This large character home is located on a hill, near the Oise and the Chemin Vert. Ideal for family holidays, it has a fenced park with a barbecue and plenty of comfortable seating. Enjoy pleasant evenings on its sheltered terrace, with breathtaking views of the surrounding nature ,landscapes, and magnificent forests.

You can go hiking and cycling, but also fishing, horse riding, and canoeing! The home is located 2 2-hour drive from Brussels, 2.5 hours from Paris, and only 1.5 hours from Reims.

The house is stylishly furnished and has fiber optic internet, a computer, and two trampolines for children. Relax with a good book in the spacious living room or enjoy a glass of wine at the terrace ! There is a high heat pump that minimizes energy costs and its water heater provides 250 liters every 5 hours. The landscaped garden is shared with the owner's holiday home as its only neighbor, which is most often uninhabited.

Ground floor: (Kitchen(radio, cooker(ceramic), coffee machine, oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge-freezer), Living/diningroom(TV(smart TV), 2x dining table, fireplace, seating area, DVD player, stereo unit, billiards), pantry(tumble dryer, shower, toilet, washing machine))<br/><br/>On the 1st floor: (bedroom(2x single bed(90 x 190 cm)), bedroom(2x single bed(90 x 190 cm)), bedroom(single bed(120 x 190 cm)), bedroom(double bed(140 x 190 cm)), bedroom(shared entrance)(double bed(140 x 190 cm), cot), bathroom(bathtub with shower, washbasin), Study(shared entrance)(double sofa bed), toilet(washbasin))<br/><br/>fireplace, garden doors, heating(central), terrace(roofed), garden(fenced), garden furniture, BBQ, parking, trampoline, trampoline, sand pit, play equipment, table football, children's bed, high chair, playpen

RECOMMANDED LOCATIONS (details in complement of the site map), VARIOUS TIPS,CONTACT
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Owner Contact :
Mr Jacques du Merle (Paris), email jdumerle@yahoo.fr

1/ Hyper markets:
* Commercial center at the exit of Guise, to LA CAPELLE
* Hypermarket AUCHAN at the exit of LAON, Nationale 2 to Maubeuge/Bruxelles
* Hypermarkets AUCHAN, CORA and LECLERC at Saint-Quentin
Other food shops: Guise * => Crossroads Market, Aldi ... Proisy * => Bakery * Marly-Gomont => Butcher, bred

2/ Tourism: Many picturesque sites, including fortified churches:
* Visit video of the Thiérache http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xelf8f_visite-de-la-thierache_travel
* Banks of the Oise and canoe rental (http://www.canoesurloise.com, www.terascia.com)
* Tourist activities, flea markets, events in Thiérache: www.terascia.com and http://fourmies.canalblog.com/archives/eglises_fortifiees_de_thierache_/index.html
* Fortified churches of Thierache: http://fourmies.canalblog.com/albums/les_eglises_fortifiees_des_terres_de_thierache/index.html

Belgium is close (about forty km) and the road which leads to Chimay, very picturesque: devote one day complete to do it.

3/ Possibility to rent canoes to descend the valley of Oise and location of bicycles in the nearby village of Buironfosse. Contact Mr Predom 0323974153.

4/ Possibility to walk with a calash drawn by 4 ponies, with 6 places for adults or 8 places for children. to reserve, please contact mr. elie sylvain at 03.23.60.21.71 (at marly-gomont, in french lplease) or by email at: thonny.elie@wanadoo.fr (english possible). tariffs for 2009=> first hour 50 € then 35 € per hour.

5/ Restaurant:
* The inn "Le Lord Godet", offers to you meals at an accessible price within a very pleasant landscape at the borders of the Leschelles wood (on the axis Guise = > Capelle, at a few km) (Tel (33)-323.97.05.88).
* La Capelle "Le grand Cerf"
* Buironfosse : "Al' Fermette"

6/ Hospital
Guise or Saint Quentin

WALKS
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Enjoy walks around the house and take the various roads that run along the castle and back into the hills even in remote villages. You would be unlikely to meet a soul! The fortified church of Englancourt, one of the finest of its category, is only a few hundred meters.

PANORAMA
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Marvellous family evenings, installed on the covered terrace with an exceptional panorama (the evenings generally are very beautiful) or in playing "croquet" or "pétanque" (balls) in the interior court, or in chattering around the large chimney.

PARK AND PORTICOES
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Garden offers children a large playground with several porticoes, a picnic area, a sandbox ...
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Tenants really appreciate this garden. Enjoy it well.

INTERNET
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Internet access in the lounge via Ethernet or USB cables.
The WIFI network is xxxx-1270. Its password is indicated on the refrigerator.


VARIOUS TIPS
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1/ Phone :
The is a public phone box to a few hundred meters downwards Marly-Gomont, in the turn: phone cards are sold in all tobaccos (including Marly-Gomont).
WARNING : Mobiles receive only on the hill (take the road to La Capelle until the calvary or near the Englancourt church).

2/ Children:
Many corners of plays with gantries.
BRING A POOL IN SUMMER!

3/ Dining tables
As shown on the lounge picture, the large dining table (8 to 10 places) can be completed by a table-desk of 4 to 6 places.

4/ Audio and TV
TV has a large flat screen TV of almost 1 M2.
* Don't forget to bring your CDs and DVDs.
* TV: Reception of **French** channels via the France Telecom satellit, and **german and some English ones** via the ASTRA satellit.

5/ Bedroom equivalent to 2 rooms
The large upstairs room is divided into 2 communicating parts by a partition wall that masks and separates the two beddings, as it allows walking around the 2 parts.

FOR YOUR RECEPTIONS
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Possibility of receptions : this house can be reserved at the same time as the close house "Rabouillère 2". The combination of the 2 houses offers 17 beds and then, the court, the 2 gardens and the terraces form an exceptional framework for a garden-party (or a dance with owner’s agreement -see photos). Projectors and a large tent being able to shelter from 20 to 40 people with table can also be lent free with the help of expenses of assembly/disassembling (contact the owner beforehand).

LANGUAGE
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Please note that the receptionist speaks only French and some English words.

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Huurder reactie 17-09-10 / 20-09-10
Voor de tweede keer dit schitterende huis gehuurd, ditmaal met de kleine gite erbij, het complex dus helemaal voor onszelf en vrienden gehuurd voor het weekend. Deze omgeving is ideaal voor rust, uitstapjes en lekker eten uit de regionale keuken. Het was weer voortreffelijk mede dankzij het mooie weer. We komen zeker weer terug!