Manor House Aquitaine, Casteljaloux, France

Serenitas

   ...ref.no: 77

Accommodation   (Self Catering Manor House, sleeps: 18)

Bedrooms 9 bedrooms

Bathrooms 9 bathrooms

Outdoors private garden pool

Features:

• Sleeps 18
  
• 9 En-suite Bedrooms
  
• 2 Bathrooms 8 Showers 11 Toilets
  
• Large Heated Pool
  
• Pétanque
  
• Period/Antique Furnishings Throughout
  
• 8.5 acres Garden-Meadow & Woods
  
• Selection of 300 btl Chateaux Wine
  
• Piano
  
• Full C. Heating
  
• Large games Room
  
• Tennis Court
  

Property Entrance
Two large electric gates open onto the tree lined chemin that leads to the house, at night when the gates open the trees will be illuminated. To the right of the house is a covered area with parking for five cars.

House Entrance
Two large mahogany doors open onto a very large main lounge of 95 m2. Heavily timbered with beams from the old house and others from a 18c Chateaux in the Médoc.
This room despite its size is very cosy, furnished with period and Antique furniture, many sofas and a huge open stone fireplace at the far end. Two rooms lead off the main lounge, both entranced by double pairs of magnificent period oak framed stained glass doors.

Dining Room
Lovely room, decorated in warm reds, with an area of 37.2 m2. Large dining table for eighteen people, again very well furnished. This room has two double pairs of doors that open directly onto the garden and overlooks the pool.

Second Lounge
This smaller lounge is more intimate ( 22.2 m2 ), with sofas, rugs, t.v, dvd, and double doors leading out to the garden and pool.

Games Room
This room is very charming and equipped with ; table tennis – pool table – dart board – flip football – exercise machines, toilet, heavily timbered and painted in Provencal colours.

Covered Arbri
This large covered outside dining area of 89m2 is a wonderful addition to the house. It's arranged with two large tables seating 18 persons, easy chairs, and a built in BBQ. It's very secluded, peaceful and relaxing place with the combination of sofa chairs and the view. A path leads from the Arbri to the pool, which is only a matter of metres away. To the rear are the woods, and tennis court.t Stairways lead up to 6 lovely bedrooms approached from two landings. Huge oak beams supporting the main roof structure have been incorporated into each of these six bedrooms. All bedrooms are ensuite, fully carpeted and finely furnished.

Kitchen
Very spacious and sectioned into two rooms, the main part of the kitchen is 27.6 m2 fully equipped and supplied with everything that you could reasonably want. The second section 16.18 m2 is more useful for food preparation and storage.
Large Cooker - 2 Fridges - 2 Washing m/c - 2
Dishwashers - 2 Micro-waves

Bedrooms
All rooms en-suite, eight bedrooms upstairs with the ninth downstairs accessed via the smaller kitchen, this bedroom opens directly onto the garden, the bathroom has a bath and a shower.
Upstairs rooms all lead off a wide hallway, the one to the left with a private balcony also has a bath, all others off the hallway to the right have showers. All rooms have nice views either over the garden, pool, or the woods that surround the whole area.

Manoir Coutenson is situated in a small hamlet some 8 km from the thermal town of Casteljaloux, the hamlet is peaceful and very typical of French countryside living, just outside Casteljaloux is a huge lake with sandy beaches, boating, fishing, swimming and a restaurant built out over the waters edge. Opposite the lake is a golf course and riding centre.
Tennis courts available opposite the sports stade. Several others lakes around the area offer trout fishing by the day.

Les Bains de Casteljaloux: only 5km away from the house are the thermal/spring baths of Casteljaloux in existance since the XIX century, now a modern centre offering a huge range of treatments from massage, saunas, japonese baths, jacuzzis, mud packs, yoga, etc. A short drive away is the Medoc/Bordeaux area with 240 Chateaux including all the famous names 'Mouton-Rothschild". Chateau "Margaux" and Chateau "Latour" etc

Many of these old villages seem to be untouched by time, wonderful old churches, timeless Chateaux, vast areas of woods stretching all the way to the wonderfully elegant seaside town of Arcachon, then down into Pyla with its famous dunes, Biscarrosse with Europe's largest Inland, fresh water lake. Even Biarritz is only about 1h30 away, you are further guaranteed peaceful villages with few tourists and traffic free roads.

The weather is sub-tropical, with summers sometimes lasting from March to October. The climate around this region can be one of the finest in France being on a par with Nice - Provence and the South West Coast.

Although this is a very rural area, you do not have to travel far to find a variety of activities throughout the summer.
Through local newspapers, "le syndicat d'iniative" and posters in the villages, you will find information on local events
For young people one village - or another will always have some outside evening entertainment. The streets are closed off, tables laid out, music until late - eat al fresco and absorb the atmosphere.
Classic Music Festivals are held in the various Abbeys and Chateaux, these can be very spectacular events performed by well know artists and run throughout the summer.

Also throughout the summer wonderful markets days in most villages, all the fresh produce you could want, free range eggs, local "foie gras" and real fresh smelling home grown vegetables.

So, from an evening of street dancing in Casteljaloux to hiring a private plane in Marmande for 1 hour gliding lessons, you can either fall asleep by a tranquil pool side setting in a comfortable Manor house and forget the rest of the world, or get up early; visit many places of interest or do something more energetic -whatever you decide, this is a lovely area to do it in.

week: Sat-Sat sleeps: 18 s.catering: pool: pvt.garden: beach: countryside: walking: cycling: swimming: canoeing: golf: tennis: fishing: riding: