http://dordognetourist.info Everything a tourist needs to know about the Dordogne, and lots more Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:08:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On 26 April 2008 Walking Dordogne added an amazing 190 km canoe trip down the Vezere River. The trip will start at the Central Massief, near Clermont-Ferrant where the waters running off the mountains form the Vezere river. We follow the river for 190 km and pass through the following “Departments” and “Towns & Villages” Corrèze: Pérols-sur-Vézère, ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-outdoor-activities/190-km-vezere-river-canoe-adventure/ A stone's throw from the Vézère, across from a ford, prehistoric men settled here more than 20.000 years ago. Preserved in exceptional condition and fully furnished with period furniture, it is the only monument of its kind in France, a "Château falaise" fully intact. Listed a historical monument, this is the strangest, ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-tourist-attractions/forte-de-reignac/ Abjat Sur Bandiat Tourism Office: Le Bourg, 24300, Abjat Sur Bandiat Tel: 05 53 56 80 08 Fax: 05 53 56 77 97 Beaumont Du Perigord Tourism Office: Place Centrale, 24440, Beaumont Du Perigord Tel: 05 53 22 39 12 Fax: 05 53 22 05 35 Belves Tourism Office: 1 Rue des ... http://dordognetourist.info/useful-dordogne-info/dordogne-tourist-offices/ Discovery The first remains now known to be Neanderthal were discovered in Belgium in 1829, and further remains were discovered in Gibraltar in 1848. However, it was the 1856 discovery of a partial skull and an assortment of arm, leg and rib bones in the Neander Valley that led to the ... http://dordognetourist.info/historic-dordogne/neanderthal-in-the-dordogne/ Paleolithic period or Old Stone Age, the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is approximately coextensive with the Pleistocene geologic epoch, beginning about 2 million years ago and ending in various places between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago, when it was succeeded by ... http://dordognetourist.info/historic-dordogne/paleolithic-periods/ CRO MAGNON 1 Description: Cro magnon skull Period: Upper Paleolithic Period - 30,000 years ago Provenance: Original Discovered 1868 in Les Eyzies de Tayac - Dordogne, France --------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Cro Magnon 1 was discovered by Louis Lartet in 1868 during railroad construction in Les Eyzies, Dordogne France. Work on a limestone cliff uncovered a rock shelter. Upon ... http://dordognetourist.info/historic-dordogne/abri-de-cro-magnon-les-eyzies/ The new national prehistoric museum of Eyzies-de-Tayac bares all Built in an overhang shelter on the face of a striking cliff, the National Prehistoric Museum of Eyzies-de-Tayac is located in Dordogne, in southwestern France. The museum features unique archaeological collections chiefly discovered at the most prestigious excavation sites in the Vézère ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-tourist-attractions/national-prehistoric-museum-les-eyzies-de-tayac/ The Château de Beynac is a castle situated in the commune of Beynac-et-Cazenac, in the Dordogne département of France. The castle is one of the best preserved and most well-known in the region. This Middle Ages construction, with its austere appearance, is perched on top of a limestone cliff, dominating the ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-towns-villages/chateau-de-beynac/ Dordogne Market and Market Days Town Market Day Agonac Saturday Beaumont Tuesday, Saturday Belves Saturday Bergerac Saturday, Wednesday Brantome Tuesday, Friday Cenac Tuesday Cubjac Friday Daglan Sunday Domme Thursday Eymet Thursday Excideuil Thursday Issigeac Sunday Jumilhac Wednesday La Coquille Thursday Lalinde Thursday La Roche Chalais Saturday Le Bugue Tuesday Le Buisson - Cadouin Friday Les Eyzies Londay Mareuil Tuesday Monpazier Thursday Montpon Wednesday Montignac Saturday, Wednesday Mussidan Saturday Neuvic Saturday, Tuesday Nontron Saturday Perigeux Saturday, Wednesday Piegut Wednesday Razac Saturday, Wednesday Riberac Tuesday, Friday Rouffignac Sunday Salignac-Eyvigues Tuesday Sarlat Saturday, Wednesday Sigoules Friday Sorges Sunday St Aulaye Saturday St Astier Thursday St Cyprien Sunday St Genies Sunday Terrasson Thursday Thenon Tuesday Thiviers Saturday Tocane Monday Tremolat Tuesday Vergt Friday Villefranche du Perigord Saturday http://dordognetourist.info/useful-dordogne-info/dordogne-markets/ Located in Les Eyzies, on the Sarlat road, Font-de-Gaume Cave is a showpiece of Magdalenian engravings and paintings from around 14 000 BC. The flints (chisels, scrapers, blades) and other things found in the cave during the excavations testify to a continual occupation since the Mousterian age, or the age ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-caves/the-art-of-font-de-gaume/ In the early 12th century 6 Monks from the Monastery of Paunat were travelling between Monasteries when one of the Monks became very ill, they set up camp in Tayac near a water source. The monk was dieing, but miraculously healed after drinking the water from the “Tayac Source”. To ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-accommodation/bb-ferme-de-tayac-dordogne/ Name Contrary to appearances, the name of the Dordogne is not a recent word resulting from the names of the Dore and the Dogne. It comes from an ancient Durānius, dérived from a preceltic root dur-, dor- (as the Durance). The medieval forms adopted a redoubled suffix -ononia : Dorononia fluvius (sixth ... http://dordognetourist.info/useful-dordogne-info/the-dordogne-river/ The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic point of view because of its cave paintings, especially those of the Lascaux Cave, whose discovery in 1940 was of great ... http://dordognetourist.info/historic-dordogne/sites-of-the-vezere-valley/ The Dordogne, also known as the Perigord is without a doubt one of the most interesting and diverse regions in the world. The Vezere Valley in the "Perigord Noir" is with it's more than 250 UNESCO sites of interest, the undisputed "Prehistoric Capital of the World". Prehistoric dwellings, caves, rock ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-outdoor-activities/explore-the-real-dordogne/ The Vezere river is a tributary of the Dordogne, and the two meet near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac before the Dordogne continues on toward Bordeaux and the Atlantic ocean. Near the village of Montignac, about 30 kilometers upstream on the Vezere, are some excellent and unique venues, including the famous Lascaux cave. ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-towns-villages/vezere-valley-4-excellent-venues/ Tayac, the tiny but very picturesque village just 10 min. walk from the center of Les Eyzies is often overlooked by the majority of visitors passing through Les Eyzies. Up untill the early 1900's Les Eyzies de Tayac was simply known as "Tayac". Tayac is more than 600 years older than ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-towns-villages/tayac-of-les-eyzies/ Castle of Castelnaud Perched with hillside on left bank of the Dordogne, Castelnaud dominates the small borough coiled with its feet. Its former owners, vassal of kings of England, opposed a long time to their neighbors, the lords de Beynac, faithful to kings de France. If the protagonists of these remote ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-towns-villages/castle-of-castelnaud/ The most emotional moment of a visit to the prehistoric cave of Lascaux in southwestern France a few weeks ago was seeing handprints of the humans who created the most beautiful art of the Stone Age. They really were there, 15,000 years ago. Caves decorated with art from the late Paleolithic ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-caves/prehistoric-underground-museums/ One of the best ways to see the Dordogne is without doubt on horse back. Leave your car behind, and get onto some real horse power, leave the hussle of the tourists behind and get off the roads and onto the tracks. 1000's of years ago, there was a very high abundance ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-outdoor-activities/horse-riding-in-the-dordogne/ At the confluence of the Dordogne and Vezere Rivers, Limeuil offers canoeing and a river beach, and a pretty little village that is well worth exploring. The village is still partly surrounded by its original fortified walls, and is another of the 'picture postcard pretty' villages of the Dordogne, with cobbled ... http://dordognetourist.info/dordogne-towns-villages/limeuil/