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Farmhouse |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Eymet in Bergerac

From £350 per week |  From £50 per night

3 nights minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Swimming pool, balcony/terrace, car essential, may take pets - please enquire

About the home

Garrigue is an extensive and peaceful property suitable for any age. Each gite is self-contained and self-catering and has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open plan living/dining room/kitchen - there is a bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor of each gite so a couple on their own whether old or young may be just as happy here as a bigger group with or without babies. WIFI and internet available in each gite.

Garrigue is surrounded by varied working farms - cattle, poplars, sunflowers, maize, vines etc. It is 20kms south of the ancient wine town of Bergerac on the Dordogne river, 6kms north of the medieval bastide town of Eymet which boasts that it has held a market every Thursday since June 1270, and 4kms west of little Fonroque which lies on one of the pilgrim routes to Compostela and was an English village in the days of Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Look out for nightingales and hoopoes, swallows and golden orioles, for several years now we have had kestrels nesting in a put-log hole in the wall overlooking the swimming pool, dark red squirrels, deer, lizards, swallow-tails butterflies, stick insects, rhino beetles and glow-worms, shooting stars ...

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Equipment in each gite includes electric cooker, refrigerator, clothes washing machine, digital/radio/video. Linen and towels are provided for use at Garrigue and we prepare the gites for arrival - beds made up, fridge and water heater on, fire laid in winter.

Each gite is equipped for 6 with 1 double-bedded room and 2 twin-bedded rooms; 1 bathroom with bath basin and wc, and 1 bathroom with shower, basin and wc; a living/dining-room/kitchenette with wood burner for winter months. An extra bed and a cot may be available.

The resident multi-lingual British owners Charles and Elizabeth are normally able to help with e-mails, messages, WIFI; babysitting; video and book library, maps, brochures for places to visit and things to do; and to get in provisions for your arrival.

Further details outdoors:
Outside each gite is a wooden table and chairs, large parasol and barbecue. The 10m x 5m fenced saline swimming-pool has Roman steps and an ample enclosed area with loungers, parasols, tables, chairs and hammocks for good weather.

In the barn are ping pong and pool tables, together with kit for badminton, boules, croquet etc. We have 7 acres of grounds in which to enjoy walks, picnics, kick a football, the informal 9-hole pitch and putt golf course we laid out for the guests at Garrigue is usually in operation. We have some full-size bicycles to borrow.

Local sports include tennis, golf, fishing, canoeing, riding, biking, hiking, hot-air ballooning, tree-top adventure trails. Visit châteaux, abbeys, medieval towns and villages, markets and vides greniers, prehistoric caves and paintings. Go wine-tasting at local vineyards or maybe just relax with a soothing bottle of the local Bergerac AOC wines in our peaceful surroundings and enjoy the birdsong!

Further details

We have 2 sociable dogs Pickles and Pepper who would love to take you jogging or for walks, 2 tabby cats Ninja and his sister Nebi, 2 curious dwarf goats Françoise and Vicki who love to be hand-fed biscottes and chatty chickens Corrie, Florrie and Mary who hopefully will oblige with fresh brown eggs. Would you like to bring your pets to stay?

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The 10 x 5 saline pool

 

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Lunch in the garden

 

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The north side of the house

 

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Garrigue in the Purple Perigord south of Bergerac

The Aquitaine / Dordogne / Dordogne region

Aquitaine is the region that covers South-West France with its sandy Atlantic surfing beaches and glamorous seaside resorts such as Biarritz, to the spectacular mountains of the Pyrenees and then inland to the incomparable beauty of the Dordogne - an area often called the Cradle of Mankind because of the many caves lived in by prehistoric man which you may still visit today and wonder at the paintings they made to illustrate their lives.

The Dordogne is divided into 4 regions known by colours and its pre-Napoleonic name of Périgord - The White Perigord is so-called because of the area's white stones. The Black Perigord for the region's famous truffles of global gastronomic fame, The Green Perigord because there are just so many forests and The Purple Perigord, where we live, because of the grapes in the much-acclaimed Bergerac vineyards.

The Bergerac / Eymet area

Bergerac is a vibrant town with a thriving low cost airlines airport serving England, Scotland, Belgium and the Netherlands. It straddles the Dordogne river, used for hundred of years to transport the wines growing on the sunny sloping vineyards all around down the river to the great wine city of Bordeaux - how about a river trip on one of those boats. A stroll through the timbered houses with their upper floors hanging out over the narrow alleys of old Bergerac takes one's imagination back to the 17th century times of the legendary Cyrano de Bergerac.

Eymet, our nearest town has held a weekly market since June 1270 whose popularity does not seem to have been dented by the excellent new Carrefour supermarket on the edge of town. Eymet is proud of its origins and holds a medieval festival every summer with jousting and street theatre and a banquet in the square with many locals and visitors dressed in medieval fashion for the occasion !

How to get there

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Garrigue is 20 kms south of the ancient wine town of Bergerac on the Dordogne river, 6 kms north of the medieval bastide town of Eymet and 4 kms due west of little Fonroque village on one of the pilgrim routes to Compostela.

There are regular Flybe and Ryanair low-cost flights to Bergerac Airport 20 minutes away through the vineyards and more scheduled flights to Bordeaux Airport 90 minutes away with British Airways, Air France, Easy Jet etc.

We can offer a Brittany Ferries discount to our giters and will be happy to suggest routes and send detailed directions - wouldn't want to lose you!

Activities near Bergerac

Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season	31 Mar 12	19 May 12	420€ 420	6060	6060	3 Nights
Mid Season	19 May 12	14 Jul 12	700€ 700	100100	100100	3 Nights
Peak Season	14 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	1190€ 1190	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Season	1 Sep 12	29 Sep 12	700€ 700	100100	100100	3 Nights
Low Season	29 Sep 12	3 Nov 12	420€ 420	6060	6060	3 Nights

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Payment (by bank transfer if possible) of sterling equivalent to our UK bank account -or- of euros to our French bank account - please ask us for relevant details.

Gite running costs such as electricity and water included, also household linen and towels.

Reduced rates for just One or Two People in Mid or Low Season, and for bookings of 4 weeks or more in any season. November - March negotiable.

Availability

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2 years listed You are contacting Elizabeth Clarke Landline +33 0 553 27 98 74 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in France and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2009. This farmhouse has so far received 0 reviews.