The Tobacco Barn - Beautiful and Spacious Gite at Le Manoir Des Granges, Dordogne

Le Manoir des Granges offers you a property with fabulous views, plenty of green space and a variety of accommodation to meet the needs of couples, small family groups, or larger groups. A large house with 6 bedrooms , a smaller house with 3 bedrooms and three comfortable, one bedroom gites for 2 people.  Each house or gite can be rented individually or together.

Relax and enjoy your holiday after your journey to the Dordogne with beautiful accommodation. It is a real “Home away from home”, giving you everything you need for a wonderful holiday - 2 sparkling pools - one private one in private gardens for the house and one shared one for the gites.

The Tobacco Barn, the largest of our gites with three bedrooms it offers accommodation for up to 6 people. It has direct access to the patio surrounding the pool from the living room and a wooden gazebo for outdoor eating. Fabulous views across to Roque Saint Christophe, which is floodlit at night, and access to all the green space/land that surrounds our property. A grassy field at the side of the gazebo providees a great place for the children to play. Two double bedrooms, each with its own en-suite shower room, are located on the ground floor the third bedroom with a double and single bed, also with an en-suite shower room, is on the first floor. Linen, towels and foot mats are provided. The beds will be made for your arrival. A change of linen is provided weekly.

The gite has been thoughtfully furnished with English and French modern and antique furniture. The living room features a Perigordine stone fireplace with a wood burner, natural stone walls, and a beamed ceiling. Guests can also enjoy French and English satellite (freeview) TV and DVD player. The traditional, well equipped kitchen has an electric fan oven, 4 ring gas hob, dishwasher, microwave, pots, pans, crockery and cutlery, to help you prepare and enjoy the local specialties from the markets.  Tea towels are provided.

There is a large 9kg washing machine, rotary line dryer and chest freezer easily accessible and shared between the 4 gites.

For groups up to 12, an excellent alternative to the Main House is to take the Tobacco Barn along with the other three one-bedroom cottages - the Hay Barn, the Walnut Store, and La Roque Terrasse. The four units are self-contained but joined together, and offer a good level of privacy.

Les Manoir Des Granges offers guests beautiful grounds and an orchard of walnut and fruit trees, a table tennis table. It is close to all the local amenities – a boulangerie, for your fresh croissants and bread just a 5 minute stroll; a wonderful restaurant, Table du Moustier, a short 5 minute walk - ensuring no more driving after you have arrived! Added to that the beds are made, ready for your arrival. 

If you want to be more active during your holiday, you can cycle, walk, swim, horse-ride, canoe, fish, or indulge your artistic side with painting and photography. Or, if history is your passion, visit the caves, chateaux, castles and grottes. Lascaux 4 in Montignac which opened in December 2016, and Grotte de Font Gaume in Les Eyzies, are both 10 minutes drive.

The location of Le Manoir des Granges means that access to all the main visitor sites of both the Vezere Valley and the Dordogne are within a 30 minute drive. Just across the valley, on the other side of the river, is the incredible Roque Saint Christophe, a rock shelter that was used as a dwelling from 55,000 years ago.  Later, during the Middle Ages and up until the Renaissance Period, they gradually changed to become a fortress and protected town.