After leaving Domme we arrive at La Roque Gageac, a town built in to the cliff walls and where boat trips can be taken.
The town
A fortress in the cliff
The cruise boats
Canoing is popular amongst the locals
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And some more castles.......
Castlenaud castle and town
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Beynac-et-Cazenac - castle and town
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The Dordogne/Perigord region is famouse for the caves where prehistoric people left cave paintings. The town shown below, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, is the centre for visting many such caves. We visited the Grotte de Rouffignac.
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The entrance to the cave we visited.
Photography is not permitted in the cave.
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On our last full day in the Dordogne region we drove down to Cahors, a large city on the Lot river to see their famed medieval bridge
Views on and of the bridge
A trip boat on the Lot
The weir from the bridge
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A village called St-Denis-Catus where we lunched that day
At the picnic table at St Denis (Photo by Eve)
A mysterious and derelict Chateau we saw on the way back to Sarlat
the time came when we had to return to England.
We stayed the night in Nantes in the Loire Valley and
visited The Chateau de Chenonceaux
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We arrived back at Roscoff at about 3.00pm on Sunday 17 April 2011.
A game of scrabble helped pass the time on the homeward ferry trip
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