your use. The dining room has a large table which will easily sit 8 and also looks out to the front through patio doors. Washing and drying facilities are provided centrally in a separate building at no extra cost. All linen and towels for indoor use are provided – please bring your own swimming towels. Baby and Toddler Friendly!
• Box of toys (0-5yrs) provided
• High chairs
• Booster seat (no strap so not for the very young)
• Cots with fitted sheets and blankets if required
• Baby bath and bath toys
• Potty
• Plastic steps
• Avent steam steriliser available
• Hand held blender
• Plastic cups, crockery and cutlery
• Changing mat
• Stair barriers (top and bottom)
• Baby monitor with walk about handset available
• Bouncy chair
• Baby towels
• Toddler loo seat
• Non slip bath mats
• Chains on upstairs windows Extras…
The following are available at extra cost (subject to availability) and can all be booked prior to or on arrival:
• Babysitting - €10 an hour between 6pm and midnight; €20 per hour thereafter.
• Cleaning Service - €40 to allow you to leave the cleaning to someone else at the end of the week Outside…
The garden is a haven for the children with plenty of space to run around, kick a ball or play hide and seek. If you can drag them away from the swimming pools for long enough, your children will also discover the sandpit, swings and slide, shaded areas to play in, boules and a raft of outdoor ride-on toys. There are plenty of shady areas for them to play in away from the direct heat of the sun. For the older children there is also a table-tennis table and a selection of games. Full size sun loungers are provided around the enclosed pool for the grown ups to relax on and there is also a very popular communal barbeque which is often the centre of things once the children are in bed and the sun is going down! Parent Points! All the gites are equipped with open tread spiral staircases (especially imported from the UK) which are gated but are steep so care will be required when carrying young children or with helping toddlers up and down them. Peche has a tiled step between the living room and the dining room and kitchen and three steps up out of the kitchen door to the rear terrace. And Beyond…
Many people come here simply to explore this charming and rural part of France and to sample the things that make this country rightly famous – the food and wine. Local specialities include Mussels with Cream, Oysters, goat’s cheese, honey and cake with angelica. The local town is called St Jean d’Angely and is 6 miles away; the nearest supermarket is on the outskirts. There is a wealth of Chateaux to visit, but swimming, fishing, horse riding, golf, tennis and rowing are all available during the summer months in the local area if you so wish. The landscape is gently rolling and ideal for cycling and country walks en famille. The Atlantic beaches are an easy hour’s drive away and can be found all along this wooded coast – a part with a very interesting military history - and fortifications used to ward of variously the Normans and the English are much in evidence. You are never far from a vineyard in this part of the world so why not try the local ‘Pineau’ or for the real thing go to Cognac for a tour of one of the distilleries - we tried the Hennessy tour which was interesting for the adults and pacey enough to keep the children entertained . The Graves and Medoc vineyards are about an hour’s drive to the South and it is an easy day-trip to take in a whole clutch of the world famous names. The port city of La Rochelle has a fantastic aquarium (which was highly rated by other parents that we spoke to) and all the bustle of a provincial coastal city with the hip Ile de Re just a little further away if you want to mingle with the Parisian set and the odd celebrity. We visited the bustling town of St. Martin de Re which is beautiful and it is well worth planning to have lunch in this buzzy little marina. Finally, why not just relax at your gîte with some of the fantastic fresh sea-food (the local oysters are a real treat) bought from a market nearby? Getting there...
It is easily possible to drive here in a day from St.Malo; you should allow about 4 to 5 hours with a stop. The longer Britanny Ferries crossings are good as they arrive at around 8am. The other big ports are a little further – Le Havre is about 5 hours, with Caen and Cherbourg about 6 hours away. You should allow at least 8 hours from Calais. The nearest airport is La Rochelle (about 1 hour’s drive), Poitiers is about an hour and a quarter and Bordeaux airport is not much further away at about an hour and a half.
| Arrive |
Depart |
Time |
Carrier |
| La Rochelle |
Birmingham, Manchester, Southampton |
1 hour |
Flybe |
| La Rochelle |
Dublin, Stansted |
1 hour |
Ryanair |
| Poitiers |
Stansted |
75 minutes |
Ryanair |
| Bordeaux |
Birmingham, Manchester |
90 minutes |
BMI Baby |
| Bordeaux |
Bristol, Luton |
90 minutes |
Easyjet |
| Bordeaux |
Gatwick |
90 minutes |
British Airways |
| Bordeaux |
Southampton |
90 mintues |
Flybe |
Gallery 
The main pool - safely enclosed.
Peche.
The dining room.
The living room with spiral staircase to the bedrooms.
The kitchen.
One of the double bedrooms.
One of the twin bedrooms.
The second double bedroom.
The garden - a haven for kids!.
Hours of fun to be had!.
The new heated childrens' pool.
Ahoy there!.
The new pirate ship!.
The stunning view from Peche rear garden.
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