Maison Touraine dans un village pittoresque à la campagne - climatisée

When we arrived the house had not been aired for some time and was very warm and smelt damp. We opened everything up and the smell disappeared after a day or so. By use of shutters and air conditioning the temperature inside the house became very comfortable, whilst it was getting up to 27º plus outside. The bathroom accommodation could be better. The ensuite to bed 2 is adequate, albeit separated from the bedroom by a curtain only. The top (2nd) floor bedroom makes a great children's room and it has a basin on the landing outside the bedroom door and a toilet in a sort of box room across the landing, which has a feel of "work in progress". Bedroom 1 on the first floor have to use the ground floor toilet and shower, which are very compact and being just outside the kitchen are not very private. The living room is small for the house. There is nowhere that 6 people could sit down comfortably inside to share a meal. Luckily we had excellent weather and were able to have all our meals using the the very nice outside table and chairs with huge umbrella (which was great!), which are on a very small patch of grass next to the parked cars. There is space under a lean-to roof that could accommodate the table and chairs but it would have been dark, and with inadequate lighting. The provided Weber BBQ and chimney starter are excellent and we used them every day. The pool and surround are really lovely and much appreciated. Good that they are separate from the house, for children.

We enjoyed our stay, the pool was excellent but the statement as to bathrooms greatly exaggerated the awkward wc and shower facilities. The local cafe and shops were really good.