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Special Short Break Holidays   at   Domaine des Faures Designed as a 'House Party' these short breaks are excellent fun with friends. Maximum in group 8 persons.

 

2010

 

 Short Break Wine and Food Holidays

for

Private Groups

 

 

Enjoy a fabulous gourmet short break house party

 

 

 

 

 

Guided Wine Break.

 

We will do the driving so you can enjoy the experience.

 

 

 

 

 

Long weekend - 3 nights        

 

 

 

Make a Long Weekend in France into something special when you stay at our luxurious country Manoir. As well as the world famous Chateau Monbazillac we have thousands of viticulteurs who have been making wine in the Bergerac area since Roman time. We organise delectable days in St Emilion with its wonderful wine chateaux, where you will visit vineyards and taste the wines chez les producteurs and very special days to Chateau Haute Garrigue that are really fun.

 

This is the sort of thing we can organise for you.........

 

 

Friday: 

 

You arrive at Bergerac airport where we will greet and collect you.Time allowing, we then take you to visit Old Town Bergerac which is very picturesque and where you can wander through the streets and enjoy a coffee or a glass of wine. It's about half an hour's drive home to Domaine des Faures,then Aperitifs with us on the terrace with local wines. Dinner is in Cadouin overlooking the abbey and square.

Saturday:

 

Start with a leisurely breakfast at Domaine des Faures with Wine Specialist Caroline Freely and then leave for St. Emilion with Caroline who will take you to all the best places. Lunch in St Emilion and then continue with more opportunities to taste and buy wines if you wish. Dinner in Monpazier, our beautiful bastide village.

Sunday:

 

Starts again with a leisurely breakfast after which we drive you to Chateau Haute Garrigue,the organic vineyard owned by Sean and Caroline Freely.The morning is spent learning more about wine and its production followed by a light lunch al fresco at Chateau Haute Garrigue. In the afternoon a unique opportunity:make your own wine!- (we help with the process) Then there is Afternoon Tea and Patisserie- in case you've had enough of the grape, followed by a Vineyard Walk to work up an appetite for local wine Aperitifs and Dinner at Domaine des Faures.

Monday:

 

Late start if you wish, and breakfast, after which we drive you to Monbazillac for a Tour of the Chateau and more Wine Tasting. Depending on flight times we then either drive you to a local restaurant where you can buy a meal or straight to Bergerac Airport.

 

 

 

 

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Short Break - 4 nights                 

 

 

This short break includes the days at St Emilion and Chateau Haute Garrigue with the addition of the opportunity to spend time with local Michelin starred chef at the cooking studio where you will have fun creating and then eating, dishes using local produce.

 

There are two choices of workshop.

 

 

1) Visit a local morning market with the chef and buy your ingredients with him before returning to his cooking studio to prepare the meal which you then enjoy altogether.

 

or

 

2) Arrive at 5.00pm to prepare a 3 course meal with him which you then enjoy together.

 

So a short break would be something along the following:

 

Monday:

 

You arrive at Bergerac airport where we will greet you and drive you to Old Bergerac to roam the historical area and enjoy a coffee or glass of wine. Then it is approximately a 30 minute drive to Domaine des Faures for apéritifs and dinner.

 

Tuesday:

 

Our wine specialist Caroline Freely will join you for breakfast after which she will take you to very special chateaux at St Emilion for wine tasting and lunch and where you can also buy wines if you wish. In the evening you will have apéritifs at Domaine des Faures before being driven to Monpazier, our very beautiful bastide village, for dinner.

 

Wednesday:

 

Depending on which cooking course your party chooses, you can either spend the morning and early afternoon shopping, cooking and eating, after which you can then choose to visit somewhere / relax at  Domaine des Faures or  you can choose where or how to spend the day before arriving at for 5.00pm to prepare and enjoy your evening meal.

 

Thursday:

 

After a leisurely breakfast we will drive you to Chateau Haute Garrigue to spend a day with Sean and Caroline Freely, learning more about wine,and after lunch actually making some yourself before enjoying a vineyard walk after tea. Apéritifs are served at Domaine des Faures before venturing out for dinner in Cadouin.

 

Friday:

 

A late start if you wish before visiting Chateau Monbazillac and then tasting some of the famous Monbazillac wines. If flight times allow you will then either have a lunch nearby or be taken to Bergerac airport for your flight.

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Pick and Mix Wine and Food Holidays

 

 

 

For the independent traveller or couple we can organise holidays that allow you to choose exactly what you would like to do according to your interests. Below are some of the options you can choose from depending on how long you wish to stay with us.

 

1) Learn about wine and enjoy wine tasting with Caroline Freely

 

2) Explore local markets and cook a meal with local English speaking Michelin chef before eating it.

 

3) Spend time with a wonderful chocolatier making delicious chocolates.

 

4) Visit our miller who grinds flour at his watermill and make bread using the renovated bread oven.

 

    For further information regarding the cost of the activities please email us at:-

 

 

rs@domainedesfaures.com

 

The choice and cost of B&B accommodation at Domaine des Faures is on our B&B web page.

 

 

 

Short Break Cycling Holiday

 

 

 

 

Enjoy cycling the peaceful roads with friends visiting picturesque villages along the way.

 

Gather some friends together and enjoy a house party with a cycling theme. The schedule and routes are tailor made so are as exacting or relaxing as you wish. We organise the bike hire, which comes with helmet and cycle lock, and the transportation of the bikes. Below is an example of what we can organise for you.

 

 

Long weekend- 3 nights

 

 

Friday:

 

You arrive at Bergerac airport where we are there to greet and collect you. Time allowing, depending on the flight, we drive to Old Bergerac where you can wander through the streets and enjoy a cup of coffee or glass of wine. Then it is a short drive to Domaine des Faures (approximately 35 mins.) to settle into your rooms and join us for an apéritif on the terrace before we take you to the ancient village of Cadouin with its Abbey for dinner.

 

Saturday:

 

After a leisurely breakfast we suggest you cycle to Villereal for coffee and where you can visit the market or just watch the world go by. Continue onto the ancient village of Issigeac for lunch. Then either cycle back to relax at Domaine des Faures or continue onto Beaumont and wend your way back through the country lanes in time for apéritifs. Dinner will be in our beautiful bastide village, Monpazier.

 

Sunday:

 

We will transport you and bikes to Sarlat, which is steeped in history, often used as a backdrop in historical films and still has gas street lighting. An explore and a coffee will set you up for a cycle to Domme where you get the most wonderful view of the Dordogne valley. It's an excellent place for a light lunch. Then drop down into the valley where you can either spend an hour canoeing before cycling back or set off straight away to Belvés, Capdrot, Monpazier stopping where you fancy. Apéritifs and dinner will be chez-nous.

 

Monday:

 

Either enjoy a later start to the day or go for a short cycle to Chateau Biron. Depending on flight times you can then visit Chateau Monbazillac to taste the wines and/or have a light lunch before being driven to the airport.

 

 

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