Our Bed & Breakfast, our Restaurant & Our Perigord Gites

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It’s Your Choice at Chateau de Villars!

Stay with us on a Bed & Breakfast basis B&B (a two night minimum) or stay in one of our Self Catering Gites for a week or more!  All the information you need to make your choice is on this page.

Whichever you choose,  you can always chose to dine in our gourmet Chateau restaurant!

The Restaurant

If you wish to have dinner at the Château, then by prior reservation on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, you can enjoy an excellent four course dinner in our dining room.  In November and December, our restaurant is open on Saturday nights and for Sunday lunch.

Our menu is €26,00 (€3,00 supplement for a cheese course) and is influenced by the seasons and the fresh produce available from our local farms, markets and the Château’s own kitchen garden.  The menu changes every day and is a fixed menu comprising entree, plat and dessert.  Everything is prepared freshly each day, nothing is bought pre-prepared.  As there is no choice, if you are vegetarian or do not eat red meat, please let us know in advance when booking.  Our classic French ingredients create a fusion of flavours from around the world and a dining delight for you in an environment of beauty and calm.  Gastronomie and Bien-Etre.

Bed & Breakfast/Chambres d’Hotes

For Guests staying at Château de Villars for “Bed & Breakfast”, each of our five Château bedrooms have beautifully appointed en suite baths or showers.  Our bedrooms are available for a two night minimum stay.   And when you stay in the Chateau, your are in your own home in France – with full use of the Chateau’s sitting room, library (and its many books), bar, and terrace.  Your ‘Home from Home’ in the Perigord!  We say Chambres d’Hotes but really this is your own Chateau d’Hote!

On evenings when you are out to dinner, there are a range of wonderful restaurants in short driving distance, at which we can provide recommendations and arrange reservations.  This is the Périgord - ducks, truffles, foie gras, cider, artisanal cheeses, superb wines – so enjoy all that’s on offer of our local produce! Gastronomie!

If you choose to spend the day at the Château, you can relax in the gardens, walk around the grounds and the village, borrow one of our bicycles (try out the Chateau tandem), take a hike directly out of the front gates into the lush countryside, laze by the pool, or choose a good book from our library.

Alternatively, sit on the terrace and enjoy a well chosen bottle of wine from our wine list!

You will probably arrive by car, but if not we can arrange transport to local places of interest.  If you have your own transport, we can advise you as to where to go to fully experience the beauty of the region. You can visit such places as, St Jean de Cole, one of ‘the most beautiful villages in France’, Brantôme, ‘the Venice of the Perigord’, the Château de Puyguilhem, the fantastic Villars cave complex, Bourdeilles, Château de Hautefort, Château de Jumilhac, Perigueux, the capital of the Dordogne, with its magnificent old town, or Limoges and its porcelain heritage.  And further afield, you can visit the Dordogne Vally, the Auvezere Valley, Lascaux and Montignac, Sarlat, gardens, Les Eysies and the World Heritage site – indeed the choice is endless!

And, if you are touring the Dordogne or the Charente, we can introduce you to other beautiful places to stay, run by friends, to compliment your visit to the area, as well as give you recommendations for Bordeaux and its wine region, St Jean de Luz and the superb coast south of Bordeaux – and in Paris if you stop there for a few days . Be sure to ask us as you plan your holiday!

The Trincou Summer House – Our Self Catering Gite

For Guests wanting to enjoy a “self catering” holiday at Château de Villars, come and stay at our Trincou Summer House, situated in the gardens a few metres from the Château, which offers two separate apartments, – both with good sized bedrooms.  Able to generously accommodate up to a maximum of four guests, the Summer House is entirely at ground floor level for easy access.

Each bedroom suite has its own ensuite bathroom (completely renovated in 2010) and separate toilet, and each is freshly decorated in a charming country style. One bedroom (Cole) with Queen size bed and its own private reading room, the other bedroom (Dronne) with two double beds.

There are splendid oversize chests of drawers and a walk in hanging closet in each bedroom suite .

You can dine out on summer nights on the terrace, after cocktails and wine on your terrace, watching the sun go down over the Chateau’s gardens. Enjoy the BBQ and the seating around a brazier under the Indian Bean Tree with its Moroccan lanterns. A special experience in a magical and wonderful atmosphere we have created for you.

The Trincou Summer House has a comfortable sitting room inside, which is open-plan to the well equipped kitchen with oven, gas hob, fridge and dishwasher.  There is a large outside covered private terrace for dining & relaxing, overlooking the gardens and the boules court, with a dining table able to seat six on one end and sofa and chairs at the other end. You have a washer/dryer.

There will be a welcome basket to start you off – some wine, cheese and a baguette (and ask us to shop for other provisions for you for your arrival – we’ll be happy to do so!)  And there will be some toiletries to set you up – shampoo, soap, and other bathroom needs, as well as ample towels.  And we’ll lend you some pool towels for the week as well!   Of course, you can use the Chateau’s heated pool with our other guests, you can come to our bar on most days for an evening cocktail on the Chateau terrace – and you can come and dine in the Chateau !

‘La Maison des Sabots’ at Chateau de Villars – self catering in our 18th century house adjoining the Chateau.

Sabots (The House of the Wooden Shoe Maker) is a short stroll up the Rue du Moulin from the Chateau’s front gates.  There could not be a more special self catering experience!  Your own luxury 18th century village house, with beamed ceilings in all rooms, stone and wood floors, chandeliers, dimmable spots, open fireplaces, period touches.  Two en suite bedrooms.

Visit Sabots’ own website at www.sabotsvillars.com

There’s an outside terrace for balmy summer days (which adjoins the old outbuildings used by a sabot maker over 100 years ago), as well as a pretty and expansive private garden with an old cider press.  The many features in the garden include old oak wine barrels dating from when the property had its own large wine press and carthorses for delivery of local wines.  Wander to the end of the garden and look down on the Chateau’s Jacob sheep grazing in the meadow!

La Maison is ideal for two couples.  By special arrangement, it is also suitable for those with up to two children over 12, as there is a bedroom at the top of the house that can be made available.

The Chateau’s dining room is open to you from May to December by prior reservation, for a special dining experience, on Thursday, Friday & Saturday nights (May to October) and Saturday nights and Sunday lunchtime (November and December). La Maison des Sabots is open all year.

‘Les Corgis’  - B&B or self catering.