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The Dordogne valley and the treasures of the Perigord Noir

La Dordogne et ses trésors culturels vous attendent : au pays de l'homme de Cro-Magnon, tout est affaire de pré-histoire, d''histoire et d'émerveillement devant de tels paysages, vallées, châteaux et autres monuments historiques.

The Gardens of Eyrignac Manor (near Salignac)

The Gardens of Eyrignac Manor are of outstanding beauty and unique in the originality of their design. They cannot be compared to any other, and are considered to be one of France’s most beautiful gardens. They have been awarded the Grand Prix des Jardins de France by the Demeure Historique and have 3 stars at the Green Michelin Guide.

Reception : everyday of the year without exception

The Roque Saint-Christophe (in Peyzac-Le-Moustier)

Halway between the Eyzies and Montignac-Lascaux, in the heart of the Vallée de la Vézère – listed World Heritage by UNESCO – the Roque Saint Christophe cliff is a refuge built by the People of the Cliffs thousands of years ago.

This site is truly magnificent not only for its rare and wild beauty but also for its powerful shapes, its numerous dwellings ans the length of time it was occupied by manking.

Many other sites of the Vézère valley are worthy of mention : at Moustier, this impressive cave fort is tracing 55,000 years of occupation on 800 meters of cliff.

The Commarque castle (Les Eyzies)

Around a breathtaking keep built in 1380, archaeologists have discovered, hidden under vegetation for 350 years, the ruins of a fortified village with its knights’s towers and its houses carved into rock.

Terrasson : the gardens of Imaginaire

Unique in Europe, discover the gem of the contemporary gardens beyond 6 ha.

Domme, royal bastide

Domme is a ancient royal bastideas well as an authentic medieval village located on a rocky peak overlooking the valley of the Dordogne. Architecture and history are narrow-melt. You'll enter a city of exception where welcome and warmth of the inhabitants will enrich you.

La Roque Gageac (between Domme and Beynac)

La Roque Gageac and its houses againt the cliff

La Roque Gageac, from the XIIth century, is one of the most typical spot in Perigord. An exotic garden with some kind of unknwon species (palm-trees, banana-trees, cactus-trees and medlar-trees from Japan) can be seen all along the streest of this little village.

Like some old boats-drivers from ancient times, les 'gabares' await you to come aboard for a river ballad on the Dordogne to discover 5 of the most beautiful castles of the valley : la Chapelle St Julien, Lacoste's castle, Castelnaud's castle, Marqueyssac's castle and La Malartrie's castle.