Guidebook for L'Orbrie
Food Scene
Lovely food, great home made cider, friendly welcome, superb salads and typical French crepes. Children's play area outside, and local Pissotte wine. Fires in the winter and sun terrace in summer.
Crêperie Le Pommier
9 Rue GélinièresLovely food, great home made cider, friendly welcome, superb salads and typical French crepes. Children's play area outside, and local Pissotte wine. Fires in the winter and sun terrace in summer.
Tea room and boulangerie for cakes, bread and a great hot chocolate with whipped cream!
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La Lutine
31 Rue Georges ClemenceauTea room and boulangerie for cakes, bread and a great hot chocolate with whipped cream!
Friendly English owners, beautiful courtyard for eating out, fab food, right in the centre of historic Vouvant. Possible to cycle through the forest from the house.
Café de la Cour du Miracle
20 Rue du Duc d'AquitaineFriendly English owners, beautiful courtyard for eating out, fab food, right in the centre of historic Vouvant. Possible to cycle through the forest from the house.
Hôtel Le Fontarabie Restaurant La Glycine
57 Rue de la RépubliqueConsistently great reviews for its restaurant.
Beautiful location in Mervent Forest for this restaurant, makes it a useful stopping place on a day's cycle tour, or equally just go straight there for its own sake!
Auberge de la Forêt
Les EssartsBeautiful location in Mervent Forest for this restaurant, makes it a useful stopping place on a day's cycle tour, or equally just go straight there for its own sake!
Everything Else
Miles of cycling, walking, boating, fishing, beautiful nature at its finest.
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Forêt de Mervent
Miles of cycling, walking, boating, fishing, beautiful nature at its finest.
Essentials
Boulangerie, for fresh bread, croissants, pains au chocolate each morning. A short cycle ride up the hill (5-10 mins) or even an early morning jog!
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La Lutine
31 Rue Georges ClemenceauBoulangerie, for fresh bread, croissants, pains au chocolate each morning. A short cycle ride up the hill (5-10 mins) or even an early morning jog!
Hyper U sells just about anything you could need. Their petrol/diesel is good value too with a 24 hour card option on their pumps. Slightly more expensive than the alternatives of Lidl or Aldi.
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Hyper U and drive
83E Rue Louis CapelleHyper U sells just about anything you could need. Their petrol/diesel is good value too with a 24 hour card option on their pumps. Slightly more expensive than the alternatives of Lidl or Aldi.
Cheap and cheerful. The streets are a bit windy as this is situated in the old part of town and it's easy to lose the signs. Use a satnav if you have one or take a map.
Lidl
45 Rue Sainte-Catherine des LogesCheap and cheerful. The streets are a bit windy as this is situated in the old part of town and it's easy to lose the signs. Use a satnav if you have one or take a map.
Sightseeing
Fontenay is a beautiful medieval city with cathedral, shops, ancient historic streets and churches to explore and some great restaurants. The Parc Baron has stunning views over the city and a children's play area including a large area of netting in the trees for adventure climbing (known as 'Parkabout'). Friendly goats also live in enclosures in the park. The museum of Fontenay is just beside the cathedral, the Chateau de Terre Neuve is worth a visit. There is a pretty park also behind the Hotel de Ville town hall, with a water feature and lovely flowers and trees. The war memorial by the river has another children's play area, and the river bank there is a good place for a picnic on a nice day, with a view of the spire of the cathedral. Get the city tour map from the tourist information office, or there should be copies in the house, and follow the path highlighting the main historic sights of the city. A lovely day out.
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Fontenay-le-Comte
Fontenay is a beautiful medieval city with cathedral, shops, ancient historic streets and churches to explore and some great restaurants. The Parc Baron has stunning views over the city and a children's play area including a large area of netting in the trees for adventure climbing (known as 'Parkabout'). Friendly goats also live in enclosures in the park. The museum of Fontenay is just beside the cathedral, the Chateau de Terre Neuve is worth a visit. There is a pretty park also behind the Hotel de Ville town hall, with a water feature and lovely flowers and trees. The war memorial by the river has another children's play area, and the river bank there is a good place for a picnic on a nice day, with a view of the spire of the cathedral. Get the city tour map from the tourist information office, or there should be copies in the house, and follow the path highlighting the main historic sights of the city. A lovely day out.
Parks & Nature
An area of Mervent Forest at Chassenon. There is a beach next to lake here with imported sand, you can spend the day swimming in the lake, hire boats, pedalos or canoes, there is even a water flume slide into the lake. Small café.
Chassenon le Bourg
An area of Mervent Forest at Chassenon. There is a beach next to lake here with imported sand, you can spend the day swimming in the lake, hire boats, pedalos or canoes, there is even a water flume slide into the lake. Small café.
Shopping
Leclerc is a hypermarket, and within the mall are also numerous smaller stores such as key cutters, TV and computer specialists or florists. Numerous other shops on the same estate including gardening shops.
Cultural Space E.Leclerc
Leclerc is a hypermarket, and within the mall are also numerous smaller stores such as key cutters, TV and computer specialists or florists. Numerous other shops on the same estate including gardening shops.
Is it a jumble sale, or an Aladdin's cave? Ends of line and discounted products sold off here at bargain prices. Don't expect perfect layout or attentive service, it's a free for all, but they sell everything from shoes and clothes, books and dvds, plants and pizzas, and all types of wine. Grab yourself a bargain!
NOZ
21 Av. Georges PompidouIs it a jumble sale, or an Aladdin's cave? Ends of line and discounted products sold off here at bargain prices. Don't expect perfect layout or attentive service, it's a free for all, but they sell everything from shoes and clothes, books and dvds, plants and pizzas, and all types of wine. Grab yourself a bargain!
Arts & Culture
Vouvant is one of the prettiest villages in France, and has much culture, the ancient tower of Melusine which you can climb (tickets from the café) for a fabulous view of the area; artists' shops- the town is often referred to as city of painters. The church is beautiful, and there are legends abounding. The battlements make a lovely walk and discovering the back streets, little restaurants (café cour du miracle, le pic vert, etc) or picnicking by the river. You can cycle to Vouvant from the house which makes a nice day trip with a lunch stop for a couple of glasses of wine en route!
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Vouvant
Vouvant is one of the prettiest villages in France, and has much culture, the ancient tower of Melusine which you can climb (tickets from the café) for a fabulous view of the area; artists' shops- the town is often referred to as city of painters. The church is beautiful, and there are legends abounding. The battlements make a lovely walk and discovering the back streets, little restaurants (café cour du miracle, le pic vert, etc) or picnicking by the river. You can cycle to Vouvant from the house which makes a nice day trip with a lunch stop for a couple of glasses of wine en route!