Who are we ?
I'm Anne from Bagneaux-Savatier, and with my husband Damien, we embarked on the adventure of holiday homes in 2006. Our daughter Violaine joined Séjour d'Albâtre in 2023, much to our delight: the next generation is assured! Passionate about old stone, antique furniture and decoration, we have spared no effort to offer you quality holidays, just 2 hours from Paris!
Whether you're travelling with family or friends, for a business seminar or a hiking break along the magnificent Côte d'Albâtre, our properties are sure to meet your expectations. Each property has been carefully selected and renovated to offer comfort and authenticity.
Today, Séjour d'Albâtre offers a Manor House, three Villas and the Wing of a Castle in a variety of sizes and locations to suit all your holiday needs, but the business has not stopped evolving over the last fifteen years! It was the sale of the school in the village of Sassetot-le-Mauconduit that made us decide to take the plunge and create Manoir du Moucel, which we sold a few years ago to a family who wanted to settle on the Côte d'Albâtre and fell in love with the house. This first experience enabled us to launch our own business and to save other favourite properties in the surrounding area, often with the help of our children!
I'd be delighted to tell you the unique story of each house below.
The Villa le Rayon Vert
The Villa le Rayon Vert takes its name from the eponymous work by Jules Verne.
Perched on the cliffs of Saint-Pierre-en-Port, this 180m² villa has the best view of the coast and can accommodate 15 people in a unique environment!
It is this culminating situation that earned it, during the Second World War, to be the scene of exchanges of fire between the English aviation and a German anti-aircraft battery installed on its roof.
A blockhouse was also installed in its garden, and royally furnished thanks to the "borrowing" of furniture from the surrounding villas.
When the occupying forces left in a hurry, the entrance to the blockhouse was camouflaged and, according to legend, never found again.
The Manor of Briquedalles
The Manoir de Briquedalles was the residence of the steward of the Château de Briquedalles until the 1970's, when it was separated from the Château during a succession.
In 2010, when Anne and Damien had the opportunity to buy this property, inseparable from theirs, the state of the Manor left much to be desired.
Trampled by cows,the garden was then only a field of thistles with irregular ground...
Important work followed to restore it and make it more harmonious and comfortable! Among these works, the construction of a pediment decorated with a Bull's Eye, as well as the addition of skylights allowed to optimize the natural lighting of the first floor.
The Mathilde and Violaine Villas
The Villa Mathilde and Villa Violaine, located at the Grandes Dalles, are part of a larger complex: the seaside heliotherapy centre at the Grandes Dalles. Those Villas housed the chaplaincy, some accommodations and the director before its closure in 1995.
Composed of more than 15 buildings, this center received patients from all over France for a cure of iodized air. The beautiful care pavilion that overlooked the cliff was destroyed during the Second World War, for the same reasons as the "Grand Hôtel des Bains" des Petites Dalles: too recognizable from the sea.
If Anne and Damien first renovated these two Villas, which were the most suitable, they don't intend to stop there and are planning to renovate the main building of the seaside heliotherapy centre, affectionately known as "la patate", directly overlooking the sea.
More complex - by its size and location - this project is still being conceptualized. We look forward to telling you more about it!
the Wing of the Castle of Briquedalles
Finally, the wing of the Château de Briquedalles has recently joined Séjour d'Albâtre. This wing is entirely independent from the residence and has been in Damien's family since 1798.
For these Châtelains, two maxims have governed its renovation and its integration into Séjour d'Albâtre:
- The cage does not feed the bird: meaning that even the most beautiful house cannot take care of itself and its inhabitants alone.
- There is no point in having such a beautiful house if it is to keep it to yourself.
Inhabited by these two thoughts, it seemed natural to them to open their doors and to offer their guests "the castle life" of the XXIst century.
You know everything now and understand how much this family business is based on the love of old stones, history, and the desire to share it and make it live, by welcoming you.
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The editors of Maison & Jardin Magazine featured Séjour d'Albâtre in their issue 162, published on 21 November 2024!
Excerpt:
‘Séjour d'Albâtre offers holiday homes that are as beautiful as they are welcoming. In a natural setting of sea, cliffs and lush green countryside, you'll be in paradise.
There are holiday homes where life is so sweet that you forget you're just passing through. That's how you feel when you stay in one of the Séjour d'Albâtre homes. Under this name, evocative of sea and cliffs, Anne and Damien have created, over the years, a series of warm and elegant houses dedicated to holiday rentals. Their daughter Violaine joined them a year ago to continue the adventure alongside them.
In the immediate vicinity of Étretat and Fécamp, in the light that seduced Impressionists such as Monet, Pissaro and Morizot, time seems to stand still."