What our previous guests say...
Le Gaillon has been regularly inspected, approved and printed in Alastair Sawday's "Special Places to Stay" guides since 2005
"Alastair Sawday, the authority on special places to stay" - The Independent
As from 2012, Sawday's are no longer publishing any books, just their website, however their ethos of only including properties they have personally visited and approved remains and their standards are as high as they ever were).
Please see their review below...
"Come with family or good friends, barbecue under poplars and let the vistas dazzle. Inside are beautiful terracotta tiles and chunky beams"
“Two hours from Calais, in deep countryside, a solid little farmhouse just right for a family or close friends. Red terracotta tiles run throughout the ground floor; there’s a sitting room with fine oak ceiling beams, old-fashioned easy chairs, a brick fireplace with logs in winter, piles of videos, books and board games. In the dining room, a refectory table for eight, a patterned rug, a huge mirror; in the light, well-equipped kitchen, a table for six and a further fireplace. The master bedroom is also on this floor, with its feather-filled duvet and pretty patchwork quilt, and so is the one large shower room that the household shares. Then upstairs to a long, large, uncluttered sleeping space under the eaves – white, open, airy, all beautiful gnarled timbers and endless views. Stow most of the party up here and they’ll be happy. Fencing keeps the frisky cows framed in their buttercup meadow, leaving you the run of the pleasing garden. As dusk falls, you can sit, chat and barbecue as the poplars rustle and the fairylights twinkle like fireflies. Good value, gorgeous views.”
© Alastair Sawday, 2011
As from 2012, Sawday's are no longer publishing any books, just their website, however their ethos of only including properties they have personally visited and approved remains and their standards are as high as they ever were).
Please see their review below...
"Come with family or good friends, barbecue under poplars and let the vistas dazzle. Inside are beautiful terracotta tiles and chunky beams"
“Two hours from Calais, in deep countryside, a solid little farmhouse just right for a family or close friends. Red terracotta tiles run throughout the ground floor; there’s a sitting room with fine oak ceiling beams, old-fashioned easy chairs, a brick fireplace with logs in winter, piles of videos, books and board games. In the dining room, a refectory table for eight, a patterned rug, a huge mirror; in the light, well-equipped kitchen, a table for six and a further fireplace. The master bedroom is also on this floor, with its feather-filled duvet and pretty patchwork quilt, and so is the one large shower room that the household shares. Then upstairs to a long, large, uncluttered sleeping space under the eaves – white, open, airy, all beautiful gnarled timbers and endless views. Stow most of the party up here and they’ll be happy. Fencing keeps the frisky cows framed in their buttercup meadow, leaving you the run of the pleasing garden. As dusk falls, you can sit, chat and barbecue as the poplars rustle and the fairylights twinkle like fireflies. Good value, gorgeous views.”
© Alastair Sawday, 2011
Pages from our guestbooks...
We have been welcoming visitors, many of whom return, to Le Gaillon since 2003. Here are some comments taken from our guestbooks (we're onto the third now!).
Unfortunately there isn’t enough room here for all the lovely comments we have received from guests, but here are a few to give you some idea...
Unfortunately there isn’t enough room here for all the lovely comments we have received from guests, but here are a few to give you some idea...
