Sorcerer's Cave

Opening hours

Open

  • Monday 10:00 am - 06:00 pm
  • Tuesday Closed
  • Wednesday Closed
  • Thursday 10:00 am - 06:00 pm
  • Friday 10:00 am - 06:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 06:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 06:00 pm

Closes at 06:00 pm

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Useful information

Location : In the countryside

Province : Black Périgord

Services

  • Cash
  • Credit card accepted
  • Groups
  • English
    • The Sorcerer's Cave also called Saint-Cirq is a prehistoric cave, decorated and adorned with engravings by men of the Magdalenian period. It opens on the side of a cliff, in the middle of the village of Saint-Cirq, very close to a superb bamboo forest. Between Les Eyzies and Le Bugue in the Dordogne.

      Open: April 9 to September 30
      • April: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
      • May, June: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
      • July, August: 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (open every day)
      • September: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays)

      Practical information:
      • Discovery of the cave only by guided tour for a period of 30 minutes with the free visit of the museum and the cluzeaux.
      • It is advisable to book your guided tour by phone or email.
      • Free parking



      Reservation recommended by phone or email

      Prices :
      • Adults: 7.50€ / Group: 6€
      • Children (5 to 13 years old): 3.50€ / Group: 2.60€
      • Students: 6€ / Group: 5€

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Traveller Reviews Sorcerer's Cave

4 sur 5 51 reviews

  • Peter Knight

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Peter Knight on 30/08/2018

    Very interesting site. There are some small rock dwellings to explore, and a museum with a collection of bones and fossils. The highlight though is a guided tour of a small cave, featuring 17000 to 19000 year old carvings, including a very rare human figure. We were lucky to be in a small group, and our guide was excellent. Well worth visiting.

  • Lupa Lily

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Lupa Lily on 31/08/2021

    Very nice home ! The museum is interesting, the cave is small but interesting through the passionate animation of the guide. We did not dare to visit the troglodyte habitat, access to which is via a ladder. We really appreciated the fact of sharing a moment to observe pareidolia on the rock walls with the guides, while they were on break;)

  • Cassandra

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Cassandra on 15/07/2020

    Small cave whose guided tour takes about an hour, all in a small group. The welcome is warm. The guide is really great, very professional, we can see that she has perfect mastery of her subject. There is also a small museum that can be visited alone and a cave dwelling. The setting is really charming.

Traveller Reviews Sorcerer's Cave

4.0 sur 5 134 reviews

  • "Uninformed and upset"

    1 / 5 Reviews posted by spawniac2022 on 09/06/2022

    Drove all the way here to be refused entry as I have children under 4. Nowhere in my research of this site did it say this. Very disappointed and upset.

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  • "very small site but it has some very special cave paintings"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by handelfan (Bridgewater, New Jersey) on 24/10/2019

    This is a very small private cave site, and the tour guide does a great job of showing off their special paintings. This is one of the few sites that has a representation of a human figure (in...

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  • "Impressive!"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by WimCrusio (Pompignac, France) on 16/09/2019

    Small cave, but with very interesting carvings. The attached museum is worth a visit, too (included in the entrance fee). The guide was very friendly and very knowledgeable. We were allowed to keep...

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Sorcerer's Cave

Address

24260 Saint Cirq du Bugue

Contacts

Phone : 05 53 07 14 37

Fax : 05 53 08 56 71

GPS coordinates

44° 55'32"N, 0° 58'0.41"E

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