Les jardins du chateau d'Olonne 5* - Chateau d'Olonne/Vendée/France

I just visited this domain and did not experience it myself. But happy to share what I saw during my visit.

This domain is a large village with modern villa's. All villa's do have a swimming pool (ecxept 8 of them).

They can all enjoy the big public pool (opened 15/6 - 15/9), tennis court, mini-golf, table tennis, play garden, restaurant and snack bar.

There are 3 types of villa's:

1. Acacia - 3 rooms with 1 bathroom (bath/shower) - 2 beds (90cm) next to each other. This is the only villa with everything on the groundfloor.

2. Sophora- 4 rooms with twin beds - 2 bathrooms (1 with shower and bath separate and 1 with shower). There are 2 rooms on the first floor with the 2nd bathroom. There is a huge terrace and garden with large swimming pool.

3. Sequoia: 4 bedrooms + sofa bed in the living room. 3 bathrooms (2 with shower only) + large living room and garden with swimming pool.

Of course the largest villa's are the most spacious and best equiped villa's. But all of them are having modern furniture and are good looking.

Hint: you can ask for a specific villa to rent. So I'd personally prefer one of the villa's where the swimming pool is not situated near the road (even though they're not public). So you can have a look on the map to select your favoriete location:

Advantages:

- very modern and large villa's (well equiped)

- several facilities for children

- most of them do have a private swimming pool + garden (this last one is always the case)

Disadvantages:

- this domain is rather isolated (3km from Sable d'Olonne) and 2km away from the beach.

- high extra cost for cleaning (150eur)+ bed linen

- heated pool must be reserves in advance (xtra charge)

- a lot of gardens are situated along the road (less privacy)

This domain is more for families with children (also ideal for families with grandparents, parents & children)

I'd give these accommodations 8/10 as they are modern, clean and do have a nice garden with swimming pool (when the pool is not situated along one of the private roads of this domaine (as I don't like passer-by's when I'm at the pool :-))