(08-2024) Dear Lydia and Team,
We had a great time at Villa Tessa. Peggy was a lovely host who greeted us warmly, showed us around and left us some wine as well as some lavender oil and sachet of dried lavender from the on-site lavender fields. Villa Tessa is very well equipped with some 6 flatscreen TVs in the property, comfortable sofas and beds and the outside kitchen area was great. The gym was brilliant. It had better equipment than some commercial gyms I have been to! There was also a table football and arcade machine which my husband and sons could not get enough of.
Outside, the grounds are vast and the infinity pool is huge and enabled us to do ‘proper swimming’. The decking, furniture and umbrella gave lots of options to sunbathe throughout the day. In the evening, the hot tub was a great way to relax even more.
We found some really nice restaurants in the area. Chez Justine was the closest at Mauroux where there is a different menu each day. The staff were very accommodating to my vegan requirements and the rest of the family loved the duck dishes. L’artichaut was our favourite restaurant. They were also great at making special vegan options for me and the garden area and dogs made it really special. The best pizza we have ever tasted was to be found at Le Four in Cahors. We went there twice - driving 45mins each way it was so good! Other lovely places we ate were Le Canard a 3 Pattes and Le Peyragoud in Penne D’Agenais which has a great micro brewery next door.
There are many activities within reach of the property. I did lots of running, there was boat hire near Penne d’Agenais, go-karting at Cahors (although this is quite dangerous and my son was thrown out of the kart) electric bike hire near the villa (which we didn’t do), the fantastic castle Biron which has views for 30miles in all directions!
All in all we had a brilliant time and the weather was great. Thank you to France Villa and Peggy and her husband who made the process so simple.
We will definitely use France Villa again and would book Villa Tess again - although we do like to try other places and would be looking for somewhere within walking distance of a village or town next time.
Many thanks,
Helen
(08-2024) Dear Lydia,
We had a wonderful week. Beautiful weather, a beautiful house and how nice a private pool is with those high temperatures. We ate outside every day, which was ideal with the outdoor kitchen. The sports room was also used a lot. The mosquito nets on the windows everywhere is very nice!
We experienced the reservation with you and the information via email as positive! We do not rule out booking with you again.
Greetings!
Bente
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(07-2024) Dear Lydia,
In the meantime we are indeed back to work (back to reality ????), but our holiday there was wonderful! This house is great, the surroundings fantastic and the pool idyllic!!!
Warm greetings,
An
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(07-2023) Dear Lydia,
We had a wonderful stay. The house was beautiful, very complete, spacious, clean. The outdoor area and the outdoor kitchen was great. We used this almost every evening. Bedrooms are cool, the beds are also nice. Everything is available in the kitchen. Nice that there are two bathrooms.
The pool is very nice, nice and big. The overflow also keeps it nice and clean. Nice that there is a parasol with a seat underneath.
The owners are very friendly. Easy to reach, with Google translate, hands and feet we came a long way :).
The area is beautiful and quiet, I think that will be different when the house next door has also been refurbished and will be rented out. For now we have enjoyed the peace, the crickets and the freedom. Furthermore, large cities such as Toulouse and Cahort are easily accessible.
Groceries were done in Montayral, a 15-minute drive from the villa. I walked every day to the small supermarket in Maurox for fresh bread (4.5 km one way)
Hints? It was just all very nice and complete. Perhaps it would be good to put another large parasol over the sun loungers by the pool for some extra shade in the garden. But otherwise all very good!
We would definitely rent this house again!
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Helmet
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