Two log houses with swimming pool and sauna in Essoyes, Champagne

We stayed here for 4 days recently while touring France. It's a fairly basic, but cosy, wood cabin with a hugely effective burner that heats the whole place, and a shower with PLENTY of piping hot water. There is a BBQ whose grills need a clean, and a very basic oven. There's a toaster, crockery etc. We booked towels (10EUR pp) well in advance of our stay but they'd been forgotten, so we had to go for dinner after 12 hours travelling without a shower, not great. However, once I reminded the host over VRBO chat, they left some while we're at dinner.There's a weak mobile signal here, quite nice to get away from it all but there were a couple of times I needed Internet access and had to drive out of this area to get a strong enough signal. The main issue was on the last night, we were having dinner and the host came down and said we had to leave as it was already our last day, despite our checkout being the next morning! We ended up having to show him the date on our phones to prove we had one more night paid for. It was a genuine mistake by the host but it raised serious privacy concerns that the host can just come to the cabin unannounced like that and it's the main reason I'd not stay again, despite feeling comfy in the property itself. If you have a sports car check you can pass the track, which is a farm track. I have a GT4 and it was grounding out at times. This should probably be mentioned in the advert. Overall, a nice, but not perfect, stay.

Very nice loghouse with good views, very quiet. The pool was clean and warm. Friendly hosts.

We had a great 11 days in the cabin. It was lovely to wake up with the sun coming through the trees and our children loved seeing the horses and sheep in the barn

Très belle région, calme et repos assurés. Si la perspective d'une déconnexion urbaine et d'un dépaysement ont été pleinement remplis, le logement s'est révélé veillot, peu entretenu et pas très propre : - 3 serpentins tue-mouches remplis d'insectes en place depuis de nombreuses semaines (remplacés le lendemain de notre arrivée et à notre départ 13j plus tard comptabilisant seulement 2 mouches) Lde plus, en terme d'aménagement le chalet est tout juste dimensionné pour 1 couple avec 1 enfant (et non 5 personnes) Nous avons honoré la facturation des options linge de lit et de toilette malgré des serviettes élimées ainsi que le ménage de fin de séjour. Enfin, accueil cordial mais peu chaleureux.