Special interest holidays:
For further details on Creative Writing Retreats, Mindfulness Retreats or Le Verger French Language Courses (general or A-Level) please contact the owners. (accommodation for up to 12 in Le Verger and La Petite Maison and Cabins).
Coast/Beach:
The beautiful and very popular Rouffiac Lake and leisure centre (water skiing, boating, swimming) 12kms. Free entry, cafe and restaurant, life guard at set times.
Travel:
Limoges Airport (70kms) Ryanair and FlyBe operates to London Stansted, Liverpool, Southhampton, Bristol, Nottingham and Edinburgh regularly (car essential).Brive airport (40 km)
Distances:
Savignac-Ledrier village Chateau and forge (1.5km): bread depot, restaurant, cafe, post office. Daily boulangerie van. Payzac and Lanouaille villages (7km): supermarkets,banks, boulangeries, restaurants, open market. Rouffiac Lake and Leisure centre (water skiing, boating, swimming (12km). Hautefort Chateau and Gardens (20kms);Lascaux prehistoric cave art (45kms); Pompadour Chateau and stud farm and (17 km);Brive (30km); the famous village of Sarlat and Les Eyzies troglodyte residences (70 km).
Further Details:
'Le Verger' is set in a tiny hamlet of 4-5 houses within 1.5km walk to the pretty village of Savignac-Ledrier with its Chateau and ancient Forge on the picturesque River Auvezere. You can eat out in the excellent restaurant here and also buy your morning baguette. Horse riding (2k). A 7km drive takes you on to the pleasant larger village of Payzac with a supermarket and a wider choice of restaurants and bars and a bank. The property is ideal for birdwatching, walking the Auvezere Circuit which takes you along the river gorge, for river canoing or water skiing at the Rouffiac Lake. There is a wealth local markets within a few kilometres. Visit the beautifully laid out gardens of Hautefort Chateau (20km) or the lively 'truffle city' of Perigueux (50km) one of France's gastronomic centres. There is a wealth of excellent local markets.
