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Family Friendly Gites France: Child & Toddler Friendly Family Gites France Has To Offer

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Why Will This Help You?

Going on holiday as a family can be a wonderful experience.  You’re looking for “family friendly gites” type of holidays and it might seem difficult selecting the perfect gite for children, but we’ve deliberately catered for you here at Gite Dordogne. 

See some of the comments from previous guests on our home page (more than half of our guests come back a second time!), but first, read on for more on child friendly French gites.

KEY FACT: Over half of our guests love it so much they come back multiple times, and return year after year!

Family Holiday Home With Large Heated Swimming Pool

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Large heated swimming pool. Imagine diving into this refreshing private pool on a hot summers day at your child friendly cottages!

Enclosed Garden and Private Outdoor Spaces

We have previously arranged many fantastic family holidays at our beautiful farmhouse, big pool and beautiful gardens for families with young children, toddlers and older children. We make it easy for you to create lasting memories.

Larger Families or a Group Holiday

This is perfect for larger families or a group holiday with other families.

You can enjoy the enclosed garden filled with beuatiful plants and space to run around.

Private heated swimming pool and private outdoor spaces and private terrace at this self catering cottages

The heated swimming pool is perfect for safety minded parents whilst relaxing on your family holiday.

The pool is enclosed with a beautiful clear safety glass fence all around, so you can see in to the pool area, or out of the pool area, to keep your baby and toddler and children safe (including child safety latches, for safety minded parents whilst children are safe and have fun – and have so much freedom with their own space).

Heated swimming pool
Heated private pool with secure glass enclosure

The private terrace gives lovely views over the beautiful countryside and the main pool, so safety minded parents and grown ups can relax and enjoy a chilled glass of wine chatting with your friends and family.

Holiday villas in the sun in France
Holiday villa in the sun in France

Fancy a bit of wine tastings by the pool?

The toddler pool can be set up on request and there are plenty of children’s play area to enjoy time with your other toddlers and children.

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For the best family gites France offers, you need a luxury private swimming pool like this.. (watch the video)

Video: You need a spectacular pool for you all

Watch the video above to see the private swimming pool.

This charming family holiday home in France gives you the chance to relax and enjoy being together with your tribe. 

We are also realists.  That’s why this villa also gives you space to each go do your own thing; by the lake, by the heated swimming pool, on the terrace, maybe go for a walk through the orchard or rest in the hammocks, indoors in the huge Banquet Hall with lounge-kitchen-dining area – and then come back together. This gives you so much freedom!

We have an enclosed garden filled with space, plants and room to run about!

We have lots of facilities and activities to keep them entertained; the new Games Room (for parents / adults and children), with pool table, table tennis ping pong, air hockey, bar, table football, full-screen cinema and more (the range of facilities are outlined here) and outside you have the pool and safe enclosure area, plus badminton, golf, mountain bikes and more toys. Its like having your own kids club! Lots of baby and child activities, plenty to do and enjoy.

We have plenty of baby and toddler equipment such as high chairs, potties, and 2 travel cots so you dont need to travel with yours.

We have this fantastic new Games Room, which is 15 metres long, for your children, young and old and you and your family to play and have fun together.

Watch this video to see what is in the Games Room…

This luxury summer holidays villa gives you an amazing large Games Room

You Deserve The Best Summer Family & Friends Holiday In France

When you’re looking for luxury holiday cottages in France with private pool, for your ideal French family holiday stay, you need to know that you can relax and enjoy the surroundings.

Our heated private swimming pool has a fully enclosed secure-glass fence all around it, so that your baby or toddler (or toddlers!) and young children cannot inadvertently access the pool.

Also from the outside of the glass fence, you can see in, to watch. Your little ones are safe and you can relax; maybe you’ll find yourself relaxed with a glass of wine, maybe read a book!

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Children in the Private Pool on the Roman End steps

In the photo above, you can see behind the children playing on the heated pool steps, beautiful safety-glass enclosure, which means you can watch your little darlings, safe knowing exactly where they are, while also enjoying the stunning views.

Just next to the pool enclosure, is the Terrace, with this jacuzzi hot tub…

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Your child will love the bubbles! And the heated pool for young families.
French gites or gites in France with hot tub and swimming pools give you luxury relaxing time with new friends and old
Welcome! Guests hanging out with friends on the terrace patio in the garden in France
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Luxury Self Catering Holiday For Families in France

We are totally covered for your self catering family holiday in France.

The lovely French terrace is big enough to support a lot of people as you cook, eat delicious meals and enjoy some local wine together.  On the Terrace is the outside kitchen (see the video above), where you can cook (especially fish), prepare your food, and get your cold drinks from the fridge.

The black dining table seats up to 14 people for family get togethers and eating together.

There is also a brick barbecue for sizzling up some steaks for dinner. In the Bakehouse is a much larger BBQ for larger family gatherings.

Indoors, in the Banquet Hall, you have this large country kitchen for your luxury family self catering family holiday…

Watch this video to see the kitchen and inside the Banquet Hall.

Luxury self catering kitchen & dining room
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BBQ Time! Watching the sun go down in the garden, with a barbeque, seating area, country kids and a little wine.

Self Catering Luxury Holiday Cottage France

Just down from the terrace patio, away from the house and property, is acres and acres of grassland countryside, where you can play in the grounds or pull up a deck-chair and sun yourself, enjoying the unspoilt views. 

Then later, you may find you feel like watching the sun go down.  You could take a barbecue right down there to eat as a group, or read, with your very own stunning country sunset and take it easy!

Or you might enjoy this sunset dinner spot.

While we are not strictly a gite with kids club south of France, it is almost like having a family resort with kids club, because there is so much for your children and family to do here. We don’t have an ‘entertainer’ but there are so many games, sports equipment and activities to keep your children entertained.

French fun play areas - pools or lakes lodges at this location. Free boat service from the owners, terre blanche hotels, not Provence
Child friendly gites – Happy Days! Playing by the lake with the children at the farm in France.

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A short walk down to the lake, the children can go boating, play or mess about in the lake.   The lake has a small spit / promontory, sticking right out into the body of the lake, with tables and log chairs which is a fantastic place for an outdoor country picnic at your luxury villa in France.

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Kids play boating on the lake. Rural family holidays in France

Family Holidays in France with Baby and Toddler

You can stroll around the lake to the pine and deciduous forest, explore, and maybe make a hammock camp for the kids to play or even making a den near the lake. You can take the small wooden row boat out across the amazing lake if you are careful and with good supervision.

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Explore the site around the beautiful lake in France, with family country picnic region at your luxury family in France

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You and your family can relax indoors if it is too hot outdoors at the Farm

Indoor Accommodation

Indoors the property gives you a lot of space as a group without getting under each other’s feet. In the lounge a 12-seater sofa will offer you the expanse for people to get together, kick back and have a few drinks. For really perfect luxury child holidays in France, for your luxury family self catering France holidays, you need a large cottage with a pool and huge self catering kitchen like this.

Luxury Family Self Catering Family Holiday in France

French Gites self catering Country Kitchen and relaxed breakfast bar offers everything you require and a great place for your group
Kitchen, with Range Cooker and Breakfast Bar
Kitchen and Breakfast bar. A much needed break in this retreat, popular from May through June, July, August and September for the whole family
Food Prep within the Banquet Hall at the Gite, looking from the Dining table

The Lounge Living Room Region

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Owners and families relaxing at Christmas. Spacious lounge with 12-seater sofas. The right place to get together.

Here is one of the 5 double bedrooms…

Watch this video for a view of one of the bedrooms for your family villa in France, boutique family holiday France

Feel Like Royalty On Your Summer Holidays, This Year or Next Year

This villa farmhouse is stunning for Christmas, which makes it perfect for a luxury multiple-family get together – maybe your next trip will be with the family of your siblings, adults and children.

Best Accommodation: Family Friendly holiday cottages

The bedroom accommodation is 5 large doubles (one can be a twin bedroom), which offer you all a big indoor quiet zone to relax. Upstairs is a large double bedroom, the master bedroom, with ensuite bathroom and shower room. Downstairs are 4 large double bedroom options, suitable for baby and toddler with child safety latches and a shower room.

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Attractions & Things To Do For Your Week in France

There is also plenty to do with your children in the local region, as a day-trip out with your children, from your child-friendly villa in France. Just ask at the Jumilhac Tourist Information Office, on the square in Jumilhac (6 minute drive, 4 miles away), to book your gold panning trip, for a great French family holiday experience with your children, to find gold (we did) and explore. 

Children in the river gold-panning
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Children in the river gold-panning-
Panning
Gold fun in the river

We have a collection of spare welly boots you can borrow, but it can be done in rough old trainers. We are 2 hours drive to the long sandy beaches on the west coast (lovely beaches with great views and activities). The beach of Arcachon on the coast is really beautiful.

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Family fun in the Games Room. Photo supplied by happy guest.

French Family Holiday Home in Dordogne France

Another great break out, which is only a short trip away from the rural villa, is the Velorail at Bussiere Galant, just 20 minutes across the rolling hills. This has great play areas to enjoy – a perfect place for picnics with your other guests.

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A Great Fun day out from the Villa – VeloRail in France

Other ideas, information, different towns for day trips out from the villa are on “The Local Region” page here.

Baby Equipment So You Can Travel Light

We, the hosts, provide a number of baby and toddler equipment and facilities for babies and small children, such as 2 travel cots for sleeping, a high chair, babies bath, toilet seat, potty etc so you don’t need to travel with them, and get the delightful friendly break you deserve. You are of course welcome to bring your own toddler equipment and whatever you need. If you need somehting else, just ask here.

Babysitting service is available locally for you

We know a reliable friend who will be welcome babysitting for you if you fancy dinner and a night out at one of the highly rated restaurants nearby. We can help with booking restaurants.

Kids Holidays Villa France

Of all the self catering holiday gites with heated pools, if you’ve got young children, this Farmhouse cottage with pool, and free parking is the perfect summer holiday with your little ones and loved ones.

Come for one week, two weeks or three in high season, for the best price! The sumptuous 5 large double bedrooms sleeps 2, sleeps 10 or sleeps up to 14 (one double bedroom can change to a twin bedroom, without using a sofa bed).

For secure bookings and lasting memories at this wonderful children friendly villa in France please book using the Availability page.

If you have any questions at all for your family holidays or want to talk through your requirements in France, please simply call us here.

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2 thoughts on “Family Friendly Gites France: Child & Toddler Friendly Family Gites France Has To Offer”

  1. I need to organise a family holiday together with my (adult) siblings and their families, kids, dog etc in France. There would be 12 of us in total. Can you help with that?

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