May 2007

This romantic cottage nestles into the hillside overlooking the beautiful Cher valley in n the interesting and historic village of Bourré in the beautiful Loire Valley Region of France close to Chateau de Chenonceau, Amboise, Chateau Chambord and Montrichard, within 5 minutes walk of the village shops, and 5 minutes drive or 20 minutes walk from Montrichard.  It is in the heart of Loire Chateaux country also for visiting the vineyards and great restaurants.

The river Cher is only 5 minutes away and is lovely for walking.  We have bicycles so you can visit the surrounding countryside along the tow path and quiet lanes;  we are minutes from Montrichard forest with its criss-crossing routes.

The cottage in the height of summer 2005

The sunny terrasse overlooking the Cher Valley v

the terrace (raised area in front of the door) has wonderful views over the valley and the river and is in full sun all day long

The cottage is built of stone with one very large room downstairs;  the upstairs was the old grain loft and the window overlooking the street still bears the marks of years of sacks being dragged across the threshold.  We have created a lovely comfortable bedroom with fantastic views across the Cher Valley, also a luxury bathroom.

Early morning view from the cottage >

Sunrise from the bedroom at New Year 2006

• large living room with luxury corner kitchen, open fireplace for log fires
• superb upstairs bathroom with corner bath / shower and bidet
• large romantic bedroom with double bed , and wonderful views across the Cher valley
• linen available
• suitable for a couple, or a couple with a young child
• cot and folding bed available
• bicycles

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We just wanted you to know what a wonderful holiday we had and such a pleasant stay at Maison Requin.  The cottage was lovely, comfortable, clean and peaceful.  We're pleased we chose it.  Thanks for your help - Eve, Iain and Hazel

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, and had some lovely weather. It had been some years since we visited the Loire region but last time we stayed to the west of Tours, so it was good to see the east this time - Gaye

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Pine electric fitted kitchen, spacious 'séjour' with two comfortable armchairs, cool in the heat of summer and warmed by a blazing log fire in the winter.

Luxury bathroom with corner bath

Maison Requin is higher on the hillside than Maison la Grange so is not overlooked, and has the most wonderful views.

The lovely garden is shared between the two cottages

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Just touching base to let you know that David and I had a wonderful time in your cottage recently.  The weather was perfect and we had a lovely time visiting the Chateaux.  Thanks again for making our stay so memorable.  Hopefully one day we may return.   Lesley

We had a super holiday and liked your cottage very much - Robert and Mary

We had a good holiday though the weather was disappointing (June 07).  we loved the gite and the area.

We had a lovely holiday, the house was lovely

View of the cottage and verandah from the hillside behind the cottage

View from bedroom