La Cabane du Pommier holiday cottage is no longer available to rent, as we have moved house to Bergerac.

For accommodation I would recommend Le Barrage Hotel at Mauzac and Grand Castang. It is a pretty Périgordine hotel on the banks of the River Dordogne with a friendly and helpful English manager Amanda, who is also a great cook. Short walks along the river, canal or through the local fields or forest in spring or early summer will introduce you to a range of the rich local wildlife: egrets, crag martin, nightingale, hoopoe, a range of orchids and butterflies like the map or cleopatra which sometimes frequent the hotel garden. I run my Travelling Naturalist holidays from this hotel as it is ideal for our purposes and excellent value for money. Rooms are either with or without ensuite and can be booked through Booking.com or Trip Advisor etc.

A search on the big holiday cottage websites like HomeAway or Chez Nous will come up with plenty of options for self-catering in the local area, for example our friends at Les Magnolias at Lalinde. There are also many other local hotels.

For wildlife the area is probably best visited between April and June but there is interest throughout the year as described in this website and my booklet 'Birding Dordogne' (NatureGuides 2014, only available on iTunes) and my recently published 'Crossbill (Wildlife) Guide: Dordogne' (Crossbill Guides 2018).