Gites in Dordogne - Excellent Holiday Gites for Summer Letting

GITES IN DORDOGNE - Excellent Holiday Gites for Summer Letting
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Welcome to Gites in Dordogne, about Le Manoir and our Gites:

LE MANOIR DE TACHAU
Duras,
Lot-et-Garonne,
France

Beautifully quiet, ideal for a really peaceful holiday
Stunning views of vineyards, plum orchards and fields of sunflowers
Three well equipped gites in ancient manoir wing
Over two acres of formal gardens; extensive grounds with two lakes on the Tachau Estate, meadows, streams and woodland walks.
12m x 6m superb swimming pool
Boules court, croquet lawn, giant draughts, volley ball, basketball, soccer goal and cricket
Fishing in our large lake
Undercover parking
Four miles from historic bastide of Duras with shops, banks and restaurants
Twelve miles from Dordogne river with a galaxy of sightseeing opportunities
Within 2 miles public tennis courts (excellent condition)
Within 2 miles boulangerie, bar, café and restaurant
Golf and riding nearby
Over forty vineyards within fifteen mile radius!
High-Speed broadband via satellite
Cheap flights to Bergerac from Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gatwick, Manchester, Leeds-Bradford, Liverpool, Nottingham East Midlands, Southampton and Stansted available. Bergerac also has services from Paris, Holland & Belgium.

TACHAU

These mid-18th century buildings in the most attractive luminous whitish-grey stone located on the top of delightful rolling hills some 6km north of Duras in the Lot & Garonne, being around 130km east of Bordeaux airport. The views in all directions are superb, surrounded by hundreds of acres of grape vines, fields of sunflowers and plum orchards. Until recently, the estate had produced its own excellent wines, notably Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. The Tachau Estate has two scattered tranquil hamlets close to the tiny pretty village of Lubersac; both are really too insignificant to appear on maps!

DURAS

One of many beautiful bastide market towns in the area with some of its mediaeval walled fortifications remaining, Duras has a picturesque castle, the ancient seat of the Dukes of Duras. There are a good range of shops including two supermarkets, bakers, butchers, chemist, newsagent with English newspapers, florists, cafes, three excellent restaurants and even a library.

TACHAU FISHING TRUST

The private fishing club on the larger of the Deux Lacs de Tachau is limited to 30 full family memberships plus three week temporary members for those staying in gites on the Tachau Estate. The lake has a good head of mainly natural wild Carp up to approximately 25lbs with a large population of smaller hard fighting fish of around 2-4lbs.The lake is fed, via the smaller lake, from a grotto in a cliff face, which is supplied by an underground stream in the limestone. The lakes are in a tranquil valley 10 minutes walk from Le Manoir de Tachau.

More details about the Tachau Fishing Trust can be found here.

ACCOMMODATION

Beside the principal part of the house, which is seldom let, there are three excellent peaceful gites; each spacious gite has been completely renovated in 2001.

VINEYARD TOUR

At 2:30om on most Wednesdays in the holiday season there is an English language tour of the vineyards & detailed explanation of the processes of wine production, followed by a wine tasting.

In the Media:

So what do the newspapers say of Le Manoir de Tachau?

Independent on Sunday On the 24th October 2010 two whole pages, 68 and 69, (Travel Section) provide a wonderful overview of the tranquille Tachau Estate: "Patchy woodlands and shimmery lakes are cross-hatched by vineyards, plum orchards and fields of unruly sunflowers..."
(The chief travel reporter stayed in one of our gites in August 2010)

On Television:

ITV1 screened a delightful ½ hour programme on the Tachau Estate at 8pm on the 10th October 2011 as part of the "Little England" series of 12 programmes on South West France. You can see an edited video of this episode below.