An idyllic holiday cottage built as a farmhouse in the mid-19th century, Bladanel is set on a hill overlooking the beautiful Courbiac valley and with panoramic views of the 13th century Bastide town of Tournon situated high on an outcrop of rock. Tournon is 2 km away with shops, doctor, and good restaurants. See: www.tournondagenais.com

Bladanel provides ideal holiday accommodation with its garden and 10 x 5 metre swimming pool with heat-retaining cover. To the south side of the house is a tiled awning providing relief from the heat of the sun. From the hallway, there is a small well-equipped Kitchen with all the usual facilities including a washing machine, microwave, and dishwasher.

There is a large sitting/dining room with an open fireplace and exposed beams. Double doors lead out on to a paved terrace with the pool below. The bedroom on the ground floor has three single beds, and there is a shower room with shower, basin, and WC. The upstairs bedroom has a king-sized bed and en-suite bathroom with bath, basin and WC. Garden furniture and barbecue are provided, also duvets and pillows. There is a telephone for local and incoming calls, a radio/tape/CD player, a VCR and also a combined TV/DVD with "Freeview" UK TV programmes via Sky. There is a wireless broadband facility.

The view from the terrace across the Corbiac valley.

The ground-floor bathroom, kitchen and bedroom with lavender patch outside the window.

"Humming bird" moth and Swallow Tail butterfly on lavender patch

View from the Corbiac road across sunflower fields