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A Californian designer transformed this house into an open, light, unfussy home. Refreshingly modern and light yet immensely comfortable throughout. A modern kitchen ready for the ambitious cook, a very comfortable living area with a woodburning stove that warms the whole house. The garden, terraces and courtyard are all very private, overseen by no-one. All year round the courtyard is a delightful sanctuary to spend time reading, writing, playing cards or eating by candlelight. Estree village wins awards every year for its floweriness! Golfers are spoilt for choice, walkers, cyclists, chateaux/garden lovers, twitchers too! Montreuil-sur-Mer is adorned with flowers and is steeped in historical interest. Just 20 mins away is Le Touquet famous for its beaches, casino, competition golf courses, hundreds of sport activities, chic boutiques and fish shops galore! Wine buffs and gastronomes will be in heaven as this part of France is steeped in extremely fine food and wine shops.

Open plan kitchen leading to dining + living area

Living area

 

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Notes on prices
Prices are for the property per week in UK pounds.
*Heating, linen + cleaning subject to small extra cost.

Changeover day
Usually Saturday. Leave house by 10am. Arrivals not before 4.30pm. Please call to discuss as we can be flexible if weekends only are required.

Accommodation

 

Notes on accommodation
Not suitable for small children because of the pond and open-plan nature of the staircase.

Amenities/Facilities provided

 

Outside
40' lawned garden with mature flower beds. A slate-tiled terrace outside the dining room with a 10' spring-water pond. Sun deck at the end of the garden for late evening sunshine. One old-style French cafe table, 6 slatted chairs. Courtyard with vines and table for 6 diners. Rain protection from large professionally hand-made awning. 8 dining chairs, 2 white linen sunchairs, one reclining beach-type deck chair. Can take sun deck table to sit at the front of the house and watch the sunset.

Coast/Beach
Driving time in mins: Le Touquet 20, Berk Plage 23, Merlimont Plage 25, St Cecile 26, Stella Plage 26, Hardelot 29, Le Crotoy 35, Fort Mahon 33, Saint Valery sur Somme 41. Many activities including: windsurfing, sandsurfing, sailing, kiteboarding, kitesurfing, surf-edge horseriding, volleyball, winkle picking, clam collecting, beachside brasseries, promenade cafes and restaurants. Sunbathing and picnicing in the dunes with a swim at sunset to end the day is just delicious.

Golf
Superb championship golf courses are just minutes drive away. 20 mins to Le Touquet for the 2 championship courses and a 9 hole course, Le Manoir. La Mer and La Foret offer contrasting style courses. La Mer is regarded as one of the finest 'links' courses in Europe and a stern test for all levels, particularly when the wind blows. La Foret offers a beautiful parkland course that is slightly less challenging. A 29 mins drive from the house you will find 2 very beautiful championship courses in Hardelot, Les Pins and Les Dunes. 17 mins drive away is Golfe de Nampont-Saint-Martin between Montreuil and Abbeville which has two 18 hole courses, Belvedere and The Cygnes set in a combination of woodland and open countryside. 30 mins drive south of Le Touquet is The Belle Dune Golf Course and is ranked the number one in Picardie. A tough, uncompromising dunes/links style course set inside the biggest bird sanctuary in France. Further inland there are 2 wonderful courses at St Omer & Arras.

Travel
Use of car is essential.
Cross channel: Eurotunnel (eurotunnel.com) to Frethun/Calais - 60 mins drive to house. Ferry companies: SeaFrance and P&O to Calais - 75 mins drive to house. Speed Ferries (speedferries.com) to Boulogne - 25 mins drive to house. Lydd Air - direct flights from Lydd to Le Touquet (lyddair.com). Sky South - direct flights from Brighton to Le Touquet (skysouth.co.uk) Hertz car rental at Le Touquet 00 333 21 05 03 99.

Distances
Montreuil town 7 mins drive or 20 mins bike ride. Le Touquet is a 20 min drive or 70 mins cycle. Most beaches can be reached comfortably inside 35 mins. Swimming at the Aquaclub de Belle Dune is 40 mins, adjacent to this is the Belle Dune Golf Club and birdwatching santuary.

Further details
Local shops at Neuville-sous-Montreuil for freshly baked bread and there's a convenient corner shop. The nearest supermarket is Leclerc in Attin, near to Neuville. Montreuil-sur-Mer has many banks, restaurants, bistros, shops, a Shopi supermarket, an open market every Saturday morning, an antiques salesroom, theatre and cinema. Montreuil loves using the town and its walls and citadel for open air theatre and has become famous for its annual open air production of Les Miserables. Boulogne is a large town full of diverse interests probably most famous recently for its Nausicaa marine life observatory and Phillipe Ollivier cheeses. Fresh fish can be bought from the quayside in Boulogne if you don't get to Etaples which is one of the business fish ports in France and has three huge fish shops. For walkers, visit the Office de Tourisme in Montreuil and pick up a book of walks which is published each year 'Promenades Vertes' detailing ordinary and themed walks that cater for walkers with specific interests. Mushrooming, birds, plants, geology, night walks, nature, pretty villages, buildings with architectural and historic note etc. Musee de Picardie, steam train trip in Le Crotoy/St Valery sur Somme. 1st World War battlefields in the Somme. Le Touquet motor bike rally in February and car rally in October. Bird watching at Parc du Marquenterre. International kite festival - Berk Plage in Spring. Chateau and gardens at Abbaye et Jardins de Valloires. Open air theatre and festivals throughout the summer. Walking and cycling routes throughout the valley. In Le Touquet there's a flat and hurdles racecourse and casino for the gamblers, chess and bridge clubs for the card sharks. Concerts, orchestras, football matches, vintage car exhibitions and lots of golf. The list is endless. Arras is a baroque town steeped in history and beauty as are Amiens and Lille. The Office de Tourisme will also have leaflets for cyclists, bird watchers, golfers etc.

Booking notes
Please call house owner.

Guest comments
Friends who stayed in July: Thank you so much for letting us stay in your very beautiful house. We became addicted to Le Touquet, the golf, beaches and food-lovers' market. We cycled all over the place and walked the very old walls of Montreuil soaking in the amazing views and the incredible fields full of wild flowers. We relaxed in the courtyard at night eating food bought at the markets. We read, drank fabulous wine and talked. Heaven. I can't believe that this idyllic beauty spot is only 3 hours away from London.

A work colleague and his wife: We were spoilt for choice all week. Our companions flew into Le Touquet to join us for the week. We played golf at Le Touquet and Bay de la Somme, visited the baroque town of Arras, bought unbelievably fresh fish in Etaples, cooked, ate, played Bridge, read and talked into the wee hours in the courtyard. No-one would choose to stay in a hotel once they've stayed at your house in Estree. It's heavenly.

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