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Savour hearty cooking with a hint of
Alsace—this is where the chef was train-
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pork in stout…). At the Périgord Hotel
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sphere is more cosmopolitan—Madame
Morel is English—and her husband’s
cooking is creative and mostly organic.
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Gentle and Relaxed Southern Style
Huddled up against the cliff wall, Aubeterre’s steep streets, roll down towards the banks
of the Dronne River. The numerous religious buildings along the way are a reminder
that the village was once a halt on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela.
Among them, two major listed monuments popular with visitors year in year out:
Saint Jean’s Monolithic Church
A
, and Saint Jacques Church
B
. Aubeterre has other
attractions too: lots of busy shop’s and craft workers’ workshops in the village centre,
and in the summertime, there are pleasant café terraces for sitting out in the shade on
Trarieux Square
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. Below the village, by the municipal campsite, there’s a fine sandy
beach for sunbathing and the inviting clear waters of the Dronne for water sports and
nearby, canoe trips along the meandering river.
A marvel of
Romanesque
architecture,
Saint-Jacques
Church was a halt
on the pilgrimage
route to Santiago de
Compostela. Approach
and admire tortured
gargoyles in perfect
condition.
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