Poitou-Charente hotel
| country: | France |
| location: | Poitou, Lussac-les-Châteaux |
| price: | From €75 - €115 per bedroom per night, and from €100 - €175 per apartment per night. Prices vary depending on the season and the view (garden or village view) |
description
Located in Poitou, at Lussac-les-Châteaux, the hotel was opened in 1999. This 3-star hotel of charm offers 7 bedrooms and 3 family apartments in an authentic 18th century house.
Wander through the house’s vast "jardin à l'anglaise", created by English garden designer Patsy Boughton. Specialising in old roses and David Austin varieties, perennials and mixed-borders, her magnificent garden, "Le Jardin des Rosiers" at La Puye, can be visited from late spring to mid-August.
With pétanque, croquet and skittles; the garden is also the magic realm of outdoor games. Children will have fun discovering the shaded games area under the pine trees and the wood cabin we are currently building.
In the winter months the pool is closed, but you can swim at the modern aquatic centre at Civaux (8km), which includes a play area and full balneotherapy section.
Swimming Outdoor games Local sightseeing Walking Kayaking Cycling
Wander through the house’s vast "jardin à l'anglaise", created by English garden designer Patsy Boughton. Specialising in old roses and David Austin varieties, perennials and mixed-borders, her magnificent garden, "Le Jardin des Rosiers" at La Puye, can be visited from late spring to mid-August.
With pétanque, croquet and skittles; the garden is also the magic realm of outdoor games. Children will have fun discovering the shaded games area under the pine trees and the wood cabin we are currently building.
In the winter months the pool is closed, but you can swim at the modern aquatic centre at Civaux (8km), which includes a play area and full balneotherapy section.
special things to do and see here
rooms, food and facilities
A super-size swimming pool (35 metres long) surrounded by a wood deck. Family & baby friendly: We welcome a lot of families, especially in the apartments (up to 4 children with the parents), and our large rooms (up to 2/3 children with the parents). We also have organic children menus. We provide full baby equipment
Disabled access: One room is equipped with wheel chair access and very soon to blind people. One apartment will also be accessible to deaf people.
how to find us
By train: The hotel is directly accessible from Poitiers by TER (Regional Express Train) with three connections per day. Timetables guarantee an excellent connection with the Parisian TGV. Thanks to this, Paris is only two hours away. We will be very happy to meet you at the Lussac station and help you with your luggage.
By car: If you are coming from the north (Paris, Tours) there are two possible options, which both take about the same length of time. Leave at the Châtellerault junction head through the town and take direction Limoges using the road D749 (A little road very picturesque running the length of the Vienne.) Or leave at the Poitiers Junction take the direction Limoges, using route-national RN147. Coming from the south (Bordeaux, La Rochelle), leave the autoroute at Poitiers-South junction, then take the RN147 in the direction Limoges.
By plane: From Poitiers Airport (45km), take N10 direction Poitiers, D162 and RN147E62, always in direction of Limoges.
how this holiday makes a difference
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100% of the hotel’s electricity comes from renewable energy sources. Green petrol and low consumption light bulbs are used and each room is fitted with a key card which stops the electrical supply (except to the plugs marked by red spots, which allow you to re-charge mobiles and cameras) when you leave the room.
The whole park around the hotel has been graded LPO (League for bird protection) sanctuary. The hotel takes care to use only environmentally friendly products. In order to conserve water there are discharge limits on valves on valves, shower heads and flushes in all rooms. Meals are prepared using organic products from the eco-hotel’s vegetable gardens and farms in the neighbourhood. For recycling, the hotel uses a selective waste sorting system in the town and has a dedicated composting area in the garden. In addition the hotel use recycled paper and biodegradable cleaning products and have a sustainable purchasing policy. We have referenced 15 food suppliers at an average distance of 22km from the hotel. Most of them are organic; the others use chemicals responsibly (agriculture raisonnée). Several suppliers also have a social aim (reinsertion) or work with the local farm school. We have a wide range of local drinks, and suggest organic aperitifs from the region, like Cognac or Pineau des Charentes. Our suppliers of goods and services accompany us in our approach by trying to improve their environmental performance and are happy to help us teaching our staff and looking for innovative products with a high environmental performance. In return, we help them in their R&D activities, by testing their new products. We help our guests to organise their stay, by recommending natural and touristic local sites and helping them to pick the most effective itinerary: for example, Saint Savin abbey and the Fresco Valley, classified UNESCO World Heritage, located 20km away from the hotel. We also recommend the visit of our local suppliers to our guests. We are happy to sensitize local community to environmental issues whenever we can. In the frame of the National Waste Reduction Week (which took place from October 9th to the 15th 2006), we welcome pupils from both primary schools in the village, with a double aim: |
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