If you're looking to get away to write in a beautiful setting, you couldn't do better than La Muse Writers' and Artists' Retreat in southwest France. Rooms are available for rent or barter to writers and other artists who are serious about getting work done within a creative community. For more information about -- and pictures of -- this beautiful place, see the profile. (And if you have your own favorite retreat, please share below.)

Photo courtesy of Kerry Eielson.