Welcome

We are delighted to invite you to Le Bourdil Blanc near Bergerac.

Our exclusive week long language holidays offer the following:

- Excellent teaching in small groups,with continual opportunity to practice your hearing, understanding and speaking skills with well qualified teachers of French nationality, who will not be shy to correct you and suggest alternative expressions

- Fascinating trips to various tourist sites led by Alexandre, who is so well versed in local history and geography, providing a real insight into this area so rich in sites. The Bourdil has an unbeatable location, right in the heart of the Dordogne, with all its historic attractions

- Gracious living staying at Le Bourdil Blanc, an elegant 18th century manor house,nestling in its own grounds with excellent on-site facilities, including tennis, swimming, fishing, cycling and walking

- Really good regional food prepared by our cook Bernadette. This is one of the gastronomic areas of France plus the chance to enjoy some of Bergerac's best regional wines

- A relaxed house party atmosphere which is great fun. We are used to catering for singles, couples and groups

- All this only 20 minutes from Bergerac airport with direct flights from London Stansted, Liverpool, Bristol, Birmingham and Southampton offering the easiest and fastest access from the UK . There is also the TGV fast train service from Waterloo which takes about ten hours so access is straightforward

It really is this easy to get away from it all to improve your French in a total immersion course with minimum stress from travelling and maximum enjoyment, from being in what can be considered real France at its very best.

Please take time to browse through our site and should you wish to talk to us directly simply call us on 0033 5 53 22 76 08 or in the UK on 07768 747610 and we will be pleased to answer your questions.

We very much hope to hear from you soon

Jane Hanslip

Some magazine have written about us, please click on links below if you want to read :
Country Life article about truffles.
France Magazine article about immersion language.
French Property News article about learning French.
French Magazine interview of Jane Hanslip.
France Magazine "On course for fluency".
French Property News "At the speak easy".

I have written a travel guide for the area. It will be a perfect accompaniment to your holiday and a fine source for research, Please visit the French Travel Guides website French Travel Guides and any of the others listed below, for alternative holiday solutions.
Dordogne Riding
Dordogne Rental
Dordogne Rental
Dordogne Riding
Dordogne Rental
Gastronomic weekends

www.frenchinthedordogne.com




Le Bourdil Blanc
Picnic lunch at Garraube
The drive from the house
The lake
The main sitting room
Saint Maurice
Pre dinner drinks
Market day in Issigeac