Les Gites de France: http://www.gites-de-france.com/gites/uk/rural_gites
What are Gites? They are a terrific network of house and apartment owners who rent their properties to you for your vacation! Gites are fuly furnished with cooking facilities so you don’t have to eat at restaurants for every meal. Many allow pets. They are perfect for you entire family.
We stayed at Domain de Saint Ferreol in Southern France four or five times. It’s 60km+ from the beach so it’s very peaceful and quiet. I’ll write up more about it tomorrow.