Guide Perigord_version anglaise

ESSENTIALS

VISITS

HOTELS-RESTAURANTS Le Bistrot 2 Place Foirail-Nord 24540 Monpazier +33 5 53 22 60 64 www.bistrot2.fr Dish of the day:11.75€ Menus:19€-27.75€ Restaurant Eleonore 5, rue Saint-Pierre 24540 Monpazier +33 5 53 22 44 00 www.hoteledward 1er.com Menus:30-51€ Hôtel Edward 1 er 5, rue Saint-Pierre 24540 Monpazier +33 5 53 22 44 00 www.hoteledward 1er.com Rooms:80-210€

EVENTS WeeklyMarket

Bastideum Monpazier Interpretive Center 8,rue Jean-Galmot 24540 Monpazier +33 5 53 57 12 12 www.bastideum.fr Open April to October Admission:4.80€ Youth rate:2.80€ Free entry:children under 8 Chateau of Biron 24540 Biron +33 5 53 63 13 39 www.semitour.com/ site-touristique/ chateau-de-biron Closed in January Admission: 8.20€ Children 5-12 yrs: 5.30€

Every Thursday morning Book Fair End of July

For further information

Monpazier Tourist Information Point Place des Cornières, 24540 Monpazier +33 5 53 22 68 59 www.pays-des-bastides.com TownHall (mairie) 24, rue Notre-Dame, 24540 Monpazier

MONTIGNAC Gateway to the Valley of Mankind, home to the Lascaux caves, Montignac has been inhabited by man for over 70,000 years. Stop here for a fascinating discovery of the overlapping layers of time.

+33 5 53 22 60 38 www.monpazier.fr

FURTHER AFIELD...

BEAUMONT-DU-PÉRIGORD (15 km) This quaint bastide village shouldn’t be missed, particularly for its impressive XIIIth and XIVth century fortified church, a Gothic masterpiece. PAGE 15

VILLEFRANCHE-DU-PÉRIGORD (20 km) The oldest of Périgord’s French bastide towns, this remarkably well- preserved medieval village is also renowned as the region’s chestnut

BELVÈS (15 km) Perched on the summit of a rocky spur, this fortified village is designed around a splendid XVth century Market Hall. Don’t miss the “cluzeaux”, fascinating vestiges of ancient cave dwellings. PAGE 21

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