La Lisière: Charming stone house with garden

Originally from northern France, I moved to the Southwest in the mid 90’s after starting my career in the US.
Searching for a typical stone house in Dordogne Périgord, we found this old charming stone cottage and immediately fell in love with it…
Travelling internationally on a regular basis makes you want to stop the clock sometimes… and being an old stones and nature lover, this house and region was meant for us…

The Périgord has a very ancient history and is divided in 4 colours,

Black Périgord on the east, with its dark forest, its Clif, the bank of River Dordogne its numerous castles and prehistorical sites (Upper Palaeolithic caves)

White Périgord: the heart of the region which takes its name for the colour of its local white stones

Purple Périgord: at the south where you will find the famous Bergerac vineyards and its beautiful middle ages fortified cities…

And last but not least the Green Périgord where our Gîte is located at the north western part of the region, famous for its old fortified churches from the 12th and 13th centuries, it numerous Castles and the beautiful city of Brantôme, also called the “green Venice” of Perigord.
We are also in the middle of the Regional Natural Park of Perigord Limousin…

With its thick walls, old roof frame, big fireplace and coloured windows, my wife and I immediately fell in love with this cottage.
We renovated and furnished our family vacation retreat with taste trying to keep its charm.

The idea of renting the house came way later…
We told ourselves that if we were able to fall in love with this charming cottage, others would also ;-)