Property Details of Poitou Charentes House

Les Arches is a self catering holiday home at Saint Savinien
in the warm and sunny Charente Maritime region of South west France.
The spacious townhouse is beautifully furnished and has 5 double bedrooms
each with its own shower room and can sleep up to 12.
Saint Savinien is a lovely old medieval town built around the winding Charente river.
There is a delightful leisure Island with swimming pools, cycle hire
and boats that take will you along the river to historic Saintes.
Les Arches is walking distance to everything you need for a great holiday.
Only 45 minutes from the sandy coast and famous La Rochelle.
Prices start at only £290 per week!he pretty leisure island of La Grenouillette is less than 5 minutes walk away surrounded by the beautiful Charente River. There is an outdoor swimming pool complex, tennis courts, crazy golf and children’s playground. There are bikes for hire so you can explore the island and surrounding area.
There are plenty of picnic benches and grassed areas where you can eat your lunch and feed the ducks. You can hire a self-drive boat or take a boat trip to nearby Taillebourg and historic Saintes.
St Savinien also has a train station 10 mins walk away. You can go to La Rochelle or Saintes from there.
St Savinien is a beautiful historic small town with a Castle and Châteaux. The castle is almost next-door to Les Arches, sadly not open to the public but still impressive from outside with its huge ramparts.
You can wander up and down the small streets and alleyways and admire the typical Charentaise houses with their terracotta-tiled roofs and the views of the river.
There is a market here every Saturday morning selling fresh local produce.
There are 4 excellent Boulangeries and patisseries so plenty of fresh French bread and cakes to be enjoyed! There is an Intermarche supermarket where you can get all your groceries and the all important wine. Don’t forget to try the locally made Pineau Charentes, it is a sweet aperitif, delicious!
If you don’t want to cook there are 4 restaurants and bars in the town and a pizza takeaway.
St Savinien is situated between the towns of Saintes, Saint Jean d'Angély and Rochefort, around 40 mins from the sea.

Local Area Details

There is so much to do in the Charente Maritime The second sunniest department in France It is a beautiful region with wonderful countryside fields full of sunflowers and grape vines Long white sandy beaches backed by fragrant pine forests historic towns and villages markets chteaux forests walking cycling theme parks and of course seaside resorts such as La Rochelle Royan and the islands of Olron Aix and R The Interesting Towns of Cognac and Angouleme are 40 minutes drive awayThere are several golf courses in the area including La Rochelle 18 hole Cognac 18 hole and Menigoute 27 hole Horse riding is available locally The ladies at the tourist office in St Savinien are particularly helpful Cognac A beautiful town with parks and markets There are three famous distilleries Remy Martin Hennessey and Martell Here you can take a freeguided tour taste the delicious Cognac and buy at a discounted price from the onsite shop The town of Cognac is pedestrianised There is good shopping bars cafs and restaurants Saintes A beautiful Roman town with wonderful architecture narrow streets with interesting shops and street cafes It still has traces of its GalloRoman past such as the Roman Amphitheatre The river runs through the town and there are some lovely parks bars and cafs along the river You can take boat trips down the lovely Charente River St Jean dAngely Only 15 mins away Excellent water park 5 swimming pools water slides etc There is also canoeing kayaking pedaloes and fishing Lovely old buildings and cobbled streets lots of quaint shops bars cafs and restaurants There is a market every Wednesday and Saturday morning La Rochelle Ancient walled port town with arcaded streets Two towers overlook the old port There is also a beach and an excellent Aquarium This is the place for seafood masses of restaurants line the harbour A great place to have a meal and people watch Street buskers will entertain you The natural history museum is recommended La Rochelle is a great place for boutique style shops If you are there in July dont miss the international music festival Ile dAix No cars on this island You can hire bikes or just walk around this peaceful beautiful place There are plenty of little coves and beaches and nice restaurants Ile dOleron Accessed by a 2mile long viaduct A lovely day out drive around the island and discover the pretty towns Some truly beautiful beaches backed by forests Ile de R Miles of sandy beaches and small coves good swimming and nice cycling Where the French celebs go for their holidays Rochefort Good shopping and a nice town square where you can sip a drink or two Good wildlife in the surrounding marshes Royan One of the largest seaside resorts of France it is modern and very clean You can hire sailing boats at the Marina and take a trip around the bay Good boutiques La Palmyre has an excellent zoo SaintGeorgesdeDidonne Great beach with dunes and pine trees Nice for picnics Click here to book Les Arches

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Contact Information for Les Arches Spacious Townhouse in Riverside Town France

Name:	deborah armitage
Telephone:	+33-23336-9584
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