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The Local Area

If the fishing doesn't sell itself to you and you'd like something else from your holiday, here are a few ideas of how to entertain yourself and soak up the splendour of the beautiful valley of Dordogne.

Bars & Eateries

The Fiddlers Rest

An Irish pub run by Irish/English couple Ronan and Jo Macintyre serving homemade, traditional pub food with Kilkenny and Guinness on tap only 20 minutes from the lakes.

Open: Wednesday - Saturday 6pm-close to Sunday's 12pm-2pm and 6pm-close. Food served until 9pm.

Rumeurs Bistro

Run by a lovely English lady with bi-lingual waiting staff. If you visit on a Thursday eve or some Saturdays you may recognise a friendly face, Charlie!

Avenue de Limoges, 24450 Mialet.
Tel: 06 24 83 23 88.

Local Markets

Thiviers

The "capital of the Fois Gras", is only eight miles, there is a well known regional farmers market every Saturday morning.

Perigueux

Every Wednesday and Saturday 8am-1pm, Coderc Square, Clautre and the Old Town Hall.

Local Vineyards

St. Emilion

Well known for its wine growing estates, you can find the world famous town of the way to Bordeaux.

Chateau de Monbazillac

This area represents a quarter of the Bergerac vineyards and covers the territory of five municipalities.

Sight-seeing in the Dordogne

Natural Marvels

There are plenty of caves to visit in the Dordogne region.

You can discover prehistoric paintings at the infamous Grotte de Villars caverns, near Brantome, Lascaux Cave, near Montignac and the Font de Gaume cavern in the Vezere Valley.

There is also the Gouffre de Proumeysac, the biggest abyss in Perigord, or the Gouffre de Padirac with a boat trip on an underground river. Then near Gouffre, at Grotte de la Cave, you go several hundred meters into the mountain by a small electric train.

Castles

The Dordogne also has a large number of castles and chateaus. Visit Puyguilhem for the elegance of the first Renaissance, Jumilhac le Grand built between 13th and 17th centuries or the Castle of Hautefort a medieval fortress and one of the most impressive in the Dordogne.

There are also a lot of Castles near the Dordogne river like Chateau de Beynac a fortress with nine centruries of history, Milandes acharming Renaissance castleand Castelnaud offering magnificent panoramic views over the Dordogne Valley.

Medieval Towns

There are a lot of picturesque towns and villages steeped in medieval history and architecture in the Dordogne region. You can visit Sarlat, La Roque Gageac, Domme, Carennac, Rocamadour, Perigueux or just nearby St. Jean de Cole and Brantome.

WWII Memorial

Just north of the Dordogne in the Haute-Vienne region, is the village of Oradour-sur-Glane. This is fallen village is where 642 men, women and children were massacred by Nazi solidiers during the Second World War.

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