Description:

This beautifully restored farmhouse is located just south of the Dordogne at the charming village of Duras,part of the bucolic bastide country. Duras is truly unique in its location - it borders three of France's most important gastronomy and wine regions. La Bournaude is on 5 acres of a park-like setting with walnut orchards, forests, hundreds of fruit tress, flowering trees, and roses. The garden is vast, peaceful, and abundant and rich in floral smells. We have planted wisteria grape vines, roses, and massifs to compliment the already tree-filled garden. Guests can harvest walnuts, cherries, applies, plums, and peaches....hunt for cepes while meandering through pine and oak forests...sit and overlook an endless blue sky, vines, plum orchards, and sunflowers. La Bournade is a quintessential French country farmhouse which is the perfect place for large families or multiple families traveling together.

THE VILLA:
Great Room with Living Room and Dining Room: This is a large, open room centered around a recently installed antique chateau fireplace. The Great Room serves as the central meeting place. The room has tile floors, large oak beams, oak ceiling, and three zones of modern lighting. The fireplace was sourced out of Paris and comes from an old chateau.

Large Open Kitchen: The kitchen is a large L-shaped space. There are granite counters and a matching granite back-splash. The sink, faucet, oven, microwave, 5-gas burner and hood are all newly installed. The dishwasher and refrigerator have fronts that match the painted egg-shell black cabinets. The kitchen has a modern and clean feel. There is ample under counter storage with above counter shelving for keeping additional dishes and supplies. A french door leads out to a porch with an extendable awning.

Master Bedroom With Ensuite Full Bath: The master bedroom sits off of the great room. It is a spectacular room with tall stone walls and exposed beams. There is an antique metal chandelier with ample lighting. The french doors lead to the pool. There are two built-in closets, each with electrical outlets for charging cell phones and ipods. The ensuite master bathroom has two porcelain sinks, a custom-built, walk-in shower, towel heaters, and toilet. The floors are covered with imported tumbled marble and the walls are decorated with matching mosaic tiles. The fixtures are top-quality Grober. When you take a shower, it feels like bathing in a warm rain.

Second Master Suite with Ensuite Full Bath: The sub-master has a high-ceiling with exposed beams and a stone wall; a large window over-looking trees and flowers. It opens to a private full-bath with a large custom walk-in shower, two porcelain sinks, high-end Grober fixtures. The floors and ceilings are covered with mosaic tiles. There is a custom build tile shelf under the two sinks and four light glass shelves.

The Children's Bedroom and Bathroom: When we remodeled, we imagined big family gatherings with a lot of kids. We designed the bathroom to handle our dreams. Children and their parents love this bathroom. There are three faucets over an industrial style Inox sink. All the fixtures are top of the line Grober. The bathtub is 190 x 90 - extra large with two shower heads. There is a toilet with industrial styled accessories. The floors have large ceramic tiles and the walls are tiled with complimentary mosaic tiles. The bathroom is opposite a large children's room that currently has two bunk bed units (4 beds) and 4 fireman lock-ers. There is a large window over looking the front yard.

Violet Room: The twin room is located at the corner of the house. It is a large bright room with a window facing the vineyards and plum tree orchard in the front of the house. A French door leads to a side garden over looking trees and flowers. The twin room shares a bathroom with the children's room.

Location Information:

Edge of Duras: most amenities: 2 grocery shops, butchers, bakers, news shop, several restaurants and cafés, outdoor market twice weekly, and a château. This area is famous for the wine and foods, and there are a myriad of interesting activities and sights to enjoy including great day hikes and endless bike rides, horse-back riding and canoeing on the Dordogne river, visiting nearby villages and markets, tours of the famous caves with prehistoric drawings, day trips to historic sites of Carcassone or Rocamadour and much more. Ste. Foy la Grande (18km) Larger town with lots of shops, banks, two hyper-markets. It lies on the Dordogne river, has a good range of restaurants, brasseries and a large market on Saturdays. Lac de Castelgaillard (1km) Large leisure lake with lots of activities. Horse-riding, cycling, swimming, and sandy beach.