Maison du Boucheron
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The house
Maison du Bucheron means "the woodcutter's house", is detached and located at the beginning of the village near a path to the forest. It is a beautiful authentic house, recently restored with taste for the old details. It breathes history. The house is very suitable for children. The garden is large, they can play football, there are swings and a large playhouse. Under the canopy on the "farmer's terrace", you can eat outside in the shade. What peace and quiet!
The house is fully equipped. Downstairs it has a beautiful entrance, there is an equipped kitchen with a large fireplace and a small dining table. In the lounge, you can dine on stand-up at the large dining table or rest and watch TV in the sitting area. The bathroom and toilet are also on the ground floor. Upstairs there are three bedrooms, two of which have spacious double beds and one room with 3 single beds. The master bedroom has a small private bathroom in the old large linen closet.
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Facilities
- Independent
- No smoking
- Local contact
- Back to basic
- Ecological
- Safe for small children
- Dishwasher
- Washing machine
- Iron
- Cot
- High chair
- Playground
- Table d'hôtes
- TV
- Bicycles at the house
Surroundings
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The fields colour with increasingly different flowers as the seasons progress. First the yellow of the dandelions in spring, then the buttercups, the purple of the clover, the white of the daisies and the red of the poppy. Whole meadows full. In the early warmth of spring, the animals wake up. You will encounter them regularly in this area. In the heat of summer, cows take shelter under the trees by the river. You don't see this much untouched and honest nature in the Netherlands anymore, but here it seems as if man still has little grip on it and leaves it that way. It is better this way. Time stands still. The houses are old and authentic and were built when the village was still very prosperous and lived on wine-growing. They are made of the stone from old quarries nearby. The oak wood came from the surrounding forest. Local craftsmen made the doors and windows. They were very skilled at their craft given the many beautiful details of the houses. The houses were built for working at home. For example, one was a (gentlemen's) farmer or a wine merchant or both at the same time. Above the village were the vineyards. The grape juice went straight to Champagne. All that is no more. In the village of Melay, only a few vineyards remain, the rest have been taken over by the forest in which one can now walk or cycle and enjoy the many views.
The village of Melay is at the junction of three departments and about 30 kilometres from the Autoroute du Soleil; the highway to the south. The village itself is in the Haute-Marne, but just over the hill is the Haute-Saone and on the other side are the Vosges Mountains. You don't actually have to do anything, visit anything, rest there or enjoy a cosy get-together with family or friends. In the immediate surroundings, you can go for good walks in the many fields and forests (maps available). Walk the path through the vineyards, where wild orchids bloom in spring. Or visit the ruin with the cast-iron door in the forest on the hill. Stroll through the village and have a chat with the colourful friendly locals. Who knows, they might invite you for aperitifs! Cycling (available) on the narrow roads can be tough, the hills are sometimes quite steep. There are not many cars, the Haute-Marne is one of the most sparsely populated areas of France.
- Rural
- Hilly
- Meadows and woodland
- In or near a village
- At the farm
Restaurants, food & wine
It's nice to source your produce locally. That way you can see what the region has to offer. On Tuesdays in Jussey is the market. Here we can especially recommend the stall of "ferme de Ligny" with its home-made sausages, hams, meat, (goat) cheese, eggs, honey, etc. On Friday afternoons there is an organic market in Jussey with good dairy products, a good baker and other organic products. Organic wine can be found at monsieur Pelletier's in the village of Coffy le Haut. You can taste their various white, red and sparkling wines there. Who knows, monsieur or madam Pelletier will give you a tour of their cave. Opposite them, the wine cooperative of the village of Coffy is situated also there you can taste. A bit further on in the pretty town of Champlitte, there are several wineries including Pascal Henriot's organic wine. Pick your own unsprayed vegetables (lettuce, courgette, artichoke, different kinds of carrot, aubergine, etc.) in the large picking garden in the village of Barges, with one greenhouse completely reserved for all different varieties of tomatoes. Harvest them yourself! Would you also like to be nicely served? Then we can recommend the local ferme-auberge (la Ludore) in the village of Aboncourt-Gesincourt, here they only cook with local products, the restaurant L'Agriculture in Bourbonne Les Bains or "le trois D" in the village of Fresnes-sur-Apance are also nice restaurants. If you do not want to leave the village, you can walk to the table d'hôtes of your Dutch hostess Rita. She cooks delicious and healthy meals 2 or 3 times a week with local products and vegetables from her own garden (dietary requirements such as gluten- or dairy-free are possible).
Activities
In Blondefontaine, about 3 km away, there is a public outdoor swimming pool with stunning views of the surrounding area. You can fish and barbecue in the etang (lake) of Voisey (permit can be requested in advance). There is a nicely located modern equestrian centre near Jussey for horse riding through the forest (more information available). Near Langres are several lakes where you can swim, sail and surf. The town itself is also worth a visit. Walk the wall all around the town and enjoy the wide views. Other cities are about an hour's drive away. There are no traffic jams even in summer. For example, Dijon (the capital of Burgundy), Vesoul (the capital of Haute-Saone) known for Jaques Brel's song, Epinal (the capital of Vosges) and Chaumont (the capital of Haute-Marne) with its famous bridge. Closer to home are the origins of the rivers Meuse and Saone. The surrounding villages are also worth a visit, such as medieval Chatillon sur Saone. Here it is as if time has stood still. Several villages hold so-called "vide greniers" (brocantes or flea markets) in spring and summer, where you can buy nice (old) trinkets for little money. The one in Melay itself is every year around mid-August. So there is much and nothing to do in this beautiful country.
- Bicycle
- Near hiking trails
- Near riding
- Fishing
- Water sports
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