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Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 61722.2 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Outdoor space
  • Parking available
  • Barbecue grill

Explore the area

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Josselin, Bretagne
  • Place, Tourism Office of the Ploërmel Community: Josselin Site
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Josselin Château
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Place, Musée de Poupées et de Jouets
    ‪15 min walk‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed and 1 Crib

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bed and 2 Single Beds

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing

Spacious three bedroom cottage adjoining Manor house with high walled garden and access directly onto the riverbank. The cottage has one bedroom on the ground floor with a double bed a single bed, a lounge, bathroom and newly refurbished kitchen. Upstairs there are two bedrooms one with double bed and cot, one with double bed and bunk beds plus another bathroom. The cottage has satellite TV, washing machine, dishwasher, barbecue, bed linen is provided. The location is perfect - peaceful on the edge of Josselin beside the river, yet within 5 minutes walk of the centre of town, the boulangerie and the shops bars and restaurants. The imposing Chateau is just a stroll along the river and from there is easy access to the timber framed medieval centre with historic Basicila. Tours (in English) are available for both. Ten minutes away at the Lac au Duc you can find water sports and a 9 hole golf course. Horse riding and cycling and boat hire are all available nearby. It is also great for walks.
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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Smoking in the cottage is strictly forbidden
Cottage should be left as found or a £40 cleaning charge is required. Or you can opt to pay the cleaning fee in advance.
A £100 security bond is also payable on arrival and returned at the end of your stay if there are no breakages or damage.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a first aid kit

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed GBP 1000, due to national regulations; for further details, please contact the property using the information in the booking confirmation
A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

About the area

Josselin

Located in Josselin, this cottage is in a rural area. Musée de Poupées et de Jouets and Univers du Poète Ferrailleur are cultural highlights, and some of the area's landmarks include Josselin Château and Kerguéhennec Estate. Centre Culturel l'Écusson and Kingoland Amusement Park are also worth visiting. Jet skiing and waterskiing offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and hiking nearby.
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Josselin, Bretagne

What's nearby

  • Tourism Office of the Ploërmel Community: Josselin Site - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Josselin Château - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Roncier - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Musée de Poupées et de Jouets - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Centre Culturel l'Écusson - 2 min drive - 1.7 km

Getting around

  • Ploërmel Station - 9 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Crêperie du Centre - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Crêperie la Sarrazine - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Le Guethenoc - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪L'Orée de la Forêt - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Bar La Ferriere - ‬10 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing?

As of 13 Mar 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing on 24 Jun 2026 start from £73, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Riverside cottage in Medieval Josselin, great for sightseeing or relaxing located?

Situated in a rural location, this cottage is within a 15-minute walk of Tourism Office of the Ploërmel Community: Josselin Site, Josselin Château and Musée de Poupées et de Jouets. Centre Culturel l'Écusson is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) away.

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 31 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 9 out of 31 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 31 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 31 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 31 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.6/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.4/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

8/10 Good

carolyn d.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Fab location village stunning. Lovely lovely hosts who looked after us well.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mike P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Comfortable gite, with nice gardens, and coveniently placed.

Very comfortable, lovely host, beautiful 10 minute walk along the riverside to the centre of Josselin, which is a pretty town, with plenty of historical interest and a choice of restaurants
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brenda B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relax in Josselin

Quiet and relaxing with easy walking along the Brest Canal, lots of benches to sit on and watch the world go by, before walking up to the chateau and restaurants. Great!
Stayed 6 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Jean C.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Good

Ras
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Ruth C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very spacious cottage

A large property in a good location with easy access to the beautiful town of Josselin and the river for peaceful walks. Great parking. The cottage is well equipped but is a little “tired”. The weather was not good when we were there and we found the cottage a bit cold, though heaters were available. Two large trees outside the kitchen did block the light, sunshine and view of the garden which I thought was a pity. However, we enjoyed our stay and Joyce, our host, was lovely and nothing was too much trouble, it was a pleasure to have met her.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marie therese R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Séjour

Nous sommes venus pour une réunion de famille. Hébergement confortable et spacieux Propriétaire discrète mais présente en cas de besoin
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marie therese R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Séjour

Nous sommes venus pour une réunion de famille
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Martine L.

Disliked: Cleanliness

Josselin

Location qui aurait besoin d'être relooké et d'un bon nettoyage, sinon le cadre est magnifique
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gilles G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Tres bon emplacement

La location est tres bien situee a 10 mns du centre de Josselin et a proximite du canal de l'Oust. Joyce est tres accueillante et nous a permis de passer un tres bon sejour.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

6/10 Okay

Huguette B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ce serait parfait , si ...

Nous avons passé un bon séjour dans la maison de Joyce, qui est une hôtesse agréable, discrète mais attentive. Il est très agréable de rejoindre la ville en longeant le canal et le jardin est plaisant. La cuisine est bien aménagée, la maison a été repeinte et retapissée. Mais cela ne suffit pas à gommer l'odeur de moisi dû à l'humidité, la maison n'a aucune étanchéité et les huisseries ont beaucoup vieilli. Heureusement, il a fait beau et chaud, et nous avons beaucoup été dehors. La literie est de qualité inégale et il manque des stores occultants aux fenêtres de toit. Enfin, vilaine surprise à notre retour en découvrant le relevé de notre compte bancaire; le paiement a été transformé en monnaie anglaise, nous avons donc dû payer les frais de change. Nous aurions aimé en être avertis à l'avance .
Stayed 13 nights in Aug 2022

4/10 Poor

Karen H.

Liked: Check-in
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy

Außen etwas hui, innen...

Die Gastgeberin ist sehr nett, allerdings ist die Unterkunft ziemlich in die Jahre gekommen, nicht wirklich sauber und sehr kalt!! Einzig der Elektroofen in der Küche sorgte für etwas Wärme. Im Sommer ist der Garten eine Möglichkeit, sich aufzuwärmen. Insgesamt leider nicht zu empfehlen 🤷‍♀️
Stayed 3 nights in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jackie D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely house in lovely area.

Stayed for nine days at this property. It’s a lovely house attached to the owners house, the location is perfect, just a short walk, along the most picturesque canal, takes you into the town. The large garden at the house is lovely and peaceful. The owner is a lovely lady, she is very welcoming and always happy to help with any enquiries you might have, she is very knowledgeable of the area, and she is very happy to share her knowledge. We definitely plan to go back next year. Jackie
Stayed 9 nights in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

danielle d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

magnifique

authentique bien située et agréable notre hote est chaleureuse et disponible on a reçu un bon acceuil
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Peter K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful house and location

We loved the house and the location, by the river and within a beautiful walking distance from lovely Josselin. The garden was wonderful. The house is like your grandmother's house, full of character, but it does need a little bit of refreshing and a good scrub. Great communication with Joyce.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

serge t.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Très bien placé

Logement très grand avec jardin. Très bien pour les vacances
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2021

10/10 Excellent

clemence m.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cadre très agréable

Maison parfaitement située pour un séjour au calme et près de la nature avec possibilité d'aller à pieds en ville facilement. La cuisine très bien équipée. Très grand jardin, ballades au bord de l'eau. L'hôte est très charmante.

10/10 Excellent

isabelle s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Idéalement placé près du château de Josselin

Très belle maison, accueil chaleureux, prestation de qualité
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2020

8/10 Good

Rhianna F.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ideal location

Lovely walk to medieval town, the cottage is very quirky and old but homely. Joyce is a lovely and welcoming lady Due to my husbands disability he was unable to use either of the bathrooms so If the downstairs bath was changed to a shower we would love to come again

10/10 Excellent

Audrey F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Agréable cottage

Une demeure tout à fait agréable où chacun peut avoir de l'espace. Le lieu est confortable même si la literie est un peu rustique. Grande cuisine très pratique pour cuisiner et un barbecue pour les grillades. Le jardin est grand et beau et permet de se poser à l'ombre ou au soleil. Et la proximité de Josselin permet de s'y balader facilement, en empruntant, si l'on veut, les cayaks du lieu. Les hôtes sont très sympathiques et permettent qu'on se sentent très à l'aise chez eux. Un cottage à recommander sans hésiter !

10/10 Excellent

diane w.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing medieval town

We had a lovely week. The owner was delightful. The garden was large and beautiful and backed on to the river. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
This review was submitted before 2018 and can't be verified.

8/10 Good

Marc D., Antwerpen

Gezellige woning in Josseline met hartelijke gastvrouw

Mooi huisje met gezellige tuin. Een vakantie op zijn Frans is de omschrijving die het van ons meekrijgt. Het huis is goed uitgerust, alles wat je nodig hebt is aanwezig. Hartelijk onthaal en de nodige info. We hebben een heel goed en rustig verblijf gehad. Joyce helpt je indien je vragen hebt en staat steeds voor je klaar. Wel voor mensen die van dieren houden. Er zijn 2 honden en enkele katten aanwezig, deze dringen zich echter niet op. Ze gaven onze vakantie een extra warm entourage. Er is veel te zien en te doen in de omgeving, een auto is wel nodig. We waren er 14 dagen en hebben ons geen moment verveeld.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and can't be verified.

8/10 Good

Gordon c., East Yorkshire

perfect location

a very serene large garden, so quiet and restful, outside gate to Canal, very pleasant walk to Josselin, not far. This gite is attached to a grand house, Joyce is really lovely lady and helpful, if needed, otherwise leaves you in peace. The gite is roomy, homely and has everything you need. Very hot weather , so was outside till late. Four of us had a wonderful restful week, the location and area is beautiful.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2017
This review was submitted before 2018 and can't be verified.

6/10 Okay

Jill L.

The house was ideal for us with a great location and lovely atmosphere.

Joyce was very welcoming and we throroughly enjoyed our stay. Beautiful location.
This review was submitted before 2018 and can't be verified.

8/10 Good

Barry H.

Josselin cottage with access to towpath to town

The cottage was quirky, homely and comfortable with a well equipped kitchen. We were very lucky with the weather and enjoyed the large garden, with direct access to the towpath into Josselin with its many restaurants and good weekly market. There is a good supermarket within five minutes easy drive for stocking up the large Miele fridge freezer. Joyce is a very nice lady who, whilst being on hand to help with any info required, did not intrude on our privacy at all. Her three large, but friendly dozy dogs and three cats were, as we are animal lovers, a pleasure to have around. The dogs were confined to the front of the house and could hardly be bothered to get up to greet us, and the cats though friendly, were easily deterred. None of the animals ever came into the cottage. We would comment on the one very adverse previous review that it was unduly harsh and unfair in our opinion.
This review was submitted before 2018 and can't be verified.

10/10 Excellent

Vanessa E.

Vanessa. Wales

Great Gite, the photos definitely don't do this Gite justice. The rooms we're clean and comfortable, and the cottage kitchen is a delight with everything you could need and there was always hot water.The walled garden is a delight, in fact we spent most of our time here, as the weather was fantastic. The host Joyce was very friendly and her knowledge of the area was invaluable.. The walk into Josselin along the canal path was pleasure. Infact with the 3 beautiful cats it was almost home from home. We will be going back, sooner rather than later.

About the host

Hosted by Joyce Clarke

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Moved from London to France, my children were educated here. Happy in the rural Brittany countryside.

Why they chose this property

This is an old fashioned cottage with a wonderful location, a short walk along the tow path into the centre of town. It is quiet and calm with a lot of space both inside and outside the cottage. Secure parking space and a walled back garden.

What makes this property unique

The tranquility of being on the edge of town, on the riverside but within easy walking distance of the centre.

Languages:

English, French
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