Flowered cities and villages

The Dordogne (24) - Aquitanian
Altitude 33 Mr. - 27000 inhabitants
Paris 550 km. - Bordeaux 90 km

 The Country of Bergerac, sometimes named Périgord Pourpre offers a vast field of tourist investigation so much its territory is large and rich of regional characteristics. It often represents the Door of entry of Périgord and thus sees a great number of visitors making halt there in order to organize the continuation of their stay.

“The landscape of Bergerac conceals the treasures of a memory open to the walkers. Of country house in country houses and mills in castles, in fact the time goes up a water court”. The Country of Bergerac, it is also the Country of the Country houses, these “new” cities create of all parts at the end of XIIIème century by English or by French, engaged in a very long war. Monpazier presents the hardest aspect of this rather widespread characteristic architecture in great South-west. Lalinde, Eymet, Beaumont, Molières, Villeréal and Castillonnès each one is singular and offers a different charm. The medieval village of Issigeac still presents a decoration of another age and brings back carefully for you towards Bergerac. Area hinge enters the Dordogne and the Gironde; country of Montaigne, Gardens of Sardy or the Gallo-Roman villa of Montcaret into present a promising outline.
Dominating the valley, the castle of Monbazillac, jewel of architecture Rebirth, however shows many medieval military characteristics (machicolation, openings of shooting, ditches, etc) it allows to combine cultural, gastronomical and wine tourism. 
In another style, the castle of Lanquais will also allure him by its character authenticates and its furnishing which gives rise to think that the occupants, centuries after centuries continue to live the places.