Vacation Home Montcuq (Midi-Pyrénées France)

This Australian artist's two bedroom French holiday cottage (known as a gite in France) or vacation rental in the Lot / Dordogne, South West France has blue shutters and tiled floors, but with all modern conveniences and a fully equipped kitchen for self-catering. The cottage near Cahors, could not have better access to so many sites in the northern Midi Pyrenees South West France region. During summer WIFI is available at the cottage.

When is the best time to visit?? That depends on when you can come and what you want to do!!! During the summer why not enjoy the summer activities such as antique markets (brocantes), 'vide greniers', art exhibitions, concerts, theatre, jazz (Cahors), blues, African music and festivals and fetes of varying sorts in ours or surrounding villages that this region of France has to offer? During winter there are Christmas and New Year activities, and December brings truffles in Quercy. Spring brings out the flowers, cherries and the sportsmen. Autumn brings out the foliage colours, the days are like an Indian summer and wine and confits are made. In summer there are also many antique markets.

The holiday cottage is situated in a calm but vibrant real French village, unlike some in France which are now deserted except for weekend tourists and which also have no commerces (shops).

If want to have a swim, the Plan d'Eau with its white sand beach (and French lifeguard!) is within walking distance of the vacation rental and the village swimming pool is just around the corner. (Please bring your own swimming towels.)

Just a short walk away from the holiday house is the local supermarket which although not huge, is excellent. In the centre of the village, less than a kilometre away from the vacation accommodation are two boulangeries (bakeries), an English bookshop, newsagents (with foreign language newspapers), post office, pharmacy, internet mediatheque, banks, 2 charcuteries/boucheries (delicatessen and butchers) two wine cellars, 3 cafes and several other shops, open all year including winter.