Stay at the impressive Champ Vieil and enjoy the best the department of Lot has to offer

Champ Vieil is a fantastic traditional country home, with honey-coloured stone walls and a steep tiled roof set against timber windows, shutters, doors and balconies, making it a fine example of French architecture and design at its most impressive. This striking and substantial stone property is located in the Lot region of South West France, not far from the charming villages of Les Arques and Cazals.

Champ Vieil is home to five bedrooms and two bathrooms, sleeping between eight and ten guests in comfort. The house is sat within a vast 4-hectare estate, made up of gardens, meadows and woodland.

Internally, Champ Vieil really is a feast for the eyes, with chunky wooden beams and rafters, defining quirky and cosy areas within the living space. Exposed stone walls contrast tastefully with the impressive modern kitchen, which even the fussiest of chefs would feel immediately at home in.

This grand and imposing French home is well suited for families, with a games room with table tennis and table football providing some fun holiday entertainment, and a fenced pool offering a safe external space for families with young children. Another family-friendly feature is a double bedroom that leads to a another smaller room which would be perfect for children, with bunkbeds and space for a cot.

With the bedrooms spread over two floors, Champ Vieil is the perfect accommodation for parties made up of two families or groups looking for their own bit of privacy.

Externally, Champ Vieil is as idyllic and captivating as it is on the inside, with the large fenced pool surrounded by an emerald lawn, framed by mature trees providing some shaded respite from the sun. Open and closed terraces provide plenty of choice about where to sit, relax and enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning or a glass of vin de rouge in the evening, while soaking up the beautiful scenery this rural corner of South West France is blessed with.

An eye-catching wooden balcony on the first floor is perhaps the best spot to enjoy Champ Vieil’s beautiful grounds.

If you can manage to drag yourself away from this fantastic country abode, then there is a host of things to do and see in this part of South West France. The atmospheric village of Cazals is just 5km from the property, which is particularly bustling on a Sunday morning when the weekly market takes place. Closer than Cazals is Les Arques, which is just 3km from the house and is home to the much-loved restaurant ‘La Récreation’ and the fabulous sculpture museum ‘Zadine’.

This enchanting part of Lot is perfect for walking, cycling and canoeing on the River Lot, and generally exploring the unspoilt and unrivalled countryside this scenically-inspiring department in the Midi-Pyrénées region of southern France is renowned for.

To find out more information and to book to stay at Champ Vieil, visit the property’s webpage here.