Traditional Breton Longère Near Historic Josselin
Location
Car: Necessary
There are many interesting small villages and larger towns in the region, and certainly more than you could explore in a two week holiday. Auray is a lovely old town with lots of shops and restaurants, an old port and an excellent Sunday market. Vannes is a large town on the edge of the Gulf of Morbihan with an old quarter bustling with good restaurants and small shops. Excellent markets are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays and a famous jazz festival in July. Carnac has excellent beaches but is also world famous for being an ancient and historic place with over 3,000 prehistoric megalithic stones. There is comprehensive information on places to visit and suggestions for activities on our personal web site.
Owner info
Year Purchased: 2005
About the owner: La Ville au Tady is owned by Martin, Esther, Beth & Meg and we live in the UK. After many happy summer holidays in France, we decided to buy our own holiday cottage in Brittany. After many months of property hunting, we discovered a traditional longère in the countryside and fell in love with it. We feel very lucky to own such a beautiful old house, and invite you to share it when we are not holidaying there ourselves. We believe there is an ethical dimension to owning a second home, so we price our weeks reasonably and aim to have the cottage occupied for most of the year. In this way we can help contribute to the local economy by employing our cleaner and gardener, and help generate income for local businesses. We encourage you to use the local village stores whenever possible. We would prefer to reduce our prices for late availability rather than remain empty, so provide a 25% discount for arrivals within 30 days.
Why the Owner Chose Guégon, France:
Our cottage has been used as a holiday home for many years, and so presents a fairly unique opportunity to stay in a traditional longère that retains many of its original features. The exterior of the longère is much the same as when it was built in 1868. It is a traditional farm house of the region, and the internal renovations have preserved the character with exposed beams and fireplace hearth consisting of a massive granite stone.
The cottage is located in a quiet rural hamlet of four properties, and yet is just five minutes from the local village with boulangerie, village store, and bars. We are ten minutes from Josselin, one of the best small towns in Brittany.
The Unique Benefits at this Cottage:
This is our holiday home, and it is furnished and equipped with all the homely touches that will make it feel like you are a guest staying in a friends house, rather than a paying customer in a commercial holiday property. We invite you to share our books, our games, and our bikes.
When we holiday at La Ville au Tady we love doing so many different things! These are some of our favourites - countryside walks; swimming in the nearby open air pool or lake; cycling along the quiet country lanes; shopping for fresh local produce at Josselin market; picnic lunches in the sunny garden; exploring local towns and villages; meals out at one of the many good restaurants in Josselin; trips to the beach; or else just relaxing with a glass of wine and a good book in the garden.
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Photos
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The south facing front garden is a great place to eat lunch.
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A large chestnut beamed lounge/diner provides plenty of space to eat and relax
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Spacious master bedroom with antique French bed and oak flooring
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Kitchen with breakfast table, dishwasher, and everything else you will need for your stay.
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The Goose bedroom is under the eaves at the front of the cottage.
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The borders contain cottage perennials including Iris, hortensia, fuschia, roses etc.
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Spacious, private front garden ideal for relaxing in lounger chairs provided.
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Relaxing in the hammock in dappled shade is a great pleasure :)
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Nearby Chateau Josselin on the banks of the Nantes-Brest Canal, just 10 mins drive.
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The Saturday street market at Josselin is the best place to buy fresh local food.
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The Duke's Lake has a beach, swimming, windsurfing, sailing, walks, golf & café.
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Wonderful beaches & towns to explore all along the south Moribhan coast.
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Private rear garden of cottage from shade of fruit trees.
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Two comfortable sofas and a log stove for chilly evenings off-season.
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View of rear garden from master bedroom dormer window, a lovely spot to sit and read.
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Second lounge with satellite TV, DVD player, laptop, music system, iPod player.
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The third bedroom has two single beds, wardrobe, chest of drawers, and Velux window.
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Rear lavendar terrace another great place to eat outdoors.
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The rear garden extends to the Chestnut trees in the distance!
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Quiet country lanes to explore on foot or cycle straight from the cottage door.
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One of the many medieval half-timbered buildings in historic Josselin.
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There's a great choice of cafes and restaurants in the local town of Josselin.
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Vannes is a great town town to visit for a day trip, Wed & Sat are market days.
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Carnac beach is rated as one of the best in France.
VRBO #155232
This listing was first published here in 2007.
Date last modified - Thursday, September 29, 2016
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