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When you are looking to book your French cottage you need to check that it meets your exact requirements. Don't forget to check whether you can take pets like cats and dogs to your gite, but also run through this checklist of facilities: smoking electric oven gas hob fridge freezer microwave dishwasher tv video stereo hifi gas central heating garden private parking linen duvet and towels high chair hairdryer open fire double single and twin beds tumble drier.

You need to think about the cross channel ferry journey and whether your car, van, camper van, tents or caravan can be safely stowed away, or whether you need to get your chunnel tickets for the channel tunnel in plenty of time for your trip. Because you are not taking a day trip you might want to think about stopping off for an enjoyable day out at Euro Disney so that you can meet Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and chums.

What should I look for in a holiday home in France?

If you are by the beach, you might want to check whether there is a nearby sailing club or yachting marina so that you can spend some quality time with the family out at sea, bracing the weather in the Bay of Biscay, the Mediteranean or the Atlantic. Safe family sailing facilities might also be of interest if you are less adventurous, spending time at inland lakes, canals and rivers.

Holiday cotages in France, Belgium and Luxembourg are a great base when you want to spend your time in your holiday home on foot, maybe a walking holiday, hill hiking or mountain climbing. Just remember to take your walking boots, some comfortable warm and dry clothing and a bar of garlic flavoured wine dipped cheese! Your comfortable cotage will be waiting for you when you have had an exercise filled day out seeing the gorgeous scenery. You need to also check when your cottage is available as some cottages are not open spring summer autumn and winter. Availability of cottages differs throughout France based on the type of area you are booking, whether it is a seaside town, a rural country village, or a major city with homes a plenty.

Buying wine on holiday in France

While you are on holiday in France you should seriously consider buying cases of wine at bargain prices and bringing them back in the boot of your car. Bordeau is a great place to start, and the Pomerol region make some of the most fabulous wines. Find out more about Pomerol wine at the Pomerol website.

French holiday leisure facilities

What do you want to do when you arrive at your French holiday home? Is your cottage located near to leisure facilities like a swimming pool, horse riding, cycle rental and cycling paths so that you don't have to take your bike with you on your car. Other facilities that you may want to check are coarse, sea or fly fishing, and find out in advance whether you need an angling permit.

Getting to france by road, rail and air

You can travel to France from one of the cross channel ferry ports or by Eurostar. You can fly from several major and minor airports in England such as Stansted, Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton or Manchester. And remember to hire a car.

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Traditional holiday homes in France are called Gites, and these have many advantages over Hotel accommodation. The languedoc coast is full of bargains, because bargain flats rental is a fantastic way of saving large amounts of money.

Quercy is often thought of as the vacation rentals capital of France , with a wide range of pleasant sites containing properties with a pool. Discount Mediterranean travel is a realistic idea, when you rent Disneyland apartments, with pools and self contained gardens with grass, flowers and trees to provide you with dappled shade when you drink your aperitif on the law.

Properties for travel in the Pyrenees differ significantly from the bustle you find in the city of Paris , when lodging in a Gite you will learn that Gites in the South differ greatly from house rentals in the north of France . A villa near Eurodisney apartments is likely to be modern and well equipped but villas in the Cheap low lying areas are much more affordable. A Villa is a great low cost alps farmhouse holidays venue.

Exclusive and Stylish crafts handmade in France - beautiful glassware and distinctive pottery

Cottage holidays in France give you many of the advantages of French Hotels but without the stigma of package tourism. Caravans can be a bit cramped but a cottages house gives you Five star living. France is full of last minute bargains, with Brittany and the Auvergne being the best regions for beach swimming.

Four star holiday property on the cote d'azur provence is plush with lovely flowery garens abutting fields of dainty farm animals, rustic and friendly locals who welcome you into their homes for a drink before dinner, and the traditional Normandy welcome of a big slap up dinner in a local taverna. Disney films often portray French villas with a perigord pool but actually the piste is more typical, with mobile homes by the sea giving a you a direct lot of fun on you summer holiday. The camp local family run restaurants looked over by an owner who has a flat caravan farmhouse will routinely give you the keys to your cottage apartment when you arrive at your new French holiday homes.

When cottages are compared to a French gite you often find that one type of vacation is very similar to another, and the loire and French Dordogne are excellent examples of the different types of holiday that characterise these two styles, with self catering holiday home owners tending to think of their homes as cottages, while seasonal visitors often think of themselves more as gite dwellers, travelling on the autoroutes for a few weeks of blissful sunny enjoyment.

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Check the facilities at your holiday cottage:

Building type: house, Cottage, Bungalow, Castle, Log Cabin, Wing, Annexe, Apartment, Converted Church, Chalet, Converted Barn, Stone built hut
Style of property: Detached, Semi-detached, End of Terrace, Mid Terrace, Listed Building, Thatched, Very modern, Farm
Location: Near the Seaside (within 1 mile), Beside a Loch, By a Lake, Beside a River, Beside a stream, Near a rippling brook, Mountain or mountainous region, Hills, Countryside, Village Centre, edge of a village, Town, City
Facilities: Indoor swimming pool, Outdoor swimming pool, Games room, en-suite bathrooms

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