Things to do

Golf – there is an 18 hole course a fifteen minute drive away complete with driving range and practice putting green. Green fees vary depending on the time of year. Click here to go to website for further information.

Horse riding – The Perdillotte horse riding school is a 5 minute drive away. Costs 20€ per hour. Go to horse riding page for further info.

Canoeing – There are a lot of places to canoe, nearest to us is canoeing on the Dronne, you can choose how far you want to go from a couple of hours to whole day trips. Further south you can canoe on the Dordogne. Click here to go to one of our local canoe hire companies.

Cycling – There are 100’s of miles of country lanes in the area most of which have very little traffic. Or if you like off road cycling there are bridle ways and footpaths. At Montigrier about 15 minute drive there is a VTT track with different tracks ranging from easy through to expert. You can hire bikes here as well. Click here to visit their website

Surfing – the nearest surfing is at Biscarosse about a 2hours 30mins hour drive away, with miles of deserted beaches.

Fishing – The Dordogne is a great place for fishing, locally the river Dronne has roach, bream, barbel, trout. There are many specialist carp/trout lakes. You need a permit to fish, permits are either category 1 for rivers and lakes with game fish such as trout or category 2 for the rest. There is a 2 week permit you can buy specially aimed at tourists.

Quad biking – There are several places where you can ride quad bikes. Whole days, half days or hourly. Click here to visit website of local company.

Tennis – Almost every village has there own tennis courts, the nearest to us is at Lisle, a 5 minute drive.

Wine tasting – There are a lot of Vineyards in the area that you can visit especially around the Bergerac area. Click here to see a list of vineyards open to visitors

Walking – There are hundreds of miles of randonees ( footpaths ) in the area with one passing right next to the barn. Maps can be bought showing their location.

Watersking/windsurfing – At the lake Rouffiac near Thiviers ( about 1 hours drive ) there is a cable water skiing and windsurfing centre. Click here to visit their website for more info.



Lake/river beaches – Most villages that have a river passing through them have their own river beach. Nearby Lisle has one, 5 minutes further on at Renamon there is a river beach where you can hire canoes and there is a bar restaurant throughout the summer. Bands play here on most Fridays and Saturday evenings.
About 45 minutes away is Lake Jemaye with sandy beach, children's play grounds, volley ball pitch, cycling/walking tracks, several restaurants a pontoon you can swim out to and dive off. Throughout the summer months there are life guards and the water is sectioned off into areas of various depths. You can also fish here the lake is stocked with large carp. Click here to visit the river beach page.