Gite Accommodation

This ancient stone cottage has been extended with all the accommodation on one level except for a step down from the living room into the kitchen. The floor is tiled throughout the building.

In the extension is the living/dining room which is comfortably furnished with sofas, coffee table, dining table and chairs. There is also a wood burning stove, television and DVD. The extension also houses the children’s bedroom which has bunk beds and a bookcase with a variety of books and games.

The original building contains the kitchen (which has recently been refitted), the bathroom with a new suite and two good sized bedrooms which have wardrobes and drawers.

The large garden has a patio with garden furniture the remainder being laid to lawns.

Bed linen for up to four people and kitchen towels are provided along with a small welcome pack to help you to feel at home. There is a small charge for bed linen in excess of four people. Bathroom towels may be hired by guests flying to Brittany.

The charming town of Plessala is equipped with shops and a well stocked supermarket for supplying your food and drink as well as a Crêperie which serves delicious lunches. The town also boasts a trout lake (fishing permits are available at the Mayor’s office), children’s playground and petrol station. There are plenty of good restaurants in the area along with a nearby wine bar with occasional live music for evenings out.

The area is rich in history and particularly suitable for ramblers, cyclists and anglers. There are several marked circular trails, taking in Plessala’s Celtic crosses, ranging from 5 to 16 kilometres, along with numerous other tracks through the forest.

The former railway line accessed at nearby La Prenessaye is one of a variety of good cycle/foot paths in the vicinity, with cycle hire available from the nearby towns of Plemet and Plougenast which are also starting points for canoeing along the river.

The river Lié is popular for fishing whilst many of the picturesque villages in the area have small parks with trout lakes. There are riding stables situated on one edge of the forest where ponies may be booked for treks .

2km from La Ville Josse is the historic Le Vaublanc, the site of an old forge, now occupied by a religious community who bake up to ten varieties of delicious bread the traditional way and are pleased to show their wood fuelled ovens to passers-by stopping for a chat and to buy a loaf.

La Cheze is a ten minute drive where you can discover a museum of local artefacts, a large fishing lake and in the summer an open air swimming pool. A short distance away is Moncontour, a perfect place to absorb some of the area’s history. Designated a Breton ‘Petit Cite de Caracter’ it perches beautifully on a hillside and contains within its centuries old walls fascinating higgledy-piggledy streets and buildings with unbelievably low doorways, along with a costume museum. It also boasts a selection of good restaurants.

The nearby towns of Lamballe and Ploeuc-sur-Lié both feature weekly traditional markets offering local produce. Lamballe is a great day out for horse lovers with large stables in the centre of town.

For exploring further a field, La Ville Josse is an ideally positioned touring base; a 10 km drive takes you to an intersection of major routes throughout Brittany. Forty five minutes in any direction brings an enormous range of places to visit.

To the north to a range of picturesque sandy beaches and coves filled with sailing boats between Erquy and Cap Frehel where the ‘Viking’ castle with magnificent views tops the cliffs close to Pleneuf Val-Andre’s famous international standard golf course.

To the east is Dinan and to the south is Josselin, both wonderfully preserved walled medieval cities with castles, winding streets and individual shops. Also to the south is Pontivy a pretty Napoleonic canal side market town with a chateau and west is Lac de Guerledan, Brittany’s inland lake district with beaches, wind surfing, boating and lake tours. Alternatively take a trip along the Nantes to Brest Canal; we are roughly half way between both those large cities, so either direction has many attractions available.

Plessala can be reached in one hour from the ferry port at St Malo or Dinard and Rennes airports where hire cars can be arranged.

Nantes, Roscoff and Brest are two hours drive, whilst the Normandy ports of Caen and Cherbourg are around three hours.

Main roads throughout Brittany are well signed, remarkably traffic free and easy to negotiate. If you let us know your arrival point we can recommend the best route here.

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