Les Petites Cigognes, Descartes, France

18/08/2024

Busy bees late in the season

27/05/2024

June-July 2024 Special Deals -

The holiday season is underway and we are welcoming new and returning guests. If you’ve not got around to booking a stay with us, it’s not too late to secure your getaway to rural France. La Colombe is still available between 23rd June - 13th July 2024 and we are offering a 25% discount on...

06/05/2024

06/05/2024

Chateau de Saché. Our first visit to the Musée Balzac and fascinating to learn so much about one of France’s prolific 19th century writers.

31/03/2024

A busy few days preparing and upgrading our gites and grounds for another busy season ahead. Pool opened and cleaned, Starlink WiFi installed in all gites, roof repaired and patios jet-washed.
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07/02/2024

Menu de la Saint-Valentin disponible les 13, 14 et 15 février. Appelez le 02 47 19 91 76 pour réserver une table.
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Valentine's Menu available 13th, 14th and 15th February. Call 02 47 19 91 76 to reserve a table.

05/12/2023

Very quiet and chilly at Beauval Zoo today, perfect for many of the animals. We had a great day out.

24/05/2023

August 2023 Special Deal -

We are very much looking forward to welcoming new and returning guests in 2023. If you’ve not got around to booking a stay with us, it’s not too late to secure your getaway to rural France. Due to a cancellation Le Pluvier has become available for the week Saturday 26th August - Saturday 2nd Se...

11/05/2023

10/05/2023

July 2023 Special Deal -

We are very much looking forward to welcoming new and returning guests in 2023. If you’ve not got around to booking a stay with us, it’s not too late to secure your getaway to rural France. Due to a cancellation La Colombe has become available for the 2 weeks 8th July - 22nd July 2023. Consequen...

09/04/2023

31/03/2023

2023 deals - last chance to book! -

We are very much looking forward to welcoming new and returning guests in 2023. If you’ve not got around to booking a stay with us, it’s not too late to secure your getaway to rural France. Due to cancellations we now have limited availability for stays in May and August 2023. All stays are ava...

03/05/2022

13/01/2022

Bonne Année 2022 !

10/01/2022

We’ve just earned another from . Feeling so pleased.

26/10/2021

We love this chateau.

Un bel éclairage pour Langeais 🌅

📸 Whoisreno 🙏

09/03/2021

We’ve seen this grey heron a number of times at the end of the pond. It’s search for a meal was successful when it caught this frog.

28/02/2021

Visitors to our back garden this week - a family of boar, a little owl and a roe deer buck

21/02/2021

These cranes gave us a wonderful display whilst on their migration to Scandinavia or Russia. An incredible sound and sight.

20/02/2021

Frogspawn or toadspawn, that is the question! Found in our pond today, Spring is on the way 😁

10/02/2021

Dreaming of your next getaway - https://mailchi.mp/5abe24e47582/dreaming-of-your-next-getaway

After a challenging 2020, we're looking ahead to the 2021 holiday season with news on our rigorous cleaning regimes, fantastic enhancements and reminding you that when you are ready and able to travel, we're ready to provide a warm welcome!

29/01/2021

It’s birdwatch weekend. Here’s our green woodpecker having a good feed outside the back door.

12/12/2020

Chenonceau - you’ve probably never seen it quite like this before 😁

À défaut de pouvoir le visiter pour les fêtes de fin d'année : le Château de Chenonceau et ses superbes décorations florales ✨🎄

📸 : We Loire Family © -

12/12/2020

A fabulous city. Beautiful lights.

06/12/2020

Fields at the back of us look so different when the farmer is preparing them for sowing next years crop.

29/11/2020

The trail camera is back in the front field to capture any wildlife activity. This deer is the first to be caught on camera his year.

20/04/2020

06/04/2020

A rare view from the roof of our house. It wasn't windy!

06/04/2020

What a beautiful day. Its very quiet. Despite self isolating and being unable to welcome our guests due in April, we’re still preparing everything for when the season does commence. 🤞

31/03/2020

The tulips at Château de Cheverny are beautiful and flow down to the lake in majestic style. 🌷😀