All Your Wishes in Bordeaux, Aquitaine

All Your Wishes Self-Catering

Where do you even begin at an estate like this? Set in the rolling Dordogne countryside, just a few minutes by car from Saint-Julien-de-Lampon and the superb Dordogne River, it's a staggering prospect with two large homes, two swimming pools and two annexes. Sleeping up to twenty-two guests and with a picture-perfect chapel available for events, it's a once-in-a-lifetime setting for a very special celebration or a gathering of friends and family.

Around twenty-five minutes from the medieval city of Sarlat, this ancient hamlet has been lovingly maintained, creating both a comfortable, lived-in feel and an air of grandeur. With numerous seating areas, dining tables and indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces, your group can live the high life all together.

One of our favourite spots has to be the living room in the four-bedroom home, with its exposed stone walls, beamed ceiling and huge fireplace – as well as panoramic views across the green valley. Plenty of character can be found upstairs, too, with dramatic vaulted ceilings and pretty bedrooms. Meanwhile, the larger of the two main homes has been converted more recently and has a more modern feel – and sits within a private walled garden.

It's perfectly possible to choose just one of the main homes if you're travelling as a smaller group, and there's an almost endless list of luxury add-ons if you're keen to take the work out of your stay – from private chefs and waitress service to daily breakfast and cleaning. And don't miss the chance to arrange boat hire on the nearby river for a day out to really remember.


Home truths:
*The estate combines the accommodation of the large house (sleeping ten), the smaller house (sleeping eight) and two one-bed annexes
*For smaller groups, you have the option of renting one of the separate homes, either with or without the annexes
*The swimming pools are heated seasonally – check with the host
*Two double beds can be split into twins – please request at the time of booking
*The estate comes with two cots, two high chairs and two pushchairs
*Two bedrooms in the smaller home share a separate WC
*One annexe would suit staff
*For events you can hire the detached 17th-century chapel – it's heated/air-conditioned and has a music system (capacity: approximately thirty seated or sixty standing)