Name: Manoir Petit Meysset
Address: Rue de Meysset, Sarlat-la-Caneda, Sarlat-la-Caneda, Sarlat-la-Caneda, 24200, France
Rating: 9

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Chateau de Puymartin

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Manoir Petit Meysset

Sarlat-la-Caneda

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We traveled with two kids (age 5 and 8) and we loved this place. Super charming building, homey and cosy with everything you need. The room was bigger than imagined and the sleeping arrangements were very comfortable. The staff was always available to answer any question we had and to suggest things to do in the area. We ended up having an active 4 days in the area; canoeing, climbing, biking and much more. Make sure to take a night in Sarlat just 15/20 minutes walk from this place. The walking street comes alive at night with street performers and local stuff to buy. 
We will highly recommend Manoir Petit to anyone looking for a great location in a beautiful area with lots to do, and for people wanting a homey high end bed and breakfast (and please try the breakfast - amazing).

The cutest and most charming place ever!

Well, what can we say except wow and when can we come back? We stayed for five nights and wish it could be more! We feel so happy to have been able to stay at Le Manoir and especially at the start of a new season. Everything was just gorgeous. 

Please ignore the previous poor reviews, they’re not from the current owner’s tenure. It’s a warm and welcoming atmosphere in a beautiful part of the world. 

Julia (the owner) has done up the place beautifully and it’s a perfect mix of pretty, cosy and tidy. We stayed in three of the rooms during our holiday, because we kept adding extra days to our itinerary, so can confirm they’re all clean and functional, as well as attractive, warm and comfortable. 

We will mention the bigger things in a bit, but it is the small things that make a difference. Fluffy towels, tea and coffee making facilities, an amazing array of books, plenty of brochures and even a good selection of DVDs await. The beds are comfy, it is clean and warm. There are rooms to suit everyone and indeed while we were there, a family of five were staying. We hardly heard them! The internet is fast should you need it ... but why would you want to waste time online! There’s too much to enjoy offline instead. 

It’s about 15-20 minutes walk to Sarlat which is great if you don’t mind a bit of a walk. We loved it. Perhaps if you’re not so keen on a walk, driving or biking into Sarlat would be a good option. We tried to get a cab or an Uber one night but had no luck, so don’t depend on a ride being available in town. 

There’s plenty to do in the pretty medieval French town, and so much to see around the Perigord Noir. In just a few days we checked out Lascaux Centre, Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, canoed the Dordogne, visited the Gouffres de Padirac and even drove to Arcachon for a day. Sarlat is a great base but honestly if you wanted to stay at the Manoir and be housebound, you’d be happy. An afternoon drink on the terrace ... reading in the sunshine ... walks around the woody Rue de Meysset. Just lovely. 

The icing on the cake for us was the Manoir’s staff, Sarah and Marina, who are an absolute credit to the establishment. They were so friendly, very knowledgeable, helpful and make a delicious continental breakfast. Really made the special. 

Well Manoir, we’d give you six out of five stars if we could!

When can we come back? Simply magnifique!

We knew we were going to enjoy our stay when after a warm welcome we were offered a carafe of rose wine to enjoy on the sunny terrace at the back of the house. Comfortable bed in an elegant room which, although the house is not far from the main road into Sarlat, was very quiet. We were perhaps lucky that we had the house to ourselves but there is plenty of room outside to sit and enjoy the garden ( the grass at the back of the house was covered in orchids!). The house is a good 15-20min walk from old Sarlat although there is a reasonable bistro (Le Octroi) about 10 minues away. If you do walk down at night take a torch as some of the road is unlit. Our only regret ... not being able to stay longer.

Lovely old house in peaceful gardens

We stayed for five days during July. I was worried that there would be lots of mosquitoes, but never saw a single one. We made our own breakfast most mornings in our suite (coffee, tea, microwave, dishes, etc. provided), which was very spacious, with windows looking out over trees delineating the large property. It felt very quiet and private although it is not too far from the main road. A food store is very close by, and we bought wine and food for lunch or dinner, which we ate at one of the outside tables. There is also a community kitchen with all the necessary things. This is a B&B, so you have to make your own bed, etc., during your stay. 
To get into Sarlat, it is better to just walk the 15-20 minutes, since there is no parking in the center of the beautiful medieval town. The Saturday market is very worthwhile visiting. The owner of the B&B recommended restaurants in town for dinner and made reservations for us. He also gave us written directions on things to see in the surrounding area of the Dordogne: Lascaux, La-Roc-Gageac, etc.

Beautiful French manor surrounded by large property

We should have read the “poor” review ourselves. When Tony led us into the terrace suite, I knew, like an earlier “poor” reviewer whose comments I’ve now read, that we were in trouble when I instantly began coughing. “Oh,” mumbled Tony, “She left the door shut after she sprayed for flies.......” as he opened the French doors that lead to a terrace. Flies? Then I noticed two large windows on another wall that appeared not to open and asked: no, they do not. We realized then that the only possible source of fresh air in the room was the French doors, so we asked if they could be left open while we were sleeping. “Oh, yes, very safe here.......” But what about mosquitoes? Well, for that there are Raid plug-ins, which perhaps are the source of the strong chemical smell that set me coughing. 

After a lengthy description of everything in the house, the gardens, the town and the immediate region (was this really the time, after our long drive?), we were finally alone and immediately noticed the annoying steady whir of the busy nearby road. A few moments later we discovered that our terrace was not private when two guests settled down in chairs right outside our door with drinks, feet propped up, pop music playing on some device, where they remained for hours. And that’s when we glumly realized, our enthusiasm having completely collapsed, that the only way to have privacy and quiet was to shut the door. In August. Locking the chemicals in. 

A short time later some new guests arrived above our heads, plunking around. By 11 PM I had mentally revised “plunking” to “pounding.” What was going on up there? The “cafe” where you can make your own coffee or tea is indeed like a dorm kitchen, as other reviewers have noted, with a miniature shared refrigerator. 

There is a desk in our “suite” (what kind of suite has just one room?), but no lamp nearby. There are tchotchkes on every surface, which must be corralled someplace in order to put one’s own things down.

The extensive “gardens” are utterly neglected – dried up plants gone wild, shriveled lawns and rose bushes, dead plants filling the many pots, including the two outside our door sporting dessicated stems with a few brown leaves. Rusted lawn furniture is randomly strewn around. It looks like a complete collapse of will.

Breakfast was pretty awful. If you request it, Tony leaves a basket outside your door that contains a supermarket croissant, some sour yoghurt, crumbly baked goods that looked like they’d been on and off other trays, and a juice box such as kids get in their school lunches. If you want coffee, you have to make it yourself. We’ve stayed in a lot of bed and breakfasts in France and never seen a breakfast arrangement more meager than this one. Shocking at the price we’re paying, approximately $180 per night.

Finally, when we couldn’t connect to the internet and tried to get Tony’s help, he stated adamantly, “The internet is working. It must be your computers.” When we told him we’d been traveling for four months and never had this problem, he got angry and kept repeating, “The internet is working, the internet is working!” 

Our conclusion is that the owners are sick of this operation, and their guests, and that their goal is to extract as much cash from their guests as possible while on their part investing as little effort and money as possible. 

Addendum: the other guests parked themselves outside our door every afternoon; the “flies,” it seems from the evidence, were cockroaches; and in addition to the sweet smell of insect repellent was the smell of mold and damp permeated everything in the room; the router was too far from our room – we were able to connect in the hallway.

This is the kind of place, and we’ve seen a few others, where the owners’ friendliness coerces from guests positive reviews that omit the flaws of the establishment. It’s human nature: someone’s nice to you, you want to be nice back. But the trouble with that bargain in a case like this is that giving your guests a bad deal isn’t nice. So, should you be a patsy and be nice in return in your review? I would have preferred more forewarning.

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