We had the pleasure of staying at the beautiful Villa Marguerite recently as part of a bicycle tour through the Périgord region. Villa Marguerite was the ideal location to enjoy all the Périgord Region has to offer: tasting foie gras, Bergerac wines and visiting the chateaus in the area. Caroline and Florence are tremendous hosts who made us feel welcome immediately upon our arrival by bike. This lovely inn is located in charming Cadouin, home to an impressive 12th century abbey situated is a lovely square less than 200 metres from the inn. As cyclists, we often arrived at our rooms at 5PM to shower and unwind. Restaurants do not open until 7:30PM, so it is nice to be in a quaint village where there are places to see or sit to kill time and enjoy a glass of wine while discussing the next day’s route. Cadouin is very picturesque, and Villa Marguerite is in an excellent location very near the main square. (see review for Aquitaine Bikes -- highly recommended) The inn has two beautiful guest bedrooms and separate bathrooms located at opposite sides of the home upstairs, which are reached by walking up the ancient wooden staircase and its lovely stone walls. At the top of the landing is a comfortable library/sitting room that opens onto an enclosed garden. Our room was reached by passing through the sitting room and was done in lovely shades of blue. Thoughtful touches include a Nespresso coffee machine and items to make tea or coffee. Wine can be purchased for reasonable prices by the glass, carafe or bottle, or guests may enjoy a bottle bought elsewhere in the pretty library or outdoors in the garden. Florence is a trained chef, and we had the pleasure of dining at Villa Marguerite both evenings during our stay. The food was both beautiful to look at and to taste and served in the lovely main floor dining room. We highly recommend enjoying Florence’s fabulous cuisine, which was €35/person considering they included an entrée, main course, custom patisserie dessert, wine (white, red and rose – or a bit of all 3!), coffee and tea. Breakfasts were equally elegant and included fresh fruit salads cut into dainty pieces and served in glass bowls, creamy homemade yogurt served in jars, homemade jams, fresh bakery pastries, freshly squeezed orange juice and a pot of coffee. An open fireplace, soothing music, lighted candles, and a variety of different, beautiful place settings, glassware and cutlery created a pleasant, romantic ambiance. Nothing was rushed; although we were on a cycle holiday, our hosts understood that it was nonetheless our holiday and we wanted to savour every special moment. We would stay and dine here again in a heartbeat!…