Spacious 17thC Artists' Moulin

Includes delicious breakfast. Grand top floor, bedroom, private bathroom, library, bright and airy suite in a limestone watermill over the river. The house has a wonderful mix of ancient industrial heritage, eclectic art collection and modern fibre optic internet. The moulin has a large garden and island in the golden triangle of the Perigord Noir in the Dordogne. Located in the small town of Siorac en Perigord, close to Sarlat and Les Eyzies. Great location for Castles, Caves and Canoes. Top floor of our 17thC watermill (Moulin Nauze) with hand carved beams, five windows which catch both sunrise and sunset, a large double classic French bateau bed and sweet wooden folk painted single bed. There is a dining, writing, painting table and comfortable Henry IV style tapestry chairs, sumptuous antique rugs and room to dance. Library and media room. There is also a Nespresso coffee machine & tea you can use downstairs , plus a small wine fridge completely for you. The room is 500 sq feet or 149 sq meters. Plus your own private library or office. Full of Simon’s metal sculpture pieces that are for sale, along with Dorothy's paintings. Enjoy the large terrace and deck, and chairs in the garden for reading, contemplation, or strolling, the garden is over half an acre. Ask if you want share our kitchen to cook your own meals. We are happy to make you a Champagne and Chocolate basket for a special occasion, or a welcome hamper of local food. Ask us for details and price. Enjoy a large garden with places to sit, watch the animals, relax by the river, enjoy a boat trip on the mill pond, a deck and terrace to enjoy your meals. We have a wood fired hot tub, ideal for a cold winter night or a romantic summer evening a bbq and pizza oven. The house is located on the Nauze River next door to grocery, pharmacy, hair salons, a spa. Within a five minute walk is the train station, patisserie/boulangerie, more restaurants and a swimming beach with a picturesque bridge and kayak and canoe rentals to lazily float downstream. There is also an exercise park, football field and tennis courts within that five minute walk, golf course is a 5 minute drive, ultra light plane rides are at Belvés airport and horseback riding another option within a 20 to 30 minute drive. Short 28min drive to historic market town of Sarlat or the Pre history museum and caves, in the town of Les Eyzies. Relax, eat good food and enjoy France. . We are fortunate to live here year round and we are here to help with questions about places to visit. All sheets and towels provided. Picnic blankets to take to the swimming beach on request. Tea and coffee in your room. Delicious breakfast provided, often with home baking and fresh eggs from our chickens. Simon is a great omelette maker. Spend an hour after sunset and watch the bats in the garden. We have a bat detector, so you can hear their ultrasonic calls. This is the most famous area of the Périgord. The cave art created by humans as far back as 35,000 years ago is within a 20 minute drive as is the museum and caves of geological interest. It is a beautiful area for walking and hiking, on warm days a dip in our river or a full swim in the Dordogne is so refreshing. We are on the SNCF Bordeaux to Sarlat line and Agen / Perigueux which allows connections to the rest of France including the TGV to Paris. Bergerac airport is only a 45 min away with daily service to and from the U.K. There are other airports to choose from including Toulouse and Brive-Souillac. We have two mountain bikes you can borrow but a car is best for sightseeing beyond Siorac en Périgord as there are hundreds of medieval bastides, chateaux, caves, and markets to visit. Rental cars can be picked up at airports and at the larger train stations. Taxis are available but require a call. We are happy to arrange restaurants, canoe or horse riding for you. (Garden NEWS***) Moulin Nauze has LPO status as a wildlife refuge. We try hard to manage Mounin Nauze in an 'Eco Friendly' way. Our water wheel produced 2KW of the house electricity and our garden covers over 1,000 sq meters or over half an acre. Planted with vegetables, local flowers and has an ancient willow tree, cedar, poplar and horse chestnut trees. The Moulin is listed with its footprint on the first unified map of France in 1650 and is on all ancient maps of Siorac en Perigord.