Your family holiday home in Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Family holidays in Normandy: something for everyone.
Looking for a family holiday home in Normandy to bring the whole family together? At Le Secret des Cordelières, in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, you have a house full of character for 8 to 10 people, with four bedrooms, a private garden and equipment suited to family stays.
What if a family holiday were finally a chance to slow down, share good times and enjoy each other’s company?
At Le Secret des Cordelières, in Neufchâtel-en-Bray, holidays take on a different pace. In this large house full of character, everyone finds their place: the children have plenty to keep them busy, the parents can relax, and everyone comes together to share the moments that make lovely family memories.
The private garden is perfect for games and relaxing, while the generous spaces of the house let everyone live together without feeling cramped. And because holidays are also about discovery, many family activities are within walking distance: bowling, cinema, aquatic centre or walks along the Avenue Verte.
Set in the heart of the Pays de Bray, the holiday home is also an ideal starting point for exploring Normandy and the surrounding area, from countryside and coast to heritage and family days out.
The real luxury of a holiday? Seeing the children happy, finally having time to breathe and being together, without having to organise every day like a race against the clock.
Curious about the history of this 1815 house and its 4-star rating? Visit our charming holiday cottage or go back to the Neufchâtel-en-Bray holiday home homepage.
✓4 BEDROOMS
✓COT
✓TERRACE
✓GARDEN
✓GARAGE
✓DISHWASHER
✓WASHING MACHINE
✓TUMBLE DRYER
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Dîner en famille sur la terrasse
Entre amis ou en famille, votre gîte familial vous accueil à Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Barbecue en famille | gîte le secret des cordelières
Toute équipée avec grand réfrégirateur
À table ! Jusqu'à 8 personnes, entre amis ou en famille
Cuisine et espace repas pour moments de convivialité en famille
Pendant que les parents jouent à la pétanque, les enfants profitent du baby-foot
TV connecté pour que les enfants retrouvent leur programme préférés
Babyfoot, jeux, livres... Pour toute la famille
Chambre Maë : un lit double Queen Size 160x200
Chambre parentale avec salle d'eau privative
Chambre parentale avec douche privative
Chambre Lilou : Lit double Queen Size 160x200 et canapé convertible 120x190
Chambre Enzo : lit double Queen Size 160x200
Salle de bain : Grande douche,miroir éclairant, sèche cheveux et WC
Garage: hauteur 190cm
un espace buanderie avec évier, lave-linge, Sèche-linge, fer et table à repasser
Terrain de jeux extérieur pour ravir petits et grands
Havre de paix en plein centre ville
Gîte Le Secret des Cordelières : classé 4 étoiles en meublé de tourisme
✓ Bed linen
✓ Beds made on arrival
✓ Towels
✓ Wi-Fi
✓ Smart TV
✓ Games / Books
✓ Cot and high chair
✓ End-of-stay cleaning
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Amenities & Services of your holiday home
équipement extérieur
équipement intérieur
✓ Doctor
✓ Pharmacies
✓ Vets
✓ EV charging point
✓ Bakery (120 m)
✓ Restaurant (140 m)
✓ Saturday market (170 m)
✓ Cinema (170 m)
✓ Bowling (1200 m)
✓ Aquatic centre (800 m)
✓ Bike hire
Book a holiday home in Neufchâtel-en-Bray
Would you like to book Le Secret des Cordelières for a family stay, a trip with friends or a few days in Normandy? You can contact the owners directly or find the holiday home on Gîtes de France.
Booking directly makes it easier to talk to the owners. Gîtes de France remains available for guests who prefer a recognised booking platform with an official selection.
The forgotten letter
Dear friend,I am taking advantage of a quiet moment before the children wake up to finally write to you and tell you about our stay at Le Secret des Cordelières. I wanted to write earlier, but you know what it is like with children… Between shopping, meals, missing shoes and little arguments about who gets to sleep near the window, the days fly by.
And yet, we feel so good here.It had been a long time since we had felt this way: real family holidays, simple, lively and peaceful. Everything here invites you to slow down: the garden, the calm, the atmosphere of the place, the feeling of being somewhere else without being cut off from the world. We are discovering Neufchâtel-en-Bray at our own pace, without rushing, as if we were enjoying a long Sunday that lasted several days. There is so much to do around the holiday home with children. Between walks, outings, simple pleasures and family activities, the days fill themselves quite naturally.
And it is so pleasant not to spend hours in the car taking the children to activities. Everything is within walking distance: bowling, the aquatic centre, the cinema and mini-golf. On Wednesday, Charles gave me a lovely gift: he took the children cycling on the Avenue Verte. I was able to enjoy a moment just for myself. And believe me, it did me a world of good. Knowing the children were outside, happy and busy in a place made for gentle walks, while I could finally take my time… what a luxury. I wandered around, breathed a little, and went to the museum. I had almost forgotten what it felt like to walk alone, without a snack bag, without a water bottle to refill, without a little voice calling me every thirty seconds.
But above all, I must tell you what happened yesterday.
At the bottom of the garden, there is a small little house. At first, I barely noticed it; in any case, it was always closed. But while I was cooking, I saw the children going inside. I went after them, ready to get them out of there quickly, but when I stepped into the little house, I stopped still.
I do not quite know how to explain it. There was something like an aura, an inexplicable warmth. Something soft, silent and deeply alive despite the abandonment. I felt as if I had entered an old 19th-century house, left there outside time, as if forgotten by the world.
I went upstairs, since the children were not downstairs, and there I found my three little rascals speechless. There was nothing there, not a piece of furniture, not a painting, not a photograph, but we stayed there looking at this timeless little house without saying a word for ten minutes. Then my eldest began to say it was money wasted. I thought they should turn it into a small museum. We were discussing it when Charles joined us. We all fell silent, and the children and I looked at their father, who had also quietly fallen under the spell of this little house.
Later, at the table, we talked about what could be done with it. I suggested turning it into a museum and, would you believe it, Jeanne — my daughter, my very own daughter — agreed with me against her father and her older brother. Even thinking about it now, I still can hardly believe it. Jean had his own idea too: for him, it should become a play area, a place forbidden to parents. Jacques agreed with him on that part. I think he is already dreaming of having his own bachelor pad; poor boy, he is like this little house, two centuries behind the times.
And then, how we laughed! At one point, Jeanne said they should put in an old table with old earthenware plates and one or two mannequins. Her father replied that it was silly to put plastic mannequins in a museum. And then my little six-year-old darling answered, as serious as a judge: “No, Dad, they should be mannequins like at the Musée Grévin, not like shop-window mannequins!” We burst out laughing. Seeing that little one leave her father speechless… I wish I had filmed it.
In short, Charles thinks it should be turned into an extra holiday cottage with two more bedrooms, a bathroom and a games room. Jacques wants a bedroom, a jacuzzi, a small lounge with a home cinema and the latest games console. Jean wants a small lounge, two games rooms and one room for the little museum that would make his sister happy. And Jeanne and I still want a small museum showing what life was like in a 19th-century home.
We all went to bed around three in the morning because poor little Jean was falling asleep standing up; otherwise, we would still be arguing about what to do with this little house that does not even belong to us.