Guidebook for Hautefort
Food Scene
Auberge du Parc serves superb traditional Perigord cuisine. Les Petits Plaisirs has great food and fun music nights. Chez Cathy, in front of the tourist office, is the best cafe.
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Hautefort
Auberge du Parc serves superb traditional Perigord cuisine. Les Petits Plaisirs has great food and fun music nights. Chez Cathy, in front of the tourist office, is the best cafe.
See how the chocolates are made and taste them all. You can buy these innovative chocolates in the shop. Really different combinations of taste!
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Museo del Chocolate Bovetti
7 Rue Auguste LumièreSee how the chocolates are made and taste them all. You can buy these innovative chocolates in the shop. Really different combinations of taste!
Sightseeing
A gem of perfect proportion and beautiful gardens.
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Château d'Hautefort
Château d'HautefortA gem of perfect proportion and beautiful gardens.
For World War II buffs. This town was completely burnt by the Germans. Historic markers describe the day.
Market day is Sunday morning.
On the marketplace, on Sundays, go to the delightful Chez Jean-Francis, where the host, fluent in American English, prepares Mediterranean cuisine to die for. Payment is via a donation box. The place is full of old hippies, Buddhist monks, young vegetarians, but most of all it is filled with the expansive personality of Jean-Francis himself.
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Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac
For World War II buffs. This town was completely burnt by the Germans. Historic markers describe the day.
Market day is Sunday morning.
On the marketplace, on Sundays, go to the delightful Chez Jean-Francis, where the host, fluent in American English, prepares Mediterranean cuisine to die for. Payment is via a donation box. The place is full of old hippies, Buddhist monks, young vegetarians, but most of all it is filled with the expansive personality of Jean-Francis himself.
For World War II historians. This town suffered the worst massacre in France by the Germans.
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Oradour-sur-Glane
For World War II historians. This town suffered the worst massacre in France by the Germans.
Lovely abbey and riverfront cafes. Markets on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
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Brantôme
Lovely abbey and riverfront cafes. Markets on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
The church here has a strange, square steeple and the bells play a melody from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, a bit monotonously. Market day is Thursday mornings.
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Excideuil
The church here has a strange, square steeple and the bells play a melody from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, a bit monotonously. Market day is Thursday mornings.
The famous Lascaux Caves. This is a reproduction as the originals had to be closed to protect them. Well worth the visit.
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Lascaux II
The famous Lascaux Caves. This is a reproduction as the originals had to be closed to protect them. Well worth the visit.
The first town in France to become a protected site, Sarlat is a town of incredibly beautiful and well preserved buildings. It can get crowded and touristic during the summer, so go at odd hours.
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Sarlat-la-Canéda
The first town in France to become a protected site, Sarlat is a town of incredibly beautiful and well preserved buildings. It can get crowded and touristic during the summer, so go at odd hours.
Parks & Nature
One of the best examples of the work of the landscape architect, Kathryn Gustafson.
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Jardines de la Imaginación
Place de GenouillacOne of the best examples of the work of the landscape architect, Kathryn Gustafson.
Essentials
Has all that you need, including open air washers and dryers in the car park.
Intermarché Super et Drive
Prés de la GareHas all that you need, including open air washers and dryers in the car park.
Arts & Culture
Mairie
Le BourgThe Musée des Rois d'Araucanie is a study in hubris or madness. See the grave nearby.
In August, there is a 4 day mime festival in the streets. Plenty of shopping. An excellent museum of the local Roman history. Cinemas, theatre, concert hall, restaurants, cafes. Outside of this lovely town: big box shops with all you could ever require.
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Périgueux
In August, there is a 4 day mime festival in the streets. Plenty of shopping. An excellent museum of the local Roman history. Cinemas, theatre, concert hall, restaurants, cafes. Outside of this lovely town: big box shops with all you could ever require.
Shopping
Isabelle has the best little antiques and brocante shop in the area. Her prices are lower than anyone else's!
Parmentier Isabelle
11 Rue Bertran de BornIsabelle has the best little antiques and brocante shop in the area. Her prices are lower than anyone else's!
Montignac
Market days are Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
There is a small but very nice farmer's market on Tuesday mornings, with some stalls of organic produce. Lots of free entertainment during the summer months.
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Thenon
There is a small but very nice farmer's market on Tuesday mornings, with some stalls of organic produce. Lots of free entertainment during the summer months.
Drinks & Nightlife
Brive is the rugby capital of France, with a boisterous night life to match.
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Brive-la-Gaillarde
Brive is the rugby capital of France, with a boisterous night life to match.