Cantal Holiday Rentals (2 properties)

Our charming vacation house is an ideal hideaway for you to spend a couple of days with your dear ones. This four bedroom retreat is perfect to sleep up to 10 vacationers. The bedrooms have four queen-size bed, twin twin beds and three double sofa sleepers. There is a crib as well. You will be delighted to use the fully equipped kitchen to cook your favorite recipes.There is a TV, cable TV, satellite TV and DVD player in the living room for your entertainment. Wireless Internet access is also available to catch up with emails, keep tabs on office, work or surf the web. Those who love grilled food can take advantage of the private charcoal barbecue. . The terrace is perfect for lounging and working on your tanGolf aficionados, staying at our house will be delighted by the easy access to excellent golfing facilities and opportunities. If you appreciate fine dining, then there are many restaurants, cafes and diners nearby where you can relish some amazing cuisines and delicacies. The shopping centers as well as outlet stores are also close by where you can stock up on supplies or buy your vacation memorabilia.

You stay in the medieval tower where two rustic bedrooms soar. Dine on home-smoked ham, organic veg. A deeply atmospheric, special placeOn the southern slope of Europe's largest extinct volcano, where nine valleys radiate, stands an atmospheric 18th-century château guarded by a medieval tower where two rustic vaulted bedrooms soar. The twin has the right furbelowed drapery and, in the big inglenook kitchen, Sophie, a committed environmentalist, serves home-smoked ham, veg from her organic garden, fruit from her orchard. Michel's passions are heritage conservation and blazing trails across the hills straight from the door. They are bilingual hosts who may invite you to join in bread-making, cooking, visiting their medieval garden...FEATURESChildren welcomeKids of all ages can stay.No smokingSmoking not permitted anywhere in the property.English spokenHost speaks English, whether perfectly or not.WiFiWireless internet access available.Pets welcomePets allowed in bedrooms (not on the bed).Owner has petsAnimals living on the property.Bikes availableOn the premises to hire or borrow.Vegetarian mealsAvailable on request.POINTS OF INTERESTLittle gems of local knowledge from Michel Couillaud & Phoebe Sophie Verhulst:We offer drives in a horse-drawn carriage to see the countryside. The horses are the ‘Cheval Auvergne’, a rare breed.We can organise visits of our medieval garden in the summer. We have redeveloped the original and link the plants to their history. There is a flower garden for decoration and another for medicinal and aromatic plants.