![]() ![]() ![]() The Dordogne boasts valleys and gorges, craggy mountain-tops and carefully sculpted botanical gardens. The first thing you'll notice as you drive through Dordogne is the truly awesome scenery. Make your own savory picnic lunch from one of Dordogne farmers markets We have selected premium B&Bs, in very charming houses, where you are centrally located to explore the Black Perigord jewels and enjoy everything the region has to offer as part of your Dordogne self drive itinerary. This will give you a real feel for the region.īe careful as "Dordogne" is vast and you can easily be in a fringe location which makes the touring complicated on the small roads. Where to Stay in Dordogneĭordogne is a rural area of France and we warmly recommend staying in the gorgeous mansions or farms in the countryside. You will stop for lunch in one of the Loire Valley's beautiful villages before continuing your journey feeling refreshed and ready to begin your Dordogne self-drive tour. We warmly recommend this route for the beautiful places you'll see along the way. It takes just over 5 hours to drive from Paris to Dordogne, so we'll plan rest-stops in the Loire Valley. You will be cruising past some of the most breath-taking scenery in the world. If you decide to drive from Paris to Dordogne, make sure the passenger has a camera ready. From there you will only have a 2-3 hour drive to Dordogne, with plenty to see along the way. Alternatively, if you don't want to spend time in Paris, fly directly in to Bordeaux or Toulouse. We recommend taking the TGV high-speed train down to Bordeaux and pick up your hire car from there. There are no direct TGV trains to Périgueux, so journeys from Paris often take between 4.5 and 5.5 hours. ![]() While it is possible to get a train from Paris to Dordogne, this is a less convenient option. It was all the best.ĭordogne is more than 300 miles away from Paris in the South West of France. You know it's been an exceptional holiday when during the loooong journey home (all 30 hours of it!) you can't come up with a single 'best' moment. The maps, the books, the history, the suggestions - things we will continue to read and delight in for years to come. She helped me to go back to my ancestral roots (even finding a hotel just 50 metres from where my great-grandfather was born!), and a drive through the village where my husband spent his first 5 years.Īdd to this a list of amazing accommodations, unique parking spots, the most incredible guide books you'll ever seen, and more! As so many others here have mentioned, you get so much more than just a simple travel package with vouchers. What can I say? The kindness that she showed as she helped me shape a trip of a lifetime is beyond words. She helped me surprise my husband and my 16 year old daughter with a trip that will be hard to beat. Thankfully, a google search came up with Emilie. Being Australian, we love road trips but without his French language skills I felt a bit scared to start booking hotels etc. In January 2017 I started to formulate an idea to surprise him with a trip back home. He went back for the last time in 1980 and had not returned since. It’s intriguing.My husband was born in France and moved to Australia in 1970 when he was just 5. And there’s a common thread through the entire thing: how scientists are researching to find out about our long-gone history. You can also see how some elements have be re-created. ![]() The next part is what I enjoyed the most: in a large hall you learn more about the animals, the artefacts found in the caves, and more. That’s why Lascaux is magical: you leave with more questions than you came. And it’s strange that there are no reindeer in the images, because it was the animals they hunted the most. You’ll see depictions of horses, and also aurochs, woolly mammoths, a rhino and an oryx. Why did our ancestors make these? What do the thousands of drawings all mean? Are they ‘simply’ scenes from their everyday life? Why so many animals and so few landscapes? They also used the relief of the natural rock wall as well, for example to make an animal seem like it’s coming off the wall. ‘It’s sprayed on by blowing paint through the hollow of an animal bone.’ It has a remarkable effect. ‘It’s “airbrushed”‘ says me guide Gwenn Rigal, when he sees me stare. ![]()
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