Choosing a 'home from home' rather than a hotel in the Loire Valley.

It is always interesting to have 'world travelers' visiting our houses here in Southern Touraine it always pleases us when they make a detour from city visiting to include the villages of this beautiful part of France. The Loire Valley offers some great cities as options but the feeling we get is that after weeks in hotel rooms the 'home from home' appeal of a village house has a great draw, even if it is just to have access to a washing machine.We know it's more than that, the last comment in our guestbook at the 'Old Walnut Mill' from some Australian guests sums it up rather well "The space of the cottage after hotel rooms was wonderful" and "Tumbling down to brekky each morning in our PJ's was very relaxing"