Big house with lots of space, fully equipped and charmingly decorated. Great, spacious pool with lots of different groups of sun beds around. Wonderful place for meals outside. Everything provided, very relaxing. Table tennis, a cupboard full of games in the house. Very nice canoe rental down in Chinon.

Stayed in August 2025

Nothing- everything was great & even in 30+degrees weather the house stayed nice and cool & the fans in each room were also very welcome

A beautiful house in a lovely quiet village, 20 mins walk into Chinon made this a perfect location for our holiday. The house is lovely, beautifully decorated and very well equipped with everything we needed, including a lovely outdoor area and pool. The host, Jean-Claude was very welcoming, meeting us on arrival and showing us round the house. He also very kindly bought us some groceries to see us through to the first morning as we arrived after the supermarket closed on the first evening. We had a lovely couple of weeks here and I hope to return again in future

Stayed in July 2025

Difficult to improve this any further!

Fantastic accommodation in a very quiet village. The house and surrounding gardens are spacious, look newly renovated with a modern kitchen and living room, and extra points for lighting. Each of the rooms are styled to the smallest detail, with large comfortable beds. This house can easily accommodate several couples for a holiday to Chinon or surroundings. The pool is of course a major plus!

Stayed in June 2025

5 of us stayed at La Douce France for 4 nights and absolutely loved it! The house is really spacious and you can see the effort that has gone into providing everything you could need. The bedrooms and bathrooms are well kept and the pool, garden, bbq area mean you can spend full days there in the sun. The house was clean on arrival and off-street parking is provided. No shops nearby but only a 20min walk to Chinon which has plenty of restaurants and boulangeries, and cycle and canoe hire.

Stayed in August 2024

Everything was great. No bakery nearby.

Fabulous property just outside Chinon. The host met us and was super welcoming. The house is very spacious and well appointed with big comfy beds. The saltwater pool is a good size and depth. Large outside seating area with a charcoal barbecue.

Stayed in July 2024

We loved everything about the stay and our house

Everything! The house is beautiful and the location is very special. The house had absolutely everything we could possibly need. Jean-Claude has decorated the house beautifully and it is so comfortable and easy to stay in. Jean-Claude is lovely, easy to deal with and very helpful. One of the best holiday houses we’ve stayed in. Will definitely come back! We wish we could have stayed longer.

Stayed in July 2024

Nothing

Well renovated, spacious home that is well furnished

Stayed in November 2023

Nothing.

Wonderful host - lovely welcome present including thoughtful croissants for our breakfast. Fully equipped kitchen - everything you need. Beautiful garden and outside seating. Good off street parking.

Stayed in October 2023

Melany and Jean-Claude created a beautiful oasis where all our family had a wonderful holiday in the Loire Valley. Everything we needed - and more - was available to ensure we could concentrate on enjoying ourselves thoroughly. We couldn't recommend this location highly enough.

Stayed in September 2023

There is nothing to improve. We didn't like having to leave to go home....

Location is wonderful, the accommodation has so much space and the pool is lovely. The garden is a little like paradise. Would highly recommend everything. The host is so welcoming too.

Stayed in July 2023

Self catering villa with great facilities, pool also.

Stayed in June 2023

It was a little hot in the bedrooms in the afternoon but there is a fan in every room which really helped. It didn't ruin our stay.

Jean Claude's place was big, spacious and very accommodating for our party of 7 (6 adults and 1 toddler). We had a lovely afternoon in the pool and headed out to a restaurant as per one of Jean Claude's recommendations which was delicious. Jean Claude was a fantastic host and we felt welcomed from the minute he opened up the place for us. It was very clean and comfortable and we would happily stay again.

Stayed in June 2023

Absolutely nothing to say

The house is super cozy and lovely. Lots of refinements. But above all, we loved the fact that everything is done so that the traveler lacks nothing, down to the smallest detail. It's very rare to see that, and just like the hosts, we found them to be wonderful.

Stayed in June 2023

Not a big problem as we had the bedroom with ensuite bathroom, but others had to share bathroom or access bathroom through our bedroom.

Great pool, well equipped house and good location for walking biking to Chinon which is a lovely town. Good communication with host - friendly and welcoming.

Stayed in June 2023

Nothing really that we did not like. It is best to have a car as this is quite a stroll to Chinon (especially the way back), and to visit the area. You can also alternatively rent bikes in Chinon.

Extremely nice host welcomed us to a very beautiful property. Very complete equipment, comfortable bedding, well equipped kitchen, nice pool, onsite parking...The house is located in a quiet village just outside Chinon.

Stayed in May 2023

be ready for stairs to your sleeping rooms. still they are worth the trouble!

five eople, 4 days - the stay in "la douce france" was the best we could dream of. the villa is beautifull. the kitchen very good and Jean Clode (a great host) left milk. lovely fruit pies and frech baguette for our first day. the place is lovely. it was so fun there with the swiming pool and everything that we decided to stay in the villa a whole day and enjoy it instead of sightseeing. it was also a great base for sightseeing and Jean Claude gave us excellent tips for traveling around, definitely do what he says!! he knows.. + nice ALDI supermarket 4 minutes driving from there. don't forget to sit outside at night with no lights and look at the marvelous stary sky.. and don't hesitate. take this place! we enjoyed every second there.

Stayed in September 2022

Great location for exploring the area, Chinon centre just a pleasant 20 minute walk. The house was spacious, very well furnished and supplied with everything required. Lovely private pool. Alex the host was amazing - very friendly and helpful

Stayed in September 2022

Beautiful setting and property and town.

Stayed in June 2025

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Stayed in July 2023

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Stayed in August 2023