This beautiful Templar Commandery is a jewel of history. With excellent transport links and close proximity to Brive's shops, it can accommodate large groups, families or groups of friends, in a superb setting. It has 11 bedrooms, two kitchens, 6 bathrooms + ping-pong, billiards, swimming pool, foosball and many other games. (Supplement €125/night for the 10th and 11th bedroom, except weekly rental) The space The Commanderie has 18 rooms: 6 bathrooms, 11 bedrooms, 4 toilets and 2 kitchens. Here are the details: - 2 kitchens, with two large fridges, 3 ovens, 9 burners spread over 2 stoves, 2 coffee machines with grinder, 2 juicers, 3 microwaves, 2 toasters, 3 fondue machines, 3 raclette machines, 1 blender. - 2 dining rooms. Folding tables that can each accommodate 6 people can be moved as needed. - A living room / billiards with a large TV - 11 bedrooms: Commanderie Floor: * Commander's Room: a 160 x 200 bed and a private shower room * Cherubs Room: one 160 x 200 bed and one private shower room * Children's room: four single beds 90 x 200 and a sink, which can be pushed together to make 180 x 200 beds * Pink room: one 160 x 200 bed and a private shower room *Toilet * Green bedroom: one 140 x 200 bed, one 120 x 190 sofa bed and one sink * Yellow bedroom: a 160 x 200 bed, a baby bed and a sink Ground floor, Commanderie wing: * Reading room/Office: a 100 x 200 sofa bed * Large bathroom with washer + dryer and toilet * WC under the tower staircase Kerami Wing, 1st floor: * Kerami South Bedroom: one 160 x 200 bed, one folding crib * Kerami North Bedroom: two 90 x 200 beds that can be pushed together * Large bathroom, washing machine, toilet "Apartment" (extra 125 euros/night): * Terra cotta bedroom: one 180 x 200 bed and one small 90 x 200 bed or three 90 x 200 beds * Blue room: one 180x200 bed or two 90x200 beds * Large bathroom The 5-hectare park is completely private. The accommodation is heated from October 15 to April 15. The pool, open around May 15 and closed around September 15 (dates may be extended depending on the weather), is not heated. The pool cladding must not be climbed, only the stairs are accessible. Sheets and towels are a paid option (€5/bed if deposited on each bed and €10/bed if beds are made), paid when booking. A deposit check of 2000 euros must be sent to my private address or to the Commanderie (Aude Goeminne, La Commanderie de Montz, 6 impasse de la Commanderie, 19240 Varetz) no later than one month before check-in. Guest access The entire estate (5 hectares) is available. Access to the barns (at the entrance to the estate and barns adjacent to the Kerami wing) + to the attic is strictly prohibited. The closest direct neighbors reside 70 m away: please respect the neighborhood. The Commanderie is particularly well served: - by train: * 2h26 from Toulouse (direct) * 2h25 direct from Bordeaux (or 2h37 with 1 connection) * 4:20 from Paris (direct) - By highway: * 4 minutes from exit 50 of the A20 (be careful to avoid the 10-minute loop unnecessarily indicated by gmaps: take Waze) * 3 minutes from exit 19 of the A89 A large shopping area is a 5-minute drive away (Carrefour hypermarket), and downtown Brive is 10 minutes away, or downtown Varetz (3 minutes) to pick up bread in the morning (bakery). The Brive market, on Saturday morning, is filled with local delicacies, including figs or strawberries stuffed with foie gras! It was sung by Brassens. I recommend the butcher shop at the Carrefour de Varetz (3 minutes), excellent, with local meat (Limousin), for example to make Burgundian fondues (you can order in advance). There are two Lidls each 10 minutes away by car, very convenient for savings. Other things to note The Commanderie is a place steeped in history, built nine centuries ago thanks to the dedication and faith of men who "believed in God and the forces of Evil". Numerous crucifixes in the rooms and a very old Maltese cross in the park testify to this faith that has lasted for almost a thousand years. Heroes died there to protect pilgrims attacked on the road to Compostela, other heroes were trained there to be sent to fight and die in the Holy Land to protect the pilgrims of Jerusalem and the tomb of Christ. In the 16th century, the Commandery was taken, besieged and burned during the wars of religion. The different commanders have had exciting lives; my three favorites are: 1/ Georges de Vauzelles (who commissioned the fireplace of the dining room in 1543): he faced Soliman the Magnificent and Barbarossa 2/ Jean de Saconnin, who participated in the defense of Constantinople in 1453 but paid for it with several years of slavery in Libya. 3/ Anne de Nabérat, chaplain of King Louis XIII, who managed to reconstitute all the "terriers and recognoissances" of the very vast lands attached to the Commandery. In memory of these three great men, the three little sheep of Ouessant are called Georges (the little black one), Anne (the white one) and Jean (the big black one). Each guest contributes to safeguarding and restoring this heritage, the love of which has been transmitted to me through the beauty of moments spent with family and the generosity of my grandmother, always devoted to others.