The Dordogne department is part of the Aquitaine region. The Dordogne is a river that originates at Puy de Sancy and flows into the Garonne after crossing the Dordogne department and part of the Gironde. The Dordogne valley is classified as a land of art and history.
The Dordogne merges with the Garonne at theestuary of the Gironde, at the Bec d’Ambès. It is sometimes referred to as River if we consider that the Gironde is an estuary common to the Garonne and the Dordogne.
The Dordogne is formed on the flanks of the Puy de Sancy by the meeting of two torrents : the Dore which receives the Dogne.
There would be more than 1,000 castles in the Dordogne (Château de Hautefort, Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Monbazillac CastleCastle of Herm…).
From villages to caves… remarkable sites to visit in the Dordogne
There are very beautiful villages to visit: Belvès, Beynac-et-Cazenac, Monpazier, Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère…
The Vézère valley is home to the highest density of prehistoric sites, some of which are open to visitors: Pataud, Laugerie-Haute and Laugerie-Basse, the famous Cro-Magnon shelter, and decorated caves Paleolithic (Lascaux in Montignac, Combarelles and from Font-de-Gaume to Eyzies-de-Tayac, Rouffignac…).
Some famous cities: Sarlat, Bergerac, Périgueux…
But, in this dossier, we are going to leave all this to dedicate ourselves to visiting caves at concretions which are very beautiful in the region, date from the Campanian, one of which, that of Maxange, is a recent discovery with fistulous and eccentric magnificent.