The passage of the Romans

On this exceptional site, the Romans established, between the 1st and 2nd centuries, a vast and rich Gallo-Roman farm: a villa, the Roma sancta. This vast agricultural property includes a residential part and an agricultural part. The whole is supplied with water by an aqueduct that you can see at the bottom of the hotel park.

Destructions, barbarian invasions until the acquisition of the estate by the De Bars, royal notary and priest of Sarlat, in 1462, the history is indecipherable. The most recent excavations, dating from 2019, have uncovered numerous burials. This confirms the hypothesis that a necropolis would have taken the place in the ruins of the Gallo-Roman buildings.

Later, the villa was inhabited and renovated by Louis then Raymond. Completed in the 17th century, it remained in the same family for more than three centuries. Subsequently, the De Soulignacs succeeded one another with Jean and Jean-Baptiste, mayor of Sarlat in 1793. Then the brothers Noël and Germain Ser became owners, before selling it in 1887 to the commune to become a hospice.

In 1878, the castle farm was built, to become one of the most important in the region. Several farming families succeeded one another. The last operator, Mr. Tréfeil, arrived in 1948. Sold, the farm lost its original purpose to become this hotel in Dordogne and took the name of "Villa Romaine". A place of hospitality with a prestigious past!

The Restoration In the rules of the art

After more than 20 years of abandonment, the buildings were the subject of many restoration projects, to finally become a high-end hotel. The soul of the building, the stone walls, the exposed beams, the rammed earth floor of the reception and the small lounge have been preserved.

The modern comfort has been installed in all the rooms and reception room.

Meet your hosts Emily and David

In search of a change of life, David and Emilie wanted to leave everything behind for a joint project. Initially attracted by Provence and the Mediterranean, chance led their search to the southwest. They fell under the spell of this large dry stone building, its garden with a Tuscan feel and the quality of life that the region offered.

We find there the essential values, a preserved nature and real human relationships. This is what they wanted to share by putting their furniture in this new home that would become theirs.

In 2005, La Villa Romaine became a hotel with swimming pool in Dordogne, with 4-star services, refined while remaining warm and on a human scale.