The moulin is a magical place in an incredible countryside. The building is beautiful and full of charm. Creaky, quirky and stuffed to the massive beams with character, you will rarely stay anyplace like it.
This is not a five-star hotel with gleaming, modern bathrooms, professional kitchen and maid service. Instead you get a wonderful experience of France Profound, with a marvelous host (who lives next door), a breath-takingly beautiful setting, serenity, charm, a kitchen garden just for the guests, an external wood-fired bread (or pizza) oven, a cozy living room overlooking with back yard with its beautiful roses and the mill wheel, close to so much and yet far away from stress, noise, crowds and worry.
Nearby Clamecy is charming and friendly. Amazing Vezelay is a very short drive, and the countryside if stuffed full of lovely villages, small towns and true French rural life.
The mill is quirky, with odd layouts, steep stairs to the top floor, and little level changes here and there, there's no mistaking that. But it is such a beautiful place, that my wife actually cried a bit when we left. Breakfast out on the table over-looking the mill pond, with the massive willow was a memory that will stay with us.
The surrounding countryside is just that, countryside. Cows, fields, farms, they're all there in great abundance. But that is part of the experience. And the food in the region, ... oh, la, la! (not even going to mention the wine). Clamecy is very close by with all kinds of shops, several good restaurants, and even a lovely church that hasn't been much restored.
Would we come back to the Moulin? In a heartbeat. We'd love to come with a larger group. We stayed in the main bedroom upstairs with the larger bed, and a smaller bed in the same area for our son. (really in a separate room but there are only beams and a couple of steps between the two room) There are two other rooms at that level with single beds, then another bedroom downstairs with its own bathroom.
This is a rural house, nestled into a very small village with not much there except houses and fields. But I can't think of a better home base for exploring the area by car or bike. We highly recommend the house, the host, the area and the experience.