To check availability or make a booking please call Sarah & Giles:

By phone: 020 7359 5389
Sarah’s mobile 0771 2001961
Email: gcurtis@handbag.com

We book from Saturday to Saturday and during the peak summer period we only book in 2 week blocks.  We ask for a 20% deposit, with the balance being due 6 weeks before travel.  We also ask for a £50 breakages deposit which we return on your departure.  All beds are supplied with pillows and duvets - we do not provide bed linen and towels.  Everything else is provided.

Location of the Gites

French Family Gites are in the south west of France in the Charente Maritime region between La Rochelle and Cognac; in a small village called Courant near St. Jean d'Angély.   The Charente Maritime is one of the four Departments which make up the Grand Region of Poitou Charentes. The Poitou Charentes is known for having second highest number of Chateaux, after the Loire Valley.

Courant is a small village of 300 residents and is surrounded by rolling countryside, sunflower and tobacco fields. Whilst only 90 miles north of Bordeaux, Courant is very accessible by car via any of three north western ports: St Malo in three and a half hours, Caen in five hours and Cherbourg in about five and a half hours.  All these ports operate overnight ferries where you can take a cabin, have a meal and watch a film, enjoy live music and even cabaret acts.  For those coming by Eurostar, Calais is 7 hours away.

Directions

French Family Gites is conveniently located near St Jean d'Angély and accessible via the major roadways.

l St Malo, three and a half hour drive - Follow the signs to Rennes, and continue to Nantes. From there follow the signs to Niort/Bordeaux via the péages which is 50F. At Niort take the signs to the A10 to Bordeaux, a 10F péages. Exit at Junction 34 to St Jean d'Angély ...................

l Caen, five hours by car - Caen port is actually located in Ouistreham, so after leaving the ferry follow the signs to Caen, then follow the signs to Rennes as above ......

l Cherbourg, five and a half hours by car - follow the signs to St Lô and then on to Rennes ............

l Calais, seven hours by car - Head for Paris via the péages and take the outer periferque. Take the A10 (péage) exit towards Bordeaux, which will take you through Orléans. Exit at Junction 34 to St Jean d'Angély ..................

l Bordeaux, 90 minutes by car - From the Bordeaux Mérignac Airport follow the Rocade (ringroad) and at Junction 1 take the A10 exit, exit at Junction 34 to St Jean d'Angély .......

............. when exiting the motorway turn right and then first right to La Benate. Courant is the village after La Benate. When entering Courant, French Family Gites are located on the right just before a sharp bend to the left and we are facing the school.

-St Jean d'Angley is located in the heart of the Charente Maritime, not far from La Rochelle.