15th Century Normandy Manor House with Large Private Pool, Eure Reviews

We had a lovely week in Broglie. The house is magnificent, the grounds extensive - the children loved to cycle around them. The pool is ample big enough, and the pool house makes for a convenient place to dry off and change (and has a fridge to chill your post-dip drinks!)

Mme Paysant, the housekeeper, was a delight, charming and welcoming, and lovely with the children. Nothing we asked her seemed too much trouble.

The house itself is large and very much feels like a 15th Century Manor House, as billed. Big rooms, open fire places, the four-poster was magnificent. It was a little quirky at times; it felt like the owners had left on their own holidays that morning, with pictures and things around the place, even a few ties and spectacles in one of the wardrobes, but that just added to the homely charm! Some of the electric circuits took some getting used to; you have to switch on a wall switch to activate the sockets so you can switch on the standard lamps, for example. These are the only reasons it gets 4 stars, not 5 - amongst the possessions left behind were some tablets, so we had to block off a couple of drawers to keep the children away from them.

The surrounding woods are also extensive (you could quite easily get lost in them!) and contain deer, owl, rabbits and mice. And probably more, but our 5 & 6 year olds were quite noisy!