Holiday farmhouse in the lovely Lot Valley, France

Holiday farmhouse in the lovely Lot Valley, France

We hope you will feel encouraged to book a holiday at Nougayrede Bas. You will find it one of your most delightful and relaxing holidays ever.
This picturesque French villa, near Cahors in the valley of the Lot, is a farmhouse and barn conversion, built traditionally of local stone. It has been restored to offer a high standard of comfort and character.
Standing on its own in an elevated position surrounded by farmland, with spellbinding distant views, Nougayrede Bas is a perfect holiday retreat for families, couples and groups of friends.

The Dordogne, the Lot and the Tarn are sister rivers. Their streams give life to a beautiful region of France, where the towns have hardly spread beyond the limits of their ancient walls, and the countryside is untarnished. The stranger, looking at it, will cry, Now I know why they say ‘La Belle France’! To lovers of beauty, to lovers of history, this land has everything to offer. Let them come here, and beauty and history will fill their minds as water fills a spring. Freda White – Three Rivers of France, 1953
Freda White’s famous 1953 description still applies at Nougayrede Bas. The beauties she describes lie on every side. The house stands on its own sunny spur of hillside, encircled by countryside, still as untarnished as she describes. Spellbinding landscapes unfold in every direction, bathed in ever-changing sunlight. From the external dining terrace you see it all.

Restaurants – You will be delighted at their range and quality in the area, and reassured by their price. Visitors’ suggestions and impressions are logged in the Visitors’ Handbook at Nougayrede.
Festivals abound, and every day there is a market in one or other of the surrounding villages.
Concerts are also widespread in the summer evenings.
Tennis in Montcuq, and a 9-hole golf course a short drive away.
Visiting local vineyards – suggestions are logged in the visitor’s guide.
Walking, cycling, riding – along well-marked routes. Good large-scale maps are available at Tourist Information Offices.
Canoeing on the local rivers.
Visiting Caves – These abound in the region. The Grotte de Pech Merle, NE of Cahors, has fascinating prehistoric wall paintings. In the Gouffre de Padirac, near the Dordogne, you can go boating on an underground river.