Surroundings

From the house

Wander through the Bois Massot woods, then stroll on across the fields.

Saint-Victor-sur-Avre

Hiking trails start here, there are woods for building dens, and a multi-sport court: basketball, five-a-side football.

Center Parcs Les Bois-Francs

The Aqua Mundo pool complex is open to day visitors by booking. Perfect for children, summer and winter.

Verneuil-sur-Avre

A small medieval town steeped in art and history, one of the “Plus Beaux Détours de France”.

• Place de la Madeleine and its church, with a 56 m Flamboyant Gothic tower
• The Saturday morning market at the foot of the tower
• The Tour Grise, a keep built by Philip Augustus
• Half-timbered houses and Saint-Nicolas abbey
• The station, with direct trains to Paris-Montparnasse

Verneuil sports centre

Everything for sporty guests, padel included.

• 5 tennis courts, 2 of them covered, on a green set surface
• 2 padel courts
• 3 football pitches and a rugby pitch
• A multi-sport court: basketball, football, handball
• A cyclo-cross track

The Perche

A country of hills, state forests and pretty villages, to explore on foot, by bike or on horseback. In autumn, people come for the mushrooms.

• The park of the Château de La Ferté-Vidame, home of the Duc de Saint-Simon, fifteen minutes away
• The Étoile du Perche, in the Perche and La Trappe state forest, 20 minutes away
• Senonches state forest and its castle
• Mortagne-au-Perche and its Saturday market
• Bellême and La Perrière, hilltop villages

L’Aigle

Its well-known Tuesday morning market, and its 17th-century château.

Acting Loisirs, Tillières-sur-Avre

A 5-hectare outdoor games park for friends and families: paintball, archery tag, laser tag, escape game, mini-golf.

Paris

1 hr 30 from Porte de Saint-Cloud by car. 1 hr by direct train from Paris-Montparnasse.

Getting to the gîte from Paris