A pilgrimage village that clings to a 150 m cliff above the Alzou canyon, with chapels and sanctuaries stacked one above the other. Pilgrims have climbed the Grand Staircase, 216 steps, on their knees for centuries to see the Black Madonna. A castle crowns the top.
For the classic view, go to the hamlet of L'Hospitalet on the opposite side. Lifts help with the climb. The area is great for exploring caves (Gouffre de Padirac) and the Dordogne valley.
A huge castle of red stone on a hill above the Dordogne valley, one of the finest examples of medieval military architecture in France, built from th…
A Renaissance château built in the 1520s by Jeanne de Balzac for her son, who was killed in the Italian wars.
A medieval village clinging to a cliff 100 m above the Lot River, voted France's favourite village.
A fortified 14th-century bridge with three tall towers, crossing the Lot River at Cahors, and one of the finest medieval bridges in France.
The cave of Lascaux, discovered in 1940, holds some of the finest prehistoric paintings in the world: bulls, horses and deer painted about 17,000 yea…
The Vézère valley around Les Eyzies holds an exceptional concentration of prehistoric caves and shelters, a World Heritage Site.
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