| Date | Rating | Comment
[Guest Comments: 1 positive, 0 negative]
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| 08/21/07 |
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Thank you Janice and Bill for a truly wonderful holiday. We loved the house and the ambience and we loved the area so much that we'd love to buy something there ourselves! - or maybe we'll just keep coming back to Les Volets Bleus instead! Your neighbours Lyzianne and Yanick were charming and their restaurant delightful - how fortunate to have them right next door - we were spoilt rotten with their fois gras. We had a wonderful family holiday - enjoyed the garden and swimming pool so much and lazing around the house and sleeping in was a luxury as the house is so beautifully appointed and the bed linen luxurious. Thank you again for your generous hospitality.
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| 08/11/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
'We had a fantastic holiday in your farmhouse with three generations of our family. The swimming pool and delightful grounds were a great success, especially with the children. The dogs loved to lay in the cool shade under the beautiful wisteria canopy, whilst we whiled away the afternoons over long, lazy lunches. The accommodation far exceeded our expectations. We have rented many holiday properties over the last forty years and rate ‘Les Volets’ Bleus as the best.’ - Mike and Christine Coleman + Family
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Mike & Christine Coleman
England
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| 07/26/07 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
There's no doubt about it...France has changed our lives! We have tasted and touched a culture that probably would not have been experienced if not for "Les Volets Bleus". Thank you Janice and Bill for a wonderful venue for a 50th celebration. Our stay was incredible...so many acute memories...we can still almost taste and smell them! The dinner at "Le Vieux Logis" was fantastic with six courses of heaven and two great bottles of wine. Auberge "Les Truffieres" was incredible and Yanick and Lyzianne, the perfect hosts. I really want to ask them for the recipe for the garlic soup! In retrospect, every place we stopped had wonderful food. And the wine...wow...our California-wine taste buds are shot and "Julien de Savignac" [wine shop in Le Bugue] rocks!! Thanks again for all you efforts to make our visit spectacular...it truly was! Arriving to wine, milk, eggs, butter and bread is a special touch and really needed after the long journey. Thank you again...
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Vince & Kathy
California
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| 09/15/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Thank you so much for your gracious hospitality. Our stay at "Les Volets
Bleus" was incredible... the realization of the perfect vacation in the
Dordgone. We knew from the photos that the house was charming and
romantic, but it was even more so in person. Your farmhouse is the epitome
of 300-year-old Dordogne charm, but renovated with your very special eye
and genuine, all-out care.
The house functions beautifully, from the kitchen to the pool to the laundry
room to the terraces, and is spacious and easy to live in (great beds, too!).
We loved the great big farm table in the kitchen! But, most of all we want to
thank you for your consideration and caring to insure that we had a very
special time. We are grateful for the experience of such a wonderful,
delightful place. Let Volets Bleu and the picture-perfect town of Tremolat will
remain one of the very special memories of our lives.
We look forward to returning another time.
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Laurie & family
New York, USA
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| 09/15/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Many thanks for ensuring we had a great week at your place last week -
we very much enjoyed your wonderful home and the whole setting. Even
though the weather wasn't perfect, we still managed to get into the pool
and really enjoyed sitting around it on the loungers. Ella liked going into the
little paddling pool you provided too.
We also particularly enjoyed the meal at the farm next door - great value
and ambience! Your caretakers were a great help and we enjoyed an evening
with them at the food market in Cadouin on the Monday evening. All the
directions and suggestions you gave us (and all the maps you left) were also
very useful. Thanks also for the welcome pack you left us with the bottles of
wine - good to have after a long trip!
Thank you again for a great holiday and we look forward to recommending
you to our friends!
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Paul and family
near London, England
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| 09/01/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Thank you so much for all your help, directions and attention to detail -
we had a lovely time at "Les Volets Bleus" - the weather was quite mixed,
but there's so much to do in the area that the weather doesn't matter too
much!
The house was really comfortable - we really appreciated the good qualty
linens and towels, and the excellent kitchen equipment. In all our years of
renting houses in the Dordogne, we found your home and facilities to be
the best we've ever experienced - they were really a "cut above" the other
places we've stayed. You have thought of everything we might have needed!
We also really enjoyed the village of Trémolat and had a good time wandering
down the path to the village in the morning for our croissants - Jeremy even
managed a jog or two.
All in all it was a great holiday in a fantastic setting - thanks very
much indeed! We look forward to returning.
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Catherine, Jeremy & Family
London, England
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| 08/01/06 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We’d like to take this opportunity to gush about our magical time at Les
Volets Bleus! After training from Paris and renting a car in Bordeaux, we
arrived at your glorious villa, stunned that it far-surpassed what any website
photos could convey. It was absolutely our fantasy of the perfect place to
while away a week in the Dordogne.
‘Les Volets Bleus” is an apt name for this beautifully landscaped stone
farmhouse with radiant “bleu” shutters and charming details throughout. The
house is just beautifully appointed with comfortable bedrooms, lovely
furnishings, and so many thoughtful touches. And the rooms provided plenty
of private, as well as coming-together spaces for our combined families. We
also loved the large farmhouse kitchen that was wonderfully commodious
with every utensil necessary for large, festive gatherings. I know I
recommended to you several times during our visit that you consider
becoming an interior designer.
Another of the things that we are most grateful for is the effort you made in
collecting guidebooks and your own personal suggestions for touring and
dining. Between you and Lyzianne & Yanick, who run the incredible Auberge
“Les Truffieres” next door (foie gras to die for!), we spent our week pottering
through the marvelous countryside to chateaux, castles, grottes and
vineyards. And we didn’t make a dent! We particularly loved the castles at
Beynac and Castelnaud, the caves of Lascaux, Font de Gaume, Josephine
Baker’s chateau Les Millandes, and the fabulous Bergerac wines.
We will most certainly visit again – for a longer time – because I think we’ll
never have our fill of the area. Thank you so much for your incredible
hospitality and for sharing your special places with us.
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Lauren, Michael & family
Manhattan, New York
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