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Getaway of the week: in the Somme, a floating ecolodge

2021-06-30T14:08:48.003Z


Pretty as a haiku, this cabin set on a pond in a cocoon of greenery offers a bucolic break two hours from Paris.


You have to go deeper into the forest, take a wooden pontoon, get lost a bit. Along the way, a futuristic dome and an Airstream caravan emerge from the branches. Finally, she appears. Our cabin, “Rivages”. A cube of dark wood placed on the pond, where the surrounding vegetation is reflected. Dreamlike vision. Just behind the front door, unexpected guest, a canoe sits in its swimming lane, as if ready to take us for a ride. For the rest, a small lounge area and the bedroom, decorated in the hygge spirit, this philosophy of life dear to Scandinavians, with wallpaper imitating a forest and fluffy cushions. And the highlight of the show, the bay window, so close to the bed that when you lie down, you have the impression of floating.

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A haiku by the Japanese master Basho gave its name to this set of ecolodges installed in the Bay of Somme, in the south of the Marquenterre region.

Literally,

"where the sea enters the land".

Three sentences thrown like ricocheting stones:

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Source: lefigaro

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