Greedy holidays? for the belly... for the eyes... you cannot dream better!
The gastronomy is excellent: foie gras, duck confit, omelette aux cèpes accompanied by their wines...
Treat for the eyes with the splendid villages in the neighbourhoods of smallest like St Jean de Cole with most important like Brantôme with all the castles to be visited.
The rivers are superb, go and refresh yourselves on the river bank of the river Isle or the river Dronne, take along the children for.
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.