laidback re loft champ de mars
 

Not sure if you would read this if I added it to previous request of mine. Thanks for help-am going to book. Seems complex sending cheque etc but I presume ok??
Just to be sure-will it be ok for 4 as it says really for 2.
could not work out how to email you.

You are taking your children, not another couple right? It is a small apartment as most are in Paris! It has a loft with the queen bed upstairs with a tiny office and storage area. The other two will have to sleep on the sofa bed down stairs. Make sure you let them know so that they can put linens on the sofa bed and equip the bath with enough towels. We have sent the check through the mail with no problems. The owners are very nice and easy to deal with.Hope you enjoy your stay.

Thanks laidback. Yes we have 2 teen girls. Most apartments look pretty small in our price range so I hope this will be fine. It looks much more interesting, light and bright than others Ive seen.

Yes, this is a very bright apartmant and we love the neighborhood.The kitchen was well equipped also. Our favorite Italian restaurant is across the street. Their veal dishes are great. You are a short walk from rue Cler, but if you are there on a Thurs or Sat morning go to the market on Ave Saxe. The bakery on the corner of Bosquet and Champs de mars is very good. The Bistro de Papa on Bosquet is an inexpensive spot that serves all day. The neigborhood is full of great family run restaurants of all price ranges. You are close to several bus stops and the metro. I hope you have a wonderful trip.

I have a better suggestion than the Bistro de Papa for you and your teens -Le Croque au Sel, on the rue Ste-Dominique, just off Ave. Bosquet. The Bistro de Papa is fine in the off-season, but as soon as the tourists hit town, the staff gets surly and the service goes downhill. The Sicilian pizza/pasta place just beyond the Bistro de Papa is also great for kids -the waiters are delightful!
I agree that the boulangerie on the corner of Bosquet and Champs de Mars is one of the best in the area.

St. Cirq gives some of the best info on this site in my opinion; we share many fav. spots, and have for years:Florimond, Fontaine de Mars; we have both been disappointed in recent visits by the poor, overwhelmed service at the otherwise excellent Au Bon Accueil. but let me fill you in on Croque Au Sel. It is very near our apt. on St. Dominique and one chilly Oct we went there for the Pot au Feu, and were cordially welcomed by the man in charge who constantly wiped his nose with his hand, then lovingly massaged the big, resident dog and without missing a beat, filled our bread basket with these same hands.

Well, Laidback, that certainly DOES change things, doesn't it =-o

I'll never be able to walk in the door there without remembering this, so WHOOSH! It's off my list. Thanks for sharing!!!

ooo nice surprise to hear more and I too read all Stcirq. Love the story!!
Now I have to find a gite to visit best ares in the Lot-I keep noting all the places but its all a jumble of names. Best to stay in one and drive around or try a few. Any suggestions for actual superb places to stay ??

bevzy: Where in the Lot are you headed? I love the area and have some ideas, but it would help to know what your plans are - or are you looking for general ideas?

bevzy,
One of the most interesting villages in that area with a splendid view is St-Cirq-LaPopie. We stayed in a very spacious room at Hotel de la Pelisarria, but that was several years back. I would ask St. Cirq for more current info, as she is the unquestioned expert on her name-sake area.

well-Cahors,bouzies st cirq-I have not been and we will go in Oct with the teens as mentioned. I planned to drive around and look at it all !!. We live in sw australia and like little uncrowded places,caves, paintings. I read you have a place to let on simply-perigord and was looking at that. Which is yours??Tried to find how to get a book on gites but couldnt work out that gite site. sorry to be vague but I have not seen many pics and it is not easy just reading the guides.

We stayed at the Pilisarria too and loved it. Our room was downstairs, had a stained glass window and you could look out on to gardens and up at the church. The owners were very nice, helpful.

liadback/bevzy: Actually, *my* St-Cirq is two hours away from St-Cirq Lapopie, in the Périgord. But I do know the Lot and Quercy well.

The most well-know cave in the area is Pecche Merle, in Cabrerets, across the river from St-Cirq-Lapopie.

bevzy: Cahors is "the gateway to the Midi," a lovely town where you begin to see the colored shutters and gates of the south of France as you come from the north. The Pont Valentré is renowned, and the old quarter of the city has a lovely cathedral and medieval streets. The Balandre restaurant in the Hotel Terminus is one of my all-time favorites.

But there's more to see in that area. You can visit the restaurant La Récréation in Les Arques, which was the focus of Michael Sanders book, "From Here You Can't see Paris." Cazals is a beautiful town.

Heading south into the Languedoc-Roussillon you encounter Graulhet and Gaillac and Revel and Castelnaud-le-Montmiral and Cordes and St-Férréol and Castres and a host of Cathar sites and wine country as far as the eye can see.

As far as Simply Périgord is concerned, they take care of some aspects of my property, but I'm not "listed" with them. I don't use their website, so I'm afraid I can't help you with that. You can do a Google search for Gîtes de France and probably unearth a whole lot of possibilities.

thanks everyone once again-it is exciting to find each message. I have made pages and pages of notes from here and will attempt to get it all together before we go!! help.
My family think I am a fodor fanatic-I am.