Beautifully located stone house in over 400 year old domaine ****

The views are amazing! Ancient surroundings, beautiful villages to visit and easy access to necessities. This was a wonderful week of relaxation for us with an amazing pool, well-stocked house, and helpful and friendly hosts. We would be glad to return anytime!

Our group, a grandmother, daughter and granddaughter spent a week at Gijs and Karin’s larger gîte, Les Cèpes. We had chosen to stay at their property, Les Girolles, as we wanted a beautiful and peaceful place to recover from our long voyage from Canada and the resulting jet lag. We couldn’t have been luckier on all fronts. The gîte was a big, beautiful, sympathetically converted, terrifically outfitted barn. There is a BBQ terrace and outdoor eating area just off the side doors. A few feet away from there is the very tempting, big, beautiful (heated!) swimming pool, framed by tall and perfectly trimmed hedges. Beside a nearby bamboo grove , is also an outdoor ping-pong table and trampoline which we also enjoyed. During the day, all we heard was the sound of songbirds and by night, all we saw were stars. The owners’ free range chickens (who provided us with delicious eggs upon our arrival) added life and interest to the place. Best of all however, is the couple who have owned the property for over a dozen years. Everything is beautifully kept by them inside and out and they truly want to share Les Girolles, the place they found and fostered, with their guests. They are kind, generous, educated and interesting people who could not do enough for us during our stay. Our highlight was being invited by Karin to join her and her dog Maya mushroom picking in their nearby forest! She even brought my daughter and I two pairs of their own Wellington boots to borrow while on the hunt! One week went by too quickly and we decided before we even left that we will return next summer but this time for two weeks.

This is a wonderful property in the midst of a gorgeous landscape. The house is spacey, has a terrace with grill, a garden, access to swing, pool, and large trampoline (the latter two will be operational in a couple of weeks). It is also equipped with modern kitchen and TV/DVD equipment (and plenty of channels to chose from). The owners are super helpful and provided us with mountain bikes (free of charge), which was great fun for the whole family (including two teenager girls). They thought of every necessity to explore the beautiful environment. Finally, we were able to bring along our cat, which posed no issues. Highly recommended and definitely a come-back place!!!

Great stay. Great location. Great views. Nice hosts. Pool and ping pong wonderful for the children (and is) Thoroughly recommend it.

My wife and I, along with our two young children, stayed here for a week in June. The view from the 2-bed property was stunning and it is located in secluded woodland. Karin was an excellent host and the kids enjoyed seeing the chickens and playing on the trampoline. There is a lot to do in the local area so no need to drive more than 20mins each day. The interior of the property, although slightly dated in places, has a lovely charm to it and the overall ambiance of the place is wonderful. Thanks for a great stay Karin.

Booking in and traveling to Karin and Gijs property [ sorry if i misspelled his name] really didn't know what to expect. Worry no more, it is amazing! Photos on website, which are great, are not doing justice. Property looking better in real life. Hosts are wonderful, friendly, hardworking, educated, interesting, people you would like to have as friends and neighbors. There was six of us, all adults, house which we rented was big enough, giving us enough privacy from each other and at same time wonderful time together. We will definitively be back!!!

Beautiful situation, very comfortable everything you need, very helpful owners, pool and grounds delightful.

The house has everything we need, the place is really magic and Karin and Gijs are perfect hosts, that made us and the children feel at home. The pool is wonderful, the silence....oooh the silence and stars at night. Going to see if there were eggs made the girls day, and the dogs were adorable. I hope we could come back tomorrow! Thank you! I would reccomend it to all my friends.

We thoroughly enjoyed our time at Les Girolles. Karin was so welcoming and helpful. The pool was fantastic and we loved having the dogs about the place. There is plenty to do and explore in the area. We would thoroughly recommend this property and would love to visit again. The views are amazing.

We stayed for a week at Les Girolles with our 3 kids and we could not have been happier. So many things to see and do in the area and yet also the perfect place to just sit back and relax. The view over the Dordogne river valley was spectacular. Every morning I would look out the kitchen window and take a couple more pictures in case I hadn't quite captured it yet. The house was clean and well equipped. We loved the mix of 400 year old stone building with the cozy and comfortable interior. Karin and Gijs were great hosts. They gave us a full tour of the property and filled us in on some of the fascinating history. Our kids would wander over every day to visit with Karin's dogs Maya and Bimba and then carry on to check up on how the chickens were doing. We really appreciated that Karin and Gijs seemed to enjoy having the kids come around to visit. They made us all feel very welcome. There so many things to see and do in the area around Grolejac that you could easily pack your days with caves, markets, castles, medieval towns, all surrounded by beautiful scenery. And yet...then you'd miss out on soaking up the peacefulness at Lagrenie, relaxing by the pool, bouncing on the trampoline or simply sitting quietly in the secret place with a glass of wine. We mixed it up nicely and took advantage of both. It was a wonderful part of our vacation in France. We hope to be back one day.