La Grange .....St. Pierre d'Entremont.....Chambery

Recently renovated barn superbly situated in a tiny rural alpine hamlet just south of Chambery

4 bedrooms sleeping 7 + adults and 1 child

Weekly rental from £510 (low) to £585 (peak)

Recently renovated barn superbly situated in a tiny rural alpine hamlet just south of Chambery. The barn retains many of the original features and provides luxurious accommodation for 7 with 3 further places on sofa-beds.

This is a quiet and tranquil rural location ideally suited to outdoor people wishing to immerse themselves in nature.

Ground floor

• 32 m2 fully equipped kitchen (cooker combined electric and gas) plus microwave.

• Laundry room with washing machine and dishwasher.

• Toilet.

First floor

• 28 m2 living room with video (English), satellite TV; dvd player, hi-fi;
collection of approx. 100 videos; wood-burning stove, One convertible settee
provides a double bed if required and another provides a single bed.

• Bedroom 1: 10.5 m2 with double bed and antique furniture.

• Shower room and toilet.

Second floor

• Bedroom 2: 13 m2 with two single beds plus mezzanine (4.3 m2)

• Bedroom 3: 10.5 m2 with double bed plus mezzanine (3.6 m2) and choucette (5 m2)
with single bed if required.

• Bedroom 4: 5.8 m2 with single bed.

• Shower room and toilet.

To Book

please contact: Norman Clark

to confirm required dates are free.

Tel/Fax (France): : 0033 479 26 29 94

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Changeover day : Saturday. Special terms : 25% of the total amount will be required with the booking with the balance being payable 4 weeks in advance of the time booked. A further £140 deposit is required in the form of a cheque returnable on departure or soon after (in lieu of breakages/damage).Please see booking form for details regarding cancelation.

The barn is situated on 500 square metre plot in the centre of a pretty hamlet called Les Clarets. There are few fences apart from functional farm fences which keep summer cattle, horses and the occasional donkey where they are supposed to be. We have resisted the temptation (difficult for an Englishman!) to fence off the garden and create a plot separate from and not in character with the hamlet. However, pets are generally very welcome in the hamlet as long as they are reasonably well behaved. We have found the attitude to pets in this rural region a little more relaxed than one might find in England.

The local village is 4 kms away and has a good selection of shops such as; 2 bakers; a very good butcher selling organically produced meat; a mini-supermarket; a cheese co-operative; a newsagents; a hairdresser and even a cinema.

In the area of the Chartreuse, there are a number of 'must see' tourist sites - such as the ancient Chartreusian Monastery, the paintings of Acabas at St Hughe, the museum of pre-historic bears and the Indian Forest activity park. The main summer activity is hiking, horseriding and other outdoor mountain activities.
In the winter, there are downhill and cross-country skiing sites plus numerous snow-shoe tour routes. The Chartreuse is designated as a National Nature Park in recognition of its outstanding scenic beauty.

In les Vallées des Entremont, there are 52 hamlets which are named after the families who worked the alpage 50 years ago. The area is still a major producer of organic food stuffs and the butcher in St. Pierre d'Entremont is known all over France for the quality of his produce. Moreso, there is an excellent cheese
co-operative in the village where one can buy Tom de Savoie, Comté and an excellent fruity Beaufort for a fraction of the price one would pay in England or the rest of Europe. There are also several local vineyards (close to Chambery) producing light and fresh reds and an excellent white.

Les Clarets is a little unusual since we still have a member of the original family living here. Moreso, there are 4 families living here full time and several families with weekend retreats. With two 'gites de group' in the hamlet (including ours), weekends can be quite lively with walkers and family groups dining outside in the
traditional French fashion. During the summer, the weather here can be glorious. At 3,300 feet altitude, in can be hot but not at all humid. Winter brings its fair share of snow and plenty of opportunity for snow-shoe tours in the wilds of nature, ski de fond and ski de piste at St. Pierre de Chartreuse (11 kilometres - minibus
available from local village).

Les Clarets is situated on a col between St. Pierre d'Entremont and Entremont le Vieux. Consequently, the views from here are absolutely stunning with Grand Som and Chamchaud to the south and Le Pinet dominating the northern view. For adherents of 'Feng Shui', the energy in Les Clarets is always refreshing. We are sure that's why everybody seems to want to come back !