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Charente-Maritime,
the region of vines, sunflowers and woods north of the Gironde
estuary midway between Cognac and the sunny beaches and picturesque
islands off the Atlantic coast.
The prices of our various gites
and B & B are here TARIFF.html Please
note that there is wireless broadband available for free.
Other pages of interest can be found by clicking on the links.
For an aerial view click here
and play with the image. We are on the junction of rue du
Peu and rue des Barriéres
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The residence No 9 Rue
des Barrieres is in the small
town of
Saint Savinien sur Charente. this region is famous to many as
it has a micro climate with warm summers and mild winters - one
reason we have moved here from the North-East of England
Another is the location. Saint Savinien is known locally as "tranquille". It is about four and a half hours from St Malo where Brittany Ferries dock at 8.00 am after a pleasant meal and a nights sleep on board. It is twenty minutes from the A10 autoroute at St Jean d'Angely. As a holiday destination it has much to offer. We are in comfortable reach of the ancient port and modern marina and airport of La Rochelle, the islands and beaches of the Atlantic coast, Royan with a ferry across to the vineyards of the Medoc, Rochefort with its naval history and 18C frigate and the delights of the riverside town of Saintes. |
and the architecture of its many churches, often dating back to
the 12th Century when this area was busy with pilgrims to St.Jacques
de Compostelle as Fenioux to the right. Twenty minutes to Saintes
with a Roman arch and amphitheatre, the pedestrian streets with
bars, restaurants, shopping and all facilities of a large town
with hypermarkets and on the motorway only 90 minutes to the centre
of Bordeaux.
The food is another plus. The Charentais melon is famous; our local aperitif, Pineau des Charentes, well known, and seafood live and jumping (the oysters are somnolent) in the markets. Local wine is inexpensive and enjoyable as is the cognac. The hypermarkets are full of other regional wines at decent prices together with anything you may need for the holiday or to take home and make the neighbours jealous.
Click here for an itinerary for TOURISTS in the TOWN
Saint Savinien is on a curve of the river Charente. A canal was constructed to cut off the "D" and create a leisure island. This has, in season particularly, a child's boating lake with miniature ferries, stern wheelers etc. a boules court, a bistro restaurant - le Bec Fin- swimming pool, crazy golf and plenty of space for picnics and bike riding. The town itself is on a limestone hill which has been quarried for the lovely stone which is used in all the main houses, constructed in the mid 19th C. It is a very pretty traditional Charentais village with a Saturday market and shops, pizzeria, banks, doctors and many local festivities as, in August, the wine fair.
We are close to the XIVc
church at the top of the town with a five minute walk down to
the river, bakers, tabac and the Ile de la Grenouillette (
little frog) in the bend of the river.
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ROUND and ABOUT
CONTACT US You are welcome to send e-mails from here to james.jenny@orange.fr by snail mail: 9 RUE des BARRIERES, 17350 SAINT SAVINIEN, FRANCE. Phone number: 0033 5 46 90 85 12 from England
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http://www.rent-a-holiday-home-in-france.info
http://www.whereonearthgroup.com
http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk
