Beautiful House with Amazing views of The Dordogne and La Roque Gageac - Le Mirador Reviews

My husband and I spent 2 weeks in the Dordogne river valley and split our time at 2 HomeAway properties. Our first week was in Beynac and our second week was at Le Mirador. We highly recommend both villages but I have to say that La Roque Gageac wins out by a smidge, due to the number of restaurant options including Chez Tom which stays open outside of normal lunch and dinner hours and sells takeout pizza. The Boulangerie in Beynac is much better but no problem because Beynac is only a 5 minute drive.

It was quite rainy our first week in the Dordogne so we visited caves, castles, and Troglodyte villages. (No canoeing when the water is high!) But our second week in La Roque Gageac couldn't have been better. Warm and sunny allowing us to take full advantage of the outdoor spaces. Le Mirador was perfect for us. The views! Even better than the photos. We ate every meal on the covered patio or the roof-top. Even on a hot day, it's quite pleasant sitting under the leaf canopy of the Pergola.

The house is well equipped and we had everything we needed. We cooked a number of meals in the kitchen. David had a nice coffee/tea tray set up for our arrival and it was great to have many of the basic necessities provided - milk, sugar, olive oil, salt, pepper, paper towels, dish washing liquid, plastic wrap, toilet paper. The kitchen is not granite, glass, and stainless steel - so if that's what you're looking for you may be disappointed. But it was clean, very quaint, and had everything we needed. We also appreciated the numerous English channels on the TV (although we didn't spend much time inside) since the previous house in Beynac had no TV.

When I first learned there was no AC at Le Mirador, I was a bit worried. I'm at that phase of life where I crank up the air at night. The temperature wasn't a problem, however. The house backs up to a stone cliff and the downstairs stayed cool the entire time we were there. Outside temperatures were low 80's F. The master bedroom is on the first floor. The upstairs bedroom got a little warm at times but a fan is provided. We never had to use the fan and actually used the space heaters a few nights.

There's so much to do even within walking distance - Castelnaud and Marquessac are both very walkable. There's a really nice cliff walk above La Roque Gageac. But beware of blindly following the yellow blazes - we got hopelessly lost and David had to rescue us!