About this property

Historic Setting: La Bicyclette Bleue in Montpinchon offers a spacious setting within a historic building. Guests enjoy garden views and a tranquil environment. Comfortable Accommodations: The bed and breakfast features family rooms with private bathrooms, parquet floors, and modern amenities. Each room includes a work desk and free toiletries. Leisure Facilities: Guests can relax in the outdoor fireplace, enjoy the garden, and utilise the shared kitchen. Additional amenities include an outdoor seating area, picnic area, and bicycle parking. Breakfast and Dining: A continental buffet breakfast is served daily, including fresh pastries, cheese, fruits, and juice. The outdoor dining area provides a pleasant setting for meals. Location and Attractions: Located 88 km from Caen–Carpiquet Airport, the property is near attractions such as Haras National (28 km) and Champrepus Zoo (29 km). Free on-site private parking is available.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.1 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.2)

Breakfast info

Continental, Buffet

  • Free private parking available on-site


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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Richard
    Guernsey Guernsey
    Lovely old farmhouse in peaceful rural location. Spacious, traditionally furnished bedroom with decent-sized beds. Welcoming and attentive hosts who cooked us delicious omelettes for supper even though we hadn't pre-ordered anything. Breakfast...
  • Anna
    Austria Austria
    La Bicyclette Bleue is a true gem. It is a beautiful old house in a picturesque, peaceful countryside. The breakfasts are a highlight, as are other delicious meal options (picnic dinner on the beach is a wonderful thing to do!). But it is more...
  • Andrew
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Outstanding all round, we opted for the evening meal, it did not disappoint. It was all locally sourced ingredients and home made. Neil and Freddie, our hosts went above and beyond to welcome my father and I into their home. The property was warm...
  • Chris
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Neil and Freddie obviously love being hosts - wonderful conversationalists with an extensive knowledge of the local area and willing and able to give tips on a range places on things to go/places to eat nearby. All the (inclusive) breakfast was...
  • Claire
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Neil & Freddie could not do enough for us......super friendly hosts 😊....they were so lovely.
  • Dominic
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Very friendly and helpful owners with a very relaxed attitude!
  • Dominique
    France France
    Très bon accueil par nos hôtes Endroit très calme et cosy Très bon petit dejeuner
  • Martine
    France France
    Le très bon accueil de nos hôtes, et la situation géographique dans un environnement calme et reposant
  • Laurence
    France France
    Chambre spacieuse et gentillesse des hôtes. C'est un endroit simple et sans chichi
  • Hervé
    France France
    Accueil très agréable, dans une maison bien au calme. Très bon petit déjeuner.

Quality rating

Booking.com rated the quality of this property as 3 out of 5 based on factors such as facilities, size, location and services provided.

Hosted by Neil Vinall and Freddy Dhombres

9.7
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Neil Vinall and Freddy Dhombres
La Bicyclette Bleue, is a traditional former Normandy Corps de Ferme sitting on an acre of land and set deep within the Normandy countryside. The house dates back to between 1785 and 1806 and has period features. We currently have two en-suite rooms, The Panelled room and The Retro room with views to both the flower meadow at the front and the garden at the back. Both are set up as double rooms, but can be converted to twin rooms on request. We also have a third room, The Little Loft (double) which shares a shower room with and can be booked privately in conjunction with The Retro Room (please contact us directly for more information) Apart from the Entrance hall where breakfast is served, there is an outside dining and summer kitchen area where the optional dinner is served on fine evenings or where guests can prepare their own simple meals or a BBQ. Guests have the freedom to explore the front garden with it's sitting areas, and the meadow. Apart from breakfast, which is included in the price, for an extra cost, we can also offer a four course dinner with aperitifs and coffee, a three course evening picnic or a one course evening snack as well as packed lunches. Although there are no televisions in the rooms, we have a DVD player on request and free Wifi access. NB If you require an earlier or later check in time please let us know at the time of booking and we will do our best to accommodate you.
We are an Anglo/French couple. We have three dogs, two cats and six chickens. Since being in the house we have developed an orchard, vegetable garden, front gardens, seating areas and meadow paths. We look forward to welcoming you to this amazing house in the beautiful Normandy countryside and sharing everything that it has to offer.
La Bicyclette Bleue is situated by the side of a quiet lane in a small hamlet of seven other houses close to the village of Montpinchon. This area of Normandy is at the base of the Contentin Peninsula in the department of Manche in Lower Normandy. It is a very rural area, a land of cheese, cream, apples and cider. We have rolling hills and valleys and abundant wildlife including birds of prey, owls, badgers, Coypu, moles, bats, and if you're lucky, wild boar and deer. We are 20 minutes from the coast, 15 minutes from the beautiful little cathedral city of Coutances, just over half an hour from St, Lo, the county town of Manche and approximately 40 minutes from the Parc Naturel Régional des Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin, which covers a huge swathe of central Manche, about 40 mins from Granville with links to the Isles de Chaussey and about an hour from the D-day beaches, Bayeux, Caen, St. Malo and Le Mont St. Michel. We have wonderful and very reasonably priced local restaurants (mostly serving at lunchtimes and weekends) churches both ancient and modern and history in abundance.
Languages spoken: English,Spanish,French,Italian,Portuguese

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From 16:00 to 20:00
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From 09:00 to 11:00
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Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
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Pets are not allowed.
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Smoking is not allowed.
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The fine print

Need-to-know information for guests at this property

Please inform La Bicyclette Bleue in advance of your expected arrival time. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly with the contact details provided in your confirmation.

This property will not accommodate hen, stag or similar parties.

In response to Coronavirus (COVID-19), additional safety and sanitation measures are in effect at this property.