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Detached house (90m²) next to the Charente, 3km from Alloue.
3 bedrooms 2 persons (3 double beds), living room with dining room, fitted kitchen, shower room, separate w-c.
TV, VCR, washing maching, dishwasher, microwave, freezer, phone, convector heaters, fireplace.
Garden enclosed with terrace, garden furniture and barbecue. Bikes, ping pong table. Garage.
Ruffec at 30 km, Confolens at 16 km, Limoges at 70 km, Angoulême at 70 km, Poitiers at 70 km.
At 3 km : facilities, tennis. Fishing and walking.
Tourist tax

Canoes, kayaks and pedalos can be hired without prior reservation.
Descents in canoe or kayak, Manot to Confolens or Ansac to Confolens. Reservations required.

Spend an interesting and exciting afternoon with our honeybees. Find out more about colonies and their importance to the environment, with hands-on experience of inspecting hives
Spend an interesting and exciting afternoon with our honeybees. Find out more about colonies and their importance to the environment, with hands-on experience of inspecting hives. Open on Monday afternoons, 1-4pm, from April until mid-October, weather permitting. The price is 20 euros per person which includes all equipment and protective clothing, refreshments and honey tasting. 3-day and 6-day courses are also available with accommodation included. Booking is essential by telephone or email (0545 71 22 90 or info@13bees.co.uk).

Covered riding school (20x40 m), obstacle course (50x80 m), training area (20x60 m), boxes, places to clean horses and where they can have shower.

A countryside getaway along the former railway line that runs between Confolens and Roumazières, travelling to the rhythm of the trains of yesteryear
A countryside getaway along the former railway line that runs between Confolens and Roumazières, travelling to the rhythm of the trains of yesteryear. To find out when the trains run telephone + 33 (0)5 45 71 16 64. Choose between the long route (Confolens - Roumazières return, a total of 34km) or short route (Confolens – Manot or Roumazières – Manot return, a total of 18km).

Horse riding lessons, suitable for children from 7 years of age. French Riding Federation examinations and preparation. Competitions, covered and open riding school areas.

Do you want a new way to move? fun? amazing? bu penetrating the wild countryside.

New sensations will answer all your desires.

100% pleasure rides are waiting for you.

Situated in the Charente Limousine, "Le gîte des 2 sabots" is a gite for 4 + 2 persons.
Open from May to mid october, this property comprises on the ground floor a large living room with a sofa bed and a kitchen.
On the first floor : 2 double bedrooms (2 beds 140x190cm) and one single futon.
There is also a travel cot for a baby.
Equipment : microwave, gas cooker, refrigerator with freezer, dish washer, washing machine, television (freeview), DVD player, patio, barbecue and a rear garden.
From july there will ba a swimming pool (7x4m) not heated.

The community swimming pool and a big pool (0.80 m to 2 m in depth) and a paddling pool (0.25 m in depth)

Widgeon, teal, waders … these and other species feed, nest or stop off here while migrating. Come with your binoculars when the morning mist is rising. Open access. Open all year.

In the heart of nature, on the edge of the LAVAUD Lake (200 ha), the Camping des Lacs is composed of 166 pitches of 100 to 200 m2. It offers: a swimming pool with 2 pools and a paddling pool, including a heated indoor pool, children's playgrounds, sanitary facilities all accessible to PRMs, table tennis, barbecues, grocery store, bar, snack bar...

Nigel Ashton and Yvonne Gardner raise about fifty alpacas renowned for their wool: Huacaya and Suri (long-haired).

The farm shop offers wool in skeins and balls and also products such as hats, scarves, slippers, mittens and Peruvian accessories.

Close to the lake at Videix and several footpaths, this former farm has five rooms, sleeping up to 14 people. Evening meals available by reservation . : 25€/pers.
Prices
1pers /60€ - 2pers/70€ - 4 pers/110

Jacques Marchand created his ceramic studio in 1988, seduced by the colour of a Charente Limousine fawn stoneware. From the choice and extraction of the clay to the firing of his creations,
Jacques Marchand created his ceramic studio in 1988, seduced by the colour of a Charente Limousine fawn stoneware. From the choice and extraction of the clay to the firing of his creations, Jacques is involved in easy stage. Sculptures, graphics and colorful decors, exuberant or sober, will awaken your curiosity in his gallery studio. His signature is the guarantee that each piece is an original.

Maybe you'll be lucky enough to see him make a " Ponne de type Benest", or a "bujadier de type Thiat" using the traditional method.

Ponne : old washpot (other names : "bujours", " bujadiers",...) These earthenware washpots were black in Benest (Charente)

Restaurant pizzeria. Menus from 8,50€ to 22,50€. Lovely setting by a lake.
Open Tuesday and Thursday : 12noon - 2.00pm and 7.00 - 11.00pm
Wednesday: 10.00am - 11.00pm
Friday: 2.00pm - 1.00am
Saturday: 10.00am - 1.00am
Sunday: 10.00am - midnight

Teresa and Alan welcome you to their home "The Countryman" in 5 newly renovated guest rooms, 14 persons.

In the picturesque village of Chaillac-sur-Vienne time seems to be standing still. Nestled between the green hills of the Limousin, on the River Vienne, it exudes the tranquillity that is so typical of the French countryside. The former railway-signal-house is surrounded by meadows, at the end of a no through road.

Pizza to eat in or take-away: from 10 - 16 euros
1st October - 31st March : Friday to Monday evenings
1st April - 30th September : Thursday to Monday from 7.00pm