The Four Winds:
Stay with us in SW France
Because
I have followed all four
— and this is where I settled
If you too are a thoughtful traveller who enjoys finding the less touristy places to explore, come and spend some time in Lot-et-Garonne: glorious weather, beautiful ancient stone hilltop villages set in rolling landscape — and views of the Pyrénées when they choose to emerge, sometimes in their white winter mantles and sometimes in their summer magnificence.
The Gite "Four Winds West"
A very comfortable holiday home for two people, available for rentals of up to three months. Totally independent, with parking safely behind the gate and in the assigned garden spot, lovely views, a terrace and sitting area, and a large, quiet garden.
"Four Winds West" is equipped with good quality bedding ( not sheets you can shoot peas through as in some places we have stayed) - fluffy towels in a separate shower room, a proper oven with cermanic hob, well equipped kitched and basics of supplies to get you started (a range of spices - tea and coffee and real milk in the fridge). Hair drier and shampoo and conditioner.
No TV. We read and talk - if you would like to do the same...visit out library in the main house and choose your books and stop for a chat if you like.
Chambre
d’Hôtes
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The Maison de Maître is also available as a Chambre d’Hôtes with two well-appointed bedrooms, each with a large en suite shower room.
Guests are welcome to share the relaxing salon and the garden.
Breakfast is included, prepared from delicious local produce in our large kitchen.
On request and with prebooking, we serve dinner in our gracious dining room at our shared Queen Anne dining table — two or three courses, all cooked on site from local ingredients.
We cater for vegetarian diets; as our kitchen is multi-use, we are not able to accommodate vegan requirements.
Guest room "La Lavande"
View from your window with lavendar garden below
Guest room "Le Jasmine"
View from guest room "Le Jasmine"
The
Village
The local village has everything you need: pharmacy, general store, fuel station, Post Office, car service station — an amazing boulangerie et pâtisserie, an excellent hairdresser, a small gift shop, and a terrific lunchtime restaurant offering three courses and a carafe of wine currently in May 2026 for €17.50 per person. A pizza van visits every Thursday evening.
For
Writers and Book Hounds
This is the perfect writer’s retreat. Views to soothe the soul, starry nights with no light pollution, and a feeling of being cosily at home. An extensive library of books on diverse subjects — mostly in English but also in French and German — awaits the curious reader.
We can arrange that you write with a view…
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Nearby
— 20 minutes: Nérac — picturesque river below the palace of the beloved Henri IV, who also became King of England
— 20 minutes across the departmental border: Condom in the Gers — a stop on the famous pilgrimage route the Camino de Santiago, the Way of St James
— 25 minutes: the historic city of Agen, with its TGV station
