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Amazing facts about the Dordogne and photos of the most visited places
Here are some amazing facts about the Dordogne, the third-largest department in France.
The Périgord or the Dordogne as it is more commonly known is rich in beautiful villages, castles, gardens, caves, churches, cathedrals and abbeys as well as rivers, forests and panoramic sites. It's very historic too from prehistory, troglodyte dwellings, and Roman buildings to Medieval cobbled back streets and lasting momentoes from WW11.
It has...
557 towns and villages
556km of navigable river
191 tourist sites and monuments
70 museums
49 castles that can be visited
32 parks and gardens
15 UNESCO world heritage listed prehistoric sites
11 abbeys and priories
9 painted caves and shelters
6 troglodyte sites and villages
5 caves and chasms with crystallisations
2 cities Bergerac and Perigueux
As you can gather, the Dordogne and surrounding regions have many beautiful places to visit and explore, and as we travel around we have tried to capture, just a small selection of some of our favourite views.
We hope you feel inspired to visit these places and invite you to record your own special memories of your stay in this incredibly photogenic area.
Covering over 9000km the Perigold is bigger than you think and most of it is rural so there is plenty of space for the 3 million tourists that visit it each year.
Moulin de L'abbeye, Michelin Star restaurant, Brantome
The Abbeye at Brantome
Chateau de la Marthonie, St Jean de Cole
Beautiful gardens in Chateau Hautefort
The kitchen in Chateau Jumilac
Chateau Jumilac has lovely gardens too.
Sit out in the streets of old LImoges
Gorgeous old porcelain plates, Adrien Debuche Museum, Limoges
A bridge over the River Vienne, Limoges
Military Museum, old Perigueuex
Lovely old book shop front, Perigueux
Roman villa, inside the Vesunna-Gallo Roman Museum, Perigueux
Entrance to the Jardins L'Imaginaire, In Terrasson Lavilledieu
Tables outside a restaurant in Terrasson Lavilledieu
Chateau de Pompadour
Painting of Madame Pompadour
The haunting Oradour sur Glane
A seamstresses house in Oradour Sur Glane
Bourdeilles
Interesting face in the wall with a snail in Bourdeilles
Jardins de Chateau Milandes
Chateau Milandes
A dress inside the Josephine Baker museum at Chateau Milandes
Art Nouveau restaurant opposite railway station in Bordeaux
Quai de la Bourse at the waterfront, Bordeaux
Limosin cheese
Jardins d'Erignac
Fountain in the Jardins d'Erignac
Perigourdin nut cakes
Bread and Cannelles in Issignac sunday market
A fabulous river view from the hillside village of Domme
A replica old boat in La Roque Gagnac
River scene in La Roque Gagnac
Les Eyzies
Centre of Sarlat
Back streets of Sarlat
Three geese bronze in an old square, Sarlat
Limousin Potato Pies
Perigord Black truffles at market
Dancing in the street at the Vintage days event in Perigueux
Colourful radishes
Statue of Cyrano de Bergerac in his home town
Chateau de Puyguilhem
Chestnuts in Chalus and the castle tower behind where Richard the Lionheart was fatally shot!
Prehistoric cave painting in Lascaux
Example of prehistoric cave painting as seen in Lascaux Caves
