Gîtes / bed and Breakfast

Located on the Normandy / Pays de la Loire and Brittany border, our renovated barn was professionally renovated in 2020/21 to produce two luxury holiday gîtes in the French countryside. Each gîte is designed for two people and both are on two levels, downstairs with an open plan kitchen, living room and dining area with wood burner. Upstairs, the bedrooms each have a Super King-size bed under a vaulted oak beamed ceiling with an en-suite bathroom and underfloor heating.

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We have been open since April 2021 and have welcomed over 750 guests from an incredible 44 different countries. 

The majority of our guests make their reservations directly with us, but we also receive guests through AirBnB and Booking.com

AirBnB 138x 5* Guest Reviews  -  Booking.com Review Rating 9.7

We are open for 2025 Reservations - Prices and Availability can been viewed on the Reservation Page

At La Martinière you will find yourself in a very rural location, near silent except for the sound of nature, cow bells and the occasional tractor working the fields . There are amazing views across the countryside, where orchards grow the apple and pears for the local cider and calvados and the cows are grazing to produce the milk for the famous Normandy cheeses.

Nature is all around us and at times we have deer in the garden. You will hear barn owls calling at night, buzzards circling overhead and in spring the House Martins, Swallows and Hoopoes arrive to nest. With little or no light pollution and on a cloudless night, you will get an incredible view of the stars enabling you to pick out the numerous constellations.

We are dog friendly and the location is perfect if you enjoy country walks, eating in local restaurants, visiting the local medieval towns with their markets or just relaxing in the garden with a book and a glass of wine.

La Martinière - A small hamlet in the heart of the Normandy / Pays de la Loire countryside 

The Gîtes are named after the birds which arrive in the garden in spring - L'Hirondelle (The Swallow) and La Huppe (The Hoopoe)

Each gîtes is very similar in design and decoration. L'Hirondelle, left side of the barn and La Huppe on the right. Both have the same facilities for you to enjoy whilst having a relaxing holiday here in this great part of France. The gîtes are ideal if you are looking for a base to either have a week or two in the Normandy/Loire countryside or you are touring France and looking for accommodation for a couple of nights or more before moving on. Our two large apartment style gîtes

(approx. 60m2) and garden offer you plenty of space to enjoy your holiday.    

Our local river, the River Colmont is the border between Lower Normandy and the Pays de la Loire. La Martinière is located just 200m over the river within the Department of Mayenne, a few kilometres north of the market town of Gorron. Our location in Northern Mayenne borders 3 regions of France - Normandy, Pays de la Loire and Brittany. Our most well known landmark, about an hour from us is the famous Mont St.Michel which lies in the bay in Normandy and the border of Brittany. Our location whilst staying at La Martinière gives you the option to visit all three cultural regions. Please see the location page where a map pin points exactly where we are.

IMPORTANT IF YOU WISH TO BRING YOUR PET.

We welcome guests with their pets. We have had guests stay with their dogs and cats and even a couple who arrived with 3 parrots, which they free flew in the garden to give them exercise. Unfortunately we have recently had a situation where our guest dog was not controlled. We have therefore had to change our Pet policy. 

We are now asking guests to make a request to bring their pet in advance of making a reservation. We will now not accept Alsatians, Dobermans type dogs and other guard dog breeds which either bark continuously or are/can be aggressive to us or our other guests. 

Guests are able to walk their pets in a safe environment. There are no cows immediately by the house, but if walking and you come across cows or sheep in a field, the dog must be on a lead. Also pick up your dogs dirt and dispose of in a bin. Do not leave in the plastic bag along your route, as cows, deer and wild boar may try to eat and the plastic bag in their throat suffocates them. 

We have 3 cats - Delphine, who was abandoned outside the barn aged one month old. MamaCat, we think again was abandoned, she kept hanging around and we discovered she was pregnant. She had 6 kittens under a tree in the garden before moving them into the garage. We found good homes for 5 of them. However, we kept one of them, Gèrard, a ginger cat as he had wobbly cat syndrome. Sadly Gérard passed away in March 2023 - He was a very happy though a bit nervous and dealt with his condition and giving us and guests hours of entertainment. All our cats will either be friendly with your pets or if cautious will hide away in the house. So they are no problem to our guests with pets.

Recently we gained another cat. Rousse (Redhead) as a kitten, but he has quickly grown to be a boisterous boy bounding around the house and garden.