Your week program: Food, Wine, Culture.

Each weekly program is designed to take advantage of the season’s produce and the special events happening in the area. As well as our shopping trips to the markets and local shops, the program includes visits to vineyards, organic farms, medieval villages and castles, antique markets, local artists and artisans. Each week will be tailored to suit the guest’s desires and special interest.

Sample schedule

Day one (monday)
Afternoon/evening arrival
Settle at the house and over aperitif we will discuss the coming week schedule before the welcoming dinner which will introduce you to our south-west’s specialities and fine wines.

Day two (tuesday) to Day seven (sunday)
Each day after breakfast, we will go to the market and prepare lunch together back at the house. A little siesta maybe by the pool or under the mulberry tree and we will go for an afternoon visit to a nearby place of interest, before returning to the house to prepare our dinner. One day will include lunch at a local restaurant, and free afternoon for shopping if you wish. One evening we will dine out at one of my favourite restaurant usually when we have we have been out for a longer excursion.

Day eight (monday)
Departure after breakfast.

By the end of the week you will have been learned a new way of eating and living, sitting around the table with friends, good conversation, wonderful food and wine, just enjoying “the beautiful life”…

More on the region:

The Lot et Garonne departement is in the heart of the Aquitaine region in the south-west of France. It is a world of hills and valleys, rivers and canals, orchards of plums and apples, medieval fortified bastide villages, stonecastles and Romanesque churches that have defied time. It’s a land of good eating and living, the perigordine cuisine is world famous, with gastronomical specialities such as foie-gras, confit and breast of duck, local products such as ceps, truffles, goat cheese, prunes, walnuts, strawberries… The area is surrounded by the famous vineyards of Bordeaux, Buzet, Bergerac, Duras, Cahors, and Armagnac said to be the oldest eau-de-vie in France. Throughout your stay you will be sampling these beautiful wines. The region will delight you with its diversity, the richness of its history and heritage. It’s France at its best, great quality of life, authenticity, tradition and hospitality.