NAMASTE COTTAGE

Beside the Place de la Capelle in Issigeac's medieval core, Namaste Cottage occupies a stone building steps from the town's Sunday market square, a four-star base for couples touring the Bergerac wine country and Dordogne bastide villages.

Rooms stay non-smoking throughout, with an outdoor pool for return afternoons after driving the vineyard roads. Breakfast is included and free parking solves what is otherwise a tight fit in the walled village center.

Issigeac's circular medieval street plan is a five-minute walk from the door, best explored on foot before car access narrows.