It’swith pleasure that I invite you to come into our home,

Warmth, savour and scents blend with delight

Warmth of a hearty welcome,

Warmth of a generous region, rich with surprises

Joy of the surrounding nature, wonderfully stretched out before us

Joy of sharing my passions

Scents of April… of burgeoning grape-vines

Scents of June with linden-trees, wild-rose bushes and locust-trees in blossom

“The Linden Trees”, a pleasing harmony for receiving you as a friend

Two Bed&Breakfast ground floor (with direct access) accommodations, labelled «Gîtes de France-Charmance”, are gaily and rustically decorated.

 

Independent sanitary facilities for each room

 

• Reception capacity: sleeps 4 people ( 6 with the addition of 1 supplementary bed)
• 2 separate single beds of 90cms in one room and 1 double bed of 160cms in the other
• Substantial breakfasts accompanied by freshly produced “homemade jams”
• Flowered terrace adjacent to a small aromatic plants garden
• Wooded garden where leafy trees intertwine with conifers such elm , birch ,walnut, liquidambar, “grifitti” pine, blue fir, and the Scottish fir: a verdant showcase, which gives the property its intimacy and favors rest and relaxation. The chaise-longues are placed to admire the garden Frontenay Castle , guardianof the ancient Salt Roads)and the slopes where the Savagnin, Poulsard or Chardonnay vineyards are aligned along the Wine Trail.
• Far off , in the distance , we may hear the French Railway (the SNCF) liaison Lyon-Strasbourg
• Pets are welcome
• We thank you to please not smoke in the house

 

Out of season, most times, I will lodge you in my “Four Seasons House” 3 “ears” (rating) where each room has its own private sanitary facilities.

Out of season, I invite you to keep informed about my thematic weekends and/or my promotional sojourns, which feature all the diversity and richness of the Jura.

 

Rambling, sports, nature, visits to castles (Arlay, Frontenay) or to local producers : the Val d’Amour oil mill, wine cellars, goat cheese , cooperative comté cheese dairy, comté cheese “affineurs” (responsible for the maturing of the cheese).

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My Bed&Breakfast accommodations at Darbonnay, situated in the Community of the Grimont County communes , participate in the savour and savoir faire of the Jura circuit.

Come and do your Christmas shopping in the workshops and studios of art craftsmen: master glass-makers, latheworkers, potters,

basket-makers, solar mobile makers, creators of jewellery,ceramists, master pipe-makers,clock makers,weavers, silk painting artists, furniture manufacturer.

On the site, I can suggest itineries for you:

• to discover a passion for the most beautiful villages of France, such as “Baume les Messieurs”,”Château Chalon” or even “Lods” in the valley of the Loue
• to stroll along the “Cascade du Hérisson”( beautiful waterfalls) and the “Lac de Chalain” (lake)
• To help you appreciate the forge towns of Syam and Baudin

I put, at your disposal, documents and books on the region, (Marcel Aymé, Franche – Comté region)

Open from the 1 st of February ( for the “Percée du vin jaune” event ( the “coming out” of the regional yellow amber coloured wine )

 

ANCV Holiday cheques accepted, payment to accompany the reservation