Les Cabanes du Clos Masure

Clos Masure is a B&B farm stay near Rouen, Normandy, France, that offers a unique glamping holiday experience. The accommodation is in the form of fairy tale like wooden cabins high up in the beech trees that children, or romantic couples, will be especially enchanted by.

THE ACCOMMODATION:

They have five thatched treehouses to sleep up to five people. All of them are sturdy and well designed with access via wooden staircases and walkways built high up around the trees. There are varying numbers of beds, plus indoor and outdoor seating/dining areas  from where you can catch glimpses of many animals and birds which tend to go unnoticed from ground level; squirrels, woodpeckers and night time owls for example.

The accommodation is B&B and you’ll the friendly owners provide you with a top class fresh breakfast to start your day with. Other meals, both hot and cold can also be provided throughout the day with a bit of advanced notice.

Safety might of course be a concern with young children and you’re naturally advised to keep an eye on them more so than in conventional accommodation even though you’ll find all areas carefully fenced and secured.

The property is a farm stay and so has a fully working farm which guests are welcome to explore. They have a large herd of dairy cattle, a flock of hens and also produce a variety of crops; wheat, rapeseed, sugar beet, flax and corn.

THE LOCATION:

The farm stay is just 40km from the famously beautiful city of Rouen and in the heart of some peaceful green Normandy countryside. For those of you not familiar Rouen is Normandy’s capital and a popular place with tourists due in no small part to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame, a magnificent sight in the center of the city and one which was once much appreciated by the iconic impressionist painter Claude Monet.

Popular with tourists but not oppressively it is also a busy, vibrant city in its own right, with fine restaurants and cafes and makes for a good initial introduction to the architecture, culture and cuisine of the Normandy region.

Rural Normandy though is also a major attraction and the farm stay has a very nice location in the heart of Haute-Normandie. One particular nearby place is the enchanting forest of Eawy just 8 km away; a protected area of ancient beech woodland it covers ​​6550 hectares of land and is a great place for wildlife spotting.

There are many small, typically Normandy farming villages and towns around too; Auffay, Bosc-le-Hard, Buchy for example and many others. Many of them have farmer’s markets and other events too, especially in summertime. The owners of the farmstay can provide plenty of information about what’s happening and where.

The city of Amiens is just under an hour away by car, with Dieppe less than half that. The port of Calais, for ferries to Dover, England, is less than two hours to the north about the same distance as Paris, to the south.