Editor Pick
Manoir Au Pont Rouge
- November 17, 2000
- Rated 4 of 5 by
zabelle from Portland, Connecticut
This is a wonderful 300-year-old stone farmhouse with 4 bed-and-breakfast rooms, all ensuite (our room had a very large tub that made for an enjoyable soak). Col and Mrs. Chilcott run a relaxed establishment with rabbits roaming free in the farm yard. The Col is an expert guide to the D-Day beaches, and Rosemary has travel extensively and is a font of information. They are both British. The rooms are comfortable and clean, with chairs to sit on and antique dressers and comforters on the beds. Breakfast is typical continental French: bread, juice, croissants, coffee, and tea or hot chocolate. The house is on a country lane about a mile outside Bayeux. They also have a gite that they rent by the week. The welcome is warm and friendly here, and the location is delightful. On cold January evenings Rosemary invited us into her parlor, where a fire was blazing. One evening she served us tea and cookies. We sat and chatted with her while we played cards and waited to receive our calls from home.
The location is also very good. It is only 2 or 3 minutes into Bayeux, and yet you really feel as if you are in the country.
From journal Bayeux, it's more than a tapestry.