Maison du Périgord Noir (4 people), 2 km from the historic center of Sarlat

The cottage was perfect for our long stay. The kitchen was well equipped and the primary bedroom was very comfortable. The host Mathieu was very welcoming and his coordinator Latifha was a pleasure to work with. Also, there is a donkey farm across the road and we had a great time feeding them. The town Sarlat is only a 6 minute drive so the place has a great location. The host Mathieu answered all my questions a timely mannerAnd we look forward to staying again in the future.

I think the gite is a converted barn that belonged to the house at the bottom of the valley. The outlook is lovely across rolling hills and a few other nice places dotted around. We liked the donkeys in the field opposite, my husband kept feeding them! There is some traffic noise from a main road across the valley and there is the occasional car going to the hotel/ guesthouse at the bottom of the road. It didn’t bother us though. The accommodation is one large room downstairs with kitchen at one end, with the utility room and downstairs shower room bisected by the stairs with the living / dining room. It was cold so we used the fire. There are two bedrooms upstairs, we only use the main bedroom, the bed is large and comfortable. The floor is very creaky, being wooden, which was tedious at night if one of us got up, but tolerable. The bathroom upstairs has a macerating toilet which took some getting used to. The shower was good downstairs, we didn’t use the upstairs one. Irritatingly it took me almost the whole week to find the mugs which were in the plate cupboard rather than in the cup cupboard and there are only two large tumblers for a beer or my gin and tonic! Do a trip to the supermarket on your way in as there is nothing to eat in the gite ( often you get bread or milk) and who wants to go out again once you’ve got comfortable! We enjoyed our trip and would be happy to come again.

Le logement est bien situé afin d’accéder au centre ville et aux sites à visiter , nous avons profité de la cheminée, les enfants ont apprécié les animaux présents autour. Ce logement est également très agréable.

The cottage is pretty and has charm One thing not clear from the description is that the cottage is immediately next to a lane which leads to some busy holiday properties. It is well equipped though we had to spend a lot of time clearing the dishwasher arms We thought the property needed a thoroughly good clean from top to bottom. There was also a problem with the septic tank which covered four days of our week's stay, which was over holiday weekend.