Culture and Heritage

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Do you like walking in beautiful villages, discovering the architectural, cultural and historical heritage of your vacation spot ? You like old stones, pretty churches, places steeped in history to explore... Cultural outings are your pleasure and on vacation in Périgord, you want to see the 1001 castles, prehistoric remains, medieval marvels ! For enthusiasts of various learning, the insatiable curious, Périgord is THE perfect destination.

According to my cultural desires, offers you articles on Périgordine towns, villages and bastides. We have explored for you major tourist sites, others more confidential, pearls to discover... Museums, interpretation centers... Nothing will escape you !

The troglodyte village of La Madeleine in Périgord Noir

The troglodyte village of La Madeleine in Périgord Noir
The troglodyte village of La Madeleine in Péri ...

Tursac

La Madeleine is a sumptuous troglodyte village in the Périgord Noir, in Tursac. You know this village which refers to the Magdalenian period (remember our prehistory lessons!), because the foot ...

The Château de Bridoire: The castle of games for the whole family

The Château de Bridoire: The castle of games for the whole family
The Château de Bridoire: The castle of games f ...

Ribagnac

The Château de Bridoire is located in Périgord Pourpre, not far from Bergerac and the Bergerac vineyards. It is an ideal place for a day out with the family, between culture and fun activities. ...

Visit the Château de Puymartin and its legend of the White Lady

Visit the Château de Puymartin and its legend of the White Lady
Visit the Château de Puymartin and its legend  ...

Sarlat la Canéda

The Château de Puymartin is located a few minutes from the Medieval City of Sarlat, in Périgord Noir. You know it, for sure, because it is the host of the famous legend of the White Lady... This ...

Visit of the Château de Beynac

Visit of the Château de Beynac
Visit of the Château de Beynac

Beynac et Cazenac

The Château de Beynac is located in Périgord Noir, in the eponymous village of Beynac-et-Cazenac. Installed on an impressive rocky outcrop in the Dordogne Valley, its keep culminates at 150m ...

Visit the MAAP, the museum of art and archeology of Périgord

Visit the MAAP, the museum of art and archeology of Périgord
Visit the MAAP, the museum of art and archeolo ...

Périgueux

In Périgueux, the Périgord Art and Archeology Museum is the oldest of the Périgord museums ! Managed by the municipality and installed over 22 Tourny, it was founded in 1835, but its beginnings ...

La Grotte de Villars : concretions and prehistoric paintings!

La Grotte de Villars : concretions and prehistoric paintings!
La Grotte de Villars : concretions and prehist ...

Villars

In Périgord Vert, at the gates of the Périgord-Limousin Regional Natural Park, the Grotte de Villars is the only natural cave with concretions in Périgord, which also offers the discovery of ...

Le Conquil: Visit fortified cave dwellings in the forest

Le Conquil: Visit fortified cave dwellings in the forest
Le Conquil: Visit fortified cave dwellings in  ...

Saint Léon sur Vézère

Come and walk in a forest, where are scattered along the cliffs, superb semi-troglodyte habitats and fortified troglodyte shelters... In Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, one of the Most Beautiful ...

La Grotte du Grand Roc: Night visits by storm lamp

La Grotte du Grand Roc: Night visits by storm lamp
La Grotte du Grand Roc: Night visits by storm lamp

Every Monday evening in summer, until August 23, come and visit the Grotte du Grand Roc in Les Eyzies, in the evening at 8:30 p.m., with a hurricane lamp ! An original and very immersive way, to ...

The Fort de la Roque Gageac: visit to a dizzying refuge

The Fort de la Roque Gageac: visit to a dizzying refuge
The Fort de la Roque Gageac: visit to a dizzyi ...

La Roque Gageac

Look up, above the Dordogne, beyond the superb dwellings nestled against the cliff, to admire the Fort de la Roque Gageac. Perched at 120m high, it dates from the 12th century and its 180-degree ...

Visit Brantôme: The Venice of Périgord Vert!

Visit Brantôme: The Venice of Périgord Vert!
Visit Brantôme: The Venice of Périgord Vert!

Brantôme

Brantôme is a sumptuous flowery village to visit in the Périgord Vert. Only 30 minutes from Périgueux, it is a delicious stroll, in the heart of what we call " The Venice of Périgord ", in ...

Visit of Bourdeilles in Périgord Vert: beyond the castles ...

Visit of Bourdeilles in Périgord Vert: beyond the castles ...
Visit of Bourdeilles in Périgord Vert: beyond  ...

Bourdeilles

Bourdeilles is a pretty little village in the Périgord Vert, one of the 4 baronies of Périgord, where the Dronne river flows peacefully. When you come to Bourdeilles, it is to admire its castle ...

Visit of Saint-Jean-de-Côle: A delicious medieval village

Visit of Saint-Jean-de-Côle: A delicious medieval village
Visit of Saint-Jean-de-Côle: A delicious medie ...

Saint Jean de Côle

Saint-Jean-de Côle is a small village 20 minutes from Brantôme, ideal for a half-day walk. It is characterized by a charming set of medieval village houses, which converge on a central square, ...

Coly Saint-Amand: discovery of a typical Périgord town

Coly Saint-Amand: discovery of a typical Périgord town
Coly Saint-Amand: discovery of a typical Périg ...

Saint Amand de Coly

It is all the charm of Périgord that we discover by visiting this territory and more particularly the village of Saint-Amand-de-Coly. Classified among the Most Beautiful Villages of France, you ...

The Fort du Roc de Tayac in Les Eyzies: "rebirth" visit of a site that is awakening

The Fort du Roc de Tayac in Les Eyzies: "rebirth" visit of a site that is awakening
The Fort du Roc de Tayac in Les Eyzies: "rebir ...

Les Eyzies de Tayac

It is on the banks of the Vézère, in the Prehistoric Capital of Les Eyzies, that we have an appointment for a guided tour... That of the Fort du Roc de Tayac, a semi-troglodyte site embedded in ...