Janies Place Bed-and-Breakfast-Charente

Beautiful Old Stone House

Janie's Place - Chez Janie

Janie's Place/ chez Janie is sublime in summer with roses and honeysuckle cascading down the 200-year-old stone merchant's house.

Our Chambre d'Hotes/Bed & Breakfast - has a walled orchard garden, attractive spacious courtyard, covered parking and sleeps eight.  It is renowned as a great spot for a holiday, or for looking for househunting.

During the summer you will be spoilt for choice with a host of markets, fares sight-seeing tours and vintage car rallies in pretty old villages.Gorgeous flower shows in the grounds of ancient chateaux, and attractive craft centres at old abbeys or town halls featuring a huge variety of stunning work by artisans.

The magnificent Chateau de Verteuil, is just a seven-minute drive, and overlooks a beautifully restored working watermill on the banks of the Charente, where you can enjoy lunch,dinner or simply a coffee and patisserie either in it's courtyard garden or on a deckchair beside the river. 

Keen on sports? Enjoy fishing, canoeing and swimming in the Charente,or be a spectator and relax with a picnic.   We have super cycling and walking routes in stunning countryside. And there are plenty of places to hire a horse if you want to ride.

If you are looking for a house, naturally a grasp of French is important, but there are a number of English-speaking estate agents.   Janie is a professional translator, and would be happy to accompany you on house-hunting trips by prior arrangement.  

Alternatively, head for the coast to lovely sandy beaches, about an hour and a half's drive. La Rochelle has magnificent points of interest (and restaurants!) including a stunning new aquarium that is open 365 days a year.  Along the coast there are charming ports and fishing villages. 

Mail:  janeyule@gmail.com   Tel:  00 33 (0)5 45 84 26 35,  or 

Mobile:  06 76 95 40 68

 


 



   

OUR TERRIER BAXTER. PETS ARE WELCOME.

 

Easily accessible by road, rail and air.  We are just off the N10 and an easy 25-minute-drive from the new Angouleme/Cognac Airport, or a 50-minute drive from the airport at Poitiers.  Budget airlines fly into a number of nearby airports from the UK - Angouleme/Cognac, Poitiers, Limoges, Bergerac and La Rochelle. 

If driving, you can't get lost!  Take the first exit after RUFFEC towards ANGOULEME and you are only a minute or so from our Chambres d' Hôtes.  Also, the fast train, the TGV, leaves Ruffec at 9:15 every morning and arrives in Paris just two hours later.  And if you take the train back at 5:15 pm, you arrive in Ruffec at 7:45 that evening.

Both the conservatory and the dining room open into the garden, where you may choose to enjoy a leisurely breakfast or dinner.  A four-course dinner with wine and coffee is 24 euros, and is generally served at 7.30 - 8 pm. 

We are also happy to offer vegetarian options. Whenever possible we serve fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs from the garden.  Peaches, cherries, grapes and figs, as well as sumptuous Charentaise melons, apples and pears are the fruits from our orchard.

We were lucky enough to be featured on the Guardian Newspaper Travel Website as one of the best "veggie friendly" Bed and Breakfasts for our vegetarian menu option.

 

 Louise Tickle wrote "A veritable feast of selected mezze had been prepared, each dish tasting intensely of the concentrated flavour of the vegetable involved.  Marinated courgettes with fresh herbs, warm tomato and goat's cheese tart, mixed vegetable couscous and chargrilled aubergines basted with extra virgin olive oil were followed by a couple of unctuous ripe cheeses and a home-made alcohol-soaked rhum-baba." 

Our spacious sitting/dining room is warmly decorated with antique furniture, prints and oil paintings.  Relax on the old leather Chesterfield with a book - there are plenty to choose from!  We also have a hi-fi, television and DVD.  Old oak timber floors are one of the many character features of the house.