Sports Activities
On the Spot : Table tennis, Horse riding (see page "holiday ideas"),
walks, bike rental
Nearby : Horse riding lessons, Horse riding, Tennis, Water skiing,
parachute jumping, golf...
Organization of Yoga afternoons
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Relaxing
In summer, relax around the swimming pool, sunbeds and sunshades are provided...
In winter, enjoy a tea or a glass of wine in our library or bar, both with a fireplace...
Organization of Yoga afternoons
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All year around, we can organize for you relaxing massages and beauty treatments
Exemple of treatments :
Facial skin care : 55 euros
Hymalaya Salt Scrub : 40 euros
Relaxing massage : 61 euros
Ayurvedic massage: 81 euros
Chinese massage : 61 euros Face, head and neck massage : 58 euros Manicure : 32 euros
Pedicure : 41 euros
Make up : 24 euros
Shampoo + Blow drying : 25 euros
Brides' package : 50 euros Future mom's package (leg scrub + relaxing and freshening massage) : 88 euros
Available everyday with appointment only. Provided by qualifides beauticians
Music Hall Entertainment evening at Cabaret "Le Petit Paradis"
in Pont du Casse (20 mn driving)
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Gastronomy
Cooking lessons provided by our Head Chef :
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We propose you the following themes :
Upon reservation, minimum 2 participants
Equipment and recipe provided
Personnalized dates and themes upon request
Package including 1 cooking lesson + Lunch with beverage : 70 euros / person
or
see page "Holiday ideas"
Visit of the Foie Gras Museum
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Visit of vineyards
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Visit of a Prune Farm
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Culture and tradition
THE BASTIDES & CHATEAUX OF THE LOT AND GARONNE
(click on the name of the village to go to the website) PENNE D’AGENAIS
MONFLANQUIN
MONPAZIER
A Brief History
Monpazier was founded in 1284 by King Edward I of England with the help of Pierre de Gontaut, Lord of Biron, and it was only during the reign of King Charles V of France (1366-1380) that the bastide became definitively French. In 1574 treachery allowed the Huguenot captain, Geoffroi de Vivans, to gain control of Monpazier and in 1594 was it was one of the sites of the Peasant’s Revolt (la révolte des Croquants).
The Bastide
Four hundred metres by two hundred and twenty, the town is perfectly quadrilateral and the streets run parallel to the longest sides from one end of the town to the other. These are crossed by four transversal streets thus dividing the town into rectangular compartments. The central Place des Cornières is surrounded by medieval and seventeenth-century houses.
What to see
The Place des Cornières, St Dominique’s Church, The Chapter House
BIRON
Origins
Biron Castle, listed as an Historic Monument was the site of one of Périgord’s four baronies (the other three were : Beynac, Mareuil and Bourdeilles).
The Gontaut-Biron family who owned the castle for eight centuries made many transformations to the building between the twelfth and eighteenth centuries. It is now owned by the Dordogne département.
What to see
Amongst many splendours most notable perhaps are : the twelfth-century keep, the two-storied chapel in which can be seen two tombs sculptured with recumbent figures, the Renaissance apartments and an immense vaulted kitchen.
GAVAUDUN
TOURNON D’AGENAIS
LAUZERTE
Originally, the hill on which Lauzerte is located was a Gaulish oppidum or administrative centre. Its present name dates back to approximately 1000 AD. Derived from the Latin lucerna (lamp), it designates an ideal position, visible - like a light - from a distance.
At the end of the 12th century, the Count of Toulouse was gifted the hill in order to build a castelnau, a city protected by a castle.
Halting place on the pilgrimage route to Compostela, a thriving market town, populated and wealthy - witness its medieval houses - Lauzerte remains to this day one of the most beautiful and the most typical of the hill top castelnaus to be founded in the south of France.
Located in the heart of the Chasselas table grape appellation (certified area), where Quercy melons are also grown, Lauzerte does indeed look out over a mouth-watering landscape, its pathways meandering between limestone plateaus and gentle valleys. As the seasons unfold, the latter take on the colours of the fruit trees, sunflowers, sweet corn, vines, lavender…
In the upper part of the village, a typical example of medieval architecture, houses are arranged around the church of Saint Barthélemy and the square, Place des Cornières, one of the finest in the region. The ramparts are a reminder of the role played by Lauzerte, alternately seized by the English and the French during the Hundred Years War. Early Gothic or Renaissance houses are a reminder that the medieval city was also much prized by rich magistrates and prosperous merchants. They knew full well how to defend the privilege of their quality of life. Today, Lauzerte follows in their footsteps, to the great delight of its many visitors.
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