Unique, rustic villa with pool & incredible views

La Hune is a unique holiday accommodation in a magical, quiet and rural location, perfect for a holiday of up to three families or a large group of friends. Welcoming visitors since 1997, the house is just 6km from the Bordeaux–Toulouse motorway. It's a 1 hour drive from Toulouse airport, 100 mins from Bordeaux airport, 2 hours from Bergerac airport and is perfectly placed for visitors to the medieval towns, markets, villages, views, and attractions of the legendary south west of France. The space The extraordinary house is situated on the west side of the 11th century bastide village of Mansonville, and has a wide, commanding and spectacular view of the Arratz valley. La Hune means the ‘look-out’ or ‘crow’s nest’, as on the tall masts of ships. We recommend a maximum of 14 people (3 double bedrooms, 1 double sofa bed and 6 single beds in the ‘dormitory’), but 16 people could be accommodated if necessary on 2 additional small single sofa beds. All the rooms in the house are extraordinarily spacious, and the space and land around the house is also vast - excellent for children to expend energy and/or various lawn games. BEDROOMS There are four large bedrooms on the first floor; one with six single beds, the other three with a double bed each, and one of those with a double sofa bed. Two of the bedrooms also have en-suite bathrooms with showers, and there are two other bathrooms (one upstairs, one downstairs) also with showers. There is one baby cot. Bath and shower towels are provided on beds on your arrival. KITCHEN The kitchen has a large table seating up to 10. There is one baby high chair. The kitchen is well equipped for cooking and dinners at home - abundant cutlery, serving ware (plates, bowls, etc), saucepans and various cookware, and variety of glasses. There is a gas stove, a microwave and an electric oven. There is a double sink, a large fridge freezer and a dishwasher. There is both a coffee machine and a filter coffee machine. In the utility room, there is a washing machine, and a tumble dryer. REST OF THE HOUSE There is a library with hundreds of books and a large table that seats 8 people - perfect for larger board games. There is a games/music room with a sofa, large table with chairs and a small ping pong table as well as a CD player with hundreds of CDs, and a living room with two sofas and a table perfect for board games for smaller groups. The living room also has a large sideboard with a variety of adult and children's board games and some toys. OUTSIDE The house has a large garden, a covered terrace with a long wooden table that seats 12 people, and a 11m x 5m pool that has a shallow and deep end. The terrace also has a marble stone table to seat 4 (good for drinks while the sun is going down), and has sun loungers and parasols as well as various other seating and relaxing areas. A favourite evening activity is star gazing, and during the summer months, the clear nights reveal an amazing array of shooting stars, satellites and the full panoply of the Milky Way. Pool towels are provided. THE VILLAGE The village of Mansonville is very small and peaceful. It has a very small market on Monday mornings, a church, a small grocery shop (limited opening hours), and a restaurant with a bar. The grocery shop supplies fresh bread for the village every morning apart from Monday (when the market is on). The village is within a few hundred metres of the popular pilgrimage path of St James of Compostella, and is located in an extraordinarily productive and beautiful region of France, surrounded by incredible views, vineyards, orchards, walking trails, gastronomy and restaurants offering local delicacies, local culture and some of the best holiday weather in the whole country. The house and village are in a very rural location and as such guests should expect the various critters that come with such a location! Guest access You will have access to the entire house, garden and land apart from a small locked room in which we store items needed for house upkeep. Other things to note La Hune was used privately for several years but became available for rent again in May 2023. It has previously welcomed dozens of satisfied guests every year between 1997 and 2015 and then again from 2023, who have enjoyed its unique position and its rich environment. Please let us know if you are interested in booking fewer than 4 nights. In some circumstances we would be happy to welcome you for a shorter stay.