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Farmhouse |4 bedrooms |Sleeps 4

Saint Jean de Duras in Aquitaine/Dordogne

£69–£120 / night
£480–£680 / week

3 nights minimum stay

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Key info  Swimming pool, air conditioning, car advised, private garden, pets welcome

About the home

Simply Canvas is a beautiful, peaceful property with 5 hectares of land and a 360-degree view of the rolling countryside in the Aquitaine region of Southwest France. We offer year-round rental of a spacious holiday home (locally called a gite). A sparkling saltwater swimming pool is surrounded by vineyards, wild flowers and a field of buzzing lavender. Hosts Sandra and Santi create an eco-friendly home-away-from-home at Simply Canvas, a very special place where guests enjoy slowing down and partaking of life’s simple pleasures or a great starting place for a walking holiday.

Holiday Home

This tastefully-decorated holiday home is perfect for your summer holiday or makes an excellent base for a longer-term rental, October to May.

Accommodation at a glance

•Light and spacious home with mezzanine (200m2 habitable)
•Shared saltwater swimming pool
•Large kitchen/living room
•Conservatory with full-wall glass doors opening onto the garden
•Private garden with large stone barbeque
•4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
•High-speed internet access
•Shared use of electric bicycles
•TV with DVD player
•Shared access to our 5 hectares of natural grounds, gardens, pond and prairie

The Gite Beau Grand is tastefully decorated in spacious and light way.

Down the hall is the entry to the second part of the home called the Gite Petit. Divided by a doorway, this area can be a private apartment for guests or becomes a perfect option for two families. The house comes fully furnished with all amenities: dishwasher, washing machine located in the barn, DVD, TV, internet access, etc. (the gite petit does not have a separate kitchen.)

The Simply Canvas holiday home is situated on a land of 5 hectares (12.5 acres). Owners/hosts Sandra and Santi live in a separate house on the property. A small fishpond and driveway divide the two homes, affording privacy and personal space. The property features an organic garden, abundance of fruit trees, hazelnuts and walnuts. Join us harvesting! Pick a basket of ruby-red cherries, juicy sun-warmed figs, blackberries, apples or handful of purple plums. You’re also invited to enjoy our table d'hote (set-menu supper) 5 days each week during summer. Served family-style on long wooden tables on the terrace, the seasonal menu changes daily and features local produce. The holiday home ensures privace and at the same time friends for you children to play with during July and August.

Please note:

•Pets may be allowed, please inquire
•There are possibilities to rent by the room during low season please enquire by mail.Low Season rental
Long term rental of the holiday home during the low season

During the low season we offer special monthly rates. Autumn is an excellent time to enjoy a peaceful holiday or makes a fine home base for house hunting in this lovely region. €6 excludes gas, electricity and water. An additional bedroom in the apartment will be closed during these months (for storage purposes). The complete home sleeps 6 persons in low season: 4 in the Gite Beau Grand, 2 in the Gite Petit. In high season it sleeps 8: 4 in the Gite Beau Grand and 4 in the Gite Petit.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The holiday home can be divided in two, which then becomes perfect for 2 families who each have their own private space. There is a special room which is perfect for one person or otherwise used as a children's room for 2-3 children. You find two large old stone winebarrels in which children can sleep.

The house is bright and light, very spacious with over 200m2 habitable. Modern decorations and nice stone details so specific for our region.

You can enjoy a table d'hote or dinner 5 times a week together with the other guests.

Please note:

•There is no TV reception, but there is a TV with DVD player and DVD collection
•This is strictly a non-smoking house

Further details outdoors:
The Swimming pool is a few steps away and is beautifully situated in a large field surrounded by lavender and vineyards. It has a large sundeck and sunsails for shade. There is a large games room in an open tobacco barn with a table tennis, fussball table, badminton. Plus in our large field of 4 hectares you can now try out our 9 holes frisbee golf.
Breakfast is served in the large stone barn. You can serve yourself, take it to your home or have a lovely outdoor breakfast on the large terrace. Further there is a lovely sunset deck great for an aperitif after dinner.

Conditions

For July and August we accept bookings with one week minimum outside of this season we have a 3 day minimum stay.
For corporate bookings there is also a large communcal space in the stone barn. It could be easily rented together with the tents.

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The Aquitaine / Dordogne / Lot et Garonne region

Aquitaine is the region which contains the departments of South West France including the Gironde, Dordogne and Lot et Garonne. The regions capital is Bordeaux and is one of the world’s great wine-growing regions. The area is typically characterised by châteaux, vines and rolling countryside rich in agriculture and Bastide Towns steeped in history.

Like most of France, Aquitaine has a temperate, Atlantic-influenced climate. Rainfall is below the nationwide average with summer temperatures averaging over 25°C. The winters are generally mild with an average temperature of 10°C and the occasional frost. There are of course continental extremes where one can experience severe frosts in the winter and in contrast blasts of Saharan heat of 35°+ in the summer.

The day-to-day life of the locals is still based around agriculture and the pace of life is slow. Food and mealtimes are a sacred time of the day and long lunches are still the norm. Children are still free to play outside without the constant gaze of parents and the crime rate is refreshingly low.

The Saint Jean de Duras area

Referred to as "The Tuscany of France" you will be stunned by the beauty of the rolling hills of the Aquitaine region with many castles around (there are about 1000 castles to be discovered in the Dordogne), the bastide towns with its lovely farmers' markets and the Dordogne river floating gently through it all.

Saint Jean de Duras is a small village in the Aquitaine region on the border of the Lot et Garonne and the Dordogne, also known as the Perigord Purpre or the Purple Perigord, named after the color of its wine, for this area has the largest wine region in the South West of France.

In combination with some relaxation in Simply Canvas you will find that the area is very much able to fulfil your needs for some culture or a nice stroll on a farmer's market. Taste some wine at one of the many wine chateaux in the neighborhood (there are also a few organic ones). The lovely town of Bergerac is only 20km away with its beautiful old centre, its cobbled streets and not to forget Cyrano himself. Would you like to enjoy a day of culture then the city of Bordeaux will ensure a lovely day out with its finest restaurants and art galleries. In many places you will find access to the Dordogne river or to the Garonne with possibilities for a lovely walk, a picnic on its banks a boat tour or even a whole day of canoeing. If after all this, there is still space for more, choose an evening out to taste the regional goodies on a night market, play golf on the nearby golf course, visit one of the many brocante markets and find yourself a little something and of course you have to try one of the many "fêtes", that the local villages are famous for and of which there are plenty to choose.

How to get there

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By plane

Closest international Airports are
Bergerac (35 minutes by car) (www.bergerac.aeroport.fr)

•With daily flights from the UK
•With flights from Copenhagen
•Bordeaux (1,5 hours by car) (www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr)
•With daily international flights from all over the world
By Car

On Google Maps, just type in: "Briquet, Saint Jean de Duras"

From Bordeaux:
Take the road towards Perigueux/Libourne, then join the highway (peage) shortly before Libourne. Take exit 12 for Ste Foy la Grande. Once in Ste Foy la Grande take the main road (D708) towards Duras. Once in the village of Margueron, take the road left towards Miramont. After about 5Kms, turn left when you see the sign for "Briquet/Bonac". Follow this road for 220m until the white portal on your right and you have arrived.

From Brive la Gaillarde:
Take the motorway towards Bordeaux/Bergerac. Take exit 12 for Ste Foy la Grande. Once in Ste Foy la Grande take the main road (D708) towards Duras. Once in the village of Margueron, take the road left Miramont. After about 5Kms, turn left when you see the sign for "Briquet/Bonac". Follow this road for 220m until the white portal on your right and you have arrived.



By train

Closest trainstation is Ste Foy la Grande (15 minutes by car). You will need a transfer (call us for possibilities) or a taxi from there to our place.

Activities near Saint Jean de Duras

Guestbook for Simply Canvas

Thanks so much for your warm hospitality and care, the great food and great beds, we felt at home at Simply Canvas, such a pity we have to go home again!

We would like to thank you for the wonderful time we had with you, the friendship we felt, the warm talks and hospitality were overwhelming. The accommodation, food and enthusiasm is great. It is a pity, but it is time to go.

Thanks for a wonderful and peaceful week! We arrived all stressed out from work, but within 2 days we were all relaxed. The children enjoyed the swimming pool and the friends they made so quickly.

It is even nicer than your beautiful website.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 3
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low season small gite	16 Apr 11	3 Jul 11	600€ 600	125€ 125	125€ 125	3 Nights
High Season small gite	3 Jul 11	3 Sep 11	730€ 730	-	-	1 Week
Low Season small gite	3 Sep 11	15 Oct 11	600€ 600	-	-	3 Nights
low season 2012	15 Oct 11	30 Jun 12	600€ 600	125€ 125	125€ 125	3 Nights

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Low Season big gite	16 Apr 11	3 Jul 11	850€ 850	150€ 150	150€ 150	3 Nights
High Season big gite	3 Jul 11	3 Sep 11	1050€ 1050	-	-	1 Week
Low Season big gite	3 Sep 11	15 Oct 11	850€ 850	150€ 150	150€ 150	3 Nights
long term off season	15 Oct 11	15 Apr 12	150€ 150	-	-	2 Months
low season 2012	15 Apr 12	30 Jun 12	850€ 850	150€ 150	150€ 150	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.

Rental during low and high season include breakfast.

Excluding cleaning costs (75 euro entire gite, 55 euro big gite, 45 euro small gite)

Extra baby bed 25 euro per week

Extra children's bed 50 euro per week

Table d'hote (dinner) 5 nights a week optional; 15 euro p.p. 10 euro children 5-10 yr, 5 euro 1-5 yr

The small gite is not self catering, only the big gite and entire gite

Availability

See below for next 9 months' availability - to see the next 24 months click here

Contact the owner

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1 years listed You are contacting Sandra Alderden Landline 33 55 3889480 Mobile n/a Web Visit site Languages spoken The owner is based in France and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2010. This farmhouse has so far received no reviews.

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