B&B Chambre d'Hôte Normandy, Forges-les-Eaux, France

Les Quatre Oiseaux

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Accommodation   (Bed & Breakfast Chambre d'Hôte, sleeps: 4)

If you want to be looked after, this is the option for you.
Breakfast, served in our own living room (which in cooler weather is heated by a wood burning fire), will be waiting for you every morning - fresh coffee and croissants with home-made jams produced from fruit out of our own garden.

• Les Quatre Oiseaux is a wooden framed longère.
  
• The open beamed bedrooms are on the first floor in the old grenier.
  
• The twin room is en suite.
  
• The double room has shower and washbasin; it has its own toilet which is outside the room.
  
• They are reached by an independent entrance which passes through a comfortable visitors' sitting room with TV, video, books and games.
  

If you don't want to go out for dinner, we have the solution. All guests eat together with us as a family. A chance for French speakers to practise their English while British visitors can try to become more fluent in French - a glass or two of wine always helps the process!
Our meals are all freshly cooked and often include home grown fruit and vegetables.
Price includes an aperitif, wine and coffee... and you don't have to worry about driving home afterwards.

Relax in our gardens, play a game of lawn chess, or practise tossing boules on our terrain de pétanque.

If you want to provide your own food, there is a barbecue or you are welcome to bring back a picnic to eat inside or out.

St Lucien is set in beautiful countryside which is a pleasure for both walkers and cyclists or for those who prefer just to laze the days away. The spa town of Forges-les-Eaux with its famous casino is close by, as are the picturesque forest villages of Lyons-La-Forêt (home of Maurice Ravel) and Ry, famed as the setting for Flaubert's "Madame Bovary."

Garden lovers can find pleasures in abundance - there are over 60 gardens open to the public in Haute Normandie. The most popular is always Monet's Garden at Giverny which is less than an hour's drive away.

The historic city of Rouen with its variety of old streets, buildings and churches needs to be experienced.
In the beautiful Vieux Marché, be prepared for the local banter, "This is where you English burnt Joan of Arc!" In addition, it is not for nothing that Rouen is known as the city of museums.

Only a short drive away is the Château of Vascoeuil (exhibitions of contemporary art) with its beautiful old colombier (pigeon loft) and the lovely Château of Martainville (Normandy traditions and furniture).

The Valley of the Seine boasts numerous pleasures. The view from the ruined Richard the Lionheart castle, Château Gaillard, is stunning and the locks which raise boats from the lower to the upper Seine are a pleasure for children of all ages!
Walk from one side of the Seine to the other across the hydro-electric dam and, if you go on a Sunday or Thursday afternoon you can soak up the atmosphere of a traditional guingette.

The coast boasts many resorts: among them the ferry port of Dieppe, Etretat with its stunning cliff formations, Fécamp and its beautiful Benedictine palace and distillery and a bit further away the lovely port of Honfleur. Paris makes a wonderful day out and we shall be happy to advise you on the best ways to get there.

Don't forget the markets to be found daily in our surrounding towns and villages. And of course food and drink - local produce includes cider, calvados and cheese. Whether you want to eat in or at a local restaurant, Normandy cuisine with its ample use of cider, apples, butter and cream is world famous.

 

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