Villa description

Accommodation details

Living room, dining room, kitchen, 3 bathrooms with wc, 1 shower room with wc, 1 shower room, 1 separate wc, 3 double bedrooms, 1 twin bedroom, 1 bedroom with 2 bunk beds and 1 double bed

Facilities

Washing machine, dishwasher, dryer, bed linen/bathroom towels included (weekly change included), 2 cots (linen supplied), 2 highchairs, baby-sitting and cook on request, telephone, wireless internet, fax, satellite TV, video, DVD, CD, barbecue, table tennis, swings, sandpit, boules, table football, volley ball, bikes, slide, organic vegetable garden, river for fishing

Location

The Château de Foussal, restored in the early 19th century, occupies a secluded position 3km from the lovely village of Issigeac (all shops, restaurant, café, Sunday market, tennis courts) on the edge of the River Banège. The famous vineyards of Monbazillac (15km) and the delightful market town of Bergerac (22km to the northwest) are well worth exploring.

There are an 18 hole golf course golf course at Monestier (29km), a 9 hole golf course at Mouleydier (19km), horse-riding at 2.5km at Plaisance and a lake for swimming, fishing and windsurfing at Lanquais (16km). Canoeing, kayaking and fishing are possible on the Dordogne River at Trémolat (34km).

Exterior

The château enjoys a very pastoral setting in extensive and beautifully landscaped parkland with 100 year old Lebanese cedar trees, flowering shrubs, a lake (fenced-off) for fishing and streams. Access to the swimming pool is via a wooden bridge crossing over a stream. There are a shower and a wc by the pool. The original spacious "orangerie" (external access only) has just been restored and converted into a comfortable games room with a sitting area with TV and board games, and table tennis. There is a small enclosed playground with swings, a slide and a sandpit. Two donkeys are kept in an enclosure in the grounds.

Interior

The living and dining rooms are comfortably furnished and beautifully decorated in a tasteful mixture of modern style and antiques. There are wonderful frescoes in the dining room. The large kitchen has a dining table and is well equipped. A cloakroom with a washbasin and a wc are also on the ground floor. A twin bedroom with an en suite bathroom with a wc, a double bedroom with an en suite shower room, a bedroom with a doubled bed and a shower room with a wc are on the first floor. On the second floor are a double bedroom and a bedroom with a double bed and two bunk beds, each with an en suite bathroom with a wc.

Part of the property is closed off to clients (see floor plan) and is not occupied at any time.

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