My wife & I drove here from Domme during our week in the Dordogne. From the car park it can look a bit of a walk up to the main building, but trust me it isn't that difficult even with my dodgy hips / knees and it was well worth the effort. The building holds a lot of history and the tour guide book that we were given explains everything for you. Its true what they say in the literature from the outside it looks very small, but, like the "Tardis" it is a lot bigger once you get inside. The local area is abound with different "Cave Dwelling structures" but we are glad that out of all of them we chose this one to explore as it has been totally preserved for everyone to see. A great afternoon out and we thoroughly recommend it to anyone visiting the Dordogne.
We really enjoyed our look round this castle. It's quite big and you can get a bit lost, but in a good way. We also really liked the immediate area just outside, it was a really nice small village with places to eat etc.
Very nice site, very interesting! We paid 8€ and stayed 2 hours there. You go through a lot of rooms, from prehistoric time to the middle ages and after. It's very well explained in both English and French ( we got a booklet for English transcript).Nice view from the terrace all the way on top of the cliff, and the torture exhibition was a blast. All the descriptions and pictures are well done.a must see !
Interesting fortified cave/rock over hanging. Well organised with lots of little touches like music in various rooms to create the mode of the time; period furniture etc. Worth the trip.
We felt privileged to visit this most interesting medieval stronghold, clearly so well looked after. It was very atmospheric, with music playing in certain rooms and a real log fire! Some of the stairs are very steep for elderly folk! The room with the torture implements were not for ladies of a nervous disposition, so that was left to my husband to wander around and I made for the exit with our very patient dog!
This rock shelter hewn out of the cliff was originally a prehistoric cave dwelling. It looks like a castle in the cliff and is the only one of its kind still intact. you can walk through the rooms of the house inside the cliff - they have been furnished in period furniture - there is the kitchen,grand hall, bedrooms, chapel, dungeon and armoury complete with models of knights in armour.One of the best rock dwellings I have ever seen.
This is a fairly new attraction. It is an interesting fort built into the mountain. There are reconstructed rooms inside with lots of details. The best thing is that they give you a guide and you can take your own tour without a guide. In most attractions in this region you are forced to go with a guide, usually speaking in French, sometimes with some translations in rather poor English and you have to go as a group. Here you get a written guide. They also have a guide in Hebrew which our youngest really appreciated. The place is on the main road so very accessible. And no queues even in August. We recommend it.
Didn't know about this place until I picked up a leaflet at the hotel, but decided to go have a look and was glad I did. Very well presented, very interesting, and just a little but different from the other attractions in the region.
This site has been bought privately and developed recently in a very short space of time. They have done a brilliant job. The fort is authentic and interesting and the explanations in a number of languages are descriptive and informative. One of the best attractions we visited during our week in the Dordogne.
A really interesting visit to a medieval dwelling sitting above the Vezerre river. You walk around the house and get a feel for the history of the place that like the other troglodyte sites in the area were the homes of inhabitants until relatively recently. The rooms are all done up well and an English guide sheet helps you correct your French! The children enjoyed exploring and didn't seem to get ahead of us - a sure sign they weren't bored of it!