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Self Catering Holiday Gite Accommodation In France, Dordogne - Accommodation
A self catering holiday accommodation in France. This beautifully restored self catering holiday home offer a relaxing holiday in the Dordogne, France for an unforgetable holiday experience.



Within the chateau gardens the holiday accommodation has its own private floodlit terrace with outdoor tables and chairs and a barbecue for outdoor meals on a warm summer's evening.
Small children are catered for with a baby swing, sandpits, a picnic table and a small slide. There are some bikes and an inflatable paddling pool suitable for little children. There are also a selection of bikes for bigger children and adults for which there is no charge, and there is a badminton area further down the garden. Petanque sets are provided and you can play anywhere you wish (not inside though, or in the pool area!). Further away from the house, in the wooded area of the garden can be found a set of swings. Another set of swings is situated near the heated swimming pool.
A games room was added in 2005. Situated behind the main building, in a converted barn, it contains table tennis and various other games and occupations for children as well as a multigym for energetic parents.
A computer at the bottom of the games room stairs provides broadband internet access.


The self catering holiday accommodation

Les Glycines

 

auracaria in garden

The chateau is surrounded by a large, well-cared for garden, consisting of large grassy areas, some flower beds and some unusual trees. There are benches and seats around for you to find a quiet place to read or relax in the sunshine or shade. Petanque can be played anywhere in the garden. There is also a badminton set, a football net and a selection of chidren's bicycles. Several adult bicycles are also available for which there is no charge.

 

The private patio facing the heated swimming pool, is enclosed by a jasmine and honeysuckle trellis on one side providing an idyllic setting for al fresco meals and barbeques, whilst the play area offers plenty of scope for small children 

the childrens play area

The children's play area is next to the heated swimming pool, separated by a wooden fence with heavily sprung gates for security


kids picnic

 

 

the heated swimming pool as seen from the accommodation

 

evening view of pool

The heated swimming pool measures 11.5x5 metres and is the salination type (no sore eyes). It has a large poolside terrace, poolside loungers and parasols, underwater lighting as well as poolside lights. It is securely fenced for child safety, has a safety ledge all round, and the gates are heavily sprung. There are 3 wide steps all the way across the shallow end which are used a lot by small children., the first one being in about 20 cms of water. The pool is heated from mid June to early September.

 


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