Le Jardin Japonais - Creusot

Martial arts teacher & former French karate champion, Jean-Louis opens the doors to you of an authentic old communal washhouse from the 1930s, completely renovated, housing the "dojo" where he teaches ("Chinese internal martial arts" in shaolin method / possibility of a free taïchi course on request from October to June), as well as an atypical resort nestled under the roof. In the heart of a quiet residential area adjoining the center of the famous city steeped in history of Le Creusot (bus stop 300m away), a modest Burgundian hamlet that became an industrial empire under the "Schneider" dynasty, world famous for its exceptional manufacturing heritage of the 19th and 20th centuries (Château de la Verrerie & its eco-museum, Mining Museum, Hôtel-Dieu, mining towns, the famous Hammer-Pilon….), today combining cutting-edge industries, nature activities & university center of excellence. With a very famous amusement park (Parc des Combes), all amenities, various parks & gardens as well as many leisure facilities, Le Creusot enjoys a bucolic rural setting around, succession of hilly bocage , meadows & forest, and a rare set of vast landscaped lakes including the Torcy pond & its nautical base, a real oasis of freshness of 120 ha nestled at the very gates of the city (paddle, canoe-kayak, windsurfing , rowing…). Comfortable cottage. Atypical open space fitted out in a "loft" spirit enhanced by the imposing framework of the place. Spacious & bright. Access to an unusual little "Japanese garden" with trees, vegetation and flowers, with a mini pond with fish. Composition: Building housing a dojo on the ground floor. Wireless. Gas central heating. Gite on the 1st floor (access by outside staircase). Living room-kitchen-lounge in open space (2 electric single beds 80x200cm + extra single bed 90x190cm), shower room (shower/WC). Balcony + private parking. Court + garden in common. Shops at 800m. Station 2.5 km.