About La Confiance

Sue & Chris would like to welcome you to La Confiance at Champ d’oeuf our delightful self catering Gite, or come to us for a fabulous break where we cater for you, in the South Loire region of France, in the Brenne Natural Parc, known as the land of a 1,000 lakes, where you can walk, birdwatch, or even sit on the beach at Bellbouche. In the Springtime be sung to sleep at night by the Nightingales who love to seranade our Guests!

Follow the link to read one of our regular Guest's on line journal of his stay at La Confiance and the Birds, Wildlife and Flowers he saw during his stay with us.
Martin's Report

We have 2 new Reports for 2011, Nature Lovers Report by Mary & Dave Braddock Nature Lovers Report 2011. and a new Butterfly Report from Susie & Mike Stanley follow this link to learn about the Butterflies found in La Brenne, spring 2011 Butterflies in The Brenne

NEW!! We can now offer our guests Free WiFi, bring your laptop, sit in the garden, or our comfortable conservatory and read your emails. If you forget to bring your laptop, don't worry you can borrow ours.

For nature lovers, and visitors to the area we can offer a Fully catered package, see our rates page for details of this offer, this can be tailored to your requirements La Confiance rates

La Confiance is perfect for adults and children, our garden is completely child friendly, perfect for games of hide & seek, while Mum & Dad relax with a chilled glass of wine.  Have a look at what our area offers for children - La Confiance for families

Sue & Chris live on site, completely separate from La Confiance, you will be completely independant from us with your own front door, but we will be on hand with a welcoming coffee, tea or glass of local wine to help you plan your days out, we have detailed maps of our local area, with walks and cycle rides we have been on marked out. Great after a day out or early in the morning before breakfast. Or walk down to our local village Martizay and enjoy a mid morning coffee in the Tabac with a pain au chocolat from the Boulangerie next door, delicious! Alternatively, spend a delightful day at the Chateau at Azay le Ferron, only 3 minutes from us by car, or an enjoyable walk. Once you've discovered the delights of our local area, visit the Brenne Natural Parc, and of course the chateaux and wineries of the Loire.

We offer you either Self Catering accommodation or holidays tailored to your requirements catered for by Chris who is a professional Chef, using local produce, eggs from our neighbours hens, and organic vegetables from our garden, we can cater for any special dietary requirements. Your meals willl be served to you farmhouse style in our dining room, or when weather permits outside in our courtyard. If staying in La Confiance self catering gite you are dinner – have a break from cooking without worrying about translating menus! or alternatively we can supply you with a meal delivered to your table, great after a long day out sightseeing in the area.

La Confiance is a beautifully restored stone cottage dating back to the last century, with three family en suite bedrooms, the ground floor suite has a large double bedroom plus a living area, with a double sofa bed and an ensuite shower room, this could be suitable for people with slight disabilities.

Where Are We

We are situated in the Centre Region of France, in the South Loire Valley in the Brenne Natural Parc. We are very close to the New A28 motorway which runs from the North of France through to the South.

If you are staying with us you have complete use of the garden and your own summer house with bbq and sitting area. We have provided a badminton area, and toys and swings for the children.

We hope you enjoy looking through our website and should you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.


La Confiance is set in 2 acres of completely private garden. In the morning enjoy your continental style breakfast watching the birds and wildlife in our garden.
Enjoy the peace and tranquility, sit and catch up on your reading, we have an extensive library, for you to choose from, or enjoy the many delights of the area. We are close to the Chateaux and wineries of the Loire valley, and our local town Azay le Ferron has its own chateau set in acres of beautiful parkland. We are situated in the Brenne Natural Parc which is a delight for bird watchers and nature lovers alike.
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Some Comments from our 2011 Guest Book

Sue & Philip Keeble - As always a superb stay, see you again soon
Louis & Famille, France - Merci beaucoup nous avons passe un superb moment
Gill & Brian Fuller - A warm friendly welcome, a comfortable well equiped gite, brilliant wildlife and perfect weather - what more could we want? A great week
Deirdre & Jeff Armitage - Well equiped comfortable gite. Wonderful welcome from Sue & Chris a restful relaxing place to stay
Anne & Terry Brown - La Confiance has been an excellent base for our annual "Mums go birdwatching" week away. Sue & Chris have been lovely hosts and very welcoming. The gite has been great and our 2 meals with Sue & Chris were a highlight. The area has been excellent for birding with most target species seen
Mary & Dave Braddock - Back again! we enjoyed our stay so much last year, we booked for the same week. Our hosts Sue & Chris have once again made our stay so relaxing and enjoyable with lovely food and beautiful garden. La Brenne has been different with much drier conditions, butterflies everywhere, see you again!
Sue & Simon Lumsden - Another fantastic stay, excellent hosts as always. La Brenne continues to enchant us, we will be back
Some Comments from our Younger Guests

Rees Family - ages 11,13 & 14 - Natalie, Kit & Alex
The food was fab (I loved the crepes) and jumping into the lake at Bellbouche. The garden and power shower are great
Absolutely perfect! the garden is great fun, the food is absolutely recommended, the house is comfortable and well equiped
The garden was fantastic, and so was the bedroom, the weather was perfect - I hope we come again!
Hughes Family Harriet & Mel- ages 11 & 13
Chris & Sue were very friendly and relaxed. They catered for us brilliantly and the food was Fab!!




 

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