Crédits : Charlène Campos. Translation: Jill Harry. Pictures: Marie-Pierre Morel, Guillaume de Laubier
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Whether in Bordeaux, Cheverny, and soon in Burgundy, Les Sources hotels propose spacious rooms and suites designed for family comfort. Some are inter-connecting while others benefit from a sitting-room or several rooms, thus ensuring breathing space and privacy for each member of the family. In Bordeaux, Le Coeur des Sources proves to be the ideal getaway for families. Overlooking the lake and vineyard, this apartment of 100 sq.m is comprised of two bedrooms with bathrooms, a boudoir and a vestibule which can serve as extra bedrooms, and a large sitting-room with a dining-room and tisanerie. At Les Sources de Cheverny, a house with six bedrooms, six bathrooms, and a communal kitchen, awaits large gatherings at La Grange aux Abeilles. Personalized service underscores the attention lavished on families to ensure successful vacations: babies’ cots, high chairs, special menus, a nursery, even bathrobes and slippers in small sizes.
Les Sources hotels propose numerous activities for their young guests. At Les Sources de Caudalie, awesomeness is on the programme with the Bees’ Garden, which hosts the Chef’s vegetable garden and a charming little farm where horses co-exist with hens and goats. To release their energy, children can take advantage of tennis lessons and sports sessions supervised by a coach, accompanied by their parents. Those with a yearning for tastiness then head for the hotel’s kitchens to participate in pastry-making workshops. Le Petit Château, a playroom in the Grange au Bateau, is paradise for the youngest children with teddies, toys, disguises, a reading corner and a giant screen. In Cheverny, the apiculture discovery workshop captivates families by offering fascinating immersion in the world of bees, ending with a tasting of honey made on the estate after visiting the beehives dressed like a beekeeper. For fans of riding, excursions on horses or ponies are proposed for the enjoyment of young and old alike. Teenagers will then appreciate the billiard and baby-foot tables in one of the lounges at the Château du Breuil. Bikes are also placed at guests’ disposal in each residence to explore the surrounding areas as a family. Finally, the conciergerie is more than ready to organize excursions outside the hotels, such as a visit to the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux which proposes a circuit for Juniors, or a day at the Beauval Zoo while staying in the Loire valley.
The year is marked by events impatiently awaited by children. For their greater enjoyment, Les Sources hotels organize special activities, especially at Easter with the unmissable egg-hunt, and at Christmas time with workshops on decoration or Christmas log creation.
