What & Where
Thiviers:
- Capital of Foie Gras du Périgord with the Museum of Foie Gras and the Duck and Goose Museum.
- Market every Saturday morning all the year long with all the terroir products available and with a more specialised market from Mid November to mid March with live ducks and geese in order for you to prepare your own Foie Gras.
- Horse riding, pedestrians walks, swimming all is possible within short distance.
Bourdeilles: 28 km - castle with beautiful collection of furniture, armouries, tapestries.
Brantôme: 20 km - Venice of the Périgord, caves situated behind the abbaye, canoë on the river La Dronne, horse riding.
Corgnac sur l'Isle: 3km - pretty village with medieval bridge, fishing, swimming, horse riding.
Jumilhac le Grand: 12 km - impressive castle, Museum of Gold.
Hautefort: 30 km - castle, park and gardens "à la française".
La Coquille: 10 km - Lake of Miallet, fishing, bird watching.
Lanouaille: 15 km - Museum of the Golden Apple, lake of Rouffiac with all the waterbased activities.
Limoges: 65 km - cathedral situated in the old town, walks along the river Vienne, National Museum of Porcelaine.
Nontron: 16 km - museum of dolls and old games.
Périgueux: 28 km - Walks in the old town quarters "les allées de Tourny, les Bld Montaigne et Bugeaud, les quais de l'Isle". Numerous festivals and animations : "festival international du mime, trophées de la chanson française, salon du livre gourmand".
Sorges: 10 km - Ecomusée de la Truffe: Museum + walk the discovery path to the "truffières".
St Jean de Cole: 4 km - one of the most beautiful villages of France with the Flower Festival on the 2nd week end in May - its church and castle with the Paper Museum.
St Pardoux la riviére: 15 km - Museum of old Perigourdin post cards.
Villars: 16 km - visit the caves, Puyguilhem castle.