Guide Perigord_version anglaise

ESSENTIALS

Fireworks The first week in August One of the valley’s best pyrotechnic shows Following a torchlight canoe parade on the river Dordogne

Gourmet and GourmandMarket Wines and delicacies from every region in France two days over the 3rd weekend in August, around the Market Hall

LEISURE

HOTELS-RESTAURANTS La Belle Etoile Le bourg +33 5 53 29 51 44 www.hotel-belle-etoile- dordogne.fr Open from April 1st to November 1st Rooms: 55-130€ Menus: 29€-50€ Le Colombier D 24250 Gageac +33 5 53 28 33 97 Farmhouse Inn La Ferme fleurie E 24250 Gageac +33 5 53 28 33 39 Farmhouse Inn EVENTS Local producer’s market Every Friday morning May to September Next to the Market Hall in the Dordogne car park

Gabares Norbert Tickets at the car-park by the Dordogne +33 5 53 29 40 44 www.gabarres.fr Daily from end of March to the 31st October 10a.m.-6p.m.(advance booking advised in Summer season) Les Gabarres Caminades Tickets at the car-park by the Dordogne +33 5 53 29 40 95 Daily from Easter to end of October (advance booking advised in Summer season) Canoë Vacances Lespinasse +33 5 53 28 17 07 www.canoevacances. com Canoe and kayak rentals.Three routes from 9 km to 25 km: 14€, 17€ and 22€

LES EYZIES-DE-TAYAC- SIREUIL World capital of Prehistory and cradle of tourism in the Perigord region since the major archeological discoveries of the XIXth century, the birthplace of Cro-Magnon tells 400,000 years of history.A voyage through time.

For further information

Black Périgord Tourist Office Le Bourg, + 33 5 53 29 17 01 www.sarlat-tourisme.com/la-roque- gageac TownHall (mairie) Le Bourg, +33 5 53 29 51 52 www.laroquegageac.jimdo.com

FURTHER AFIELD...

CÉNAC-ET-SAINT-JULIEN (6 km) Situated at the foot of Domme, on the left bank of the Dordogne, Cénac holds many riches such as an XIth century five- windowed apse in the Priory, and an imposing

CASTELNAUD-LA-CHAPELLE (6 km) On the bank across the river,Castelnaud boasts a succession of four castles: a fortress with aMedieval War Museum, Lacoste and its gardens, Fayrac and Les Milandes, once owned by Josephine Baker. PAGE 47

CARSAC-AILLAC (11 km) At the meeting of the rivers Enéa and Dordogne, the old village of Carsac, with its church, stone mills and boats moored down below it, fully meets expectations of the traditional image of Black Périgord.

plane tree known as “Thermidor” planted around 1750 in the grounds of Thouron.

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