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Maison du Couchant
A luxury villa to rent on Bois Plage, Ile de Ré, France
Bursting with character and personality, this contemporary villa sits just behind the dunes at Bois Plage and is particularly well suited to extended family parties.
Sleeps: 10
Price Guide 2024:
From £8,750 to £15,00 per week
Service:
- Daily maid service
- Cook, babysitting & bike hire on request
Accommodation:
- Main House:
Master suite with separate study & bathroom
2 double/twin bedrooms with en-suite shower rooms
Separate WC
Gym with separate entrance - Garden Annexe:
2 double/twin bedrooms
Shared shower room
Separate WC
Facilities:
- Pool (12m) – with an electric cover (heating on request)
- Suspended outdoor fireplace & gas barbecue
- Boules pitch, table football & table tennis
- Gym with treadmill & TV
- WiFi, Fibre Broadband, TV & DVD
General:
- La Rochelle airport 30 mins drive
- La Rochelle TGV station 45 mins drive
- Bordeaux airport 2 hrs drive
- Bois Plage village 2 mins bike ride
- St Martin de Ré 20 mins bike ride
- Nearest beach 2 mins walk
- Tennis club, sailing club & surf school 10 mins bike ride
- Sea canoe & surf paddle hire 10 mins bike ride
Designed by a renowned Ile de Ré architect, Maison du Couchant is only steps from one of the loveliest stretches of beach on the island.
Decorated in a vibrant, relaxed, contemporary style, the house provides a 100 square metres of spectacular open-plan living and dining space, with wide sliding windows opening east and west. This vast space is furnished in a dramatic mix of contemporary Italian and mid-century Scandinavian pieces, beautifully complemented by original artwork.
At the opposite end of the room, near the kitchen, sits a majestic 3m marble-top dining table. The kitchen can be closed off with a glass partition.
An outside sheltered dining space for ten features a suspended fireplace – great for early summer evenings.
A spacious master suite opens out onto its own courtyard. It has its own separate study area that can be closed off with sliding doors, and an airy bathroom. The other four bedrooms can be either twins or doubles. Two are in the garden annexe with views of the pool.
The house is set in a tranquil and preserved environment, a few steps from the 12km, south-facing beach. The sunny, secluded garden is sheltered from the wind by the dunes, and planted with local and Mediterranean species. Taking centre stage is the 12m pool, surrounded by a timber terrace.
The house is on the beach side of Bois Plage with shops and restaurants open all year and a daily food market from April to September. The lovely port of St Martin, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a short bike ride away.


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