Grotte de Villars Caves and chasms, Prehistoric Sites in Villars

Opening hours

Closed

  • Monday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Tuesday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Wednesday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Thursday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Friday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Saturday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm
  • Sunday 10:00 am - 12:00 am 02:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Opens at 10:00 am

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  • Qualité Tourisme

Location : In the countryside

Province : Green Périgord

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  • English
    • The Grotte de Villars is located near Brantôme, in Périgord Vert. This natural cavity is of geological and prehistoric interest.

      During the visit (approximately 45 minutes), the guide will show you 500m of galleries. The rooms are very rich in concretions: calcite flows, fine stalactites, stalagmites, draperies and other fistulas.

      New sound and light animation
      In the deepest room of the tourist route, the new sound and light scenario takes us back 200,000 years to make us relive the rise of underground water flooding the room, it also evokes the presence of cave bears and that of men. prehistoric people who ventured deep into the cave. The new musical atmosphere and the use of new lighting technologies allow an unprecedented discovery of the underground environment, magnifying the space and the natural formations of this room.

      In the prehistoric part, we discover many paintings, authentic testimony of the art of our ancestors: horses, ibex, bison and one of the rare scenes of prehistoric art which combines a human representation and a bison. These paintings were made approximately 19,000 years, they appear under a thin layer of calcite which gives them a very particular blue color.

      In addition to the visit to the cave, the prehistoric garden presents you in a fun and accessible way, Cro-Magnon Man and his environment.

      Open daily from April 1 to November 06
      • April / May / June / September: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
      • July / August: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
      • October / November 06: 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
      Last visit departure 30 minutes before closing time!

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Traveller Reviews Grotte de Villars

4.6 sur 5 2494 reviews

  • Steve Si

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Steve Si on 25/08/2023

    11 euro. Very good tour do 40minutes in cave,ask for English if needed or else guide will only speak in french. Gardens very pleasant. Excellent for families. Highly recommended. Nice cafe and plenty of parking. Caves are very cool so good on hot days!

  • George Nott

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by George Nott on 05/04/2023

    Great guided tour of the grottes. Our guide spoke in both French and English which was very nice. A wonderful experience! Photography in not allowed in the grottes.

  • Graham Lowkes

    5 sur 5 Reviews posted by Graham Lowkes on 10/08/2023

    These are a must to go and see. Great little walk around the gardens. Easy to park. Great cafe/bar. Could be better with an English speaker maybe at certain times? So much information is lost to non speaking French people. But then I'm in France.

Traveller Reviews Grotte de Villars

4.5 sur 5 390 reviews

  • "Well worth a visit!"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by Gary B (Standon, United Kingdom) on 17/08/2023

    Picked this as something to do on a rainy day in the Dordogne! We arrived early having read the reviews - tickets are good value - we received a factsheet in English and were told the tour was in...

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  • "Loved it! Go if you're in the area."

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by vickym837 (Creuse, France) on 02/09/2022

    Absolutely loved these caves, I've never seen anything quite like them. 20,000 year old cave art, beautiful galleries and grottos, and my favourite part, the grotto showing the scratch marks of...

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  • "Photos don’t do these caves justice"

    5 / 5 Reviews posted by HeatherF193 (Chelmsford, United Kingdom) on 11/08/2022

    I’ve been to lots of caves in the UK, France and South Africa so I must admit I wasn’t expecting much. These caves are amazing and well worth a visit. The tour guide realised we were English so spoke...

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Grotte de Villars

Address

24530 Villars

GPS coordinates

45° 26'32.19"N, 0° 47'6.48"E

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