View of Poplar House (1 / 29)

Al fresco dining outside Poplar House (2 / 29)

The tranquil pool area shared with Orchard Cottage (3 / 29)

Fun in the pool (4 / 29)

The pool area is a real sun trap (5 / 29)

Poplar House lounge (6 / 29)

Poplar House lounge showing staircase to Bedroom 4 (7 / 29)

Poplar House kitchen - seats 8 comfortably and more if required (8 / 29)

Poplar House kitchen showing main entrance (9 / 29)

Bedroom 1 with door to en suite shower room (10 / 29)

Bedroom 2 downstairs. Can be a twin or double. (11 / 29)

Bedroom 3 downstairs set up as a double with doors out to small patio (12 / 29)

Bedroom 3 downstairs set up as twin beds (13 / 29)

Bedroom 4 above the lounge. Can be twins or superking-sized double. (14 / 29)

Known as the \\\'bread oven\\\' bathroom for obvious reasons (15 / 29)

Walk-in shower in \\\'bread oven\\\' bathroom (16 / 29)

Orchard Cottage with Poplar House in background (17 / 29)

The lake in summer (18 / 29)

Somewhere to relax at the far end of the lake. (19 / 29)

The calm of the lake - a lovely place to relax (20 / 29)

A hammock for chilling (21 / 29)

Chateau de Brissac - approx. 30 minutes away (22 / 29)

Nearby vines and views (23 / 29)

The garden at Chateau de Villandry - our favourite (24 / 29)

Chateau du Rivau - great gardens for kids (25 / 29)

A typical market - this is at Saumur (26 / 29)

We\\\'re surrounded by fields of sunflowers (27 / 29)

Orchard Cottage on same site from front garden (sleeps 6) (28 / 29)

Orchard Cottage from front garden (29 / 29)