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Head towards Rioux-Martin and stop at the town hall picnic area. Behind the building, gardens and a playground await you to spend a pleasant moment with your family.
As for the picnic, you can enjoy it on the grass or on the two tables at your disposal. There are also a few shady spots to avoid sunburn.
Suspended from an oak tree 10 metres high, accessible by a staircase and a small monkey bridge, this sequoia hut will appeal to the most adventurous.
The trunk of the tree runs through the hut, offering total immersion in the oak tree that shelters you. Seeing without being seen is the feeling you get from the terrace.
It is open to children aged 15 and over.
The Maya hut is equipped with dry toilets but your key gives you access to a private shower room where you can leave your toiletries.
Breakfast for two is included. Your basket will be attached to the end of the rope at the time of your choice and you will just have to hoist it up to you thanks to the small pulley. You will find inside (per person): coffee, tea or chocolate, fruit juice, organic yoghurt, half a baguette, butter, home-made jam and fruit.
Flo's Ker-Terre is a cob bubble house. Its shape fits perfectly into its environment. The softness of the rounded shapes and the handmade workmanship bring peace and harmony to the interior of the house.
Far from our classic right-angled habitats, the energies can circulate freely. The first bubble houses a small redwood lounge, ideal for breakfast. Take the small tunnel and curl up in the cushions of this cosy and romantic little room. Enjoy the terrace, sit in the sunbeds with a drink and read a good book.
Ker-Terre is equipped with dry toilets but your key gives you access to a private shower room where you can leave your toiletries.
Breakfast for 2 people is included. Your basket will be left at the entrance of the Ker-Terre at the time of your choice and you will find inside (per person): coffee, tea or chocolate, fruit juice, organic yoghurt, half a baguette, butter, homemade jam and fruit.
It is situated on the edge of the pond with a beautiful terrace overlooking the pond, there is a covered terrace, a small lounge with sofa and dining table.
There are two separate bedrooms, one with a double bed and one with a bunk bed.
The room is 4.5 metres high and can be reached via a spiral staircase. The four-poster bed made of chestnut branches is sure to please.
Spacious and cosy, it opens onto a terrace suspended in the middle of the trees... ideal for a romantic evening drink by candlelight and breakfast in the morning with the birds and squirrels.
The hut is accessible to children from 10 years old.
The Isabelle hut is equipped with dry toilets but your key gives you access to a private shower room where you can leave your toiletries.
Breakfast for 2 people is included. Your basket will be attached to the end of the rope at the time of your choice and you will only have to hoist it up to you thanks to the small pulley. Inside you will find (per person): coffee, tea or chocolate, fruit juice, organic yoghurt, half a baguette, butter, home-made jam and fruit.
L'écharpe d'Iris is a plant-based textile dyeing workshop created and run by Dorothée Elwart.
The workshop is both a place of creation and a place of transmission. Courses and workshops for the general public are scheduled throughout the year.
Dorothée is a plant dyer and founder of L'écharpe d'Iris, an 80 m2 dyeing workshop set up in the garden of the old Rioux-Martin presbytery, right next to the church.
A historian and Egyptologist with a passion for rituals, nature, the senses and colours, Dorothée likes to work from a sensory anthropology perspective, exploring plant colours through the senses and perceptions.
In this way, Dorothée makes a colourful contribution to our world's quest for a more sensitive and sacred relationship with nature.
She divides her time between creation, research and teaching.
Herbalism - Dyeing with Maud Rebière, farmer-herbalist (Les simples sauvages) and Dorothée Elwart, historian-dyer (L'écharpe d'Iris).
Principle: One day - One plant
On the programme: the history and symbolism of the plant, an intimate encounter with the plant and picking, herbalism and dyeing workshops.
Sunday 16/06: St John's Wort at the L'écharpe d'Iris workshop, Rioux-Martin (16)
Sunday 14/07: Meadowsweet at the Duellas mill, Saint-Martial d'Artenset (24)
Sunday 18/08 : Fig tree at the Lécharpe d'Iris workshop, Rioux-Martin (16)
The Romanesque church of Rioux-Martin dates back to the end of the 12th century. Initially dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the 19th century it was dedicated to Saint Eutrope.
It has a three-tiered arcaded façade, largely inspired by that of Angoulême Cathedral.
Its impressive spire-shaped bell tower, in the Limousin style, is 13 metres high. It was exposed to lightning damage and has been repaired several times.
The monument was classified as a "Monument Historique" in 1875.
Gîte set in an old barn in a hamlet.
Ground floor: vast living room with a kitchen, 2 bedrooms accessible to people with disabilities (one has a double bed, the other ona has two single beds), shower room, toilet, a second shower room has a spa for 7 persons, toilet. Upstairs: mezzanine with a sofa bed for 2 persons, 1 bedroom with 1 king-sized bed, 2 bedrooms with 2 single beds each, shower room, toilet. Cot available. Hi-fi system, Internet. Underfloor heating/cooling. Terrace, enclosed private land. Private 4 x 9m swimming pool, heated and open from May 1st to September 30th. Carport. Heating consumption to pay for in addition to the rental price. Daily housework possible. Listed as a 'Tourisme et Handicap' accomodation ('Tourism and Disabilities' label), suitable for people with motor, mental, hearing or visual disabilities, and it is possible to order a hospital bed or any other specific equipment adapted to disabilities. Hiking weekends, possibility to rent mountain bikes, piloting circuit closeby.
This independent charentaise style house is surrounded a big ground enclosed, at 500 m in the main village in a quiet landscape with a view on the countryside.
On the ground floor : living room with corner kitchen, 1 beedroom with king bed, 1 linving room with sofa bed for 2 persons , bathroom, separate toilets. On the first floor : a big bedroom with a double room and a small single bed, 1 beedroom with two smalled single beds, reading corner, shower room with toilet. There is a cot. Air conditioning in summer, internet, hifi player. Terrace, ground private enclosed of 2500m² with portico and private swimming pool (5x11m). There is car shelter. Possibility cleaning daily. Close to the accomodation : hiking, rent a bike, piloting track.
Spacious and equipped country house, ideal for relaxing and good times with family or friends, for a weekend or a week.
The house has a beautiful view of the valley and the surrounding forest. A large heated and covered square swimming pool (7.5m) is available from April 15th to October 15th.
Independent house with exposed stone walls and closed garden. The house is located near Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, listed as one of the most beautiful villages in France ('Plus Beaux Villages de France'), a few kilometers away from the Périgord.
On the ground floor: living room, kitchen, bathroom, separated toilet. Upstairs: 1 bedroom with a king-size bed and a single bed, 1 bedroom with a double bed + cot, shower and toilet. Private closed garden.
Children's playground, picnic area with tables and kiosk.
At the borders with the Périgord, the gîte is set up in an old house with exposed stone walls, adjoining the owner's house but is not overlooked.
Big terrace with a good view and leisure equipment. Ground floor: lounge with a kitchen, shower room, toilet, linen room. Upstairs: mezzanine with a double bed, a bedroom with a single bed and a chair-bed. 3G key. Terrace, 700m² private garden, swing, bike, table tennis. 10 min. away is Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, one of the most beautiful villages in France. By request, walks with donkeys are possible. A tree-top adventure centre is located 4km away.
Garden of aromatic and medicinal plants.
Hydrolates, syrup and herbal teas.
Vegetables production : melons, tomatoes, strawberries ...
Sale on the farm in the morning, in summer only (mid-June to mid-September).
Bread on sale at the bakery Doussaint de Chalais (ZA de Labaurie).
Book a day trip to Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, one of the most beautiful villages in France. It is highly recommended to visit this city of character, as well as its underground church, unique in Europe.
Note that Aubeterre has been awarded the "Base VTT" label by the FFCT, with 11 local loops (yellow arrows) which allow for beautiful escapades all around the surrounding communes in a wonderful green setting. You can even enjoy other sporting activities as Aubeterre-sur-Dronne has a water sports centre at the bottom of the village offering a wide range of activities: canoeing, paddling, swimming, playground and fishing.
Quiet camp site in the centre of town, swimming pool in the immediate vicinity (fee payable) and Euro-relay camper van terminal inside, use of the terminal free of charge, camper van parking fee payable.
Quiet camp site in the centre of town, swimming pool in the immediate vicinity (fee payable) and Euro-relay camper van terminal inside, use of the terminal free of charge, camper van parking fee payable.
All shops and medical services nearby.