Countryside homes with a pool
Six houses, six pools, never the same one twice. Two indoor pools heated all year round, a third under a veranda, a large 5x11 metre pool in the middle of a park, a walled village pool near the Royan beaches, and a small heated pool that becomes a jacuzzi once winter arrives. Rather than lining up adjectives, this page gives you, for each house, what listings too often forget: opening dates, water temperature, and the pool's setting.
Champrond-en-Gâtine, Eure-et-Loir
Champrond-en-Gâtine
From €828.00 / night
€55.20 per person
La Chapelle-Hareng, Eure
La Chapelle-Hareng
From €840.00 / night
€56.00 per person
Le Plessis-Placy, Seine-et-Marne
Le Plessis-Placy
From €1,164.00 / night
€48.50 per person
Montereau, Centre-Val de Loire
Montereau
From €888.00 / night
€55.50 per person
Saint-Amarin, Grand Est
Saint-Amarin
From €936.00 / night
€62.40 per person
Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan
From €870.00 / night
€62.14 per person
Holiday home with a heated pool: real dates and temperatures
A "heated" pool with no figure and no calendar tells you nothing. Here are ours. At Saint-Amarin, the indoor pool stays at 28°C all year round, counter-current swimming included. At Champrond-en-Gâtine and at La Chapelle-Hareng, the indoor pools are heated and usable all year. At Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan, the water is guaranteed at 25°C minimum from April to October. At Montereau, the large heated pool opens from late April to early October depending on the weather, with safety fencing. At Le Plessis-Placy, the 3x2 metre outdoor pool, heated as well, serves as a large jacuzzi through the winter. If your dates fall out of season, the indoor pools are your best options.
A holiday home with a private pool, all yours
A private pool is, first of all, everything it spares you: no opening hours, no sun loungers to watch for, no strangers in the water. With children, it is also a responsibility, and the safety equipment varies from house to house: a rolling safety cover on the pool at Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan, fencing around the one at Montereau, a fully enclosed garden at Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan as at La Chapelle-Hareng. Every house also has a play area: the children get out of the water without leaving the garden.
Villa with a pool: indoor or outdoor?
It all depends on the season and on what your group expects from the pool. For a July stay, outdoor wins: 55 square metres of water at Montereau, the park all around, or the pool at Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan with its adjoining summer kitchen and the Royan beaches fifteen minutes away. From October to March, only an indoor pool will do: under the Norman veranda at La Chapelle-Hareng, within the walls of the farmhouse at Champrond-en-Gâtine, or at Saint-Amarin, where you swim facing the mountains. Regular swimmers will remember Saint-Amarin's counter-current lane; large families, the dimensions of the pool at Montereau. There is no wrong choice, only pools designed for different stays.