The accommodation offers a spacious open plan living area with beautiful original features. The dining area has a dining table and chairs to seat six. The well equipped kitchen area includes a washing machine, dishwasher, fridge, cooker and a microwave. There is also a comfortable lounge area with a double sofabed, armchairs, TV and DVD player. The focal point of this room is the spectacular fireplace which is sited in the original chimney of the Forge. A small suppy of wood for this fire is supplied on arrival with additional supply available at 20€ per barrow load. The rear door of this room leads out onto a spacious covered terrace which houses a garden table with six chairs for dining outside. The terrace looks over the very large grassed, well-maintained, garden and the surrounding countryside. The garden is fenced and private. On the first floor are two bedrooms and a shower room/wc. There is a second wc on the ground floor.

Bussiere Galant Lake

This gite is a perfect base to explore the Dordogne, Limousin (border 5 minutes) and the Charente is also in easy reach. Discover local goat farms and sample their excellent cheeses. A visit to local artisans who make apple juice will also give you the opportunity to eat crepes while you are there. An Angora goat farm, a fishing farm, a zen temple, eco centre, deer farm, a pottery studio are all found close to the village. A bar restaurant is just across the road! During the summer months the village holds a large fete which people visit from miles around and also there are night farmers markets where you can dine and have fun with the locals. There is also a communal lake where you may picnic and a fishing permit may be obtained. Close to the lake is a visitor centre where you will find information on all activities in the region including 200 kms of walks. Saint Pierre de Frugie is also local to many beautiful chateau. Within 10 minutes you will find Bussiere Galant where there is a leisure lake for swimming with a beach area. The leisure area also boasts an acrobois and a velo rail and paintballing. The nearest town is La Coquille, 4 km, where you will find restaurants, supermarket, doctors, chemist, bank, many shops, post office, boulangerie and patisserie, hairdressers and a market each Thursday morning. There is also a train station here or in Bussiere Galant with direct line to Perigueux/Limoges. Not far are the lovely towns of Brantome, Sarlat, St Yrieix la Perche and the cities of Perigueux and Limoges are approximately 40 minutes by car. Also worth a visit is Ordour sur Glane where you will discover a village stood still in time. 

RENTAL RATES 2009 

Week	€
May, June & Sept	400
July & August	600
October to April	300