Clos D'Argenson is like staying in someone's beautiful French home, but where you're left to come and go as you please.
The property, centrally located (10 mins walk from the railway, and Bergerac's historic centre, twice-weekly market and river), is elegant and packed with original features, such as the sweeping central staircase up from the marble hallway to the large communal lounge and library, all dotted with art and antique fixtures.
The large bedroom suites are similarly elegant (try and get one at the back facing the garden and pool), with a separate seating area, supremely comfortable beds and a bathroom to die for (huge, with walk in shower and nuxe toiletries). And although our room faced the road and market square, it was quiet.
Owners Francois and Anne-Marie were welcoming and helpful, but not in anyway obtrusive. And the breakfast of homemade yogurts, jams and apricot cake, with seasonal fruit, croissants, cheese and cold cuts, served on the sunny terrace overlooking the garden, is a memory that will get us through the dark winter months!
Just one of those stays we know we'll look back on in years to come, and say 'Do you remember that great place in France...?'
