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Welcome
Welcome to Les Gîtes du Vigneron
et Chambre d’Hôte. We hope that you will find our Gîtes
irresistible.
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Our gîtes and facilities
have been classified "3 star" by the Meublé
de Tourisme. While Rose, our Chambre d'hôte, has has been
classified "Chambre d'hôtes référence"
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We look forward to welcoming
you, in person, to this beautiful part of France where you will be
able to enjoy the peace of rural life amongst the vineyards and fields
of sunflowers.
We are situated in the
heart of our small village in the Petite Champagne and Haute Saintonge
regions. There are several local ‘vignerons’ (wine growers)
in the village who still produce wine for the cognac houses and there
is also a small distillery producing ‘eau de vie’ for
one of the leading cognac houses.
At
the same time as renovating our Gîtes, we have renovated an
old stable to create a modern classroom which forms the centre of
our new language school, Papillon
Ecole de Langue We offer both residential and non-residential
language courses in French and English. Why not brush up your French
while you are staying with us? This could either be to help you with
your day to day shopping or clarify that technical grammar issue that
has always been such a mystery. Vanessa has ample experience of teaching
GCSE, AS, A2 and Pre-U level French in the UK so why not book some
revision lessons as well during your stay?
Why should you come to
see us in Saint Seurin de Palenne?
Well,
on average, the Charente Maritime has over 2,700 hours of sunshine
per year and is the second sunniest region in France; London has
only 1450 hour per year. In the summer it is common for the temperature
to exceed 30 ° C.
From
your base in Saint Seurin de Palenne you can visit the ancient
cognac houses in the town of Cognac or simply take a walk along
the banks of the Charente. Alternatively you could visit the Roman
town of Saintes, 25 minutes to the North West, with its amazing
Roman remains, including the amphitheatre. Or you could head south
to Jonzac, also only 25 minutes away, with its Caribbean themed
water park, ‘Les Antilles’.
We
can also arrange for you to hire bikes of all sizes to suit everyone
from 3 months to 100 years old through Bike Hire Direct! They
also offer 'Tag-a-Long' children’s bikes, tandem bikes,
rear mounted child seats, children’s chariots, pull along
cargo trolleys, baskets, panniers and car bike racks. The bikes
would be delivered to and collected from your gîte and we
have safe storage on site. Alternatively, you may prefer to contact
Bike Hire
Direct and arrange the hire yourself using the link / website..
You may also follow the link to find
out details of the many cycle
routes in the Charente Maritime
Should you feel energetic, we
have arranged a "holiday membership" of the local
tennis club in Pérignac (5 kms away). For a single
payment of 10€ you may play as many times as you wish.
Don't forget to bring your own equipment. |
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Or, should you prefer, we can
arrange art classes using various mediums, styles and techniques
with a local artist, Annie-France Notari. Contact us for more
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A bit further afield
is Bordeaux, an hour to the south. The city itself is beautiful but
you might also care to visit some of the many vineyards that surround
it. An hour to the north is the ancient port of La Rochelle. The beautiful
west coast is only 40 minutes away with the wide, safe, sandy beaches
of the Gironde Estuary or, a few kilometres further north, the wide
sandy beaches of the Côte Sauvage of the Atlantic coast.
View of our small village and
surrounding countryside
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View of Les Gîtes du Vigneron
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