The Farmhouse La Vieille Ferme - The Old Farm

The Farmhouse sleeps up to 5 people and is one of 5 self-catered gites (cottages) at La Vieille Ferme (The Old Farm) that can be rented individually or as part of a whole site booking

The Farmhouse is a charming gite that has retained many original features with exposed stone walls and oak beams. It is also well equipped with flatscreen TV (English & French) and Wi-Fi throughout, a well equipped kitchen, fireplace with wood-burning stove and garden area with table, chairs and BBQ

The Farmhouse has a double en-suite bedroom on the ground floor along with kitchen and living area, a twin bedded bedroom and one single bedroom on the first floor and an upstairs bathroom with shower. The first floor ceilings are sloping and typically best suited therefore for children

The Site
The site of La Vieille Ferme - The Old Farm - is a 19th century working farm that has been beautifully converted and renovated to 5 rustic gites (cottages). The gites are accompanied by spacious grounds with a large open barn, lovely gardens, private parking and a superb heated, covered swimming pool

La Vieille Ferme sits on the edge of the petit village of Cléré-du-Bois, with views of the Loire countryside on one side and the village church and centre on the other. The village shop/bar/restaurant is just 100m away

The grounds also offer a large sun terrace to relax by the pool, sports equipment including bikes, table tennis, football goals, badminton and of course, petanque! There is a covered barn with BBQ area and a communal laundry room with washing machine
The swimming pool is heated and covered making it useable and from March through to October. It is a chlorine pool. It has a secure child gate. The cover can be opened along both sides to be open and breezy in the summer (bottom section kept in place when children using to keep perimeter)

The village
Cléré du Bois is a small village with beautiful countryside surroundings
Le Brennou is the local village bar, restaurant and also has a little shop attached for the basics such as fresh baguettes! It is just 100m walking from La Vieille Ferme

Local towns:
Châtillon-sur-Indre is just around 10 mins drive and has a supermarket, shops, bank, post office, restaurants and cafés. It has a super spot for a typical lunch with ‘plat du jour’ and a high quality evening restaurant also
Loches is 25 mins driving which is a stunning, medieval market town with variety of shops and restaurants and Château

Places of interest:
La Vieille Ferme is ideally located at the centre of many of the most popular points of interest and also sits on the edge of the Brenne National Parc
The Loire has some of the finest Châteaus in Chenonceaux, Valencay and Villandry
There are a raft of outdoor activities on our doorstep including walking, cycling (bikes available), golf courses, birdwatching, swimming lakes, fishing lakes, tennis courts, horse riding and so on

Futuroscope is a superb science orientated theme park around 1 hour drive away and Beauval Zoo is a superb zoo, famed for it’s panda, around 35 minutes away
The area is also famous for its fine food and wine and there are many restaurants and vineyards to visit locally. From great value ‘bar tabac’s’ and ‘plat de jour’s’ to Michelin star restaurants

Coast/Beach:
Bellebouche is a freshwater lake with 900m sandy beach, around 30 mins drive away. Suitable for swimming and windsurfing with Kayaks and pedalos also for hire. There are nature paths through pine woods for cycling and walking, mini golf, picnic areas, snack bar and restaurant.
La Rochelle is the nearest beach town around 2hrs 50mins away. It is located on Atlantic coast with its old harbour, which is lined with seafood restaurants, pleasure boat marina, aquarium and botanical gardens.

Ports and Airports
Nearest airports are Tours and Poitiers at approx. 1 hour drive. Limoges is also around 1 hour 45 mins
Caen, Le Havre, St Malo and Cherbourg and Calais (ranging from 4-6 hours driving) all have regular crossings from England and we can offer a 10% discount code for guests using Brittany Ferries