Discover the dordogne department

Discover the cities to be visited in the dordogne

Discover the town of saint-jean-de-cole  A medieval village at the 21st century First price of the roofs of France One of the most beautiful villages of France Small village of 340 inhabitants out of 1236 hectares, Saint Jean de Côle knew to keep an active life. One finds there a post office, a nursery school, a pharmacy, a grocer, restaurants, a hotel, artisanal galleries, a public library, a tennis court, hiking trails, companies of hunting and fishing like various artisanal companies. Lastly, one of the most important quartz layers of high quality of Europe (99,8% of purity) is exploited on the territory of the commune.

Discover the town of daglan  In the middle of Black Périgord and with the doors of Quercy, seven villages périgordins of the Valley and Slopes of Céou invite you.

Discover the town of varaignes  In the middle of Tide gates, the Workshop-Museum of Tiss Rands and of Charente-native recalls the history of the textile activity of the Périgord-Limousin, cradle of the Charente-native one. Place of exposure of contemporary creations, in a castle rebirth, discover its alive workshops around the work of fibres to the manufacture of famous Charente-native. Machines function with the request at the time of animated visits: line of spinning mill with its laboratory, Jacquard looms and with ribbons, fullers, cardeuses and first knitting looms. On the site of Lud' running water, you will discover a single, rich site of its hydraulic and botanical inheritance. Wheels, gears, grinding stone, hammer, ram, noria, wind mill recall the multiple uses of the energy of water to the wire of the centuries. In addition the site reveals nearly 200 vegetable species being used for manufacture of the wire or the dyeing in direct relation with the Workshop-museum of Tisserands and the Charente-native one. Ouvertureà to leave July 8, 2006 every afternoon July/August of 14H30 to 18H30. and animated Wednesday Visits proposed by the CPIE: starting of the wheels out of wooden and the machines with water (noria, stamping mill, bellows and hammer of forging mill), presentation of the small island “consumed water”, the solar and wind pumps, etc… This year, the festival of the Community of Communes of August 15 will proceed on the site of Lud' Running water.

Domme, great templier site in france  In 1307 the history of domme meets that of the templiers. the door of the turns will be used as prison to the templiers. on these walls, the monk will engrave seven tables: the spiritual treasure of the famous templiers

Discover montpon-menesterol  The Country of Montpon-Ménestérol, located in Valley of Isle in Périgord, wishes you the welcome on his site and guides you with the wire of your desires. Envies “to put itself at the green”, need for a hotel, a restaurant? The 9 communes shared all their assets in order to propose a panel of activities varied to you in the course of the years: walk in the middle of the forest, leisures nautical, richness of the products of the soil, traditional market, sites… but also of lodgings of quality: hotel, camp-sites, lodgings, rooms of hosts… Between river and forest, the Country of Montpon-Ménestérol is a place of relaxation and holiday ideal for those and those which are in the search of a country where the authenticity, simplicity and user-friendliness reign. In short, of the holidays to be passed in family or between friends in one of the 9 communes of the Country of Montpon-Ménestérol.