Hotel Rocamadour Gourdon
Cougnac Lascaux Montfort Beynac Castelnaud Vitrac Jumilhac

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Gourdon Rocamadour Perigord
Our small town, GOURDON, close to world famous ROCAMADOUR with its dizzying cliff-faces, is situated in one of the richest historical region in France.

It is impossible to talk about Gourdon without talking about its prehistoric past. Our region offers the biggest concentration of prehistoric sites in the world.
A visit of these sites is a MUST, such as:

  • the Caves of COUGNAC which are characterised by a wonderful mineral vegetation and prehistoric paintings dated 25,000 to 14,000 B.C.
Cougnac prehistoric - our hotel close by
  • the world famous paleolithic sanctuary of LASCAUX.

 

Lascaux pre history our hotel close by
  • LE THOT / ESPACE CRO-MAGNON. This museum provides a broadvision of prehistoric art, especially with the pedagogic area. It is a perfect introduction to Lascaux and to all the prehistoric sites in Perigord.
Our region offers also the pleasure to visit many small medieval towns with narrow streets and half timbered facades.
Take a trip and drive along all these timeless, breathtaking landscapes. The road down the historic valley is dotted with fantastic medieval castles such as  BEYNAC, CASTELNAUD, VITRAC, JUMILHAC or the fortress of BONAGUIL and FENELON, one of the most beautiful feudal fortress.Chateaux Biron Fenelon Montfort Castelnaud Jumilhac our hotel close by

Or if you prefer, you can take a "gabare" (local riverboat)
Dordogne boat trip 
along the dordogne and discover the numerous castles

An unforgettable journey into the past awaits you !