If you want to unwind, relax and indulge your senses, Le Vieux Presbytère in South Western France can help you do just that. Nestled into the hillside on the edge of a sleepy village, the property is surrounded by vineyards, fields of sunflowers and maize with views reaching to the magnificent Pyrénées. Capture the magic by staying in one of the Presbytère's two self-contained holiday gites or bed and breakfast. La Mouette and L'Hérisson have an abundance of light and with their open plan style, modern amenities and spacious mezzanine bedrooms, the gites more resemble stylish apartments with French country charm. Perfect for couples, or families on holiday or people house hunting. Imagine, you can sip a sundowner on the gîtes's sunset balconies after cooling off in the silky smooth water of the salt-water swimming pool. To spoil yourselves, take the bed and breakfast option in the lovely L'Atelier. A beautifully restored workshop, part of the main house with private entrance and views over the pool and garden.

This is the beautiful Gers department of France where people are friendly and live longer! The good, simple things of life can really be experienced here; the clear unpolluted skies, quiet uncluttered roads, the temperate climate and the variety of fresh country produce found in the daily village markets. Here you can sample the gorgeous golden nectar of Armagnac after the area's healthy Madiran red wine and crisp white wines. This area is also big duck country, all kindly reared in fields for their meat and of course the prized foie gras. For entertainment there are a myriad of festivals from jazz, salsa and country and western to medieval markets, bullfighting and horse racing. Explore the pretty countryside with its historical bastide villages or go further a field to the Pyrénées or the long sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast.

But if you need that well earned break just relish the peaceful life in this pretty farming community where the only sounds come from tractors, abundant wild life and the church clock which (mercifully!) only chimes from 7am to 9pm. This is rural France at its best with long summers, warm spring and autumn days and crisp winters. Unspoilt and uncrowded the Gers has a French charm all of its own.

We believe every holiday, however long or short, should be special and memorable.

"On returning once again we have experienced wonderful hospitality in such tranquil and beautiful surroundings".