Shield Manor - Vellèches

Rooms: Spacious, quiet Safety: Environment laid Food drinks: Kitchen house Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 4 Hotel highlights: Romantic, Quiet, Great value

On the way to Paris, returning from the South-West, we had booked directly (without going through one of the usual platforms at the Manoir de la Blonnerie on Saturday October 7 for dinner and accommodation at the Manoir. The first observation relates to the welcome given: no one, with the exception of a friendly old dog, appeared when we arrived with our suitcases. The hostess took us to our room on the second floor, specifying that she could not help us carry one of our bags due to back problems and that we did not ask for any help. As for the use of the swimming pool, there is no point thinking about it (it is no longer in working order at this time of year even if it appears on the website . We could almost have it. feeling a little disturbing. The second observation concerns meals. Dinner, booked in advance, included a small glass of apple juice and two small pieces of toast (this was probably the starter . Then a delicious dish with farm vegetables and a “homemade” dessert (all for €25 . We leave the table still a little hungry but the night's rest is all the better. Breakfast is presented in the form of a buffet with fruit, small cold meats, coffee (it's up to you to understand how the machine works! and above all two unpresentable bases of homemade jam (and we were the first couple to have breakfast . Despite our efforts to try to establish some semblance of a relationship, the hostess-farmer doesn't care who we are and what we're here to do...Sunday morning, at the start, we end up having a short exchange of views but it's 10:15 and the room should have been vacated at 10am!!

A haven of peace and a delicious organic dinner Rooms: Memory of our childhood Food drinks: Organic and homemade Rooms: 4 Service: 5 Location: 4 Hotel highlights: Quiet

Rooms: Spacious room very comfortable tastefully decorated in a dovecote. Superb Food drinks: Delicious meal with garden and farm products. Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Romantic, Quiet, Great value

We loved our night spent in the Pigeonnier. Disconnection, poetry, gentleness guaranteed at the Blonnerie estate Rooms: 5 Service: 5 Location: 5 Hotel highlights: Luxury, Great view, Romantic, Quiet, Great value