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We are located 1 1/4 hours from Bordeaux Airport, 35 minutes from Bergerac Airport (Ryanair from Stansted or Flybe from Southampton), 9 hours drive from Calais, 7 hours drive from Caen or Cherbourg and 6 from St. Malo. For those of you who prefer to travel by train you can take the Eurostar to Lille or Paris. You can then get a TGV to Bordeaux or Angouleme, where you can hire a car. The property is situated 1.5kms from the village of Issac and 8kms from the town of Mussidan, which is well served with supermarkets, shops, doctors, banks, several excellent restaurants and also a Saturday market. We are centrally sited between Bergerac and Perigueux for visitors wishing to explore the pleasures of the Perigord, with a excellent train service to Bordeaux from the station at Mussidan. The vineyards of Bergerac and St. Emilion are within easy reach, as are the many caves, chateaux, bastides and medieval towns for which this area is famous. For the more athletic this is ideal country for walking, horse riding and cycling (VTT routes at all levels nearby, perfect terrain for touring and training). Canoeing is available on the many rivers in the area and there are some excellent fishing lakes nearby. There are also several good golf courses in the region and leisure lakes with beaches, pedalos, watersports, swimming, water slides and quad bikes. Mini golf and bowling are near to the large shopping centre in Bergerac, there are several boat trips on the Dordogne (and other rivers)and you can go to a market on any day of the week.
How to reach Issac and the house : by plane : landing at Bergerac airport http://www.bergerac.aeroport.fr/index.php or at Bordeaux airport http://www.bordeaux.aeroport.fr/ by train: arriving at Libourne station http://www.voyages-sncf.com/ by car: Issac 24 http://www.1bis.com/1bis/default.asp leisure and visits: www.chez.com/otmussidan http://www.ot-sarlat-perigord.fr/ |
