Family holiday cottages in France
Les Vallaies
child & toddler friendly accommodation
About us
About us
After many years of holidaying in this area, staying in my parents holiday home, we finally moved here in 1996. We havn't looked
back since. After a number of years renovating stone barns into
family gites, learning how to look after our guests and drinking
many glasses of wine with them, we now feel very confident in our ability to offer just what families like our own really need from a holiday here in France.
Wendy
Wendy is a mum and a registered childminder so you can rest assured in the knowledge that you have a capable babysitter on hand so you can enjoy a night out . In the winter time Wendy concentrates on running the office side of the business - updating the web site, taking bookings and dealing with all the French bureaucracy ! She also helps Chris with the building and maintenance side of things and knows how to do plumbing and electrics! I'm also a volunteer lifesaver (secouriste) with the Red cross.
Chris
Over the years we have developed the wine theme to our guests
stay. This sets us apart from everyone else. Chris worked all his
adult life in the wine industry, selling, buying and teaching wine, its also a passionate hobby. Chris will happily chat all you like about wine in general. Chris concentrates on improving and expanding our business structurally. We've just finished renovating a 4* town house in St Jean d'Angely.
Benjamin and Thomas
Benjamin (born March 2003) and Thomas (born August 2005) are our two boys and have grown up with playmates on site all through the summer which has made them very sociable! They are both now at university, Benjamin in France and Thomas in the Netherlands but are usually here in the summer helping serve drinks at the bar or running the pottery painting sessions. They grow up too quickly! This photo was a quite a few years ago but seems like yesterday!
