Les Capucines
A restored 18th-century farmhouse and four spacious cottages — gathered around a sunlit pool, set among fields of sunflowers.
The Charente-Maritime's group holiday specialists.
Fully self-catered accommodation for up to twenty-four family and friends — a perfect venue for birthday celebrations, reunions and slow summers in the French countryside.
Les Capucines is a beautifully restored 18th-century Charentaise farmhouse, built on the site of an old Roman encampment and now gathered into four spacious, well-appointed cottages. The property sits in a tranquil village, surrounded by fields of sunflowers — just a short walk to local shops, restaurants, cafés and bars, and twenty minutes from the nearest sandy beach.
Whether you've come to celebrate, reunite, or simply slow down, our four cottages share a sunlit terraced pool and gardens bathed in light from dawn to dusk.
A garden built for long lunches and longer evenings.
The terraced pool is bathed in sunshine from dawn to dusk and surrounded by manicured gardens. Each cottage has its own barbecue and outdoor table — and when the whole party gathers, there's flexible dining for twenty-four, alfresco, under cover, or inside.
- Large heated swimming pool
- Four private barbecues
- Shared dining for 24
- Sun terraces & loungers
- Boules pitch & lawn games
- Wi-Fi throughout the property
Everything you need for a slow French summer.
Heated swimming pool
A large terraced pool, surrounded by sun loungers and gardens — open from May through September.
Mature gardens
Walled gardens, fruit trees and a kitchen garden — picked daily for guests when in season.
Fully fitted kitchens
Every cottage with a full kitchen — dishwasher, oven, coffee machine and welcome basket on arrival.
Dining for 24
A shared barn dining room and a long outdoor table — for when the whole party gathers in one place.
BBQs & alfresco
Each cottage has its own barbecue and outdoor table — fire it up by mid-afternoon.
Wi-Fi throughout
Reliable Wi-Fi across the property — for when you want it. Mostly, you won't.
Centrally placed — for everywhere in between.
From the historic old port of La Rochelle to the vineyards of Bordeaux, the Loire châteaux to the cliffs of the Dordogne — Les Capucines sits within easy reach of all of them.
- 20 min Atlantic beaches Golden sand, dunes, oyster shacks
- 45 min La Rochelle Old port, market town, ferries to Île de Ré
- 35 min Île de Ré Whitewashed villages and salt marshes
- 40 min Saintes Roman amphitheatre, river walks
- 1 hr Cognac Distillery tours along the Charente
- 2 hr Bordeaux & vineyards Saint-Émilion, Médoc, the Garonne
A house remembered fondly — long after the last evening.
A perfectly restored farmhouse with all the charm of rural France and none of the discomfort. Marieke and Pieter looked after the twenty of us like old friends.
Our three families took the whole property for a fortnight. Children in the pool from breakfast, parents at the long table until late — every evening felt like the best evening.
We came for a wedding weekend and stayed an extra three days. The setting, the hosts, the food from the local market — utterly unrepeatable, and yet we've already booked again for next year.
Bring your people. We'll keep the table set.
Check availability for next summer, request a quote for the whole property, or simply write to us with your dates. We answer every enquiry personally — usually within a day.