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Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Our house
Our house
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Our house, view from Le Cousimbert
Our house, view from Le Cousimbert
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,front of the house
Front of the house
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,behind the house
Behind the house
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,House photos, home images
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,city of Fribourg (upper part)
City of Fribourg (upper part)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fribourg, next to the Cathedral
Fribourg, next to the Cathedral
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fribourg, musée Tinguely
Fribourg, musée Tinguely
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fribourg, stairs to the lower part of the city
Fribourg, stairs to the lower part of the city
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fribourg (lower part), river La Sarine
Fribourg (lower part), river La Sarine
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fribourg, lower part
Fribourg, lower part
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Gruyère
Gruyère
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Gruyère
Gruyère
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Fondue horse-drawn carriage
Fondue horse-drawn carriage
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Cousimbert, buvette d'alpage (restaurant closed)
Cousimbert, buvette d'alpage (restaurant closed)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Cousimbert. September 2017
Cousimbert. September 2017
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Le Moleson (oct 2017)
Le Moleson (oct 2017)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Le Moleson (oct 2017)
Le Moleson (oct 2017)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Gastlosen, le chalet du soldat (sept 2017)
Gastlosen, le chalet du soldat (sept 2017)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Our starting place to the lake: Chapelle de Thusy
Our starting place to the lake: Chapelle de Thusy
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Chapelle de Thusy
Chapelle de Thusy
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Isle of Ogoz, 1 km away from chapelle de Thusy
Isle of Ogoz, 1 km away from chapelle de Thusy
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Our four kids (at Chapelle de Thusy once again!)
Our four kids (at Chapelle de Thusy once again!)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,our 6-places canoë
Our 6-places canoë
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Our 2-places kayak
Our 2-places kayak
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Last winter, skiing at La Berra
Last winter, skiing at La Berra
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Last winter, skiing day at La Berra
Last winter, skiing day at La Berra
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Last Winter, snowboarding at Lac noir (Schwarzsee)
Last Winter, snowboarding at Lac noir (Schwarzsee)
Home exhange in,Switzerland,Essert,Last Winter, ice skating on Lac noir (Scwarzsee)
Last Winter, ice skating on Lac noir (Scwarzsee)
  • Sleeping capacity10+
  • Bedrooms6
  • Bathrooms2

Non-simultaneous Home Exchange

Simultaneous Home Exchange

Youth Exchange

Pet Care Needed

Smoking Not Allowed

Children Welcome

Use of Personal Car is possible

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Open to all dates Open to all destinations
Open to all dates Open to all destinations

Our Home For Exchange

Description of the home we are offering for exchange

Hello,

We live for some months in this house, built in 1880, that we are renovating.
On the ground-floor are the living-room, the kitchen, the parents-room and the bathroom.
On one side first floor, are our four kids rooms, quiet small, and a toilet. Two rooms have a single bed. One room has a single bed and a double bed as reserve. One room has a double bed with a single bed as reserve.
On the other side, the first floor provides two additional rooms, among which one serves as a playing room.
We are a 6-members family but the house allows more persons.

The house includes a big trampoline, a tennis table, two small terraces and a barbecue. We also have a big vegetables garden.

We provide lot of bikes, among which mountain bikes and one electric bike. You can use our 2-places kayak and our 6-places canoë.
A car exchange is possible, but we need a car for six persons.

We did 5 exchange between 2010 and 2013, and now back on homelink again ;-))

Type

House - 2 or more floors/ Main Residence

Amenities

  • Dishwasher
  • Clothes Washer
  • Clothes Dryer
  • Extensive Grounds
  • Peaceful Surroundings
  • Equipped for Children
  • Garden
  • Heating
  • Boat available
  • Private parking
  • Terrace / Patio

Entertainment

  • Computer available
  • DVD
  • Internet access
  • TV
  • Wireless Internet (WiFi)
  • Family Room / Playroom

Extras

  • Use of bicycle(s)
  • Use of boat

Setting

  • Rural

Neighbourhood

Description of our neighbourhood and surrounding area

Although we live in a very small village, we can find, less then 300 meters away, a bakery, a cheese dairy, a butcher's shop, a postoffice, a pharmacy and a doctor. In the same beam, there are also two antique dealers and two restaurants.
We have the chance of having shops and restaurants with a very high level of quality. The cheese dairy offers the possibility to see the making of cheese thanks to a windows placed in the wall between the shop.
In the town, "le char à fondue du Cousimbert" offers the possibility eating a fondue in horse-drawn carriage.

We are only 20 meters away from the bus stop that desserves Fribourg, Charmey, Bulle, La Roche.

We are on the countryside, but less then 10 km away to the city of Fribourg, the lake of Gruyère and the Mountain Cousimbert (La Berra).
From here you can do many outdoors activities, hiking, biking, swimming, canoying, horse-riding, golfing, skiing or iceskating, in winter.
The city Fribourg offers many cultural activities, Gruyère has a rich patrimoine, Gäntirisch is a natural park, beside the Lac Noir (Schwarzsee), 22 km away.
Just take a look at:
https://www.fribourgregion.ch/en/
On this website you can choose a "Fribourg region": La Gruyère, Fribourg, Lake Murten Region (25 km), Schwarzsee (22 km)...
When you choose one "Fribourg region", "La Gruyère", for example, you can then select a destination. We are the destination: "La Berra - Lac de la Gruyère".

As the canton Fribourg a little part of a little country is, nothing is very far away!!

Outdoor Activities

  • Beach
  • Biking
  • Cultural Events
  • Canoeing / Kayaking
  • Fishing
  • Golfing
  • Gym / Health Club
  • Tennis
  • Skiing
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Lake
  • Public Swimming Pool
  • River

Leisure

  • Park / Playground
  • Cafés
  • Restaurants
  • Shopping

Cultural Activities

  • Concerts
  • Galleries
  • Museums
  • Popular Monuments
  • Theatre

Transport Nearby

  • Bus

Neighbourhood Services

  • Bakery
  • Pharmacy

Attractions

Our home exchange - places to go and things to do while staying in our home

Gruyère is famous for its cheese, fondue, cows and chocolate and rich and proud of its traditions.
The city:
Fribourg is a very particular city with a upper and lower part.
In the lower part, you can walk along the river La Sarine, enjoy the bridges, go to the swimming-pool or the lake of Pérolles. You can go to the upper part with à funicular or by feet. The sightseeing from the both part is very particular. On the upper part are the shops, the cathedral St-Niklaus, the Tinguely and Nicki the St-Phall museum, ...
Gruyère is the name of the area where we leave, but the name of a famous village, too. There you will found the Gigger museum, a castle, and cheese and the famous double cream of La Gruyère. (Gygger made the aliens for the film)
You can visit the chocolate fabric Cailler in Broc or go to the city of Fribourg where the chocolate Villars is made (our favorite one!).
Mountain:
So, we live on the Cousimbert's road. Cousimbert is a mountain. You can go with the car and then walk to the mountain La Berra with a beautiful sightseeing. Take a rest in one of these typical swiss mountains restaurant called "buvette d'alpage".
The other famous mountain here is Le Moleson.

https://www.la-gruyere.ch/fr/P4591/chalet-buvette-du-gros-cousimbert
http://cousimbert.ch/
https://www.laberra.ch/fr
https://www.moleson.ch

From our village you can go up with a cow-car, eating a fondue!
http://www.chevaux-gruyeres.ch/Chars%C3%A0fondue/LeChar%C3%A0fondueduCousimbert/tabid/222/Default.aspx

Lakes
Our lake is lake of Gruyère, very nice with is small small small Isle of Ogoz.
You can experiment the lac noir (Black lake/schwarzsee) or the Murten lake or the Neuchatel Lake
You can do some canoeing or rafting from
https://www.la-gruyere.ch/fr/P6694/kayak-aventure-gruyere-paddle
http://kayakaventure.ch/index.php/contact/au-lac
https://www.myswitzerland.com/fr-ch/le-lac-de-la-gruyere.html
https://www.schwarzsee.ch/en/
http://www.gruyere-escapade.ch/rafting.html

We can give you all the informations and tips you need, depending of your interests

Best regards

Diana & Thierry
Nelson, Lucien, Elliot, Jeremy

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Our Preferences

Our home exchange - here are our Preferences and House Rules

Please check our exchange preferences below
Cat care is needed

Conditions

  • Children Welcome
  • Pets Allowed
  • Smoking Not Allowed
  • Pet Care Needed
  • Plant care is needed inside

Use of Personal Car

  • Use of Personal Car is possible

Home Exchange Type

  • Non-simultaneous Home Exchange
  • Simultaneous Home Exchange
  • Youth Exchange
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