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Ancient Watermill .. now selfcatering holiday cottage in France

A secluded French self-catering holiday rental cottage. This historic watermill, in central France, is 700 years old and sits in 20 acres of pasture and woodlands. The accommodation consists of double bedrooms en suite, kitchen, lounge, veranda, patio, river, waterfall and private island with rustic barbeque. Whilst normally self-catering, part board is available for your cottage holiday.

Your dog (or budgie) is also welcome for his holiday. Beautiful countryside, quiet and secluded. The cottage and garden provide a setting for a relaxing quiet secluded holiday. As the mill is at the end of a half kilometre drive privacy is assured. If you just want to relax consider this holiday rental.

However it is not necessary to travel far to civilisation. Excellent walking, fishing and good eating are available locally. In Sauviat there is a good locals bar and the bar at the hotel is also most enjoyable. In St Leo there is a Michelin multistarred hotel where the food is superb or so we are told.

This part of central France is the Limousin and includes the historic towns of Limoges, Eymoutiers, Gueret, Bourganeuf and St Leonard de Noblat. The area is famous for its porcelain and beef. In the country huge amounts of grass and maize are grown for the beef cattle reared here. This beef is sold in France and Italy.

Visitors travel to the area all year around for sport and recreation such as cycling, walking and fishing plus in the summer holiday visitors who want just to enjoy the sun and countryside. Lake Vassiviere, with its villas, is ' French' holiday resort and is about an hour away.

This is a very popular tourist and fishing spot that has recently had a large number of improvements to the amenities and people travel to this destination from all over France and Europe. Most other sports and recreations are provided for in the region.