Dordogne
Breaks
Relaxed friendly hands-on COOKING, PAINTING & DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY courses in the Dordogne, France
Bombel • 24290 • St Amand de Coly • Sarlat • Dordogne • France           GPS: N 45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295          Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405

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Where Are We?

The Dordogne...

The Dordogne region of SW France remains a firm favourite with travelers to this vast country and has a special place in many visitor's hearts.

The area is rightly famed for it's mild climate, ancient honey-coloured towns and villages and fantastic food.

Coupled all this with its laid back rural pace of life and you'll find it a hard place to leave!

Contact Info...

Jim Fisher (chef/owner)
Lucy Fisher (owner)

Address: Bombel, 24290, St Amand de Coly, France

GPS: N 45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295

Email: enquiries@dordognebreaks.com (use this link for all general enquiries)
Tel: 0033 (0)553 302405
Mob: 0033 (0)622 655789

N.B. When phoning from abroad, remember to precede our number with "0033" and leave off the first zero of the number, ie 0033 (0)553 302405.

Getting here...

A convenient network of rail links, motorways and airports ensure that we aren't hard to find (see the map, below).

Car...

(GPS coordinates: N 45° 01.915 / E 001° 15.295 Postcode: 24290)

  • Calais/Boulogne to DordogneBreaks: 8-9hrs

  • Cherbourg/Le Havre to DordogneBreaks: 8-9hrs

  • Paris to DordogneBreaks: 5hrs

  • Limoges airport to DordogneBreaks: 1hr 45mins

  • Bergerac airport to DordogneBreaks: 1hr 45mins

  • Bordeaux airport to DordogneBreaks: 2hr 15mins

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Train...

  • London to Paris: 2hr 20mins

  • Paris to Brive la Gaillarde: 4hrs

  • Brive la Gaillarde to DordogneBreaks: 45mins (either hire a car at the station or we can pick you up and drop you off by prior arrangement).

  • Sarlat to DordogneBreaks: 30mins (either hire a car at the station or we can pick you up and drop you off by prior arrangement).

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Eurostar

Plane...

There are daily low cost flights from the UK

  • Stansted to Limoges airport: 1hr 15mins

  • Stansted to Bergerac airport: 1hr 25mins

  • Limoges/Bergerac airport to DordogneBreaks: 1hr 45mins by car (hire a car at the airport).

Ryanair

We are near the pretty market village of St Genies...

We are 200km east of Bordeaux, 50km west of Brive le Gaillarde, 15km north of beautiful medieval Sarlat and 10km south of Montignac (where you can visit the famous Lascaux cave paintings).

The nearest hamlet to us which is recognised by the Michelin road atlas is Brégégère. That's about 2km from us.

Directions...

Once you reach Brive it's a very straightforward half-hour run to Bombel:

After passing the Lac de la Grande Prade look for the line of poplars on your left (about 5 miles on) and take the next left turn.

Pass through the hamlet of Les Ans and follow the left-pointing sign for Bombel, on the side of a stone barn.

We are about half a mile up the hill down a lane on the left opposite a stone cottage on the right.

Map...

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Five day/Five night Cooking, Painting & Digital Photography courses include:

• Expert hands-on tuition in English

• All ingredients, aprons, equipment, paints, paper, and art equipment, use of our camera, Photoshop, PC, etc, etc...

• An evening meal on the day of your arrival

• Breakfast and lunch each day

• Dinner (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday)

• Wine with meals

• Tea, coffee and snacks throughout the day

• En suite centrally-heated accommodation

• Entrance fees to places visited

• Private and secluded pool

• Internet and Email access

• Recipe pack containing all the dishes cooked during your stay

• Art and photography take-home packs

Some of the things you'll be doing on the cooking course:

Learn how to cook pastries, breads and soups

Select and prepare the best fish and shellfish

Butcher common joints of meat

Cook classic French and Italian sauces

Construct modern dressings

Master the art of stylish contemporary food presentation

Our day courses:

• Hands-on practical tuition with experienced friendly tutors

• All ingredients

• Utensils

• Aprons

• Breakfast

• Lunch

• Wine and beverages