About us

Hi, my husband and I have spent the last 2/3 years renovating our lovely house and gite just outside Montignac. We originally bought the house to use as a holiday home for ourselves but love it so much here in the Vezere Valley that we now stay here for 8 months of the year and spend the winter months in the UK. We have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges and hard work that the renovation has brought and hope everyone loves the house and the area as much as we do.

We love the Dordogne and particularly the quieter Vezere Valley. Montignac is a pretty town and is still lively in the winter due to a large percentage of the population being French. We wanted to be near enough to the ports to be able to drive here easily. We are around 6 hours from several ferry ports and 8 hours from Calais and and Eurotunnel. We also wanted somewhere with a good climate and this area certainly delivers, the temperature is usually in the 30’s in August and only a bit cooler in September. Winter can be very cold though ie December, January and February. We are only 3km from Montignac which takes between 30 and 40 minutes to walk and 5 minutes to drive. There are plenty of shops, bars and restaurants although some do close in winter. The locals are welcoming, friendly and polite and the love it when we try to speak to them in their language.