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Holiday Cottage for Rent in Dordogne, St Bazile Ref:461

View Map of France,Dordogne,Rochechouart

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Sleeps 6

from $368, €300, £245, CAN$457 per week

Traditional Cottage with private fishing lake, near Rochechouart, dating from the late 19th century with views of glorious Limousin countryside set in the small hamlet of Le Poulier within the Perigord/Limousin Natural Park. The region is heavily forested (mainly oak and sweet chestnut) and is renowned for the abundant and varied wildlife.   Accommodation comprises kitchen, sitting room, three bedrooms (two double and one with bunk beds suitable for children or young teenagers) and two shower rooms. The cottage is fully equipped including washing machine, gas cooker, microwave, wood-burning fire, electric radiators and TV/VCR to play your own videos. Exposed beams and wooden floors add to the rural ambience.   Land extends to almost 5 acres and includes a fishing lake, which is well stocked. Some of the terrain has been turned over to wild life havens and many songbirds, frogs, toads and salamanders can be seen. It is a real pleasure on summer evenings to sit outside listening to the ‘evening chorus’. There are resident kingfishers, buzzards and herons. Deer, foxes, polecats and pine martens visit regularly as do flocks of house martins performing aerial acrobatics as they swoop to drink from the lake.   The owners, who live next door in a converted barn, have a number of animals including dogs, cats, chickens and geese.   The closest town is Rochechouart, which is charming with cobbled streets, a castle and museums open to the public. There are many other castles close by including Chalus where Richard the Lionheart was fatally wounded.    There are several swimming lakes with beaches in the area, the closest being at St Mathieu approximately 4 miles away. The whole region is well known for peace, tranquillity and friendliness. It is often billed as ‘the France that time forgot’.   This region offers a real opportunity to sample traditional French country life. There are many village ‘feast’ days; real social occasions where local artisans and food producers display their war

40 minutes from Limoges airport.   Check out the Local customs in Dordogne which vary from those in the rest of France French,Mediterranean,Med, especially Rochechouart, St Bazile

Interesting Features:Golf, Tennis, Fishing, Walking, Bird watching