Luxury Farmhouse Holiday Accommodation at La Croix to rent

ABOUT OUR REGION, THE PERIGORD NOIR

The village of St Germain de Belves is set about 700 feet up amongst rolling wooded countryside and farmland with a view over the valley to the bastide town of Belves in one direction and over the walnut groves in the other towards the village itself. The main local crops are Maize, Tobacco, and Walnuts with some vineyards although the best of these are further to the west.

SHOPPING

There are supermarkets nearby. The nearest in Siorac-en-Perigord is an Intermarche,recently modernised (2006 )selling everything including well priced petrol and diesel. English credit cards are accepted. The other is a Champion in the town of St Cyprien which again sells everything including petrol etc and takes English credit cards.
For more sohpisticated shopping Sarlat is the nearest town (25 minutes ). This is a delightful ancient town that can be very busy. Real shopping on the grand scale is Periguex which is at least 45/50 minutes drive away.

MARKETS

Just about every village and town has its own market. The best are Belves - Saturday, St Cyprien - Sunday, Le Bugue - Tuesday, Sarlat - Saturday ( main) Wednesday ( smaller )

SIORAC

This is really the 'local' town. It sits on the edge on the river Dordogne, and in addition to the supermarket it has a post office, railway station, chemist, bank, restaurants, tennis courts, canoe trips. Two Golf courses lie close to the house. One is an 18 hole at Lolivarie ( 2 Miles )and the other known as La Forge is a nine hole on the Siorac/Belves road ( 3 miles ).

RESTAURANTS

The nearest are in Siorac, Belves and St Cyprien but there is a wide choice just a short distance away and our house file will give you all details.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS

Beynac, La Roque Gagneac, Domme, Sarlat are all within easy reach offering between them caves, river trips, chateaux, gardens and parks open to the public, museums, aquarium, churches, and other attractions aimed specifically at children. Firms operating the canoe trips provide the transport to or from your car on both the Vezere and Dordogne rivers. Again there are lots of details of all of them in our house.

WALKS

Marked walks exist throughout the area and are made by following poles with arrows on them placed at turnings. One such walk starts from the square in St Germain de Belves and goes past our house. Leaflets are available free from most tourist offices in local towns.

VILLAGE MEALS

From early July until early September public evening meals are held in the town squares of Cadouin ( Monday ) and Belves ( Wednesday ). Tables and chairs are provided but bring your own cutlery. There is a wide variety of hot and cold food to buy from stallholders in the squares and the local cave will sell you a bottle and will open it for you. Musical entertainment will be provided The local restaurant will sell you coffee at the end of your meal.

Bookmark with: