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English checks blend with French toile de Jouy, your hosts leave you a tasty welcome pack and outside a pool, barbecue and lazing terrace

Perfect for families: a large old maison de maître with outbuildings converted into two holiday cottages. The good-sized heated pool, set in the orchard overlooking the vineyards, is just for guests, while each cottage has its own terrace and courtyard garden with barbecue. Down a narrow driveway lined with shrubs and flowers is Manor Cottage: find a buttery-yellow sitting room with cosy armchairs and sofas, bedrooms that are a mix of old English checks and French toile de Jouy, two pristine shower rooms and a family bathroom downstairs. None of it is state of the art but all of it sparkles, and there's a generous welcome pack: a bottle of Bordeaux, jams from the orchard, cakes, fresh fruit, coffee. Cooks will be content in the kitchen with its modern layout and white crockery, and plenty of space in the living room means you can eat at a table here or outside in good weather. Your kind hosts are there if you need them and can deliver breakfast if you are feeling particularly lazy! They'll also give advice on vineyards to visit, and take you out in a classic car if you wish. Deeply relaxing.

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