Villages of Perigord

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ESSENTIALS
LEISURE
Gabares Norbert
Tickets at the car-park
by the Dordogne
+33 5 53 29 40 44
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
Canoe and kayak
rentals.Three routes
from 9 km to 25 km:
14€, 17€ and 22€
HOTELS-RESTAURANTS
La Belle Etoile
Le bourg
+33 5 53 29 51 44
Open from April 1st
to November 1st
Rooms: 55-130€
Menus: 29€-50€
Farmhouse Inn
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
EVENTS
Local producer’s
market
Every Friday morning
May to September
Next to the
Market Hall in the
Dordogne car park
Fireworks
The first week
in August
One of the valley’s best
pyrotechnic shows
Following a torchlight
canoe parade on the
river Dordogne
Black Périgord
Tourist Office
Le Bourg, + 33 5 53 29 17 01
TownHall (mairie)
Le Bourg, +33 5 53 29 51 52
For further
information
Gourmet and
GourmandMarket
Wines and delicacies
from every region in
France two days over
the 3rd weekend in
August, around the
Market Hall
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.
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.
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
plane tree known as
“Thermidor” planted
around 1750 in the
grounds of Thouron.
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.
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