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Come to France to perfect your English, or to learn French!
   
Summer 2010 : Stone sculpting workshops with Zimbabwean sculptor,  Alexander Chitungo 12th July to 9th August.

 

 

Summer 2010 : Workshop: Kite-building, artistic kite-flying and indoor-kite Ballet with Yann. 5th to 9th july.

 

Exposition of Zimbabwe Art

 

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The Périgord is well-known for the quality of its cuisine and its regional products.

All the region's best (and many) restaurants will offer you  foie gras, duck confits,  sarladaises potatoes, and magrets(duck fillets) accompanied by the very best  wines.

The connaisseurs can visit the breeding farms and buy the foie gras and other farm produce directly from the artisan breeders.

This region is very historical, from the most ancient times until today. Within  50 kms, you can visit prehistoric painted caves, the most famous being the Lascaux Caves (15kms from the house),  troglodyte villages or the fortified castles of the  XVth  and  XVIII th centuries, ( the list is very long, though we have a slight preference for Castelnaud la Chapelle, Hautefort, Milhandes and the charm of Josephine Baker, and Marqueyssac with its illuminated suspended gardens).

               

What a pleasure it is to walk through the town of Sarlat la Canéda, or Belves, Rocamadour, Domme or Collonges le Rouge. Each of these medieval towns has its own particular style and its differences; without forgetting, of course,  la Roque Gageac, Cénac and many others...

 What can we tell you  about all these marvellous sites? 

Make your own opinion..........go cycling, driving, walking, horse-riding or canoeing through the Valley of the Dordogne River or the Vézère River Valley.

We can organise guided tours for you with a very passionate and well-documented  Perigord friend.  We can also organise cycle rentals for you.

You will fall in love with this region, just as we have!