French Property of the Week - Ancient Water Mill in the Lot, France

This property has to be viewed to appreciate this very special watermill - superb setting. Owner anxious to sell just reduced from 427,000 to just 267,000 euros.

An ancient watermill, renovated and set in idyllic gardens of 1.25 acres with swimming pool and stream near Montcuq, Lot. The current owner has gone to great lengths to create a beautiful, natural environment for this lovely old watermill. Harmoniously renovated accommodation with beams, exposed stone and tiled floors.

A bridge over the stream leads to gardens with swimming pool and guest cottage with living room and corner kitchen, bedroom and shower room, Sauna. Pretty pigeonnier.

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Video: Explore the Lot Valley by Canoe

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Montal Castle: Lot valley, France Video

Castle of Montal is near Carennac in the Lot department in south-western France.
A few kilometres from the village lie the famous Gouffre de Padirac (caves) and Rocamadour (pilgrimage) sites. Other notable landmarks are the Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux, the Castle of Montal and the prehistoric caves of Lacave and Presque. Check out the Lot Property market in this beautiful area.
The Lot department is part of the region of Midi-Pyrénées and is surrounded by the departments of Corrèze, Cantal, Aveyron, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot-et-Garonne, and Dordogne.

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Lot going for it in France

The Brits flock to the Dordogne but just to the south is the river Lot - a holiday on the Lot sounds idyllic!

"This is London" article extract gives you a flavour ....

We were on the River Lot, not one of the best-known French waterways, but that suited us fine. The navigable part of the river runs parallel with the Dordogne, but around 50km to the south, which means that the Dordogne soaks up all the Brits, leaving the Lot in peace.

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Accordingly the river valley has all of the physical attributes — the fortified villages on steep escarpments, the caves, the vineyards, and the pretty towns on bends in the river — that make the Dordogne a tourism honeypot, but it has none of the latter's crowds.

Our daily routine was hardly arduous, starting with breakfast on deck once somebody had managed to find the nearest boulangerie. Then an upriver saunter towards a lunch spot, admiring the vineyards and the pocket-sized riverside châteaux, and tackling a couple of locks en route.

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