Welcome in Raye
Holidays at "Les Sept Vallées"
Imagine: you travel four ours (when you come from London) by car and ferry and you arrive in the district called Les Sept Vallées and the Picardie. Here you can find all you need for a fine holiday or a short trip. To mention a few of the high lights: the splendid sand beaches, the chalk-cliffs of Ault and the picturesque harbour villages like Saint Valéry and Le Crotoy, and, of course, the medieval villages Montreuil sur Mer, Rue and Saint Riquier (with a splendid church and an annual music festival).
Do you enjoy bicycle tours, walking, playing golf, gliding, horse riding, canoeing or fishing? You will find all this in the direct surroundings. So you can easily spend here all sorts of holidays.
But where...? Of course in our nice and cosy gîte in Raye sur Authie.
Raye sur Authie
Raye sur Authie is a picturesque village located at one of the seven rivers of the seven valleys, called the Authie. For votaries anglers a river of the first category especially for trout fishing!
At the edge of the village you will find an old fermette - small farm - where we have especially for you, a comfortable gîte for a pleasant stay.
Gîte Le Poujols
The gîte has:
- a large living room with a cosy sitting corner with TV and audio equipment
- a dinette
- a completely equipped kitchen, with a frigidaire, a dishwasher, a 4-jet hotplate, an extractor and coffee machine.
- two bedrooms one with a double bed and one with a bunk bed. Bath towels and Bedclothes are present.
- a bathroom with a bath and shower, toilet and washstand. Bath towels are present.
The gîte is located on the ground floor and has a private terrace on the south.
Supplies for the children
Baby bed and baby chair. The bunk bed has a security, so little children are safe in their bed.
We have a play-garden and children can romp freely in the garden in pedestrian surroundings.
Entertainment at Le Poujols
In a separate building you have the possibility - for a little contriburion - of using the hammam: a sauna, a turkish steambath and the whirlpool. All this facilities will make your stay here even more attractive.
Next to the hammam you will find the the "cuisine d'été" (summer kitchen) the bbc and covered terrace are at your disposal. All this with a view to a large garden and the fall.
About the surroundings
There are a lot of places and spots where you and your children can enjoy your stay. You will find different sand beaches on a distance of half an hour. Not far from Raye s/A you can find the funfair named La Bagatelle, the park Samara with a prehistorical museum, the underground city Naours, a super labyrinth,, "the knights" village in Azincourt, and a bird show. From several spots of the Baie de la Somme you will see- with a binocular- the seals on the sandbanks.
There is a steam train which drives a several times a day from Le Crotoy to Cayeux sur Mer and the other way round.
The watermill of Maintenay is open for a visit every afternoon. At the opposite of the mill you find a pancake restaurant and a bakery where the flour of the watermill is processed to delicious pancakes and craft bread.
The Jardins et Abbaye le Valloires have a splendid and famous rosegarden and a medieval abbey. Both are worth a special visit.
Touquet Paris Plage, also called small Paris at the coast, is especially interesting for for shopping.
You can reach it in about half an hour from your holiday house Le Poujols several golf courses, among which the well-known international golfcourses at Nampont Saint Firmin, and at Berck La Belle Dune.
Interesting Cities
The capital of the Somme 'département' is Amiens, famous for his cathedral. In the student area called San Leu you have a great choice of restaurants at the waterfront of the river Somme. The city Abbeville is worth to visit. A circuit with a plane or balloon around the bay of the Somme you can make on the spot.
In a two hours drive you can be in Paris. If you don't want to go by car, take the train from Abbeville.
Hesdin is the nearest larger village from Le Poujols. The weekly market is here on thursday. This is also the place for your daily purchases.
Culinarily surprices
There is a choice of local specialities in the restaurants and brasseries. Try the "plateau fruit de mer" at the coast, a dish of scale- and shell fish, of which the ingredients are fresh invoked each day. Besides this famous fish dinners we recommend the lamb meat from "the baie de la Somme" sheep.
In Loison-en-Créquoise there is a little mill where perlé is made of bays, raspberries and cherries, very refreshing on a warm summer evening.
In brief: to spend a holiday in Raye sur Authie is more than worth it. For young and old, there is something for everybody.
Your host and hostess Hans en Vera Schiet hope they can give you a warm welcome in short time at Le Poujols.