The principal cities are Toulouse and Bordeaux. Between these two are major towns including:
Valence d'Agen: A pretty town with a lovely fountained square. Originally a 1283 bastide it has a good range of shops & restaurants and a nine hole golf course nearby.
Agen: The County town of the Lot-et-Garonne which changed hands 11 times during the hundred years war and is well known for its plums (pruneux). On the banks of the Garonne river it has a beautiful museum housed in four Renaissance houses.
Auvillar:  A 16th century village situated high on the hill above the Garonne river. It is known for its earthenware pottery and manufacture of goose quills for writing. It has a beautiful XVI circular halle, and a Sunday morning market.

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"What the owner says"

"A twenty minute walk from the front gate takes you through three of the most beautiful and bountiful Departments of South West France - the Tarn et Garonne, the Gers and the Lot et Garonne. Hilltop bastides. Sweeping landscapes. Dizzying gorges. The distant Pyrenees. A market for every week of the day. Three star restaurants. Out of the way family auberges. You'll find them all on the doorstep of Gavachon. Set in two acres of lightly wooded grounds, Gavachon is surrounded by soft rolling hills patch worked with vineyards, orchards, distant stands of ancient oaks and, in the season, vivid drifts of sunflowers. It’s up to you: you can tour, explore and eat your way through these three great and diverse departments; or you can settle in and surrender to the deep personal pleasure of a charming, comfortable home-away-from-home held in the shamelessly seductive embrace of the Gascon countryside. Or you can do both. 
(I guess you can see how besotted we are by this place.)"

Accommodation: The main hallway  has a cloakroom with wc and basin. The elegant sitting room has French windows leading onto an east-facing terrace. A second set of windows look north onto the covered dining terrace. A wealth of oak beams, a wood burning stove and an ancient restored evier emphasis the warmth and character of the room. The dining room has a central fireplace, is well furnished and seats 8 comfortably. It leads through to the large light kitchen/breakfast room that opens onto the end terrace. The main bedroom is situated at the rear of the hallway and has a queensize bed and an en-suite shower room, with walk-in shower, basin, and wc. Long windows on two sides make this an extremely attractive light room.

A second, large double bedroom looks out across the gardens, through long windows. The main bathroom has a bath, walk-in shower, basin and wc. The upper floor of the house provides a completely separate apartment with a seating area with TV, double bedroom with queensize bed, small table and chairs and a shower-room with wc and basin. 
  

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