Guide Perigord_version anglaise

ESSENTIALS

CAFES AND RESTAURANTS Le Pub 7,place Gambetta +33 5 53 23 33 41 Le Café de Paris Place de l’Église +33 5 53 23 81 61 Les Arcades Italian Restaurant 3, rue du Loup +33 5 53 23 90 05 Menus from 18€ to 25€ La Cour d’Eymet 32, boulevard National +33 5 53 22 72 83 Menus from 20€ to 60€ LaMaison d’Amour Place des Arcades +33 5 53 22 34 64 May to September

EVENTS

Market Every Thursday

Medieval Tour in the Dropt Valley 1st weekend of August, Bastide Night Watch Guided tours in French and English

Entertainment, medieval market all day Banquet-show at night, Place de la Bastide

EveningMarket Tuesdays: craft workers, market gardeners and producers In July and August from 7 p.m., Place de la Bastide Onsite Catering +33 5 53 23 74 95 Oyster andWhite Wine Festival August 15th all day Onsite catering and sale of fish, shellfish, poultry, grills and Eymet country wines

For further information

Eymet Country Tourist Office Place de la Bastide 24500 Eymet +33 5 53 23 74 95 www.eymet-perigord.fr Eymet TownHall (mairie) 27,avenue de la Bastide +33 5 53 22 22 10 www.eymet-dordogne.fr

FANLAC Nestled on a small slope at the heart of Barade Forest, this superbly preserved village remains famous as the setting for a televised adaptation of the Eugene Le Roy novel Jacquou le Croquant. While in Fanlac, follow in the footsteps of this mythical Perigordian hero!

Ball in the evening Place de la Bastide

FURTHER AFIELD...

SAINT-AUBIN-DE- CADELECH (9 km)

THÉNAC (13 km) Thénac Castle was built on the ruins of a priory mentioned from 1109. The village is the starting point for walking hikes. Don’t miss the wonderful Bastide of Puyguilhem,

MONESTIER (16 km) Founded around 1284 by officers of the King of England, the village has preserved traces which are an indication of the old Bastide’s location. Do visit the Romanesque church and the arcaded

Just before the village, a lovely view awaits the walker. A charming little Romanesque church with a Saintonge-style carved portal stands at Cadalech. Nearby there’s a XVIIth century farm and dovecote.

founded in 1265 by Jean de Grailly, for the King of England.

house known as “the Governor’s House”.

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