La Paquenais
Taden-Dinan, Brittany.
Highly recommended and available all year.
This is a gem of a place where you can relax and enjoy. It is ideal for two families sharing and/or those who like walking, cycling, sightseeing or just relaxing. Facilities for horse riding and golfing can also be found locally.
Holiday Gite Sleeps 8 (+ cot)
This magnificent old coach house (one of two gites), is situated 5 minutes from the historic Port of Dinan and overlooks (with direct access) rolling countryside and woods.
The beaches of the Cote d’Emeraude and many other places of interest are within an easy 30 minutes drive. The house has been tastefully restored to a high standard in typical French style.
Accommodation
The gite is
well equipped with crockery and all utensils. There is a dishwasher,
top-loading washing machine and tumble dryer. There is also a large fridge with
freezer compartment.
Upstairs: – Two double bedrooms and One bedroom with twin beds and bunk beds. Family bathroom with separate toilet.
Downstairs:
– Fully fitted kitchen
including dishwasher and microwave; with washing machine and tumble dryer.
Shower room and separate toilet.
Lounge/Dining room
Spacious sitting/dining room, with log burning fire. TV (French/English). New for 2005, conservatory overlooking the garden and fields beyond.
Outside: –
Large fenced garden with
patio area (built in BBQ with patio furniture) and swings.
Location and Activities
La Paquenais is situated 5 minutes from the Port of Dinan which lies on the banks of the Rance river estuary. From here you can enjoy some beautiful walks or take a boat trip and see the pretty villages along its banks. The Port of Dinan also offers the opportunity to take advantage of French ‘café life’ or find a good restaurant.
Dinan itself can be reached by a short (albeit steep!) walk from Dinan Port, or by car; again, only 5 minutes from the gite. Dinan is a magnificent walled mediaeval town, bustling with life. It has an excellent weekly market (Thursday) and boasts a host of interesting shops and cafés as well as a number of superb restaurants and creperies.
The town itself is full of character, having retained its cobbled streets, half timbered houses and many churches and cloisters of interest to visit.
Within a half hour drive of the gite, you can visit a host of other interesting places. On the coast are the beautiful beaches of the ‘Cote d’Emeraude’ which offers superb sandy beaches, rocky coves and rugged moor land, as well as a number of picturesque fishing ports such as Cancale, Erquy and Binic. The port of St. Malo, which originates from the Napoleonic period, is renowned for its marina and beautiful architecture and also has a renowned aquarium. Inland you can visit the towns of Combourg (with its castle and lake), Dol, Dol de Bretagne and the Chateau de la Hunedaye; but to mention a few! A little further away up the coast is Mont St Michel to the east, and St Brieuc with its fortified cathedral, to the west.
Whatever your interests and whatever the age-range of your party/family, there is something of interest for everyone. If you prefer to leave the car you can take a number of walks directly from the gite into the fields, woods or on to Port Dinan. Alternatively you can simply admire the views from the garden and the railway bridge designed by Eiffel; of the ‘Tower’ fame. (Local trains pass, but not overnight).
The nearest shops are only 500meters away but as you cannot see or hear them from the gite, it feels as if you are in the middle of the countryside.
Arrival
La Paquenis can be easily reached from the ports of St. Malo, Cherbourg or Caen and there are flights into the nearby regional airport of Dinard.
Bookings run from Saturday to Saturday and you may arrive at the gite any time between 4 and 8 pm on your chosen date, or earlier by pre-arrangement.
Tarrif's
July/Aug June/Sept Other
La Paquenais £595 pw £425pw £350 pw
The price includes a 50E allowance for electricity.
The provision of tea towels, bath towels and bed linen is included in the price.
For further information please email:- Georgina.stephens@whsurf.net
