City Island Sanctuary BR & Pvt Bath à la française

Relax on City Island in our quiet guest room w/adjacent private bath. Park one car on our private driveway. Continental Breakfast served 7:00 - 9:00 am. **We have friendly cats so we are not suitable if you have allergies as you will have contact with them in all the common areas. Take lessons at New York Sailing Center, walk to the beach around the corner, restaurants, shops, the park or Orchard Beach. For Manhattan take the BX29 bus to the subway 6 train or the BXM8 express bus. On parle français et anglais, (lire en français ci-dessous). I am a native New Yorker and Didier grew up in Biarritz, France. Our friendly cats do not go into the room. The bathroom is yours during your entire stay (we have our own en suite). We will provide a Continental breakfast with fresh bread butter & jams, fresh squeezed orange juice or fresh fruit, tea or coffee served by my French husband who is a talented cook! You might even get a special treat of canelés de Bordeaux, banana bread or home made scones! City Island Sanctuary relaxing BR & Bath w Parking Pièce calme, ensoleillée et à proximité d'une salle de bain privée. Marchez jusqu, au parc ou à la plage. On peut aller à pied à quelques restaurants, une petite supermarché, petits magasins et le City Island Nautical Museum. Prenez le metro ou le bus express à Manhattan (une heure et demi à centre-ville. Les chats sont en résidence, mais ne vont pas dans la chambre. Cable TV avec TV5 Monde, lecteur DVD, Wi-fi . Petit-déjeuner européen inclus avec frais scones chauds, pain, jus d'orange pressé, fruits frais, thé ou café servi par mon mari français qui se pique de cuisiner, avec dois-je dire, un certain succés! Vous pouvez vous promener sur la plage “Orchard Beach” et regarder le lever du soleil. Dans le soir en profitez sur le coucher de soleil et l’horizon de Manhattan de l'autre côté de l’île. C'est un véritable sanctuaire! Feel free to enjoy our large backyard in season, our downstairs large family room with TV, WIFI. Walk to the local beaches for the view or a dip. Please, no food or drinks except water in the guest bedroom. We speak fluent French and English. We will be in residence during your stay to help you with recommendations for a real New York experience or a unique City Island French experience. But, we do respect your privacy! City Island is a unique sanctuary in New York City's the Bronx. It boasts many wonderful seafood restaurants, two great pubs and the only true French bistro in the borough. We are walking distance to the largest park in the City of New York, Pelham Bay Park and also to lovely Orchard Beach, the Riviera of the Bronx! On the island, you can walk to everything. A local bus will take you to shopping at the Mall at Bay Plaza near Coop City. If you want to go to Manhattan you take the local 29 bus to the subway No. 6 or BXM8 express bus to Manhattan. The local bus does not run after midnight but there are taxis at the subway station. There is an express bus early in the morning which goes directly from the island to Manhattan. It will take at least one hour to get to midtown by subway and a bit longer on the express bus depending upon traffic. We are walkable to Pelham Park which is the largest park in NYC. It has picnic areas, tennis courts, horseback riding, Orchard Beach and a lovely rocky coast. Check out their website for all there is to do!