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Fré en Ellis Metselaar

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The house

  • Quiet, rural area with some agricultural activity

The gîte consists of 3 rooms, the cosy living room, a bedroom with double bed. A kitchenette with double electric hob, fridge and small microwave and a bathroom with shower cubicle and toilet. Wifi and Android smart TV.

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Facilities

  • Independent
  • No smoking
  • Washing machine
  • Iron
  • TV
  • Internet
  • Hair dryer

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Surroundings

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The cottage is located in southern Normandy, a few minutes' drive from the villages of Passais, Saint-Mars d'Egrenne and Mantilly, where there are bakers, butchers, a supermarket and small restaurants.
The beautiful sea coast of Carolles and Granville, among others, are an hour's drive away, as is the famous Mont Saint Michel. La Ferté-Macé half an hour away has a self-made sandy beach that is excellent for children.
In Bagnoles de l'Orne, near La Ferté-Macé there is a casino, there are cosy restaurants, nice shops and a 9-hole golf course. If you want all 18, the drive gets a bit longer, namely 58 km to Clécy in beautiful Suisse Normande ( Swiss Normandy ).
Flers has an extensive swimming complex, water sports facilitiesSwiss Noeen, a bowling alley and several larger supermarkets. For market lovers, Saint-Hillaire-du-Harcouet has a busy Wednesday morning market. Markets almost everywhere in France are only during the morning, because at 12 o'clock there has to be food....
At the Parc de Colmont in Gorron, 20 km away, there is plenty to do, including: paintball, laser games, golf (8 holes), foot golf, Frisbee, kayaking and tennis.

  • Rural
  • Hilly

Restaurants, food & wine

For a start, the tastiest croissants we ever ate are baked at Le Palais du Pain in Domfront. The queues for them are often long. Delicious with coffee, as well as the Paris-Brest.
There is not much to tell about the wine: it is a real cidre and poiré region here. Which, like wine, one drinks with everything. Then, of course, there is the calvados, similar to cognac, but we find it a more pleasant drink. Not recommended, but is also drunk by part of the population between courses of the meal.
Of course, the true cheese lover never gets tired of this place. And, perhaps I am imagining it: Norman and Breton milk also taste way above par.
Unfortunately, in France, going to a restaurant is starting to lose out to ready-made pizza: the pizza vending machines are popping up like mushrooms. The smallest village has one of these vending machines. Fortunately, a lot of restaurants remained open and there is plenty of choice for the restaurant-culi. For lunch, you pay between 12 and about 15 euros, the amount the boss usually reimburses their employees. Sometimes you get an excellent meal for that. But there are also some where the daily highlight is something made from brains. You can see the customers going in there almost smacking with anticipation. To each his own....

Activities

Lying in the Parc Naturel Regional, hiking, cycling, canoeing and not forgetting good food are key events.
Nearby is the beautiful hiking area of la Fosse Arthur.
The region is mostly green, also because of the many cows that graze there on behalf of Camembert.
Normandy is not a wine region; people like to drink a glass of cider or poiré (perry) with their meal. But a vin rouge with cheese.
In Domfront, an old town 10 minutes' drive away, battles of 1,000 years ago are re-enacted during the summer with the ruins of a 10th-century castle as a backdrop.
Of the famous French café of yesteryear, due to the almost zero tolerance for alcohol, not much remains. Of course, there are day terraces. Because of the many English people living here, the cafés you find here are often English. You have the impression of being in a cosy old-fashioned English pub. You'll also find tea rooms here. Where you won't find French people because tea is served.... Anyway, the home-made pastries presented with the tea are delicious.

    Further remarks

    From central Netherlands, I prefer to take the road via via the Westerschelde tunnel. You then miss the traffic jams at Antwerp. From the said tunnel, the net travel time is about 6 hours.

    Additional price info and offers

    A 2kW mobile oil heater can be placed in the main room in early and late season, you will need to provide your own fuel (20-litre tanks, on sale at supermarkets). Oil consumption about 1 tank per week.
    The bathroom is timer-controlled, electrically heated.

    Price includes

    Cleaning fee, Towels, Bed linen

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    Per week starting from

    €325

    Per week starting from

    €325

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