Autoire is located on the edge of a valley. From the village center you make take a nice stroll towards the (at times) spectacular waterfall. After a long drought the sight can be somewhat less specctacular. The village was once a popular summer residence for...
The charming town of Brive-la-Gaillarde is located in the Corrèze department and with its 50,000 inhabitants it is the largest city in the neighborhood. Georges Brassens once wrote a song about the Brive market, which now bears his name even though he supposedly never set...
The fact that Martel was once a prosperous trading town can still be seen at the mighty covered marketplace that dominates the central square. Martel is called the 'city of the seven towers', but once you start counting you will quickly find that there are...
Rocamadour, built against a cliff, is the second-largest pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes. It is on the road to Compostella. Once upon a time, prison sentences could be circumvented by going to Rocamadour on pilgrimage with a ball and chain shackled around an ankle....
La Roque Gageac is an elongated village that lies between the Dordogne and a steep cliff, against which the narrow streets meander. The streets are so narrow and steep that no car can come through. One side is completely south-facing, creating a Mediterranean microclimate, and...
Although Saint Amandus had already settled there in the 6th century to live as a hermit, Saint-Amand-de-Coly did not flourish until the medieval construction of an Augustine abbey. Due to the hundred-year war and the religious wars, we now find a prime example of a...
Once a tax haven and city of strategic importance in the French-English wars, Turenne is strategically located at the top of a lonely hill, offering a magnificent view. A perfect area for hiking, the town's many alley ways are sure to exercise your calf muscles....
