La Grange - B+B apartment and pool

Great for couples or a family, our home is set in beautiful Charentais countryside. We offer comfortable bed & breakfast accommodation in a private apartment over two floors overlooking the pool. Our price includes an excellent continental breakfast with local and home-made produce. Evening meals or a snack platter are available on request. Great location for visits to Cognac, Bordeaux, Angouleme, St Emilion, Brantome, the coast....or just relax! Welcome to our home, an ancient former barn with open beams, and views over beautiful countryside toward the old village of Yviers. South Charente is blessed with one of the highest average hours of sun in France, and is a great place just to relax, or explore the area on foot, cycle or car amongst the vines, fields, and woodlands of this rural landscape. Our apartment accommodation with breakfast comprises a first floor private lounge, kitchenette and dining area overlooking the pool. A first floor double, with en-suite bathroom (bath, wc & basin), overlooks open countryside. Also on the first floor is a small single bedroom suitable for a child. On the ground floor a double bedroom with separate shower room (shower, wc & basin), overlooks the pool. A further ground floor double room is available for larger groups within the house, please ask for details and costs. All rooms are timber boarded or tiled. In our bed & breakfast accommodation, we provide towels, bedding, essential toiletries, and a generous continental breakfast. We are happy to provide an evening meal or snack platter (24 hrs notice please). Tea and coffee making facilities are available. The dining area includes a kitchenette with sink, two electric rings, fridge and microwave. On the terrace we have poolside recliners, and in season we open our pool daily for you to enjoy. Towels provided. The pool is 10m x 5m, and a constant depth of 1.5m (no shallow or diving areas). Our pool is heated to 25 - 28C. Our location gives us access to the best of South-West France; food, wine, culture, lifestyle, sightseeing, history, museums, sunshine....just explore, or take a few of our recommendations. Car parking to front or rear of house. Independent access to apartment and bedrooms via poolside door. All bedrooms have en suite or private bathrooms. The lounge area includes comfy chairs and TV with UK freesat stations, kitchenette, dining table and chairs. Open use of garden, please help yourself to any weeds. Pool open daily (May - Sept weather permitting). A security cover is in place overnight. With the extra privacy of a self-contained apartment, we hope to offer more than just bed & breakfast accommodation. Having lived here since 2014 we have a good knowledge of the region, including lots of ideas for sight-seeing, food & drink, and we will happily make ourselves available to ensure your stay is a happy one. This is rural Cognac country, supplying grapes for the many wine, pineau and cognac producers. Farming is diverse, fields swaying with maize, wheat and sunflowers. Nearby producers specialise in small-scale production of walnuts, foie gras, veal, wine, Pineau des Charente, Cognac and goats-cheese. Nearest town is Chalais, 3km away, with a range of shops, restaurants, banks, and market day on Mondays. We can recommend several nearby bars and restaurants, from fine dining to everyday snacks. We are mid-point between well-served airports at Bordeaux, Limoges and Bergerac, including regular services from Ryanair, BA, Air France, and Easyjet. All airports offer car hire, preferably choose an on-site hirer if using Bordeaux. Between towns, French roads are renowned for being well kept and generally quiet. The major routes of the A10/N10 provide good access to the region. The high-speed TGV trains call at Angouleme and Bordeaux, with other services available into nearby towns of Chalais and Coutras. Several recognised VTT (cycle) routes pass nearby including one passing our door from Chalais to Angouleme, using minor roads, off-road sections and green lanes. Other than this, walking is straight out of the gate into beautiful rolling countryside and woodlands. France operates an "open country" system, without need for public footpaths or bye-ways, just observe areas which are marked private, or in use by the hunt (Oct - Feb). Languages spoken: English, French, German, Italian. We have a border collie, who would love to meet you! All floors and stairs are polished timber boarded or tiled. Access to rooms includes using steps or stairs. We enjoy a secluded location away from the madding crowd, but we do have reasonable Orange internet, and the house has WiFi. Mobile signals will vary according to your provider and location. Evening meal (€18 pp) or Snack Platter (€9 pp) available with 24 hour notice please.