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Welcome to our Loire Hideaway, a peaceful, tranquil retreat situated in the heart of the Loire Valley close to Saumur. Spacious accommodation with exclusive use of the grounds and pool. Enter the property through the gates set within the hedge – you will be the sole guests. A beautiful swimming pool shelters within ancient walls, all set within secluded gardens, it is the idyllic setting for complete relaxation.Rustic beams and tuffeau stone are paired with modern fittings. Woodburners in the lounge and kitchen; dishwasher, washing machine, satellite TV, DVD player. The pool is sand-filtered and eco-salt. There's a BBQ available for you.
A 20 min drive to Saumur with its many restaurants, bars and wine cellars. Also the River Loire for kayaking and river trips. Central for the Loire vineyards and chateaux. Vernoil-le-Fourrier is a quaint, rural village with boulangerie, bar, cafe, tabac, pharmacie, poste. The property is a few minutes outside of the village in the hamlet of Les Passetries. The surrounding area is very peaceful, with an abundance of wildlife. A beautiful place to walk, ride your bike and enjoy nature.
The property itself is spacious, downstairs is laid to traditional terracotta tiles with a spacious lounge opening onto the rear patio area and garden and a large kitchen/diner. Upstairs there is a spacious double bedroom with kingsize bed and balconette overlooking the pool. A twin-room with ensuite shower/toilet (a guest bed can be made up to accommodate an extra child). A family bathroom with 1600mm walk-in shower, toilet, bidet and sink.
On arrival, a bottle of wine will be waiting for you along with a little pack of essentials including cleaning products, dishwasher tablets, cloths.
6 Reviews
Leave ReviewStunning, peaceful & comfortable
By Helen Corfe on 09-Apr-2025I enjoyed a peaceful week's holiday, early in the season at the Loire Hideaway, a homely gite with a glorious garden, barn and pool, quietly tucked away in the beautiful Loire countryside. The house has a fabulous french flavour with everything provided that you would need for your stay. You first walk into a well equipped kitchen/ diner which leads into a spacious sitting room, with character patio doors and wooden shutters. Upstairs, there are 2 comfortable double bedrooms (one a twin), with an en suite and also a generously sized shower room with a new stunning & modern walk-in shower. I particularly loved the two authentic wood burners (logs provided), that kept us toasty warm, especially in the April evenings. The local village provided us with delicious daily croissants and artisan bread and several supermarkets are not far away. Nearby Saumur proved to be an interesting & gorgeous town for sight seeing, shopping and socialising! I was truly able to completely relax and unwind at the Hideaway. Merci. I'll be back!
Perfect rural base to relax and explore the Loire
By Tim Kevan on 21-Sep-2024As a family of four, we have stayed at this house both in Summer 2023 and more recently in Autumn this year and thoroughly enjoyed it both times. The house itself is really lovely. Very comfortable and spacious with all mod cons and with the bonus of an amazing swimming pool. But it is the countryside around which really sets it apart. It’s in a beautiful location and yet still within a conveniently short drive of the SuperU in Vernoil as well as being not far from the main town of Saumur. The wider area also has so much to offer. From the stunning châteaux of the Loire through to the vineyards, the wine caves and even the mushroom caves - not to mention the history of Fontevraud Abbey. Further afield we also enjoyed a couple of days this year at the incredible history park Puy de Fou which I’d highly recommend. Overall, the house is the perfect rural base to relax and explore all the best that the Loire has to offer. We very much hope to be back next year.
Family getaway
By Andy Kutarski on 10-Aug-2024A quiet corner of French countryside. Plenty big enough for four people, good sized kitchen. Pool area was beautiful, and private, a real suntrap. The back garden is sheltered, and a lovely place to eat. Parking and access were easy. Lots of information on how to manage the gite.
Stay at Loire hideaway
By Gillian on 14-Jul-2024Had a lovely time in this spacious old property. Lovely pool and gardens, all very private. In beautiful countryside with sunflowers surrounding the area and deer in the fields. Very quiet for evening walks watching the sun go down. Five mins to local supermarket and many chateaux to visit in under an hours drive. We enjoyed the Cadre Noir and tank museum in Saumur too.
relaxing and peaceful hideaway
By Simon Collins on 05-May-2024We loved staying for two weeks at the Loire Hideaway. Its a really apt name for the lovely gite just north of Saumur and a great gateway to all things Loire, Chateaux, beautiful scenery and wonderful wines and food. The situation is great as its right off the beaten track in agricultural land, with one or two neighbouring properties, but you'd not really know that anyone was living in them. We loved the situation, watching the asparagus being picked on some mornings and the promise of fields of sunflowers just beginning to shoot up (we were here in early June). Birdlife was great, hadnt heard a cuckoo for a few years in the UK - but heard it most days. Great to see hares too - brilliant watching them run down the roads. (incidentally you hardly ever see another car!) The best thing about the property is that it has everything we wanted. a lovely family communal kitchen, a great pool, and well tended lawns for lounging around outside. No wifi was a massive plus as it helped us switch off from tech for a few days, the 4G signal (and 5G sometimes) was perfect for sending email etc but if you want to stream video or online gaming it could get tricky with having to buy extra data bolt-ons. Free Wifi cafe is about 10 mins drive away and the english owers were really lovely and very helpful. Bakery (10 mins drive) is fabulous, best croissants and pain-au-chocolat ever. Good supermarkets nearby - if you are doing any cooking yourself. Easy to find and the interactions with Lynne the owner were first class - very efficient communications and they were very obliging with additional information. Think its been a few years since the property had been let, since prior to covid, but you can tell the original conversion was done really well and sympathetically. (Loved the ceilings and the stonework around the doors and windows.) Its simply furnished but had everything we needed and it really helped us unwind. It has satellite TV but we didnt switch it on once. It you want a bit of an escape and a tech detox - this is brilliant.
Well appointed with all mod cons and a lovely pool and sunbathing area. Peace, quiet & stunning views.
By F & M on 01-May-2024The property is well appointed with all mod cons and a lovely pool and sunbathing area outside. The overriding feature is undoubtedly the peace and quiet and stunning views of the surrounding countryside. Excellent supermarket 5-minutes away and a short drive to beautiful Saumur and the Loire Valley with chateaux, abbeys and caves all well worth a visit.