Self Catering
Sleeps
4
Description
Entrance through sliding doors from the courtyard - alternative side entrance opens into master bedroom..
Facilities
- Disabled Parking
- Manual Hoist
- Pressure Mattress
- Toilet Grab Rails
- Wheel In Shower
- Wifi
Location
Agen is the nearest town, about 20 minutes by car, and the local village Saint-Maurin is only about 1.6 miles - like most of the local villages in the region, has its own cafe/restaurant and a local minimart for daily provisions, including the essentials of freshly-baked baguettes and flutes(crusty bread), pastries, cheeses, pates, wines and essential household items.
Saint-Maurin is just off the main A62 (E72) autoroute (toll motorway) between Toulouse (one hour) and Bordeaux (two hours). A car is essential, and will give access to the village (3 mins) and the unspoilt countryside and small villages, towns and bastides (fortified hill towns) that litter the Lot-et Garonne, which as its name suggests is the area south of the river Lot and north of the river Garonne. This is the area immediately to the south of the more well-known but also more commercialised Perigord region of the Dordogne. Part of Aquitaine, the area of south west France, the ancient connections with the UK go back to Norman times when Aquitaine was part of the Norman lands emanating from Henry II?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Saint-Maurin, the only village in France of that name, is named after the saint to whom the village?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós 11th-century abbey is dedicated. The abbey, parts of which still stand beside the village square, was built by Benedictine monks. Reliefs cut into the stone of an archway portray Maurin having the top of his head cut off and his brains spooned out !! The abbey was destroyed during the Albigeois war, and then rebuilt. It was further ravaged in the 14th century, this time by troops on the English side in the Hundred Years War. It was again rebuilt in the 15th century but was then attacked once more by Huguenots. The abbey passed into the ownership of the village in 1645 and was never rebuilt. Many of the walls were demolished as a source of building stone but much of the main arch still stands. The monks?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ó garden exists and so do the stables, now houses. The abbey is now a Monument de France and is being restored. Beneath and beside the town hall is a museum of artefacts from the village?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós agricultural past.
Saint-Maurin is just off the main A62 (E72) autoroute (toll motorway) between Toulouse (one hour) and Bordeaux (two hours). A car is essential, and will give access to the village (3 mins) and the unspoilt countryside and small villages, towns and bastides (fortified hill towns) that litter the Lot-et Garonne, which as its name suggests is the area south of the river Lot and north of the river Garonne. This is the area immediately to the south of the more well-known but also more commercialised Perigord region of the Dordogne. Part of Aquitaine, the area of south west France, the ancient connections with the UK go back to Norman times when Aquitaine was part of the Norman lands emanating from Henry II?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine. Saint-Maurin, the only village in France of that name, is named after the saint to whom the village?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós 11th-century abbey is dedicated. The abbey, parts of which still stand beside the village square, was built by Benedictine monks. Reliefs cut into the stone of an archway portray Maurin having the top of his head cut off and his brains spooned out !! The abbey was destroyed during the Albigeois war, and then rebuilt. It was further ravaged in the 14th century, this time by troops on the English side in the Hundred Years War. It was again rebuilt in the 15th century but was then attacked once more by Huguenots. The abbey passed into the ownership of the village in 1645 and was never rebuilt. Many of the walls were demolished as a source of building stone but much of the main arch still stands. The monks?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ó garden exists and so do the stables, now houses. The abbey is now a Monument de France and is being restored. Beneath and beside the town hall is a museum of artefacts from the village?â?ó?óÔÇÜ?¼?óÔÇ×?ós agricultural past.
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