Luxury Boutique style Gite with secluded sunny garden & hot-tub**
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Set in a quiet hamlet on the border of Normandie and Brittany, this fully equipped luxury gite has been renovated to a very high standard to provide that all year round relaxing get away from it all experience. Private secluded, sunny garden with hot tub**, BBQ with three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Double with superking bed, twin room and single/cot room. With stone walls and lots of insulation, the gite will remain cool in the summer and for the cooler months, there is underfloor heating powered by an air source heat pump and a large wood burning stove. Master tower room and ensuite to follow shortly. Feeling energetic? Perfect countryside for walking, hiking, running, cycling, canoeing, horse riding, landsailing. We can guide you in the right direction according to ability. Need a rest? No problem!... Comfy gite, hot-tub, we can even arrange for a meal to be cooked for you. Perfectly placed on the border of Normandy and Brittany to enjoy the best of everything that these regions have to offer. Feeling creative, the owner, an artist holds casting & pouring workshops which are bookable in advance via her website, http://www.****************** Alternatively, for a small deposit and fee, paints, canvases, brushes and easels are available to hire/buy. With less than an hour to our closest ferry port, St Malo and airport at Rennes, your holiday starts soon after you have arrived in France. The small village of le Ferre’ has a church, a friendly bar and simple restaurant, open for lunch time trade with a boulangerie next door, football field, tennis court, and a very nice brocante (opposite the Mairie), all within a short cycle ride from the gite or even shorter drive (3.8km). The neighbouring town of St James - 6 minutes - Home to the famous Breton stripy jumper and the impressive WWII American cemetary, St James also has to offer, several supermarkets, bars, hairdressers, vets, tearoom, restaurants and in our opinion, by far the best bakery in the region (situated diagonally opposite the impressive Mairie building) For those of you looking for some free entertainment, St James also boasts a very good, little known play park where tennis, basketball, football, crazy golf, running, weight training, skateboarding, swings, slides and climbing frames are all available without reservation, and, with the loan of our rackets, balls and clubs, are all absolutely free! We are also very close to several `voir verts' access points - Cycle paths that are safe and comfortable, following rivers and canal towpaths, disused railway lines, criss-crossing the whole of France, taking you through glorious, unspoilt nature and character-packed towns. Feeling less energetic?, 20 minutes away by car is the vibrant medieval city of Fougeres one of Europe's oldest fortified towns, 25 minutes west towards the coast, we have the remarkable floating monastery, Le Mont St Michel. Then following the coast both up to Normandy or down to Bretagne, all the beautiful beaches and delightful coastal villages are perfect for a day out. Fougeres - 20 minutes - The main reason to visit Fougères is to see its magnificent castle, one of the finest fortresses in Europe, but this little town on the Brittany-Normandy border also has a lovely medieval district and a lively Saturday-morning market. As well as the history, Fougeres boasts many lovely shops and restaurants and bars to suit all tastes, there are the usual major supermarkets - as well as banks and a main post office. There is a 10-pin bowling alley and cinema (with weekly british films). Fougeres forest, 1500 of ancient forest, full of lovely walkways, cycle routes and bridelpaths, find the megalith alignment the Cordon des Druids thought to date back 5000 years. Also in the forest are two ruined dolmens. Ducey - 15 minutes - A84 `village etape’ - A very pretty town on the river -- with lots of little bars and restaurants mainly open for lunch time trade. Avranches - 20 minutes A84, Another lovely market town with all the usual shops banks restaurants etc. An interesting museum staging different themes every year. For a wonderful sunset view, head to Jardins des Plantes d’Avranches (right at the top, opposite the church), these public gardens have an incredible view of Le Mont St Michel and her estuary. For the boys, you will find General Pattons’ shermon tank on the roundabout at the top of the town and there is, for those rainy days, indoor karting and laser games at Event Park. Le Mont St Michel - 35 minutes - The Mont-Saint-Michel is one of Europe’s most unforgettable sights. Set in the mesmerising bay where Normandy and Brittany merge, the island draws the eye from great distances. The staggering location has long inspired awe and the imagination. The story of how the mount turned into a great place of Christian pilgrimage is colourful. Recently, the visitor car parks have been relocated Tourist License / Licencia de turismo N °: 5236200520028