Wellbeing

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A welcoming rural paradise with exceptional hospitality, a marvellous ambiance and a reasonable price.

  • Based at a lovely little Maison d'Hôte (guesthouse) in an idyllic part of western France.
  • Alluringly off the beaten tourist tack and yet easily accessible.
  • A beautiful, peaceful environment, far removed from the pollution, crowds and stress of urban life.
  • Pure fresh air, natural water supply, near lack of unwanted noise and an auspicious sighting.
  • Guests claim that the place and its surroundings have marvellous restorative properties.
  • Celebrated for a proud tradition of outstanding, wholesome cuisine and excellent wines as well as superb and varied vegetarian cuisine.
  • Walk, cycle or ride horses on miles of peaceful paths and lanes in delightful, unspoiled countryside.
  • A region rich in historic, cultural and natural interest.
  • Everything during your stay is covered the price, in particular, all meals and drinks are included.
  • Aperitifs-at-seven is followed each evening by a lively four-course evening meal with excellent food, plenty of superb wine, animated conversation, great bonhomie and a marvellous ambiance.
Guests claim that le Moulin du Chemin has restorative qualities and it is true that guests’ mental and physical wellbeing is better when they go home than when they arrived.

Historical Note

The earliest known date for buildings at le Moulin du Chemin is 1643, although the site could have been used from much earlier times. The Romans established the nearby village of Scillé and signs of earlier human habitation have been found in the locality.

During severe storms, the intensity of the wind and rain is very evident beyond a couple of hundred metres from the buildings, whereas the immediate vicinity of le Moulin du Chemin remains relatively calm. This fact, together with the feeling of wellbeing associated with the site of le Moulin du Chemin, leads to the conclusion that the ancients who first built on the site were sophisticated when it came to choosing a location for human habitation.

Moulin Feng-Shui

Adherents of Feng-Shui will recognise that the orientation of le Moulin du Chemin is very auspicious for promotion of a harmonious and healthy environment for the advancement of human wellbeing. The principle characteristics of the sighting are as follows.

  • The site is slightly elevated, with the valley floor sloping away from the front of the buildings, to the south. The slope is about 1m reduction in elevation every 100m.
  • Looking south, the site has higher undulating hills to the left (east) than to the right (west) - The Green Dragon is higher than the White Tiger. The hills to the east reach elevations of 192m and 229m, whereas the hills to the west reach elevations of 199m and 203m.
  • The hills at the back of the site are higher than the hills to the east, rising in the north to 236m and 241m at la Roche and la Bource respectively. This is the Black Turtle providing protection to the site. More locally, the promontory to the north (elevation 208m), above la Moulin à Drap protects le Moulin du Chemin relative to the shoulder immediately to the east (elevation 192m).
  • The front of the property opens onto open pastures flanked by woods along which meanders an auspicious small river, leading to low hills. The low hills symbolise the Crimson Phoenix.

Vegetarian option

A varied and interesting Vegetarian Menu is available at le Moulin du Chemin, as well as superb regular cuisine – would you kindly advise your requirement for Vegetarian Cuisine at time of booking.

See a typical menu

Restorative qualities

People claim that le Moulin du Chemin has restorative qualities. The qualities have everything to do with tranquillity and idyllic surroundings, with birdsong, a clear stream and tumbling water, with butterflies and wild flowers, with freedom from pollution and a near lack of unwanted noise as well as with the banishment of stress.

Invariably guests spend more time in the open air and take more exercise than their normal quota. Appetites are sharpened for le Moulin du Chemin’s wholesome cuisine which is based on fresh, whole and organic ingredients wherever possible. Processed and pre-prepared components are avoided, so that the food preservatives and artificial flavour, texture and appearance enhancers that are almost inevitably part of normal daily diet are rare, or non-existent, in cuisine of le Moulin du Chemin.

The pure soft water at le Moulin du Chemin comes from a natural source and has not been recycled (except by nature). Thanks to this the water is free of manufactured molecules present in a lot of city water supplies.

Each of the excellent wines served at le Moulin du Chemin is characterised by its interesting personality and agreeable nature. The wines have been agreeably tested to be sure that they have no physical or mental ill effects (ie that they are hangover free). Difficult as it may be to believe, it is true and previous guests will vouch for it.

Under the combined influence of these factors, to most guests sleep comes easily.