Les Champs Beaux

An art-filled space with soaring beams is flanked by two luxurious bedrooms – a stylish base for friends to explore gastronomic Quercy, with an excellent kitchen that cooks will adore. You are welcomed with fresh bread, eggs, local cheese and a ‘gin-tonic’ to sip on the terrace – owners Frans and Kate live next door and are on hand if you need them.

Bedrooms are luxurious and dotted with arty ‘objets’ picked up on the owners’ travels. Both open onto the private garden and pool; take a morning dip and bask in the countryside quiet and soak up the long valley views.

Walk into sweet Floressas, with its château. The surrounding hills are strewn with charming villages – explore the cobbled lanes and arcades of Lauzerte, hunt for treasures in the brocantes of Puy-l’Évêque, lunch on the terrace at the Café de France or plunder the Sunday market at Montcuq – bring back the freshest of produce to cook together.