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Gite La Tuilerie St Loup - Creuse, Limousin

La Tuilerie is a typical self catering gite for rent in Creuse in the beautiful department of Limousin in Central France where you can experience a tranquil environment in a home from home setting. An ideal location for relaxing self catering holidays in Creuse or as a long let rental base for house hunting for the property of your dreams.

We are situated in the hamlet of St Loup, and are perfect for self catering holidays in Creuse, Limousin which is famous for its breed of cow. Approx. 90 minutes from Limoges airport where flights with Flybe from Southampton and Ryanair from Stanstead, Liverpool and East Midlands Airports are available.

The gite has two double bedrooms and a children's twin bedded room. There is a cot with bedsides to keep toddlers in and an intercom system is available if required. There is also a living / dining room with a bed settee should it be needed and a bathroom with shower & bath and a separate toilet. All linen and towels are provided.

The gite is fully equipped with a TV & DVD player ( satellite channels BBC 's 1, 2, 3 & 4, ITV 's 1, 2, 3 & 4, Channels 4 & 5, as well as some others). The kitchen has a fridge and freezer, microwave, and a wood burning stove as well as a gas cooker.

In the enclosed grounds of the gite there is plenty to explore. We have a summer house with a fully operational kitchen, a brick-built BBQ, several eating areas and a children's play area with swings, seesaw and sand pit. There are plenty of toys, games-demos - on-line games (subject to availability), books and art materials for children too.

We are pet friendly and we have 2 geese called Spot & Campbell and 14 free range chickens which lay fresh eggs daily. We also have 14 rabbits, 4 cats, and a black Labrador called Umma, who is pictured here just after having a bath.

Creuse and the surrounding area

Within 5 minutes walk of the gite there is a bar-restaurant called the 'Le P'tit Loup' where the owner is English and also speaks fluent French. Good food and drinks are available with fresh bread delivered daily.



A 10 minute drive from our gite will take you into the nearest town of Gouzon which has several shops, a couple of bars, places to eat, and two estate agents:-Orpi.Com and also AGC Naudon An English web site based in La Souterraine with a sub office in Gouzon. Only french is spoken at the office in Gouzon. There is also a very good supermarket and a bricolage (DIY) store.


Every Tuesday morning there is also a local market with various types of produce for sale. Within 30 minutes drive are several other villages and towns which have markets, fairs and car- boot sales, bric-a-brac and other places of interest to see. The town of Gueret is not far away, as is the the town of Montlucon in the next department.

There are lakes everywhere, the best known known ones in Limousin are lake Vassiviere and St. Pardoux. Limousin is sometimes referred to as 'The land of a Thousands Lakes' and it is the French version of the English Lake District. An excellent area for walking, cycling, fishing, bird watching, water sports and generally relaxing and enjoying the countryside and its wildlife. The Golf Club de La Jonchere 18 hole golf course with driving range and fishing lake is just a few minutes drive from Gouzon.

If you have any questions or further information please feel free to ask. Your self-catering holidays in Creuse can be as peaceful as you like, or a hive of activity and some extra background information can help you plan your itinerary. A good site to help you explore Limousin and Creuse is 'Go Limousin' regional guide

If you want to see some photographs of the region try France in Photos

See our Contact information page for details. If not able to contact me by phone you can email me via our email address

Booking Information

We will ask you for a deposit of 20 percent of the price payable to secure your self catering holiday booking for the gite rental, which is non-refundable. The rate per week for 2 to 6 persons is from 200 to 425 Euros depending on season Prices for 2010/2011 ( less your booking deposit ) and there will also be a refundable deposit of 125 pounds sterling payable by cheque on the first day of your stay which will be returned within 1 to 2 weeks of your departure in the event of no damage or breakages in the gite.

Bed & Breakfast

Should you want bed and breakfast at the gite the rate is 30 Euros per person per night. Also get in touch if you have a motor home or caravan and wish to stopover en route to Spain or travelling around Europe or enquire about storage for when you are not using it. Rates start from 10 euros a week. We are here to help and look forward to hearing from you so we can make your stay at our gite in rural Creuse, Limousin an unforgettable one.

Creuse gite blog spot

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• Home made soup
• Jack Frost visits our gite in Creuse
• Winter warmers
• White Christmas?
• Gite cooking A La' Franglaise

Gites and self catering holidays in other regions

If we are not in the area of France that you are looking for then perhaps you might be interested in the links below

If you are searching for very reasonably priced self catering holiday cottage rental accommodation in the centre of France, then we hope that one of our gites is just for you.

French self catering holiday gite rental accommodation in central France

Self catering property listed on Homelidays.com,

Self catering gite for rent in St Loup Creuse