| About
our gites We would like to
welcome you to Garrigue near Eymet in the Bergerac region
of Dordogne.
Garrigue is an ancient stone house which
was a farm; it has  peaceful and
private 3 hectare (7 acre) grounds bordered by a stream
and a woodland walk and is surrounded by varied working
farms - cattle, poplars, sunflowers, maize, vines, etc.
We have a 10 x 5 metre fenced saline
swimming-pool with roman steps, games barn with
ping-pong, billiard tables, balls & boules and our
own 9-hole pitch & putt golf course and full size
bicycles.
The Gîtes
We have 4 gites which can each accommodate
and are equipped for up to 6 people. An extra child's bed
and a cot may be available.
The gîtes can be booked together or
individually and can be interconnected - handy when you
want to go on holiday as a group but might perhaps want
the opportunity to get out of each other's hair !
The
ground floor layout of kitchenette, living/dining room;
double bedroom and bathroom means that each gîte is equally
suitable for occupation by just one or two people for
whom special rates may apply off season.
The three gîtes in the old barn wing of
the house have two twin-bed bedrooms and a bathroom
upstairs.
The pigeon tower gîte has a double-bed
bedroom upstairs and a double mezzanine bedroom; it has a
twin-bed bedroom and its two bathrooms downstairs.
In each gîte, one of the bathrooms has a
bath with shower and the other bathroom has a shower
cubicle.
The equipment in each gîte includes electric cooker,
refrigerator, clothes-washing machine, digital British
& French TV / radio / video / wifi. Household
linen and towels are provided.
Electricity and water are included in the
rental. We prepare the gîtes for arrival - beds made,
fridge and hot water on and check that the previous
gîters have left the gîte nicely for you.
Outside, each gîte has its wooden garden
table and chairs, parasol and large barbecue.
The Pool
The swimming-pool is 10 metres by 5 metres
and has roman steps for easy access; it has a natural
saline system and is cleaned regularly.
The pool has a nice big surround paved
with heat-control tiles so that feet, whether little or
large, don't get burned. It is set in a grass area with a
wooden fence and gates.
There is a small paddling pool for babies
and toddlers and the green loungers and parasols are easy
on the eyes in bright sunlight.
The Games Barn
Our all-weather ping-pong table and our billiards table
are  in the old barn,
together with badminton kit, a small croquet set, and
various balls and boules.
There is also an old music machine and
some coloured lights. It makes a pleasant place for
getting together with the other gîters after a day out
exploring the region and a good alternative to the
swimming pool.
In 2007 we bought 6 bicycles for
our gîters to borrow - please bring your own helmet if
you wish to wear one.
We have 2 sociable dogs & a cat - want
to bring yours?
Our three dwarf goats enjoy attention
also !
Babysitting, high-chair, cot & pot
available on request.
Arrival provisions if required, library &
video library.
Prices
and booking information (Euros)
| Date
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Price per Gîte per week |
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Euros or sterling
equivalant |
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| Low: |
€420 |
| Mid:
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€575 |
| Peak: |
€1155 |
Low & mid season rates & dates flexible for long
stays
(4 weeks +) short stays(3 nights+) & 1 or 2 people
only.
About
our region
Garrigue is in south west Dordogne, 20 kilometres south
of the ancient town of Bergerac on the Dordogne river; 6
kms north of the medieval bastide town of Eymet which
boasts that it has held a market every Thursday morning
since June 1270, and 4 kms west of the tiny village of
Fonroque, an English bastide village during the time of
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the 100 Years War, and on one of
the pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela.
Local
Amenities
Sports
include canoeing, fishing, golf, tennis, biking, hiking,
riding, hot-air ballooning, flying club, karting,
quad-biking. There are countless châteaux, abbeys,
medieval towns and villages, prehistoric caves and
dwellings to visit, and many inviting local vineyards
offering tastings! or maybe you would prefer to just
bring your soothing bottle of the local Bergerac AOC wine
back to our peaceful surroundings and enjoy the birdsong
!!
A word about the golf - Sadly for Charles and me
(Elizabeth) our golf clubs just gather dust but our
gîters report enjoyable rounds 10 minutes away at our
nearest course, Le Château des Vigiers with its grand
backdrop of the château and its restaurants in which to
restore oneself.
There
are other courses of varying price and length such as the
9-holer at Tombeboeuf just south of us, Villeneuve where
you can play 9 or 18, and Périgueux - 18 holes par 72
and over 6,000 metres.
Now that
our games barn is established with its ping-pong and
billiard tables, July 2006 saw the First Round Ever being
played on the 9-hole Pitch and Putt Golf course we have
made for our guests at Garrigue !!!!
Apart from the weekly markets, which are always a joy to
hunters of under-packaged smelly cheeses and
non-standardised stinky saucissons, oh and mouth-watering
peachy-coloured canteloupe melons and big plump
artichokes and ... and ..., there are some really
excellent supermarkets and hypermarkets in the region.
Also,
within only a very few kilometres, we now have some good
family-friendly restaurants and some rather excellent
piggy-wiggy restaurants for gourmets and gourmands alike
!
We live
here (lucky us!) in the other part of the house with our
cats Cat Friday and Ziggy and our dogs Pickles and Pepper
- our cats are normally pretty aimiable and the dogs are
always sociable and ready to walk round the grounds with
you. We are usually about if you need us. We have a video
library for weather-not-up-to-it days, had-too-much-sun
days, too-tired-to-go-out evenings etc !
Oh, and, usually we can babysit and it is normally
possible to get in provisions and even a meal for your
arrival ......
The Fonroque baker comes by four mornings a week with
fresh croissants, pains au chocolat, baguettes and brown
country bread and sometimes on other days Elizabeth goes
to the bakery with everyone's orders !
A note to house hunters & wishful thinkers: We should
be happy to be quizzed on our property purchase and
renovation experience if you think this might help you.
Getting
there
20 kms south of Bergerac / 6 kms north of
Eymet
90 minutes Bordeaux Airport (British Airways,Air France)
20 minutes Bergerac Airport (Ryanair, Flybe)
Brittany Ferries discount for our giters.
For further details and photographs please
visit the owners' website at: www.gites-at-garrigue.com
To book one (or
more) of these gîtes near Eymet in the Dordogne please
contact the owners:
Charles &
Elizabeth Clarke
Click here to
email the owner
Tel: 05 53 27 98 74
International Tel: +33 (0) 5 53 27
98 74
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