Gîte Mathilde is a tranquil, detached holiday home on the Saint-Michel-du-Bosc estate in Normandy. This historic 200 m² stone gîte has been carefully restored and offers a comfortable retreat for guests and their dogs seeking peace and quiet. You are surrounded by 6.5 hectares of meadows, an orchard and a pond. Inside, you can enjoy modern comforts—such as a fully equipped open-plan kitchen, underfloor heating and air purification in every room—making it comfortable year-round. A wonderful place to enjoy space and nature.

Saint Michel du Bosc is an old priory that was founded in 1153 AD on the site of a former forest chapel. Located on a medieval road named after it, far from the main roads in the municipalities of Lithaire and Varenguebec. For centuries, the estate has lain peacefully in the heart of a regional nature park, the Marais de Cotentin. It is actually more of a hamlet, a tiny village with a number of detached buildings, situated on over 6 hectares, featuring an orchard, a vegetable garden, and its own pond. Here, you will find everything you need to recharge: peace, space, and nature, set amidst a place with a magnificent, centuries-old history of rich French heritage.

We -Marieke and Jerome, two artists from the Netherlands- devote our lives to beauty in balance with nature and to the art of the good life.
Nature, peace, calmness, a strong sense of history, a small piece of paradise. We found all of this here at the Priory of Saint-Michel du Bosc, a *Locus Amoenus* (Latin for 'pleasant place').
Now -after a lot of restoration work- we wish to open it up and reconnect it to the world.
Our first newly restored independent holiday home is built in the 16th century against the old priory wall. We called it “Mathilde” after one of the founders Mathilde de Vernon (1135–1209).