Beautiful Self-catering holiday home in Moncontour, 86330 Vienne

Beautiful Self-catering holiday home in Moncontour, 86330 Vienne

Beautiful self catering holiday home situated 60k south of Sammur and 45k north of Poitiers.
The nearest towns are Airvault 14k SW, Loudun 20k NE and Thouars 20k NW.

Travel time:
From Cherbourg, St Malo, Caen, Le Havre or Roscoff, is about four hours.
Calais is about six hours.
Tours Val de Loire Airport (Ryanair) is about one and a half hours.
Poitiers-Biard Airport (Ryanair) is about one hour

The house can accommodate eight in four separate bedrooms. Detached home whose owners collect old furniture & English books for all ages, in friendly village with lake for swimming and wakeboarding. 

20' kitchen/diner (washing machine, dish washer, microwave, double oven, ceramic hob) and French windows to terrace 
Large hall with woodburner and French windows to terrace 
Lounge with woodburner 
Television (Freesat UK & French channels) 
Wi Fi and RJ45 cable internet access 
First Floor 4 large bedrooms 
2 king size doubles (1 has TV as above), and ensuite bath/shower/wc with tumble drier) 
1 double 
1 twin set up as study 
separate shower/wc 
Duvets. 
Travel cot. 
Central heating (night storage and wood-burner stove to radiators) 


Outside: Enclosed garden 
Shaded terrace 
Covered parking 
Garden furniture 
Swings. 
Beds can be made up ready to match your requirements. 
Excellent inexpensive local shops & restaurants. 


An ideal base for visits to: Loire châteaux 
Fontevraud Abbey 
Oiron Chateau & Contemporary Art Museum 
Futuroscope theme park 
Doué Zoo 
Swimming in the lake or at Thouars or Loudun pools. Do you need to wear Speedos? (See image in the photo gallery)
Local horseriding, golf, wine tasting and tennis 
Wakeboard / Teleski opened on the lake in 2006. Wakeboarders / water skiers are pulled by a cable that provides a continuous circuit around the lake. There are also details on the Moncontour website.