Soulvage · Soulage · How to Get Here

Getting here
takes a little effort.
That is the point.

We are in the
Périgord Vert.

Soulvage is in Soulage — a hamlet of five houses in the northern Dordogne, a few kilometres outside the village of Saint-Front-la-Rivière. It sits in the heart of the Périgord Vert, surrounded by forest, farmland, and river valleys. No motorway exits nearby. No airport. No urban sprawl.

That is exactly why it sounds the way it does.

No motorway.
No problem.

We are remote by choice. The last stretch of road is narrow, winding, and beautiful. There is no direct public transport to the village — you will need a car for the final leg. We think of it as a natural filter: by the time you arrive, you are already in a different state of mind.

By car

From Bordeaux

~1h 45 min · 130 km
1Take the A89 east towards Périgueux
2At Périgueux, take the D939 north towards Thiviers
3At Thiviers, take the D96 towards Saint-Front-la-Rivière
4Follow signs to Soulage — Impasse des Perdrix is on the left

By car

From Paris

~5h · 520 km
1Take the A10 south to Poitiers, then continue to Angoulême
2From Angoulême take the N10 south towards Périgueux
3At Périgueux, take the D939 north towards Thiviers
4At Thiviers, take the D96 towards Saint-Front-la-Rivière

By train + taxi

From Paris

~2h 45 min total
1TGV from Paris Montparnasse to Angoulême (~2h)
2Taxi from Angoulême to Soulage: ~70 km, ~45 min — book in advance

Book at sncf-connect.com · Ask us for local taxi contacts.

By train + car

From Bordeaux

~2h total
1Regional SNCF train Bordeaux St-Jean → Thiviers (~1h 40 min, direct)
2Taxi from Thiviers station: 16 km, ~20 min — approx. €25–30
3Or hire a car at Périgueux if you prefer more flexibility

Nearest stations: Thiviers (16 km) · Périgueux (55 km)

Yes, we are
far from everything.

No neighbours. No traffic noise. No sirens, no planes, no AC hum. The silence here is real — the kind you feel in the room before anyone starts playing.

The quiet also means no light pollution. At night, the sky is genuinely dark. On a clear evening you can see the Milky Way. That is not something you get near a city, and it is part of what makes this place feel different.

Every morning we walk our dogs for an hour on the roads around the village. If three cars pass, that is a lot. The roads are empty, the air is clean, and the only sounds are birds and the river. It sounds like a cliché until you are standing in it.

We are not trying to be convenient. We are trying to be quiet.