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ESSENTIALS

Restaurants:Le Bistro and the“1862” truffle based dishes. Laugerie Basse Falaise de Grand-Roc +33 5 53 06 97 91 www.laugerie-basse. com Menu from 11€

www.mnhn.fr/fr/visitez/ lieux/abri-pataud Open 1/04-15/10 5€,3.50€ (students and 18-25 yrs) Roc de Cazelle caves Route de Sarlat +33 5 53 59 46 11 www.rocdecazelle.com Open all year round 8€,4.50€ (5-13 yrs) 7€ (students) Sireuil +33 5 53 59 00 05 www.commarque.com Open April-start November 6-8€-(13-17 yrs) 4€ (6-12 yrs) HOTELS-RESTAURANTS Les Glycines 4,avenue de la Laugerie +33 5 53 06 97 07 www.les-glycines- dordogne.com Rooms (regular):128€ Junior Suite:253€ Commarque Castle

VISITS

EVENT WeeklyMarket

National Prehistory Museum 1,rue du Musée +33 5 53 06 45 65 www.musee-prehistoire- eyzies.fr Open daily July and August 9.30a.m.-6.30p.m. Other dates:closed Tuesdays Entry Fee:6€ to 4,50€ Font-de-Gaume Caves 4,avenue des Grottes +33 5 53 06 86 00 www.font-de-gaume. monuments-nationaux.fr Open Daily Closed Saturdays ; From 15/05 to 15/09 Open 9.30a.m-5.30p.m; Other dates:closed lunchtime. Entry Fee:7,50€ to 4,50€. L’Abri Pataud 20,rue du Moyen-Age +33 5 53 06 92 46

Mondays April-October 8a.m.-3p.m.

For further information

LIMEUIL The old mariners inland port, a medieval village at the confluence of the Dordogne and Vézère rivers, has travelled down through the centuries, remaining intact within the walls of its fortifications.

Lascaux-Dordogne, Vézère Valley Tourist Office 19, av. de la Préhistoire 24620 Les Eyzies +33 5 53 06 97 05 www.lascaux-dordogne.com

TownHall (mairie) 4, place de la Mairie +33 5 53 06 97 15 www.leseyzies.fr

FURTHER AFIELD...

SAINT-CIRQ (6 km) Under the cliff on the right bank of the Vézère River, this traditional village features a church with a distinctive wall belfry. Paleolithic cave men painted the walls of the “witches” cave, 17,000 years ago with anthropomorphic figures extremely rare for that era.

TURSAC (6 km) Upstream from the

CAMPAGNE (6 km) Recently redesigned in XIXth century English garden style, Campagne Castle’s park is overlooked by a public forest ideal for hiking (walking, mountain biking) rock climbing, caving, etc.

valley, discover the Des Granges goose farm on the way out of the village and a little further, the Prehistoparc Discovery trail. Continue until the Maison Forte at Reignac, a fully furnished castle hewn into the cliff.

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