La Maison Marguerite

04/02/2020

Our lovely home in France is now seeking a new owner. Picauville is a great place to live - a good community with all the shops and facilities you need, easy access to the main road network and still in the beautiful countryside. The house itself is easy to maintain and heat, has a private garden and is sanctuary. The asking price is 71,500 euros including estate agents fees. It is being advertised with Leggett, Immobilier du Coin in La Haye du Puits and Guy Hoquet in Carentan.

19/09/2017

Save 30% on next year's holiday: Brittany Ferries have an early booking extra discount offer - 25% off 2018 ferry travel if booked by 16th October; we are offering an extra 5% discount if you book your 2018 holiday at La Maison Marguerite before 16th October - contact us for details. https://www.holidayfrancedirect.co.uk/holiday-rentals/NM001742/index.htm😀

La Maison Marguerite is first and foremost a treasured home. It is also a well equipped holiday haven, a great place to relax and a perfect base for exploring, with loads of attractions and activities nearby. The house overlooks meadows of the Cotentin Nature Park, yet is only a few seconds stroll t...

26/08/2017

Batterie du Roule, Cherbourg: German WW2 fortification, part of the Atlantic Wall. Brought to life by guide, Raphael! A fascinating and adventurous afternoon - highly recommend.

25/08/2017

Utah Beach - WW2 German defences, tanks, Liberator airplane, thought provoking memorials and sculptures ... next to sand-castles, beach balls, pony trekking, ice creams and crepes.

25/08/2017

Lieseville-sur-Douve is a very peaceful and picturesque place, full of ancient buildings, just in land from the Normandy Landing Beaches. One place we visited was the Church - dedicated to St Martin. It has a surprising interior of bold frescoes painted by Marcel Gaillard. In 1918, Gaillard founded the artists' group: J.P.F. (Jeune Peinture Francaise), who had Auguste Renoir as their President of Honour. Gaillard moved to Lieseville, from Paris, in his later years. When searching for more information about Marcel Gaillard, this is what came up: "The painter, Marcel Gaillard (1886-1947 in Liesville), worked at the time for the English services. Perfect cover, his paintings passed beyond the demarcation line by the parish priest of the village, with on the back the information important for the future disembarkation. The resistance activity of this painter maybe just a story: none of the elders of the village who knew him confirms this."

25/08/2017

A great cycle ride to Lieseville sur Douve yesterday, lunch at Bar l'Anguille - a very special place just by the river, followed by a hotly contested round of skimming stones.

23/08/2017

Visited Chateau Pirou today, built in the 12th century to defend the west coast of the Cotentin, a gorgeous small castle with a moat and turrets!

21/08/2017

Roman baths at Valognes (15 mins drive) - known as 'Alauna', in the third century this Roman town was the first stopping off point for tin imported from Cornwall. Duncan pretending to sit poolside, thankfully not following Roman tradition of taking off his toga!

20/08/2017

Thank you Lucy, Charles, Lizzie and Hattie for the flowers and wine! Glad you all had a good holiday, and hope you had a good journey home xx

18/08/2017

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Weather looking perfect for next week!!!

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11/08/2017