La Vieille Source Blog

We’ve discovered that one of our former guests has written an article about family friendly holidays for the Families Cheshire parenting magazine. It was lovely to read how much they had enjoyed their holiday here, and we’re delighted they wrote in to highly recommend our gite to other families.

Here’s an extract from the article in Families Cheshire November/December 2009 edition entitled Holiday Time, Family friendly France by Esther Prescott :

…” we did what many people planning to travel with children do these days we Googled  “family friendly holidays”…with a 3 year old and a baby in tow we opted for La Vieille Source,  situated in the Gascony region of France. A beautiful open plan apartment set above the old stable block of an 18th century manor house. It is within walking distance of  the local village for a coffee or a bite to eat. For us what made this property so fantastic was that the owners, being parents themselves, had really thought about the needs of families and had kitted the property out with plastic plates, bowls and cutlery, steriliser, BabyDan, baby monitor, high chair, full size cot and loads more, which saved on the packing. The heated swimming pool, trampoline, sandpit, swings, climbing set , books, toys, and DVDs meant there was a lot for our eldest to do if we wanted to just spend a lazy day “at home”.  We couldn’t have asked for nicer hosts, nothing was too much trouble for them - we sent a shopping list ahead of our arrival and they called to check the details, they provided us with a picnic rug for an outing one day and  babysat – even dropping us off and picking us up from the restaurant”…