ABOUT US : escape2charente is a gite and bed and breakfast  complex
located in Charente. The complex is owned and run by an English family
who live within this 1.5 hectare renovated farm.  We offer flexible
changeover days where possible and are open all year.
TOWNS : Although a rural gite, escape2charente is only 10
minutes away from the village of Mansle and 25 minutes from
Angouleme, ideal for restaurants, bars, music venues and shops.
AREA : The land around the complex is rural with lots of rivers
and tracks perfect for fishing, walking, cycling, horse riding,
canoeing and painting to name a few, with a pony club just up the
road, mountain bikes at your disposal and a canoe rental centre in
nearby Mansle.
The area is also world famous for it's Cognac and Pineau with
distillery's dotted all over the region, most have a visitors centre to
sample and buy from.
Angouleme has a lot to offer everyone with fetes, markets, music,
an annual classic car rally around the town and an annual comic
strip festival with a lot of the town discreetly decorated with
cartoon pictures of people peering down at you from the buildings
above.
See here for more information.
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www.viamichelin.com