The house includes all the necessary equipment to spend a pleasant weekend
or more.
Only the bath towels, as well as those for the washing up, the bed sheets
(mattress covers, pillowcases, duvet fitted sheets), are not provided.
Beds have pillows, duvets (continental quilts) and blankets.
A bit of History:
The house as it is today would be dated around the end of the 17th century,
begin of the 18th. The house has the typical style of the traditional house
of this part of the country.
The foundations would be older, they have been compared to the Roman Villa
of Vesqueville (A. Malthys – Archéologica Belgica 159), the
way they are buried on the garden’s side would be an evidence of it.
The three-cells model: humans, live stock, reserves: all under the same
slate roof, the hood, called the « tchépo » allowed to
do farm work protected from the bad weather.
Inside, we find the same intelligence: the opening are on the Southern
side, the large open fire was warming the « pel » through the
cast-iron plate (or contrecœur). This one deserves some explanation:
it has been made in Orval during the Jansenist period (1st quarter of the
18th century).
In the central part, the three theological virtues: Faith, eyes covered;
Hope, the anchor; and Charity, a burning hart. The four other women are
the cardinal virtues: Force (column), Justice (sword), Temperance (cup),
Prudence (mirror and snake). The sentence "Ardet Amans Spe Nixa Fides":
The Faith supported by Hope burns from the fire of Charity.
Why is this cast-iron plate reversed? The only reason we have found would
be linked to the French Revolution, no house was allowed to bear religious
signs, but getting rid off such a good cast-iron plate was not the kind
of thing we do in the Ardenne, it would have then been reversed, waiting
for better days.
Have a good stay!
Kayak: the Semois river passes in front of the
house and a landing stage is at less than 30 m.
Easy storage of several kayaks and/or canoes in the stable.
Descent of the Semois by kayak: possible hiring at 400 m of the lodging
at the Tourism Office (Syndicat d'initiative, S.I.) of Cugnon.
Moutain bike: many possibilities of excursions
in diverse types of fields
Hiring available at 400m from the lodging at the S.I. of Cugnon
Fishing
The Semois passing in front of the house, nothing is easier than practicing
this sport (while following the regulations in force in the Walloon Region).
The pike and lots of other species are numerous. The site is next to "la
Noue ", a spawning ground which begins a reserve being spread out over
400 meters of river.
Many places to walk
Bowling
Karting
Swimming pool
Horse riding
Multisports
Ski touring
Language of communication: We speak English and French
Max. Number of Guests: 6Bedrooms: 2Bathrooms: 1.0
Vacation Rentals Prices:
from:
Oct
29
to:
Nov
6
245.00
€ / daily
from:
Feb
5
to:
Feb
13
245.00
€ / daily
from:
Mar
26
to:
Apr
10
299.00
€ / daily
from:
Jul
1
to:
Aug
31
299.00
€ / daily
from:
Dec
24
to:
Jan
8
299.00
€ / daily
The default rate is 230 EUR a week, except for the special seasons rates detailed hereby.
There are also possibilities to rent for shorter periods. Contact us for more details.
General conditions
Charges
Consumption of water, electricity and heating is to be paid at the time of the reservation. The method of calculation of the amount of the charges applied is as follows: application of a fixed price of 5 EUR per day in the period ranging between the 1/5 and the 30/9, and of 7 EUR per day in the period ranging between the 1/10 and the 30/4.
Cleaning can be carried out by the tenant. The owner or his representative takes in guarantee 30 EUR and keeps it if the tenant does not wish to undertake cleaning, or if this one is not carried out satisfactorily.
Guarantee
The rental guarantee (100 EUR) must be given to the owner or his representative at the time of the arrival. The amount must be paid in cash.
Arrivals and departures
In tourist season, the reservations are generally made from the Saturday (14h) until the next Saturday (10h) and for a one week stay minimum.
On middle and in low season, the days and hours of arrival and departures are to be agreed with the owner or his representative according to the availability of the lodging.
Rental seasons
Rental prices vary according to the season:
* Tourist season: Belgian school holidays of spring and christmas/new year, and from July 01 to August 31.
* Middle season: Belgian school holidays of Carnival and All Saints' week.
* Low season : other than tourist or middle season.
Equipment
Towels, bed and duvet sheets are not provided by the landlord. The equipment is mentioned in the description of the lodging.
A multitude of walks through our large forest and our fields, discovering our nature whose flora is so particular and the fauna is so present. You will have perhaps the opportunity to cross a stag, a wild boar, a moufflon and many other animals.
From the 3rd weekend of September to the 3rd of October, you will be able to hear very easily the stag belling.
Gastronomie :
le prieuré de conques
Hostellerie de Sainte-Cécile
Catering at reasonable price in Herbeumont : l’Herbe-Mont
Also in Mortehan-Cugnon : le Carpe Diem
Cave of Saint-Remacle
Bouillon
Castle of Bouillon, August 15: show (lights and sounds) presenting the history of Godefroid de Bouillon in all the city.
"La crête des cerfs" : park where the animals live in semi-freedom. All the family will take pleasure to perfect one's knowledge of fauna in Ardenne (bisons, lynx, wild boars, stags, moufflons...) Adresse : crête des cerfs in 6830 Bouillon. Phone: 061/46.71.49
Libramont : Celtic Museum
Agricultural fair (show) of Libramont, the last weekend of July.
SAINT-HUBERT : City patron saint of the hunters, all the September beginnings: blessing of the animals by the priest of the parish
Splendid abbey,
Game reserve,
April 1 to September 30
Aeronautical activities: sailplanes, planes - days of initiation and flights of discovered in sailplanes (gliding).
Aerodrome of St Hubert : 061/61.12.68
Visit the city of Bertrix "on-line"
www.bertrix.com/auby/
www.bertrix.com/cugnon-mortehan/
www.city-scope.com/leshayons/
Florenville
Descent in the small boat of Chiny at Lacuisine on the sinuous Semois.
The "passeurs" have today a flotilla of flat boats with broad benches. They guide the visitors, through the mazes of the capricious Semois , on a course of 8 km, during two unforgettable hours.
SPRL Les Passeurs réunis
Rue de l'Embarcadère, 58 - 6810 CHINY
Tél : 061/31.17.43 Private : 061/31.29.09 Cell phone : 0495/54.93.72
Avioth
In the middle of an undulating landscape of meadows, forests and ponds the monumental basilica of Avioth surprises the traveller. At the very beginning of the XIIth century, one discovered, in a bush of spines, a statue of the Virgin who quickly became the object of a significant pilgrimage, at the origin of the imposing monument which reached us in spite of the vicissitudes of a disturbed history.
Indeed, property of the count de Chiny, Avioth became in the XIVth century possession of the duchy of Luxembourg from which it followed the destinies, until passing under the Spanish domination in 1556 for its greater damage. Calms will return only after the taking of Montmédy by the French in 1657. Jean Delhôtel, priest of Avioth of 1636 to 1682, has been the witness of the end of this tragic time, and has left us, in 1668, with the history of his parish and his church.
Built throughout the XIVth century, the basilica of Avioth is a major building. The elegance and the homogeneity of its architecture, the importance of the iconographic program of the western frontage, a stone furniture of the XVth century, canopies of the XIVth, a statuary of great quality, do one of the most beautiful Lorraine monuments. The basilica is the repository of the statue of Our-Lady, which was considered to give a "respite" to the died little children, time that they are baptized, which made of Avioth, until the XVIIth century, the most famous pilgrimage "with respite" of Lorraine. In the south of the basilica rises a charming monument of the beginning of XVth century, single in its kind, known under the name of "recevress" and which seems well to have been the "hôtel of freed city "of Avioth.
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