The caves of the Périgord Noir

Bara - Bahau - Le Bugue Tel./fax 05 53 07 44 58 Decorated cave featuring about fifteen animal carvings and recognisable signs dating back to –15000 –8000
Bernifal - Meyrals Tel. 05 53 29 66 39 110 carvings and paintings generally attributed to the Magdalénien : mainly mammoths.

Cap Blanc - Marquay Tel. 05 53 59 21 74, Fax 05 53 29 89 84 Frieze sculpted directly onto the cliff, dating back to –15000 -8000 :horses, bison, reindeer, some of which are more than 2 meters long. Museum: panorama of life( images) and art (objects) in Cap Blanc.
Combarelles - Les Eyzies Tel. 05 53 06 86 00, Fax 05 53 35 26 18 More than 600 wall representations dating back to –15000 –8000, carved and sometimes drawn: horses, reindeer, mammoths, ibex, rhinos, bears…and about 50 anthropomorphic illustrations.
Font de Gaume - Les Eyzies Tel. 05 53 06 86 00, Fax 05 53 35 26 18 Polychrome paintings, more than 200 wall illustrations, painted and carved.
Lascaux II - Montignac Tel. 05 53 51 95 03, Fax 05 53 06 30 94  200 meters away from the original  cave, the fac-simile reproduces la Salle des Taureaux ( the Bulls’ Room) . 2 museum spaces retrace the history of the cave and explain the artists’ techniques.

(Abri) Le Poisson - Les Eyzies Tel. 05 53 06 86 00, Fax 05 53 35 26 18 Famous for its life-size fish (rare specimen)

carved and sculpted into the vault ceiling. It is said to be the first fish representation known in the world.
(Abri) Pataud - Les Eyzies Tel. 05 53 06 92 46, Fax 05 53 06 30 94 Sculptures dating back to –1900- -15000.
(Grotte de) Rouffignac - Tel. 05 53 05 41 71, Fax 05 53 35 44 71 158 Mammoths, bison, horses, rhinos, 4 human representations carved or drawn about 13000 years ago. Take a train to visit over 8 km of caves.
(Grotte du) Sorcier - Saint -Cirq du Bugue Tel. 05 53 07 14 37 Outstanding anthropomorphic engraving of « the sorcerer » and animal carvings probably dating back to –15000 -8000.

Villages and troglodyte sites of the Perigord Noir

Belvès Tel. 05 53 31 44 60 – Troglodyte sites which provided pottery slivers from the 16^thand 17^th centuries. Groups welcomed all year long prior to reservation.

La Madeleine - Tursac Tel. 05 53 06 92 49, Fax 05 53 46 36 88 Medieval troglodyte village. Occupied by humans from -15000 to today.

Roc de Cazelle - Les Eyzies Tel. 05 53 59 46 09, Fax 05 53 59 46 11, caves and troglodyte shelters occupied from prehistoric times to the beginning of the century.

La Roque St Christophe - Peyzac Le Moustier Tel. 05 53 50 70 45, Fax 05 53 51 03 21 Troglodyte fort and city occupied for 55 000 years. 900 meter cliff, 100 shelters under rock, spreading over 5 storeys.

La Roque Gageac Tel. 05 53 31 61 94 Troglodyte medieval fort, part of an elaborate system of defence. Le Conquil - St Léon sur Vézère Tel. 05 53 51 29 03, Fax 05 53 51 29 04, Natural troglodyte park « Le Conquil »

Activities : flint carving…

Museums of the Périgord Noir

Bachellerie (la) - Abeilles du Périgord Tel. 05 53 51 00 91, Fax 05 53 03 45 20 Educational visit : honey factory , honey production and extraction.

Belvès - Museum Tel. 05 53 29 10 93, Ancient organs and barrel organs from the Périgord Noir.
Beynac - Museum-Parc Archéologique Tel. 05 53 29 51 28, Fax 05 53 28 46 92 Daily life of the first farmers and metal workers from the Neolithic to the Gaul period: houses, workshops, collections and representations.

Bugue ( le) - Aquarium du Périgord Noir Tel. 05 53 07 10 74 Fax 05 53 07 69 07 – Recreational and pedagogical site :fresh water and exotic fish in giant open aquariums.
Bugue ( le) - Maison de la Vie Sauvage ( wildlife House)Tel. 05 53 08 28 10 Fax 05 53 54 92 30 – Collection of extinct or endangered bird species. Paleontologic collection.

Bugue ( le) - Terre des Oiseaux Tel. / Fax 05 53 07 12 81, Ornithologic Park: Birds kept in aviaries and partial freedom.

Bugue ( le) - Village du Bournat Tel. 05 53 08 41 99, Fax 05 53 08 42 01, Ecomuseum depicting the life of your great-grand parents  in the Périgord : architecture, trades, crafts, animals, objects…
Cadouin - Musée du Vélocipède (Bike Museum)Tel. 05 53 63 46 60, Fax 05 53 61 72 06 History of the bicycle from the dandy horse to the bicycle.
Cassagne (la) - La Grange Dîmière Tel. 05 53 51 66 49, Fax 05 53 50 84 90, 12th-16th century buildings. museum, cartoonist from The Belle Epoque.
Castelnaud - Musée de la Guerre au Moyen-Age  (Museum of the war in the Middle Ages). 05 53 31 30 00, Fax 05 53 28 94 94, Collection of weapons and armours, slides and videos, entertainment : reproduction of the 1442 siege, manual of arms in the summer.
Castelnaud - Ecomusée de la Noix du Périgord ( Ecomuseum of the Périgord Nut) Tel. 05 53 59 69 63, Fax 05 53 28 59 34. The beneficial effects of the walnut, its taste and use. Wood use. Educational displays, oil mill, regional products.
Couze St Front - Moulin de Couze la Rouzique Tel. / Fax 05 53 24 36 16, Ecomuseum of watermarked papers from the 14th to the 18th centuries.
Daglan - Maison de la Pierre Sèche Tel. / Fax 05 53 29 88 84. Exhibition of the use of the stone in rural life, especially in the development of wine-growing plots of land.
Domme - Musée des Arts et Traditions Populaires ( Museum of Folk Arts and Traditions) Tel. 05 53 31 71 00, Fax 05 53 31 71 09 –Archeology, agriculture crafts, reconstitutions.
Eyzies (les) - Musée National de La Préhistoire ( National Museum of Pehistory) Tel. 05 53 06 45 45 Fax 05 53 06 45 55 – Museum located in a castle founded on an archeological site. The biggest paleolithic collection in France.
Eyzies (les) - Musée de la Spéléologie.( Caving museum) tél 05 53 06 97 15 (townhall) Caving techniques in a cross section and on a cliff.
Molières - Maison de la Noix en Pays des Bastides ( House of the Nut in the Bastides Region)Tel./Fax 05 53 63 19 23. Use of the walnut and its fruit through the ages.
Montignac - Musée Eugène Le Roy. Tel. 05 53 51 82 60 Fax 05 53 50 49 72 – Life and work of the author of Jacquou le Croquant (Jacquou the Peasant). Crafts and representations of our ancestors’ daily life.
Peyzac - Le Moustier Tel. 05 53 50 81 02, fax 05 53 04 86 21. Stratigraphy and prehistoric fossil exhibition.
St Avit Senieur - Musée Tel. / Fax 05 53 22 32.  Geological museum and Archeological Room.
Sarlat - Musée Automobile Tel. / Fax 05 53 31 62 81. Car collection from the origins to the 40s.
Siorac en Périgord - Musée des Arts Culinaires et de la Table.(Museum of Culinary Arts and Table setting) Tel. 05 53 31 63 69, Fax 05 53 59 40 27 Cooking objects, earth and fire poteries.
Thonac - Le Thot Espace Cro-Magnon Tel./fax 05 53 50 70 44. The Museum is an initiation to Prehistoric Art. The Park: settlements in the cro-magon time.
Tursac - Préhisto-Parc Tel. 05 53 50 73 19, Fax 05 53 51 32 13 Reconstitutions: Life of the Neanderthal and Cro-magnon men.

Castles in Perigord Noir

Ajat (Thenon) Tel. 05 53 05 25 07 16th century buildings.

Aubas (Montignac) - Château de Sauveboeuf Tel. 05 53 51 89 46, Fax 05 53 51 05 49 16th. Exterior. Louis 13th style; classic window openings, façade with small squared bay windows, full arched door.

Beauregard de Terrasson - Château de Mellet Tel. 05 53 51 24 94 Main building 17th century between 2 pavilions. Slate roof with skylights.

Beynac - Château de Beynac Tel. 05 53 29 50 40, Fax 05 53 29 89 38. Feodal fortress, ancient barony, in turn English then French.