We arrived in Salviac in March 2019, seduced by the cachet of this old family house, transformed into a bed & breakfast by the previous English owners in the early 2000’s. As soon as we entered the house we felt at home, and if that feeling would not have been enough, the first view of the beautiful garden would have convinced us.


We came to Salviac from the Netherlands. Marc is Dutch, Patrick is from the south of France (Nîmes). Since 2004 we are living together. Initially in Amsterdam, after that in Hilversum, the media city near Amsterdam. We both worked for big companies and had the desire to change our way of life, to live differently and more simply.


The bed & breakfast takes a lot of our time, but if there is an opportunity, we love to work in the garden, listen to music, watch movies and we are both creative in our own way.

Our story, our house
and our new life

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Maison de Fortitude bed and breakfast
16 boulevard Hugon
46340 Salviac
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(0033) 05 6541 3756
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Patrick Saumade et Marc Bijlsma
Our story, our house and our new life
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