Discover the Dordogne Valley
Visit the Dordogne
The ideal location of our campsite Les Granges will allow you to discover the wonders of the Dordogne. First of all, its green landscape in the valley and mineral on the causse will amaze and enchant you. This territory is an ode to roaming on foot, by bike, motorbike or car. You will be surprised by the discovery of a village, a castle at each meander.
In the causse you will find traces of the first men who used the caves, by visiting the Musée de l’homme de Neandertal at the chapelle aux Saints, and you will imitate their way of life by taking part in the workshops at the Archéosite des Fieux.
Still in the causse, you will discover many dolmens, indeed, the department is, after Brittany and Aveyron, the richest in megalithic sites.
Discover the Dordogne Valley, it’s a surprise at every step !
The most beautiful villages in the Dordogne
On each side of the river, 6 villages classified as the most beautiful villages in France, will amaze you.
Visit Autoire
Autoire, in the hollow of a cirque, at the foot of the cliffs, you will discover this medieval village, rich with its 17th and 18th century houses. By a small path you can admire its impressive 30-meter waterfall as well as the remains of the English castle built into the cliff and recently restored.
Not far away, take the opportunity to visit the renaissance castle of Montal, restored in 2015, it housed during the war many works of the Louvre in order to remove them from the covetousness of the German occupants.
Places to see in Carennac
Carennac, coiled in a meander of the river, will surprise you with the quality of its building, its cloister, its castle, the tympanum of its church. A small architectural pearl that has remained in its time and in its authenticity.
Discover Loubressac
Loubressac is set on a rocky spur overlooking the Dordogne valley, and offers a beautiful view of the river and the medieval castle of Castelnau Bretenoux.
The medieval village of Curemonte
To the north, from Vayrac, 6 km away, the small medieval village of Curemonte, offers a superb view given its construction on a rocky spur, its narrow streets, its private castle and itsnoble houses will enchant you.
The most beautiful villages in the Dordogne
On each side of the river, 6 villages classified as Most Beautiful Villages in France, will amaze you.
Visit Autoire
Autoire, in the hollow of a cirque, at the foot of the cliffs, you will discover this medieval village, rich with its 17th and 18th century houses. By a small path you can admire its impressive 30-meter waterfall as well as the remains of the English castle built into the cliff and recently restored.
Not far away, take the opportunity to visit the renaissance castle of Montal, restored in 2015, it housed during the war many works of art from the Louvre in order to remove them from the covetousness of the German occupants.
