Open-air swimming pool located near a shaded parking area
Swimming pool with 1 large pool,
1 small pool.
Swimming tournaments and aquagym classes available.

Spacious and equipped country house, ideal for relaxing and good times with family or friends, for a weekend or a week.
The house has a beautiful view of the valley and the surrounding forest. A large heated and covered square swimming pool (7.5m) is available from April 15th to October 15th.

Dating from the 11th and 12th centuries, this Romanesque church was mutilated during the Hundred Years' War and sacked by the Calvinists. It was subsequently restored and given large buttresses in the 15th century. Today, it is a listed building.
Its stained glass windows are not of the period. They were rebuilt using 12th century methods and materials. That is to say, stained glass windows without colours, white on white, with simple assemblies of medallions, symbols of plants and crosses.

There is no account of why the church was dedicated to St Lawrence. Only the story of this saint remains. He was a fervent believer, a deacon of the church in Rome in the 3rd century AD, who was arrested and burned alive for refusing to hand over the church's treasures to the emperor Valerian. One of the stained glass windows in the building tells the story of St. Lawrence's martyrdom when he was attacked by fire.

The Doud's orchards grow 25 hectares of chestnut and walnut trees, as well as a few apple, fig, plum and kiwi trees, which will be producing red fruit in the next few years.

The Rose farm produces walnuts, walnut oil and, in autumn, chestnuts and marrons.
Rose's farm offers walnuts, walnut oil and chestnuts in autumn, at the farm by appointment, in Chalais, at Locobio or at the "Marché fermier" shop.

Head towards Rioux-Martin and stop at the town hall picnic area. Behind the building, gardens and a playground await you to spend a pleasant moment with your family.
As for the picnic, you can enjoy it on the grass or on the two tables at your disposal. There are also a few shady spots to avoid sunburn.

Tastefully restored former mill on four levels with a terrace and spa offering a remarkable panoramic view.
In the south of Charente-Maritime, the Haute-Saintonge offers you the opportunity to discover nature in the midst of varied landscapes: valleys and cultivated hillsides as well as wooded hills, the starting point of hiking trails where bicycles are available, not far from the spa town of Jonzac and Mysterra, the 7 labyrinths park in Montendre.
In the surrounding area, there are many ideas for visits from Royan to Bordeaux or from the Gironde estuary to the Périgord.

In order to access the mill from the car park, we can provide you with a golf cart.

Herbalism - Dyeing with Maud Rebière, farmer-herbalist (Les simples sauvages) and Dorothée Elwart, historian-dyer (L'écharpe d'Iris).

Principle: One day - One plant

On the programme: the history and symbolism of the plant, an intimate encounter with the plant and picking, herbalism and dyeing workshops.

Sunday 16/06: St John's Wort at the L'écharpe d'Iris workshop, Rioux-Martin (16)

Sunday 14/07: Meadowsweet at the Duellas mill, Saint-Martial d'Artenset (24)

Sunday 18/08 : Fig tree at the Lécharpe d'Iris workshop, Rioux-Martin (16)

L'écharpe d'Iris is a plant-based textile dyeing workshop created and run by Dorothée Elwart.
The workshop is both a place of creation and a place of transmission. Courses and workshops for the general public are scheduled throughout the year.
Dorothée is a plant dyer and founder of L'écharpe d'Iris, an 80 m2 dyeing workshop set up in the garden of the old Rioux-Martin presbytery, right next to the church.

A historian and Egyptologist with a passion for rituals, nature, the senses and colours, Dorothée likes to work from a sensory anthropology perspective, exploring plant colours through the senses and perceptions.

In this way, Dorothée makes a colourful contribution to our world's quest for a more sensitive and sacred relationship with nature.
She divides her time between creation, research and teaching.

The Romanesque church of Rioux-Martin dates back to the end of the 12th century. Initially dedicated to the Holy Trinity, in the 19th century it was dedicated to Saint Eutrope.
It has a three-tiered arcaded façade, largely inspired by that of Angoulême Cathedral.

Its impressive spire-shaped bell tower, in the Limousin style, is 13 metres high. It was exposed to lightning damage and has been repaired several times.

The monument was classified as a "Monument Historique" in 1875.

The Domaine Le Petit Cousinaud, thanks to its silty-sandy soils with resurgence of flint, produces Pineaux, Cognac and Charentais Wines in the respect of the terroir.
The Domaine du Petit Cousinaud is one of the last ten estates to use wood-fired distillation, an ancient and traditional method that requires the presence and attention of the winemaker day and night.
The estate produces red, rosé and white pineaux, as well as a wide range of red, white and rosé vins de pays charentais made from complex blends.

Production details : VS/VSOP Cognac - Pineau des Charentes red/pink/white - Vin de pays Charentais red/pink/white

Gîte set in an old barn in a hamlet.
Ground floor: vast living room with a kitchen, 2 bedrooms accessible to people with disabilities (one has a double bed, the other ona has two single beds), shower room, toilet, a second shower room has a spa for 7 persons, toilet. Upstairs: mezzanine with a sofa bed for 2 persons, 1 bedroom with 1 king-sized bed, 2 bedrooms with 2 single beds each, shower room, toilet. Cot available. Hi-fi system, Internet. Underfloor heating/cooling. Terrace, enclosed private land. Private 4 x 9m swimming pool, heated and open from May 1st to September 30th. Carport. Heating consumption to pay for in addition to the rental price. Daily housework possible. Listed as a 'Tourisme et Handicap' accomodation ('Tourism and Disabilities' label), suitable for people with motor, mental, hearing or visual disabilities, and it is possible to order a hospital bed or any other specific equipment adapted to disabilities. Hiking weekends, possibility to rent mountain bikes, piloting circuit closeby.

This independent charentaise style house is surrounded a big ground enclosed, at 500 m in the main village in a quiet landscape with a view on the countryside.
On the ground floor : living room with corner kitchen, 1 beedroom with king bed, 1 linving room with sofa bed for 2 persons , bathroom, separate toilets. On the first floor : a big bedroom with a double room and a small single bed, 1 beedroom with two smalled single beds, reading corner, shower room with toilet. There is a cot. Air conditioning in summer, internet, hifi player. Terrace, ground private enclosed of 2500m² with portico and private swimming pool (5x11m). There is car shelter. Possibility cleaning daily. Close to the accomodation : hiking, rent a bike, piloting track.

Rural commune in the southern Charente bordering Charente-Maritime

Do you like fishing for black bass in calm waters? Then head for the Etang de Piquedur in the commune of Bors-de-Baignes! Right in the middle of a wild and peaceful natural setting, you'll find a waterhole where you can fish for Black Bass in No Kill mode.
Capricious and sensitive to weather conditions, this fish is baited using modern "soft lure fishing" techniques. This avoids frightening the animal when the hook comes into contact with the water. With this trick, you should be able to catch some nice fish ...

This natural area will provide you with the rest and tranquillity you're looking for, while you enjoy a spot of sport fishing. Note that catch and release of black bass is compulsory! And don't forget to bring your fishing licence for the current year so you can reel in your fish! Fishing is only permitted from the shore from 1 January to 31 March and from 1 July to 31 December.

Finally, be discreet and respectful of this fragile environment. You may be lucky enough to spot the European pond terrapin, a small freshwater turtle protected at national and European level.

Garden of aromatic and medicinal plants.
Hydrolates, syrup and herbal teas.