We stayed here for a week in July, and would have loved to stay longer. Anne and Jacques were most helpful and friendly (Anne speaks good English.) The house, built in the 1980s, is spacious and of an attractive faded elegance, with large airy bedrooms and bathrooms (and excellent roomy showers). We ate mostly on the terrace, which is great, but there is equally room for a dozen people to eat comfortably in the kitchen, or in the dining room (which we didn't need to use.) The ktchen and dining room have a huge amount of crockery, cutlery, cooking equipment, pans, etc., which was initially a little confusing; we picked out the things we needed to use and left everything else alone. The dishwasher is really designed for washing glasses, and we found it best to wash crockery and cutlery by hand, in spite of Anne's advice. There is a very large comfortable sitting-room. The house needs to be treated with respect (not walking on the fine wooden floors with wet feet, for instance), and it is full of the hosts' personal possessions; but this didn't bother us.
The grounds are vast and beautiful, with fine old trees dotted around offering shade in the often very hot sun. The pool is well equipped and beautifully arranged; it gave us a great deal of pleasure. We also enjoyed the petanques pitch - there are enough boules for five or six people to play; and we all had great fun playing
badminton.
The nearest baker is in Saverdun (6 mins. by car); Intermarche Super 10 mins.