Les Idées Folles
The giant trampoline at the bottom of the garden
Family holiday

A week at the farm, for a large family or several

Seven bedrooms, a fenced one-hectare garden, hens, two sheep, a giant trampoline, and the beaches of the Somme Bay thirty minutes away. Weeks run Saturday to Saturday or Friday to Friday.

The children

The garden is fully fenced and the car park closed by an electric gate. Giant trampoline with net, pétanque pitch, board games, books and toys. Some twenty hens and roosters live in the meadow with two sheep: the day's eggs go to whoever finds them.

Parents and grandparents

The whole house is on one level, with no internal stairs. Two kitchens to cook together, two lounges to gather or retreat, a conservatory opening onto the garden, and wifi with Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+ for rainy evenings.

More than 20 of you?

There is always a solution. The farm becomes the home base: you live, eat and gather here. The others sleep a stone's throw away in Pont-Rémy, 2 km from here: the gîte Aux 10 Ponts (8 people, 3 bedrooms) and the village gîte Au fil de l'eau (6 people, 3 bedrooms), both on the banks of the Somme, not counting the gîtes in the neighbouring villages.

For those who sleep in Pont-Rémy and spend their days at the farm, count on €15 per person per day, by quote.

Tell us about your group and we will help you organise it all.

Tell us about your group

Days out

The beaches of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme and Le Crotoy, the little bay train, the seals to watch on foot or by canoe. The Marquenterre park with binoculars, the Valloires gardens, and the Somme cycle route two kilometres away, straight from the house.

The week in practice

Supermarket and drive-through five minutes away, Abbeville market on Thursdays and Saturdays. Linen packages with beds made on arrival, and cleaning during the stay in two-hour slots for week-long stays. In winter, central heating, two fireplaces and a wood stove, firewood included.

Worth knowing for this stay

Weeks from €2,340

in low season, excluding cleaning, for 16 people.

Seven bedrooms, 18 beds

plus two cots and a travel cot.

Dogs and cats welcome

at no extra charge, in the fenced garden.

Christmas with the family

the Christmas and New Year holidays are high season, book early.

See dates and prices

Questions we are often asked

Is there equipment for babies?

A travel cot, two baby beds, books and toys for the little ones, a trampoline and games for the older ones.

Is the house on one level?

Yes, the whole house is on the ground floor, with no upstairs and no indoor stairs. The entrance is up a few front steps: if someone uses a wheelchair or has difficulty walking, tell us before the stay and we will help you organise the arrival.

Is the house well heated in winter?

Yes: central heating, two fireplaces and a wood stove, with free firewood. January guests confirm it.

Is cleaning included?

End-of-stay cleaning is charged at €160 per stay. The house must be left tidy, dishes done and bins taken out. For stays of a week or more, a cleaning visit during your stay is available at €16 per hour, in two-hour slots.

Who is Swikly, and why do you use them?

Swikly is a French company founded in 2016 in Lyon, specialised in online security deposits and payments for rentals, and offered by Banque Populaire to its business customers. We use them so that your card never goes through us: it is entered on their secure page, and we never see your numbers.

The stay is paid in one go. The deposit is a simple card imprint, neither debited nor blocked, released automatically after the stay. Swikly also offers an optional insurance that refunds you if accidental damage were to be taken from the deposit.

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