Les Glycines B&B

Eymet

(Pronounced A-May) Eymet is a thriving example of Aquitaine’s medieval “bastides” - market towns founded to promote commerce.  Eymet was founded in 1270 and has held a weekly market every Thursday morning ever since.   The Tourist Office do a great job of promoting events all year such as concerts and brocantes.  Eymet  is well used to visitors from all over and has many restaurants and bars - French of course but also English, Indian, Italian, Peruvian, Thai and more.

Soumensac & La Sauvetat

Local producers hold open air food and wine events during July and August – La Sauvetat du Dropt on Friday evenings with music in a big walled garden and up on the hilltop at Soumensac at lunchtime on Sundays (what a view!).  The Mayor of Soumensac once told me Soumensac is so-called because their local wine is so drinkable that you risk ending up “sous la mensa” (under the table, in Latin) but it is possible that he spoke from experience!   

Le Lac de L’Escourroux

This man-made reservoir lake is said to be the biggest lake in Aquitaine.  We relish the walks around it, always peaceful with only a few joggers, walkers and wanderers, the occasional cyclist, an angler or three and the occasional fishing competition.  It is a really peaceful haven for birds, flora and fauna with strategically placed observation hides and information panels and Les Glycines is only some 400 metres from the water’s edge, oh how lucky are we.

Bergerac

Bergerac combines ancient and modern rather well – excellent big shops and garden centres on the edge of town, a small international airport and the old town centre is a glorious muddle of the old covered fresh produce market and the ancient wood and wattle colombage houses, their upper floors hanging out towards each other as if to swap tales of Cyrano de Bergerac, he of legend and large nose.

Places to visit

The Dordogne is known internationally as the Cradle of Mankind with its prehistoric painted caves and settlements, of which Lascaux is most famous.   The Dordogne is also reputed to be the Land of a Thousand Castles.  Many are still private, many in need of tender care and restoration but there plenty to visit and, even after over twenty years of living here, we are nowhere near running out of places to visit, gardens, caves, lakes and waterways, abbeys and cloisters, mansions and castles….!    

Wine tasting

As well as being only an hour from the European Heritage Wine Town of St Emilion (super-interesting to visit but, be warned, the wine is pricey) we are well placed in the gentler priced Bergerac Wine Region with several vineyard tours and tastings on offer.  There’s an excellent wine shop in the centre of Eymet.  Sometimes our guests have time to join us for some of our house wine - from our ex-neighbour’s widow’s brother’s vineyard !   

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