Château de Courtebotte

A beautiful, highly developed 'chateau' property, now a premium hotel and restaurant. Extensive parking for 8 of us on site, and a good bar for welcome beers! We enjoyed time around one of the two pools in glorious sunshine and warmth, then showers and change in spacious, luxury rooms and bathrooms. Fine dining in the restaurant, with exceptional food and wines, we had a great night. Breakfast was extensive with lots of choice of great food, before we left for another hot day on the road.

Beautiful setting, gorgeous adult pool with a terrace. We stayed in a 2 bed annex, not the chateau, chateau might not as well have been there as, although there’s a lovely lounge, described in great detail on their leaflet, there’s no bar. We were told the only bar is by the restaurant, which is obviously intended for a pre-dinner drink, as there’s no waiter service & drinks menu is fairly limited, there’s no atmosphere, either. No food available in hotel except fine dining lunch/dinner, not great, esp for kids/teens. We did have dinner, which was excellent, food & service. I think Monrecour needs to decide whether it’s a hotel, or a restaurant. Breakfast buffet was, just about, on par, with the Ibis in Sarlat, (sausages & scrambled eggs cold, no hot plate) but not a patch on Novotel, Mérignac Bordeaux, which was excellent. Many posher hotels offer casual dining. They could set up a posh snack hut, eg. see Chateau des Milandes stylish snack hut. Hotel seemed short staffed, a lovely receptionist showed us to our rooms, we buzzed to order some drinks on terrace, (doors to bar/lounge inside were locked!) same receptionist arrived, my son said it was a shame & felt like not ordering more drinks! Then our safe wasn’t working, same receptionist arrived.

This place is fantastic! It is in a beautiful quiet location and the gardens and rooms are immaculately kept up. We stayed in a nice building next to the chateau on ground level so no need for stairs (cuz there are no elevators in the chateau). The rooms were cleaned every day. There were 2 beautiful pools to swim in. Parking was free and nearby. There was a restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The food was delicious for dinner and breakfast was good, but they could vary the food instead of the same breakfast buffet each day. The reception desk was open til 11 pm and the staff was efficient and helpful. It is also very reasonable to stay at. It is centrally located in the Dordogne about 15 min drive to Sarlat. The only suggestion is to make the bedside tables bigger cuz they are too tiny. Otherwise a wonderful place to stay.

Exquisitely restored chateau, excellent attention to detail in Chateau itself Lovely location Family group of 9 - 4 adult couples +1 adult Really enjoyed our stay here, especially enjoyed the pool Bedrooms all gorgeous, only mistake we made was booking the Pavilion which wasn’t really suitable for 3 adults, and the Capri apartment - while gorgeous - not suitable for adult couples as the second bedroom accessed through the first Those were our only issues, and perhaps my own fault in booking Our host Babette was exceptional, extremely accommodating, and unobtrusive. Her continental breakfast was excellent and she went to the trouble of making gluten free bread & crackers - there were welcome drinks & nibbles also. Highly recommend.

what a disappointment! the food was average, and not very pleasing to the eye- the service was ghostly - no one paid attention- the wait staff walked by as we poured our own wine- not even stopping to offer! no table cloth, no butter, no side dish for the bread, wrong cutlery ( knives ) for the dishes that they served - fish/meat - music too loud and inapropriate for the room/clientel.... are we in disco - service rushed.... why? desert was an apple confit with vanilla cream - except it came with a crumble with PEANUTS...... when we pointed out that the description made no mention of this and that one of our family members is allergic - the response was - that's your problem!..... serioulsy! never coming back so sad....

Wonderful stay!! The Manager was so welcoming with a glass of wine discussing where we might like to go and visit/eat. Our room was perfect, comfy bed, huge bathroom and a balcony with a beautiful view over the Dordogne river. A lovely old building so well cared for, beautiful garden and pool.