Guide Perigord_version anglaise

ESSENTIALS

Admission: 8.80€ and 4,40€ (10-17 yrs) Candlelit evenings: 14.50€ and 7€ (10-17 yrs)

VISITS

EVENTS Local Producers’ Market Mondays 8.30 a.m.- 1.30 p.m. Mid-June to mid-Sept., at La Balme car-park (over the Dordogne River)

Castle of Beynac 24220 Beynac- et-Cazenac +33 5 53 29 50 40 Opening Hours Daily:10a.m.-6p.m. (Summer) Make inquiry for off-season visit Admission:8€, 4.50€ (12-16 yrs) 3.50€ (5-11 yrs) Marqueyssac Gardens 24220 Vézac +33 5 53 31 36 36 www.marqueyssac. com Opening Hours: daily April-May-June-Sept.: 10a.m.-7p.m.,

Fireworks One of the best pyrotechnical shows in the castle valley

August 15th, on the river

HOTELS-RESTAURANTS

La Petite Tonnelle Le Bourg (going up to the castle) 24220 Beynac-et-Cazenac +33 5 53 29 95 18 www.restaurant-petite- tonnelle.fr

For further information

Menus: 17€-33€ Gourmet Menu: 39.50€

BOURDEILLES Listed Historic Monument and major site of Aquitaine, Bourdeilles Castle majestically overlooks the River Dronne. It will take you on a voyage in time, back to the first barony of the Périgord.

Black Périgord Tourist Office La Balme 24220 Beynac-et-Cazenac +33 5 53 29 43 08 www.sarlat-tourisme.com/beynac- et-cazenac TownHall (mairie) Le Bourg 24220 Beynac-et-Cazenac +33 5 53 31 34 00 www.beynac-et-cazenac.fr

L’Auberge Lembert

Le Capeyrou 24220 Beynac- et-Cazenac +33 5 53 29 50 45 www.lembertfoies gras.com Tradition Menu: 18.50€ Sunday to Friday Mid-April to 30th Sept.

July-August: 9a.m.-8p.m.

Feb.-Mar.-Oct.-start Nov.:10a.m.-6p.m. End Nov.-Dec.-Jan.: 2p.m.-5p.m.

FURTHER AFIELD...

CASTELNAUD- LA-CHAPELLE (6 km)

SAINT-CYPRIEN (10 km) Downstream, protected by the abbey around which it was built, the “old” village is worth homes. Visitors come all year round to enjoy the lively atmosphere of the Sunday morning market. a visit for its narrow streets and stately

LA ROQUE-GAGEAC (5 km) Upstream along the river, snuggled up against a cliff under an XIth century troglodytic fort, as it watches riverboats go by, the village enjoys a microclimate, which has produced an unusual tropical garden. PAGE 81

On the opposite bank of the Dordogne River, an alignment of four castles: the fortress of

Castelnaud with a Medieval Warfare

Museum, Lacoste and its gardens, Fayrac and Les Milandes, once owned by Josephine Baker. PAGE 47

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