HOTEL LE RELAIS DE VELLINUS - Puybrun

Wonderful, attentive young couple running a B & B with the evening meal option in a true French Dordogne country-side environment. Would stay again in a nano-second. James and Jennifer are to be commended for their attempts to retain the environment and essence of the atmosphere of this particular countryside. They provided day trip suggestions, local insights and most of all their time to respectfully talk (English) to us. Our thanks to them for a memorable three-day visit with them. Truly a highlight of our time in France.

I was looking for a hotel in Souillac, and this hotel came up as nearby. I had not taken the time to look at the area or do any reading--this was a spur of the moment trip. The hotel location is amazing, right on the side of the hill outside Rocamadour. The location is amazingly beautiful. In terms of visiting the cave paintings, canoeing in the Dordogne, it's a little bit of a drive. But, we were not in a hurry and really enjoyed traveling through the countryside. The room was simple, but all we needed. The bed was a little hard, and that's why I give it a 3 for comfort. But, I would highly recommend staying here to anyone who wants a reasonable rate, a beautiful location, wonderful hosts at the hotel and this general location.

The hotel is conveniently situated but being in the heart of the city parking space is limited to about 8 or 9 cars . The lunch menu was excellent but a bit pricey for us canadians . The first night we were given room no. 17 which had a connecting door to no. 16 (?) . The guest in 16 kept his door open all night and we could here everyting going on in his room . On opening our door we could have walked into his room . We were given room no. 26 the second night which was a junior suite and was excellent . The buffet breakfast is nothing to write home about but the staff was friendly .