Horseback Riding in France
DOMAINE DES GARENNES RIDE |
The Domaine des Garennes makes a fine central location to explore a charming region, and is the base for the Tour de Quercy ride. A wonderful family or individual riding holiday option with comfortable rooms, warm hospitality, excellent food, squash and tennis courts and a swimming pool. Alternate full and half day rides go to such destinations as goose and trout farms.
This is a family farm set in an attractive region of oak forests and cultivated fields with many well known historical sites nearby, and is an exceptionally good value.
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| Itinerary |
| Day 1: | Transfer from Brive railway station at 6:00 pm to the riding center for dinner and overnight. Meet your hosts and the staff. |
| Day 2: | Breakfast at 9 o’clock. Then spend a half hour getting acquainted with your horse, including feeding, grooming, picking hooves and tacking up. Have a short ride in the surrounding area, followed by lunch back at the center, a typical meal of the Perigord. Relax in the afternoon with a swim, tennis or nap. |
| Day 3: | A full days ride to ‘Collettes House’. This very old house in the middle of nowhere is in the historic style of the region. Here you have lunch. Then ride through Saint Bonnet, a beautiful old village, and les Rusolles, a forest with ancient chestnut trees. Arrive at the centre for another wonderful meal. |
| Day 4: | Half day ride over the 'Causses de Gignac', with a short rest at the windmill of Gignac. Afternoon free. |
| Day 5: | Whole days ride to Laval, where lunch will be taken in a small local restaurant in the centre of the village. Ride back over the mountains and through the forests to the centre. |
| Day 6: | Half days ride to Ferriere and Chartrier, two little villages of the Limousin, with picturesque 16th and 17th century architecture. |
| Day 7: | A full days ride to Ladornac. There you will eat in an ‘auberge de campagne’. After lunch there is a choice between a nap, or a visit to a very old church. Afterward ride back to les Garennes for good-bye celebrations and farewell dinner. |
| Day 8: | After breakfast transfer to the Brive train station.
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| THIS ITINERARY IS FLEXIBLE. CHANGES MAY OCCUR DUE TO WEATHER OR OTHER UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. |
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| Pricing and Dates |
| Meeting Point | Brive |
| Length of Ride | 8 days, 7 nights and 3 full and 3 half days riding. |
| Riding Ability | Novice |
| Group Size | Minimum-2 Maximum-10 |
| Riding Per Day | 3-5 hours |
| Pace | leisurely |
| Tack | English (a few Western) |
| Horses | mixed breeds |
| Weight Limit | 200 lbs |
| 2012 Dates | Saturday to Saturday April 7 to October 20 |
| 2012 Price | Was $1,260, now reduced to $1,160 |
| Single Supplement | $120 |
| Transfers | Included at specific time |
| Additional Information | Ride price is set, guaranteed and final at the time deposit is paid. |
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