Guests are all welcome to enjoy a swim and relax around the large 12m x 6m swimming pool. The salt-water pool is heated and has roman steps at one end. It is surrounded by a large terrace with plenty of sun loungers available for sunbathing and relaxing. The pool runs on an eco-matic salt water system, which is better for your skin and eyes and guests often remark how pleasant the water is to swim in. Guests at La Galerie are provided with pool towels for their convenience.

For clients who like to keep in contact via e-mail and wish to access the Internet during their stay, we are able to offer a free WiFi Internet broadband wireless service. This service is available to clients who arrive equipped with their own portable wireless laptop, and allows access to the Internet while at La Galerie.

Set in the peaceful gardens among the trees, is our new boulodrome and badminton court and it is the perfect place for playing a leisurely game of pétanque or enjoying the peace and quiet by just relaxing with a book on a shady bench. The area is floodlit for you to enjoy a boules or badminton match in the evenings.

Many species of butterfly can be seen feeding on the flowers in bloom in the gardens at La Galerie throughout the spring and summer months. We have planted many lavenders in the gardens as they are particularly popular with these beautiful butterflies. Our guest Jean-Pierre Soulere, a professional photographer based in Norway, who regularly visits France to study and photograph butterflies for his work, took these photos in the summer of 2007 in the gardens at La Galerie.

click here to see more Butterflies at La Galerie

La Galerie is a haven for bird-watchers. The birds that can be seen and heard include larger birds of prey such as eagles, buzzards, hawks, falcons and owls, as well as woodpeckers, wagtails, redstarts and finches.

But please note that La Galerie is a "pet-free zone".

click here to see our guestbook

La Galerie is 1 km from a leisure lake and beach - the "Lac Vert" leisure complex. As well as swimming and fishing in the lake, there are pedaloes and canoes for hire. It also has a lakeside café bar by the beach, and two restaurants with views overlooking the water.

Free activities at the lake include two floodlit tennis courts, a basketball/five-a-side football court, a football pitch, volleyball, table tennis and two adventure playgrounds.

For the more sporty and adventurous, bikes are available for hire locally, to explore the wonderful countryside, cycling through the beautiful vineyards of the Lot valley.