In the heart of France! The Region is the Rhone Alpes and the      Department is the Loire. We are very close to the border with the  Auvergne Region.

To complicate matters a little, the area is also known as the Monts Du Forez and is often referred to as being in the Massif Centrale of France!

Chazelles Sur Lavieu

Getting Here


  • You can fly to Lyon airport from Stansted, Gatwick, Manchester, Heathrow, Birmingham, Doncaster, Bournemouth, Coventry and other UK airports, There are daily flights, check these out on www.easyjet.com , www.thomsonfly.com,  www.ryanair.com, www.ba.com or click on the links on the left. It takes approx 1hr 30 mins to drive to us from Lyon

  • Driving takes time, approx 7 hours from Calais but plenty of people have done it and enjoyed seeing lots of France en-route

  • Car Hire is available from St Etienne, Lyon and Grenoble Airports, ALWAYS book this on line before arriving in France--Hertz, Europcar, National Citer and Budget are all available. We strongly recommend hiring a car to get the most out of your stay, the area is stunning and it would be a real shame not t get to see it!

  • Just a word of warning if you think oh yes I'll go to Chez-Elles and I think that I will pop down to Monte Carlo for the afternoon as it is only an inch away on the map… France is huge and what looks like a quick drive invariably is not!

We are Debbie Cass & Debbie Thompson, we moved out to France in 2002 from England and it is the best thing we have ever done! We and the 'family' are below.

Our address is Chez-Elles, Le Bourg, Chazelles Sur Lavieu, 42560, France
Our phone number is (0033) (0)4 77 76 50 92

Our e-mail is chezelles@aol.com ,get in touch and find out about availability

Left are Boy Geoffrey and  Clio , 5 & 6 years old (this is an old photo he is a BIG golden retriever now) both are very well socialised,  centre is Ambert, one of our cats, and that is us on the right--a very old photo indeed!