Our holidays at Chateau de Villars bring you “Rest, Relaxation and Rejuvenation” in a casual country French environment.

    Bill Davies and Kevin Saunders run Chateau de Villars. The Chateau is located at the edge of the small Dordogne village, Villars. In the heart of Perigord Vert, on the border of the Perigord-Limousin National Park, Villars, enjoys an unrivalled location.

   The Perigord Vert is a crescent shaped area covering the North of the Dordogne department. The famous author, Jules Verne, gave it the name 'Perigord Vert' during his travels in the area. Its hills and humid climate combine with the impermeable soil to produce an all year round greenery of growth, even in the driest of summers. Water is all around. From everywhere streams flow towards the Bandiat, the Tardoire or converge on the Dronne, the Isle or the Auvezere.

    The Dordogne is a land packed with history and tradition, containing several of 'the Most Beautiful Villages' in France. Nature has also been generous here, offering a variety of idyllic landscapes around the turn of each hill, in the heart of each valley and along the streams that flow through them. There is, as you will discover, a magical, almost magnetic quality about Perigord Vert.

    Villars is adjacent to Thiviers and Sorges, stopping points along the Way of St James – one of the medieval pilgrimage routes to Santiago de Compostella in north western Spain, where legend has it that the remains of St James are buried. This route, known as the ‘Chemin de Vezalay’, starts in Namur, Belgium   No doubt some medieval pilgrims visited Brantome en route and passed through Villars. This is certainly borne out by the beautiful large scallop shell, prominently carved over the main entrance to Villars' medieval church, St Martial.  The scallop shell is the traditional emblem of St. James and medieval Christians en route to Santiago de Compostela would carry a shell and often wear this emblem.

   The Perigord is traditionally a 'Land of Welcome'. Faithful to this, our golden rule is hospitality! We will help you share the Perigord's past, savour its cuisine and experience the charm and tranquillity of its countryside.

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