ACCESSIBILITY

FLIGHTS
Ryan fly from several UK airport to Bergerac. This is less than half an hour away. Bergerac is also served by flybe. Bordeaux is 1½ hours by car to Raffet. It is 2 hours from Toulouse All airports offer car-hire - best booked in advance.

BY CAR
Ferry from England to various French ports, St Malo is nearest.

BY TRAIN
Eurostar and the TGV go to Bordeaux and also to Libourne with connections to Bergerac or Marmande. The larger towns of Bergerac, Marmande and St. Foy la Grande are all within 20 miles, each with a railway station. Paris - Libourne is 3 hours. Bergerac, Bordeaux and Libourne have car hire at the rail stations.

FOOD and DRINK
Miramont de Guyenne is a delightful quiet French bastide small town with a tourist office and most amenities. The boulangeries and small supermarket are open on Sunday mornings. It has a very good market.

Eymet, a little further and to the north, is very popular with a pretty square, and also has a regular market. In Eymet you hear a considerable amount of English in the summer and in Miramont you hear more French.
There are accessible markets to visit almost every day - look out for wine and jazz festivals, barn sales, concerts etc. Tourist offices have lots on offer. Issigeac market should not be missed.

There is a large Intermarché complex a few kilometres away, just outside St Pardoux d'Isaac.

Spoilt for choice for wine, and apart from the supermarket huge choice and value, there are very good Caves for wine in Eymet and Miramont. Take you own big plastic container and enjoy local wine at approximately € 2.00 per litre. Loads of vineyards around - Duras, Montbazailliac, Bergerac, and further afield St Emilion, Pomerol, Castillon la Bataille and the Medoc beyond Bordeaux.

SPORT
There is access to canoeing, tennis, and golf. Tennis and minigolf are very near at St Pardoux where [pre-booked] tennis/mini-golf is not expensive. A 9-hole golf course is at nearby Tombeboeuf - you can hire clubs. There is a top-class golf and country club at the Château des Vigiers, just 45 minutes north.

GENERAL
Further afield the riverbeds and history of the area are worthy of investigation.

RESTAURANTS
Eating out can be very reasonable Seyches, Sauvetat du Dropt, Eymet, Duras, Lauzun, Monteton and Allemans have good restaurants. The upmarket pizza restaurant in the square in Eymet is a lovely place to spend an evening watching the world go by. More restaurants are opening too.

MISCELLANEOUS
There is also a petrol station, car wash, pharmacy and Station Marche [cars etc], at the same complex as the Intermarché supermarket.

Image of Eymet courtesy of www.eymetguide.com