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Only 2 1/2 hours south of Paris “Jo’s Farmhouse” a recently renovated stone and rendered farm house, is situated in the quiet rural hamlet with a very amusing name, which is pronounced ‘Anoux’ but is spelt Anus!!! Despite its name it is small, tranquil, attractive and surrounded by cornfields and the vast forest of Frétoy.

The Farmhouse is on a quiet road in the village completely surrounded by it’s orchard and garden. All the rooms are on the ground floor. One enters this 3-bedroomded house (2 double and 1 twin room) by the dining / sitting room which leads into an open- plan kitchen with doors either side.Facilities: Hot water at all times. Bed linnen, washing machine, a C.D./radio/cassette/DVD-player and for outside a BBQ and Garden furniture.

Price: rental per week (Saturday to Saturday) during the season July and August: € 600, rest of the year: € 500. Long w/e, short stays and long stays, negotiable. No animals.

Anus is two and a half hours drive down the autoroute from Paris. It is only 5 mins. drive from the small town of Courson-les-Carriers where there is a small supermarket, baker, pharmacy, garage, and a couple of bars. (the nearest shops) There are other market towns, a little further away at the edge of the Morvan and on the Nivernais Canal as well as the river Yonne. One of them is Clamecy which was an important town for floating the tree trunks out of the Morvan national park. The Morvan is a fabulous national park for walking and swimming in it’s many lakes. There is a Museum with all the history of the local area in Clamecy. There are several bars and restaurants.

Coulanges-sur-Yonne (10km) which is on the river and canal and offers a park with swimming, minigolf and a bar: restaurant. There are other small villages all along the Nivernais where one can walk, swim, picnic and find small bars and restaurants. Slightly further a field is the medieval town of Vezelay, (30mins) renowned for it’s Basilica dating back to Richard the Lion heart and the crusades. The Cure valley is reputed for it’s dramatic river cliffs, grottes and trogladite caves and there are numerous swimming holes and canoeing.

Avallon (45 mins) and the cathedral town of Auxerre (25mins ) offer not only interesting visits, markets but also hypermarkets. The vineyards of the Côte d’Or around Dijon and Beaune are about an hour and a halfs drive away. However there are some excellent vineyards nearby… Chablis (45 mins with it’s Sunday morning market), Coulanges-le-vineuse, Irancy and St Bris-le-vineuse.