Another day out to ‘Plus beaux villages de France‘ Although I’ve put a link to the ‘official beautiful villages’ website above, I had better point out that Saint Yrieix (pronounced Saint ear-ee-a) is not in fact officially listed on the site! But, it definitely should be in my opinion! It’s a shame that the weather [...]
Day trip in the Dordogne – Today it’s lovely Montignac! It’s funny but when choosing which village or town to visit we obviously try to pick one we haven’t been to before. Montignac, like many of these ‘hidden-gems’ we discover on arrival, is in-fact somewhere we have been before, albeit, if only passing through. It’s [...]
Aubeterre is listed as one of ‘The Most Beautiful Villages in France‘. Probably the main attraction of Aubeterre is the monolithic and subterranean church of St Jean – carved out of the white rock with excavations going back to the fifth century, the inside is enormous with a ceiling height reaching up to 20 meters [...]
A Visit to the annual Flower Festival in one of the prettiest villages in the Dordogne St Jean de Cole is listed as one of ‘The Most Beautiful Villages in France’ We finally made it… seven years it’s taken us to make the pilgrimage to this annual flower festival and WOW what a show!!! The [...]
Promenade around a beautiful village It might be early winter here in the Dordogne but that doesn’t mean we have to hibernate. The local towns and villages are just as pretty as we may remember in the summer but they take on a different hue and are just as pleasant to visit in these cooler [...]
Limeuil is listed as one of ‘The Most Beautiful Villages in France‘. It’s the 8th of September, our gites are still busy and the temperatures are still hitting an average of 30ºC this week. Our guests are making the most of their late summer holidays here in the Dordogne by relaxing around the pool so [...]
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